I'm sorry, LWM, when I sent in my comment I hadn't yet reached Shooter242's comment. I see now that your comments are perfectly clear to those with the intelligence and information to interpret them properly, like Shooter.

Oh the naiveté. Here how the real world works....

Shooter242

Shooter, I never before realised the deep streak of altruism and nobility between the yellow lines before. It's so nice of you to clue Glenn in on how the world works, especially in view of the fact that knowledge is power.

You are willing to educate Glenn, even knowing that someone with your knowledge could attain your accomplishments!

I wonder, does Glenn truly appreciate the value of what he's getting from you?

Holly, you may find this hard to believe, but LWM doesn't hold the opinions you tax him with, I think. I wouldn't know, since he is constantly sending in comments which are interpreted by readers as saying exactly the oppisite of what he wishes to say, I think. And about twenty pages later, he finally says what he wanted to say in one sentence, and it turns out he was saying the exact opposite of what he said, or what he thinks he said, or something.

I think he just needs to read his comments more carefully before he pushes "publish". Not that the same thing hasn't happened to me, a hundred times, but it seems to matter to him. And then he responds to the disagreement with an insult!

Actually, I would suggest LWM try sleeping on it, for a couple nights, and handing the comments around at work and to family, and then after considering their critique, send them in.

My gawd, I hope he doesn't write for a living!

Let's all write Joan and get her to switch to a forum with an edit function for after we post!!!!!

Just use the Spelchek on your Google tool bar. And there are others, too. Notifies you (and offers corrections) of mis-spelled words in any form you fill out on the web, like this comment box.

Between that and "preview" some mistakes can be eliminated.

Typing "conversationally" as we do (except for those lucky few, like LWM and Shooter, who can speak ex cathedra and thus take advantage of their inherent infallibility on moral issues), mistakes are bound to be there.

We can only be thankful that the infallible among us are so nice about our foolish mortal opinions.

No one keeps track of time better than Ferenc Krausz.

Oh yeah? Have you ever met my mother-in-law? She's counting the nanoseconds til she can get her precious little girl back.

Speaking of time, why did it take a year before anybody told me that my wife shot her first husband? Speaking of time, I would have liked to have been informed of that fact a bit sooner.

But I digress.

But the point is a hard one. If LWM and I both walk instead of drive a car then the net effect is that of two cranky dudes walking while everything continues the same.

On the other hand, if both you and LWM each picked up a nice used SVS-650 I guarantee a whole lot less crankiness. Also, we need to save energy. And human energy is the most precious of all!

So save your energy, and get a sport bike. Good transportation during the week, and you can ride the wheels off it on weekends. Don't forget to take the MSF new rider course and get your endorsement, damnit!

Let's see what happens on Russert's program with Hillary. I predict he gets strongarmed throughout.

Shooter242

Shooter! My blushes, but you sure do have a lot of respect for Ms. Clinton's abilities! It speaks well of you.

Gee, I wonder if it's not, you know, self defeating to give space to Proximity's and Shooter's letters.

When I think of all the Salon.com readers who are being converted over to right-wing views by their persuasive, passionate and well constructed arguements, I could just plotz!

Like the bit disparaging (I think) "Cindy Sheehan's mother"! Oy, how they strip the ragged husk from our liberal fascism! Or something.

Only thing that scares me more is the power of their Presidential endorsements. Can't wait.

Maybe Jack Bauer could "take out" Cindy Sheehan's mother!

"Proximity Warning"

Proxy old pal, his cigar-end clipper was broken. Monica just bit the end off so he could have a smoke.

But I'm sure you avoid those triple rows of razor sharp teeth down there.

And should you be tempted, the proximity warning should alert you in time. Run, Proxy, run!

Look, I just want to point out that before the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, I had never even conceived of the practice of putting the mouth within spitting distance of the genitals.

Then I found out about Monica. And now I try to pick up women by walking on my hands. You know, sort of a proximity warning, if you get my drift.

He would gun his motorcycle to 100 mph and try to stand on the seat.

I have been riding motorcycles for 33 years, and I wouldn't try that. Extremely dangerous.