there's GOT to be something more important to focus on...

...than THIS:
Bill would allow pet remains in human cemeteries
11:29 AM PST on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. — State Sen. Ken Jacobsen of Seattle has introduced a bill that would allow cat and dog remains to be buried with humans in cemeteries meant for people.
Jacobsen told The Seattle Times he got the idea after his beloved pet cat, Sam, died and was buried in his back yard.
Jacobsen discovered that co-mingling animal and human remains wouldn't be allowed. However, it is possible for human ashes to be interred in a pet cemetery. There are cremated remains of more than 20 people at the Pethaven Cemetery in Kent.

i mean, really? our senate is spending time talking about THIS?