Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Politics on Mar 30th, 2007
The Democratic-controlled Congress is forewarned to seek out The Road Not Taken by stripping those ridiculous add-ons out of the bill funding the troops in Iraq, which also includes language regarding a time table for troop withdrawal even though the specification of the time line is rather vaguely worded.
Posted in Politics on Mar 28th, 2007
While President Bush thinks it doesn’t make any sense for politicians in Washington, DC to dictate time-tables to Generals 6000 miles away in a war zone in Iraq, it made even less sense for him to start the war in the first place. No matter how many times W insists that he has a new [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 27th, 2007
I am a bit puzzled why David Brooks overlooked Oddesius in his analysis of the qualities, which he suggests might be prerequisites for the next President of the United States. Certainly Oddesius fits the bill on wile and guile; and, if one relishes a decided propensity for the darker view, our long-suffering traveler possesses [...]
Posted in Memorial on Mar 27th, 2007
Time diluted his brogue and ameliorated some of the curmudgeon in him but nothing diminished his charm and unabashed passion for simply being alive. Everyone who ever interrupted his journey to visit the Old Mill on Highway 68 or made it his intended destination always left the historic grist mill with a sense of timelessness, [...]
Posted in Politics on Mar 26th, 2007
I read on a recent blog that should President Bush not support AG, Alberto Gonzales, the president would be cut off at the knees and would be left to endure the rest of his tenure on bloody stumps; therefore, it behooves our erstwhile leader to support his beleaguered appointee and long time friend and former [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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