I understand why you'd want to delete that comment Glenn, but from my perspective, I think you need to leave it up. It's a good reminder of what's out there.

And that's really about all I've got to say about that. Nice column Glenn. I just wonder why any journalists just swallow this stuff. What are they teaching them now? Why would they trust anybody in the administration?

For what? Stories like this?

Why do so many people seem to be scared in America? Why do the Democrats react to things like they've been beaten with a stick? How is it that so many principles the US used to extol to the world can be tossed in the garbage and there isn't widespread protests?

I don't understand.

Nice radio interview Glenn.

From every report I read, Bonds is a terrible guy. I have no doubt he's used steroids at some point in his career. He doesn't relate to people well at all.

That said, I wish people would stop talking like there was some golden age of baseball, where everything was pure and clean. It never existed. Players have always used whatever they could to get ahead, it's part of the culture of this game. Aaron used amphetamines, go read his autobiography if you don't want to believe me. He wasn't the only one of his era. Babe Ruth never played against the best players of his time. There's always something you can point to.

Bonds is the best player of his time. When all is said and done, I think that's all you can say about any of them. The numbers don't really mean anything to me, you just can't compare.

Joan, I'm glad you enjoyed it. People should try and take as much enjoyment from life as they can, I think.

I have a few comments for some of the people here. First, Aaron used performance-enhancing drugs; it's in his autobiography. He admits to using amphetamines; he'd probably have used steroids if anybody had known what they were at the time.

for the guy saying Thank Ruth this is over...you mean the Babe Ruth who never played against all the best players of his era? That Babe? His numbers have never meant anything to me.

There are always questions, there are always people trying to take advantage whenever they can. And you can't compare eras, it's just not possible to balance everything. All you can do is compare people within a time-period, and Bonds is the best of this time, like it or not.

For more American media to realize that there are a lot of people interested in serious foreign policy questions, and maybe, they could even make a buck by presenting some? Anybody?

Or do they feel people in the US are too scared to think about the world without blinders on?

Should our country be a republic or an empire?

I think the rest of the world really wants to know the answer to that question. Right now, clearly leaning towards empire, which is the wrong answer for everybody, I think.

As to why anybody seems to think that openly talking about nuking other countries is a GOOD move, as related to foreign policy. Who thinks this makes other countries more pliable? It makes them much more likely to want to screw the US. Do these people have any idea how human nature works?

It's a terrible idea.

For the warbot. I'll use that every day. :-)

I'm glad you were able to make "lucky" guesses. I guess my point is that there's no real excuse for politicians and the media to have to have made guesses in the first place. All the points that were made for war were already being refuted in the foreign press. I don't think even most Brits believed in the cause of war as much as they believed in Tony Blair.

There couldn't have been a huge program for WMD in Iraq, Saddam obviously had nothing to do with the 9-11 terrorists...the list goes on. I just don't understand why more people who had access to information didn't say anything about it. The truth can be a powerful cudgel at times.

If that's true, that's arguably the most disgusting story I've heard in years.

That the US can still inspire other countries. I wondered if that ability had been lost.

That's sad in a way I'm not sure I have the words for.

Ondelette, nice post. I particularly like the idea of making it a verb, although I usually hate that...I'm not sure any of those ideas would work, but something needs to be done. We need people to pay more attention, and care about what happens.

I doubt that's true in America right now.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he the guy in charge of the Iraqi training program that's lost 190,000 guns so far? Why are we supposed to listen to him again?

I'd missed those articles. The more I read about this guy, the more of a load he sounds like. Are there more than a handful of honest journalists in the US?

Still, Lame Man is probably right. No doubt he does have something important to say in September...

That cartoon has it about right, I think.