Ya think?

Today's Newsday features an article titled Stress Linked to More Eating and Smoking.

"The public's concern about safety, the war in Iraq, rising health care costs and oil prices, all fueled by the presidential election campaign, may have contributed," wrote Claes Fornell, director of the consumer index.

Overall, American consumers expressed less satisfaction with a wide range of products, including pet food, clothes, cleaning products and athletic shoes compared to a year ago. But Hershey Foods Inc. and Mars Inc. products showed the greatest improvement of all products over the past year, and satisfaction with tobacco products is at its highest level in four years."

How's this for the Bush II motto: "Killing Americans, One Way or Another."