But what your country can do for the world. *sane patriotism for the 21st century.

Variousness

~ Lawful orders. As a [pax] Navy swab myself, I wonder why Cmd. Guinn would serve and, thus, support a War/torture/Gitmo he opposes?

If I was still in the Navy, I think I would have to quit/resign (I would be interested in RMP's thoughts on this as well) rather than be associated with a clearly unjust war.

Cmd. Guinn strikes me as sincere. During my time in the service I found many mid-level officers to be very capable and intelligent people. I suspect it must be very diffcult for a lot of them during this time of ...uh, military difficulty and confusion. (btw William, I thought your conversation with Cmd. Guinn very well put).

~ Does any body happen to know what language/tongue Gen. Patraeus has been speaking in!? A;lso, the 'chart' Gen. Patraeus presents on "Anaconda Strategy vs AQI" ... goes well beyond any language or tongues ability to discourse. Unreal.

~ These 'war advocates self criticisms' in Glenn's post remind me of the "forget the past, its the present" problem approach. Which would be fine, if the problem were over and not Ongoing. In effect, it's like pissing down my back and telling me it's raining.

~ "You don't want to lose do you." He/she asked William. "Not exactly", replied William.

My thoughts exactly William. :)~

Adm.

bah.

Your sqribblings bop o. Sounds of rain on a tin roof. choo choo's tooting down the track. Light shows. (I will go out of my way to watch/feel a light show.). Esp. in the early morning rain.

...

In a sense, Mukasey is right, "you shouldn't need it". FISA and...

Burglar Alarms:

"What was it?"

"It was the cellar door."

"Was it a burglar, do you think?"

"Yes," I said, "of course it was. Did you suppose it was a Sunday-school superintendent?"

"No. What do you suppose he wants?"

"I suppose he wants jewelry, but he is not acquainted with the house and he thinks it is in the cellar. ...I could have told him we kept nothing down there but coal and vegetables. Still, it may be that he Is acquainted with this place and that what he really wants is coal and vegetables. On the whole, I think it is vegetables he is after."

"Are you going down to see?"

"No. I could not be of any assistance. Let him select for himself; I don't know where the things are."

Then she said, "But suppose he comes up to the ground floor!"

"That's all right. We shall know it the minute he opens a door on that floor. It will set off the alarm."

Just then the terrific buzzing broke out again. I said: "He has arrived. I told you he would. I know all about burglars and their ways. They are systematic people."

I went into the bathroom to see if I was right, and I was. I shut off the dining-room and stopped the buzzing and came back to bed. My wife said:

"What do you suppose he is after now?"

I said, "I think he has got all the vegetables he wants and is coming up for napkin rings and odds and ends for the wife and children. They all have families --burglars have-- and they are always thoughtful of them, always take a few necessaries of life for themselves, and fill out with tokens of remembrance for the family. In taking them they do not forget us: those very things represent tokens of his remembrance of us, and also of our remembrance of him. We never get them again; the memory of the attention remains embalmed in our hearts."

"Are you going down to see what it is he wants now?"

"No," I said; "I am no more interested than I was before. They are experienced people --burglars; they know what they want. ...

She said, with a strong interest perceptible in her tone, "Suppose he comes up here!"

I said, "It is all right. He will give us notice."

"What shall we do then?"

"Climb out of the window."

She said, a little restively, "Well, what is the use of a burglar alarms for us?"

"You have seen, dear heart, that it has been useful up to the present moment, and I have explained to you how it will be continuously useful after he gets up here."

That was the end of it. He didn't ring any more alarms.

*Twain

This is why I always wear my jewelry and eat my vegetables.

bah.

William. pow wow. (*with one more, we could have a hoe-down)

Excellent letter too. I have long thought the Congress creatures were the very ones to address, maybe the only ones to address, about this unmitigated assult on our constitution. Perhaps, such inspired letters of grievences will help to inform and instruct those in Congress who hold the 'reins of power'.

giddy up.

whoa nellie,

bah.

No, the other way.~>

My name is bah. People call me bah.

bah.

I'll be bitter in about 50 years, if I live that long. Right now I am just fairly furious.

Also, I think fox hounds are Elitist.

Bitter (*that's German for Thanks for listening.),

bah.

"I love George Bush" ---Lwm.

Otoh (on the other hoof), Flash and bystander just spent .04 cents talking cross-purposes. Not to mention, translations.

penny for your thoughts,

bah.