Mouse will only right click

Today I started up my macbook and found that when I went to use the mouse ever click was opening the context menu. I tried turning off my mighty mouse and used the track pad only, and still had this problem. So I turned off the right click in the mouse preferences, and restarted.. and it temporarily fixed the problem, but when I put a blank CD into the drive to burn a CD the mouse returned to right clicks only. I have also noticed that if I click on the airport icon, or any other icon in the top menu, the icon's context menus cycle through from the left to the right as if each icon's context menu is being opened. This is very frustrating and had completely prevented me from using my mac book at all. Has any one had this problem before, or does anyone have a solution.
I have all system updates installed, and no new hardware or software has been installed before this happened; it literally happened overnight.
Scott

If you don't use the mouse at all, does the trackpad behave normally? Are you clicking by tapping the trackpad twice or by using the trackpad button?
Is there another computer you could use the mouse with?
~Lyssa

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