Monday, April 19, 2004
It is many more tons of seashells than seven which get carted away each year from Sanibel Island. My math was based on there being 16,000 visitors during the winter months (vs. six thousand otherwise). But the 16,000 represent the number of visitors during any given week from December through April. In other words, sixteen thousand visitors a week are plucking seven tons of seashells from the shores of Sanibel. Right? Times twenty weeks or so. I'm sure there is an algebraic expression in here somewhere….
It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that the draft will have to be instated sometime soon. We can't keep the National Guard in Iraq forever. At some point we are going to have to supply some fresh new bodies to fight what is arguably one of the most ill-conceived, badly planned, least justifiable wars in history. We impeach Clinton for lying about a blowjob but keep a man in office who hears voices from God telling him what to do. The fact that Rumsfeld is 'surprised' at how many soldiers have been killed so far is deplorable and unforgivable. How is it that millions of people worldwide knew this would happen and he didn't?
Kerry doesn't even have to go on the attack. Bush's pals are doing a fine job all on their own i.e. I don't know how long the conservatives can keep deluding themselves that all of Bush's critics are simply opportunists and traitors. Bob Woodward's new book supports much of what Richard Clarke testified under oath in front of the 9/11 commission. So is Woodward a traitor too? How about Colin Powell? Even Bill O'Reilly is starting to ask some pointed questions about this administration. I have to think any conservative brave enough to watch the 60 Minutes exclusive with Bob Woodward last night, no matter how ardent a conservative, has to be feeling just a little queasy about this administration.
I liked this Woodward tidbit: Woodward told 60 Minutes that Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia has promised the president (with whom he is friends) that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election - to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on election day... Good grief.
It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out that the draft will have to be instated sometime soon. We can't keep the National Guard in Iraq forever. At some point we are going to have to supply some fresh new bodies to fight what is arguably one of the most ill-conceived, badly planned, least justifiable wars in history. We impeach Clinton for lying about a blowjob but keep a man in office who hears voices from God telling him what to do. The fact that Rumsfeld is 'surprised' at how many soldiers have been killed so far is deplorable and unforgivable. How is it that millions of people worldwide knew this would happen and he didn't?
Kerry doesn't even have to go on the attack. Bush's pals are doing a fine job all on their own i.e. I don't know how long the conservatives can keep deluding themselves that all of Bush's critics are simply opportunists and traitors. Bob Woodward's new book supports much of what Richard Clarke testified under oath in front of the 9/11 commission. So is Woodward a traitor too? How about Colin Powell? Even Bill O'Reilly is starting to ask some pointed questions about this administration. I have to think any conservative brave enough to watch the 60 Minutes exclusive with Bob Woodward last night, no matter how ardent a conservative, has to be feeling just a little queasy about this administration.
I liked this Woodward tidbit: Woodward told 60 Minutes that Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia has promised the president (with whom he is friends) that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election - to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on election day... Good grief.
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