And if you like Rufus Wainwright then you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

And if you ever have even a moment when you're tired of America, tired of it's bullying other countries, tired of its rhetoric, tired of its failure to step up to help real world crises -- like Darfur -- well, you know, you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

If you go through periods where you feel utterly hopeless about the future of the country, and wonder if the war in Iraq will ever end, and that makes you feel tired of America, then you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

If you express anything other than jingoistic, unfailing support for America, everything it does, and everything said by its leaders, then you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

If you aren't unfailingly supportive of Republicans, then you're not supportive of America, and you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

Basically, if, like Rufus Wainwright and some -- but not enough -- sane Americans, you have NOT drunk the Neocon-Koolaid, then you're against the troops, and supporting the terrorists

It's logic like THAT that I'm tired of.

Rufus Wainwright has every right to say whatever he damn pleases about America.

Frankly, even if you love this country (and most of us do) and you're not tired of what American is actually is and represents these days (not the mythological America of past that Bush has destroyed) -- then you know what?

I'm tired of YOU!

[I'm only slightly addled this morning! ;-) ]

Love Rufus, hate America, which = supporting the terrorists and against the troops.

Tired of America = supporting the terrorists and against the troops.

So, yup...you and me both -- if we're tired of America, that's supporting the terrorists and against the troops. Doesn't even matter if we're tired of Rufus!

Maybe we'll catch up over a drink at Guantanamo ;-o

Honey, you are so late to this party!!

Some of us have been cravin' and lustin' after yummy Hugh for decades, since the days of Jeeves and Wooster!!

For me, House isn't really his best venue, though, as he's ever so much more charming with his accent, instead of sounding American as he does in House, and in the Stuart Little films.

And of course, I must add in (though I see it's already been done), MY other fave in the world of Brit fantasy men for the "anti-Hugh-Grant" set -- that delicious delicious oh so delicious Alan Rickman.

Hugh Grant? You can keep him. Foppish cute-Brit doesn't do it for me. Give me the craggy, darker, wittier Brits anyday...

P.S. And Lily, don't take the criticism seriously. Some of us realize that this wasn't meant to be a literary screed. There are some folks around here, however, who would write an angry critique attacking the copy on the back of a cereal box if it was posted on Salon. One can only assume they are jealous that THEY aren't being published...

For a thoughtful, well-written and balanced look at Barack Obama... something that has been so sorely lacking here at Salon.

(Is Joan still on Memorial Day vacation? Is that why this was allowed to run? And don't show this piece to Debra Dickerson, please, or she'll end up doing an entire series of articles on why it's demeaning for Michelle Obama, as an AFRICAN AMERICAN, to hug disabled people...)

Impeach him.

Frankly, Nancy Grace could have hosted the debate, and done no worse.

And that is not saying much...

Whether or not spirulina is all it's promoted to be by various vendors is a question I can't answer. But I thought this article was interesting.

That said, why would anyone in the Letters section quote Quackwatch, of all things, as a source of valid information? Stephen Barrett, and everyone associated with this PR enterprise have been utterly discredited -- time and time again!

Quackwatch has been shown to have an agenda, and a particular financial bias -- as in, they're founded, funded and supported by drug companies -- so gee, it's no surprise that they think everything from A to Z, Acupuncture to Zinc supplements, is quackery.

That's what their financiers want them to say.

Would you trust an organization that says that EVERYTHING alternative -- including therapies and treatments that have been tested and shown to be effective by our own NIH and mainstream medical journals -- is quackery?

I mean, EVERYTHING. They write it all off.

Gee, wonder why? Probably because Wyeth, Pfizer, Merck, et. al. haven't figured out how to patent spirulina, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, etc. etc. So, Quackwatch says "Prozac is good, St. John's wort is bad."

Are you seeing how it works?

The only things quacking at Quackwatch are the pseduo-expert quackpots like Stephen Barrett who are paid by the drug companies to shill for big pharma by attacking natural, complementary, integrative and holistic medicine.

Want to know what Quackwatch and its key guy Stephen Barrett are really about. See

http://www.canlyme.com/quackwatch.html

I'll be surprised.

The slime that coats everyone in the Bush administration will allow him to slip through.

And then, as noted, he will have his wallets fattened, his job opportunities and sinecures awaiting him.

After all, Cheney and company owe him...BIG time, and they're gonna pay for it.