Sweet! The man is brilliant.

This man *is* the solution to our foreign policy issues. Whomever is elected in ‘08, Hart should be named Sec of State.

I don’t know about SoS, but I think Hart and Bob Graham (former Dem Senator of Florida) would be a couple of excellent sources for advice.

“There is no Goddammed center”

There is no there, there.

Joe: Hey, look over there it’s a shiny object!

Frank: Nah, it’s just a dead armadillo.

Joe: You sure? Faux News said it was all shiny or a pretty blonde girl or somethin’.

Frank: Yeah, but they’re all morons.

Joe: Well yeah, ya got me there.

I have respect for him for one thing and one thing only: Helping to breaking the rule that says the media should (wink) (wink) look away when it comes to sex, booze, and other personal pecadillos. It takes a pretty crass guy to shake up the MSM establishment like that.

I was kinda disappointed with The Courage Of Our Convictions, though. Good and absolutely necessary, but it curiously seemed lacking as a book. Perhaps better as an essay. And it’s not that the Senator can’t be compelling. I found The Shield And The Cloak: Security Of The Commons to be spot on.

By Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 13, 2007

WASHINGTON — – Gayle Moore, an Iowa nurse, wants U.S. troops “out, out, out” of Iraq as soon as possible. Darleen McCarthy of South Carolina fears that Iraq is turning into “another Vietnam.”

But when these two Democrats vote in January to help decide their party’s 2008 presidential nominee, neither plans to support the self-styled antiwar candidates. Instead, they are siding with the one top contender who voted to authorize the invasion and has refused to apologize for that — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“It’s just a gut feeling,” said Moore, 53, a mother of five. “It’s her experience.”

A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll of voters in key early primary states reveals that Moore and McCarthy are hardly alone. They represent a paradox of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination: Although a plurality of Democratic voters considers the Iraq war to be the most pressing issue facing the candidates, the more hawkish Clinton has found a sweet spot in the debate.

Many of those voters who want an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops support her candidacy and consider her best able to end the war, as do many who back a more gradual drawdown.

[snipped]

My reaction was that they need to look at the blogs to see what the anti-war Democrats think of the candidates and, in particular, Hillary. I think they’d get a big surprise.

Three poignant threads in a row while I’m still asleep, partially awake and staggering around the kitchen making my pot of tea. And, I shall drink every last drop. You must be one of those mythical morning people. I am amazed.

This interview with Gary Hart will be a breath of fresh air. The topic is in this blog every day. I’m looking forward to a full dedication to a Hopefully, we influence.

If not us, who? I’m heading upstairs.

This man *is* the solution to our foreign policy issues. Whomever is elected in ‘08, Hart should be named Sec of State.

Rosh Hashanah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah

The Torah refers to the day as “The Day of the Blowing of the Shofar” (Yom Terua, Leviticus 23:24), and rabbinic literature and the liturgy itself describe Rosh Hashanah as “The Day of Judgment” (Yom ha-Din) and “The Day of Remembrance” (Yom ha-Zikkaron). Some midrashic descriptions depict God as sitting upon a throne, while books containing the deeds of all humanity are opened for review, and each person passing in front of Him for evaluation of his or her deeds. All of these names are also referenced in the holiday’s extensive liturgy.

REVIEW OF ONE’S DEEDS, what a good practice.