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April 5th, 2005 SFC Smith - During yesterday morning's breakfast CNN Headline News (I had to get away from the Pope to Pope coverage on Fox, I wanted some other news besides the fact that he's still dead) had on a segment about Paul Smith. The best quote was at the end, when one of the soldier's he saved said "They can keep the Medal of Honor, we'd rather have Sergeant Smith back." You can't say much more than that about a man. But Fox News, unfortunately, tried to. Their report this morning while the Hall of Heroes induction ceremony was going on stated that this was the first MoH awarded since the Gulf War. Oops. And oops again. Oh well. At least they treat him with respect, unlike other news forums. Fox may not be perfect, but at least they try to be.
America is like that in many respects. Though we have disagreements we still manage to finish them on a peaceful note, and we then take steps to make sure the problem that started it all doesn't come up again. We form a border (our Constitution) that is used to frame the puzzle, then we work on completing individual sections. Though the task seems overwhelming, we can stop from time to time and look back to see where we have come from, and when we do we see the amazing progress that has been accomplished in such a short time. That, in turn, causes us to press on and finish the puzzle. Its just that in our world, the puzzle is infinitely large. That shouldn't deter us from working on it, because in the end there is more order than disorder, and a better situation that at the start. From the Entertainment DUH-partment - I love Lauren Bacall's acting. She's great on screen, but she recently said the most obvious thing that shows why we pay actors for their acting talent, not their observational insights:
Amen, sister; obvious but true. Whatever happened to looking for quality actors & actresses who happen to look good, instead of good looking actors & actresses who happen to act well? |
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Flags in all sorts of places -
When I was young my family had a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. I think
we got it from a Hallmark store, or perhaps on a vacation somewhere.
It was at least nine square feet or more, and although it had just
three colors the puzzle is cursed to this day as the bane of our
family entertainment. It took us for-ev-er to finish it. The borders
were easy to identify, but that was about the only easy part. It was
definitely the most difficult thing I've ever assembled. After it
was finished we flipped it over (also a challenging problem) and
took it to get a backing put on it. We were tired of dealing with
that puzzle, and didn't want to do it again.
