Hope you don't mind if I quote you. The only other writer that is as eloquent, i.m.o. is John Le Carre. This from his (supposedly fictional)2003 book "Absolute Friends":
"That war on Iraq was illegitimate, Mr. Mundy. It was a criminal and immoral conspiracy. No provocation, no link with Al Qaeda, no weapons of Armageddon. Tales of complicity between Saddam and Osama were self-serving bullshit. It was an old colonial war dressed up as a crusade for Western life and liberty, and it was launched by a clique of war-hungry Judeo-Christian geopolitical fantasists who hijacked the media and exploited America's post 9-11 psychopathy. All it takes for a war like that to start, Sasha tells me, is for a few good men to do nothing. Well, they DID nothing. Whether they're good men, that's another thing. The Democratic opposition did fuck-all. Stay home, sing patriotic songs till it's safe to come out was their policy. Jesus Christ, what kind of opposition is that? What kind of moral courage?"
You have to wonder at the folks who worry about the likes of Paris Hilton and her legal problems, I mean, if she were living somewhere in a single wide trailer and drove while "intoxicated' and then did the rest of her transgressions, then she would not have gotten the least of notice in the press. One can only hope that she does not reproduce. As for your twins, hug them daily, no make that hourly for us dads who live apart from their children. You are a very talented and lucky man Sir, may your life continue to be blessed....graybeard
Steve struck a chord. The fleeting era called childhood is gone in a nanosecond and suddenly you're on one coast and your child is all grown up and on the other coast and visits are once a year. Whether they're 2 or 42....they're are babies til the end. Maybe with Father's Day upon us(thank you Hallmark....) I'm feeling more than a little...well....uh.....weepy over lost opportunities not only with my own father....but those lost between my son and his father.
Is it too early for a nice tall Vodka Tonic?
Dad...I'm doin' the best I can. Are you watching?
M. Anne
Hey Pete,
Thanks for the fish. That mola mola is one I have never encountered. What an impressive number that is. Any thoughts on a rare Kangaroo offering? Man I loved the old Kangaroo. The bonus tracks are great too. Solitary and Unsatisfactory Sex keep me tuned and rockin. I've gotta get some guitar lessons. I am trying to make a transition from piano to guitar. Anyway all politics aside, thanks for the fish.
Tony Stewart
All points well taken, Peter, as always....and now....
...all those out there who even KNOW what a Keane eyed baby is...raise your hand.
That what I thought....
:-)
Maureen
Currently hangin' out in Minnesota
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