But we NEED humor in order to release stress and try to heal from the horrific events of Sept. 11.

In my opinion The Onion handles it exceptionally well with the recent headline of "A Shattered Nation Longs to Care About Stupid Bullshit Again" and last week's "God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule." Its "bug" on the continuing story parodies CNN's and others, but proclaims: "Holy Shit! -- Attack On America!"

Last week's also included this story:

Bush Sr. Apologizes To Son For Funding Bin Laden In '80s

MIDLAND, TX— Former president George Bush issued an apology to his son Monday for advocating the CIA's mid-'80s funding of Osama bin Laden, who at the time was resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. "I'm sorry, son," Bush told President George W. Bush. "We thought it was a good idea at the time because he was part of a group fighting communism in Central Asia. We called them 'freedom fighters' back then. I know it sounds weird. You sort of had to be there." Bush is still deliberating over whether to tell his son about the whole supporting-Saddam Hussein-against-Iran thing.

I grew up in Wisconsin when Ed Gein was tried for horrendous crimes that were entirely out of anyone's ken -- the jokes were therapy, and they helped. We can't let terrorists terrorize our every breathe -- LIFE has to go on!