I love Steve, E.D. and Brian! I think they're great: they're funny, they're relevant, and they never seem bitter or sour. E.D in particular - and when she shows her American soul, I just want to cheer her and give her HUGE hugs!
This morning, a couple of interesting things came up -
Donald Rumsfeld may retire after the Iraqi elections??? E.D. made it clear that this was a rumor so far, but... Nooooooo! However, if he does, the two names E.D. mentioned were Rummy's deputy, Gordon England, and Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Sirius Satellite Radio and FoxNews are having issues? Sirius may be dropping FoxNews? Thank GOD that Beloved Husband got me XMRadio for Christmas last year! And, I can't wait until Fox debuts its Talk Radio channel
... and then, of course, there was a lovely, but brief, discussion with two ladies (whose names I don't recall) about the "to torture or not to torture - and what the hell IS 'torture,' anyway?" question. For my position on this question, I refer you to File It Under for this perfect response:
I'll be honest, I love my family. I'd do anything to protect my wife [husband, for me] and kids [one Darling Munchkin only, here] and I'd assume that most people are the same [yup]. So, when it comes to the threats against their safety I know that it's pretty unlikely that my wife and my boys would be at the right place at the right time to be at risk from some nutbag on a jihad in Dallas. I'm more worried about when and where she drives. However, that doesn't mean that I'm willing to sit back and remove any of the tools from the people who have to fight an asymmetrical battle. I don't know what will happen or where, but I do know that I want those who are involved in our intelligence gathering duties to do what ever they can to protect your family even and mine, even if the way they do it would make me squeamish. I don't want to see more pictures of Americans bleeding, buildings falling and kids at makeshift shrines.
For that reason, if the CIA feels that they can prevent another attack by hooking up a terrorist's scrotum to a car battery in Russia I have only one thing to say:
"Red is positive, Black is negative."
As I've already said, "Works for me!"
