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I think Boomers are The
Greatest Generation
— Bumper sticker of
the week: It takes a Clinton to clean up after a Bush.
— Quotes of the week
(In memory of Molly Ivins):
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Deregulation: ÒWhen we left that merry band of Republican brothers in Congress,
they were deregulating shit on beef.Ó
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On ClintonÕs sex scandal: ÒWith all due respect to the PresidentÕs private
parts, we do have bigger problems in this country.Ó
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Foolish military strategy: ÒItÕs hard to convince people you are bombing that
youÕre doing it for their own good.Ó
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Iraq: ÒI have a suggestion for a withdrawal deadline: LetÕs leave before weÕve
killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein did.Ó
— Movie of the week: An
Inconvenient Truth.
An Oscar for best full length feature documentary. Al Gore stood out as a
champion. He even joked around a bit. The movie is good, especially for a
documentary. And wouldnÕt you know it, Melissa Etheridge takes best song for ÒI
Need to Wake Up,Ó from ÒAn Inconvenient Truth.Ó I particularly like the part
where she thanked her wife.
— A war budget leaves
every child behind.
— Churches should
consolidate: Now that weÕve started consolidating school districts, itÕs about
time to start consolidating churches. Most have probably one-fifth of the people
their building can hold on a Sunday morning. The rest of the time the place
sits empty. This becomes our business as taxpayers because the space being used
by all these churches could be more productively used by businesses or private
homes who would pay taxes. Seeing the church pays none, they are using a lot of
valuable space for no good reason. The question becomes: Why have such a
gigantic building for such a small crowd? Who are you trying to kid? I say itÕs
pride, vanity, and senseless arrogance. I say letÕs start forcing them to
consolidate. In one building, you could have a Methodist service in the
morning, a Baptist service in the afternoon, and a Presbyterian service in the
evening. JehovahÕs Witnesses can have Saturdays, no problem. For some of the
different religions, it might require bringing in different paraphernalia, but
in the long run, moving things around a bit would be a whole lot cheaper.
Christ on the cross, or off the cross, is a pretty simple adjustment.
— Who would have ever
guessed that we would be paying as much for heating and cooling our homes as we
do for the mortgage payment? And we should thank our state legislators for
doing such a good job for us. YouÕre one of a kind.
— I hate it when IÕm
embarrassed to be an American.
— Tom Brokaw was
wrong: Brokaw wrote The Greatest Generation. He based most of that
greatness on the fighting of WW II. I donÕt think thatÕs fair. As a baby
boomer, we havenÕt really had any good wars to fight. Or maybe more
appropriately, any popular wars to fight. The greatest generation handed us
Vietnam. That was not a really good war and I donÕt think we should be
penalized for it. I think maybe they did that on purpose. I think we are The
Greatest Generation. Sorry. We enjoy sex.
— You would think
Sen. McCain would be the first person to stand up against war. Ends up heÕs one
of the only persons running for President in 2008 who is supporting the Iraq
War. I e-mailed him to ask what he thought his years of captivity in Vietnam
had accomplished? What our mission had accomplished? Did it preserve democracy?
What happened to the Òdomino effectÓ? Had the war in Vietnam protected us from
foreign invasion, or occupation? He hasnÕt answered. I really donÕt think he
supports war. I donÕt see how he could. I just donÕt think he knows what else
to say.