Much as I respect Joe Conasan's view on this matter, and can also appreciate the attitudes of the Legion and sensible writers like Happy Chick, I have to wonder out loud when it would be more appropriate to violate the selective decorum so sternly demanded by the high priests of the Bush administration.

Has there ever been a time when our troops, not to mention the resources of our entire nation, have been so cynically exploited for the gain of one small claque and its corporate pals? During the Vietnam debacle, there were many sectors of the country, and of the government, that genuinely believed we were doing something necessary, or at least something that grew somewhat logically out of the Cold War mentality. But that didn't stop many of us Baby Boomers from seeing our own fathers (and mothers), who were extremely proud of their service in WWII, gradually come to believe that Johnson and Nixon were, in turn, chasing increasingly fatal shadows.

The current regime is far more hostile to the country, democratic ideals, and to humanity in general, than any previous generation has seen. They have turned the military into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Halliburton etc, just as they have made the Justice Department an enforcing arm of the RNC. All this while working overtime, at taxpayers' expense, to demonize science and common sense.

Joe has been one of the few pundits to consistently, and rightly, criticize Dems for their chronic cojone shortage. So I ask him this: How much worse do things have to get to justify breaking tradition in order to have our voices--the voices of a clear majority, this time--heard when and where it matters? What kind of solemn occasion is Memorial Day, exactly, if our reverent silence helps guarantee thousands more dead to remember in a worse-than-lost cause?

Good choice of names, Anonymous

-- especially since it's one of the few words you spelled correctly.

Meanwhile, who's going to write the book that needs to be written:

"All The President's Women"?

From Karen Hughes to Rachel Paulose, W seems to attract gals who are angry, weirdly incompetent, and/or gender-confused (hey, Condi, how's your "husband"?)—women who couldn't get a break in the beloved private sector these tax-hating big spenders are always rhapsodizing over.

What strange psycho-sexual principle is operating here, people, especially with King George displaying so little personal charisma at the center of it? And what is Laura "I killed a guy" Bush's role in all of this is? I smell leather.

Guess we'll have to wait until the post-presidency crack-up to get some answers. Shouldn't take long.

"In this way his followers remind me of those who worshipped Nazi Germany even after WWII ended. They lost their own personalities once they cleaved to their leader. So they had nothing left to go back to."

brightstar, WTF are you talking about? Dylan as fascist leader?

There's a rule-of-thumb in blogland: the first person to bring up Hitler loses the conversation. They must have been thinking of you when they dreamed that one up, because this is even stupider than when Bill O'Reilly does it.

antineocon:

"The great majority of the uninformed, self-absorbed citizenry could care less."

No, unfortunately, they really couldn't care less.

Speaking of language, it's telling that when Cheney crossed out "this Pres." he changed it to "the guy that was asked...", not "the guy WHO was asked". My point is that people are mere things to this crowd, pawns to be moved around and discarded at will.

In case we hadn't noticed. (I'm looking at YOU, "liberal" media.)

I agree with so much of what Stephanie said, and on top of that, the movie had a major plot point I just couldn't get past

(Spoiler Alert!)

After Ioreck resumes his (f)rightful place as head of the ice-bear army, why the hell doesn't he use them in the horrific battle to free Kyra? They are an army of undifferentiated fighters. Is he saving them for a special occasion?

Just sayin'...

Yo, DT man. The phrase "Gorgeously spontaneous" is, or was, complete unto itself and didn´t need any punctuation, you see. It´s only because you were complaining about the lack of editing in the section. Get it?

Serai1, your plan sounds cool -- except for those surprise midnight visits from the DEA.

"We wanted to bring our child to have its birthday there..."

Lots of editing glitches here, guys and gals, and what about:

"...but there are two separate men that could be the father."

Last time I looked, men were people, not things.

But then again Ms Poole says she never met any men.

Did they have permission to use a single one of the songs they are exploiting against the wishes of the composers or performers?

(Heart has already taken legal action.)

Buck Owens must be rolling in his grave. And anyway, Acting Naturally is above the pay grade of John McCain.

Last time I looked, the White House had Greek Columns too. First, the Repubs anoint Obama as The One and then they knock him for being "uppity". What is this, a contest to see who can bring up the most irrelevant bullshit? No contest there.

Oh, and McShame forgot his flag pin last night. Communist!

Word is that younger evangelicals take the compassion part of the New Testament a little more seriously and are worried about this whole destroying-the-planet thing -- something the Drill Now! crowd mocks, if they even know it's an issue at all.

Some older types have also figured out that they are being propped up every four years and are, you know, a little fed up.

Thank you, berlet98, for including your IQ in your handle. That is so helpful! By the way, people don't have secret religions -- unfortunately.

Meanwhile, re the actual article at hand (ahem), they say Eva Braun made a very nice apple strudel.