I try to put the best face on what people do. So what’s George Bush’s excuse? Rather than assigning him evil motives, a better face would be that he’s just inept.
For example, there’s that weapons of mass destruction thing. I learned a very long time ago that people fleeing a regime are biased. The [...]
Entries from August 2004
Bush excuse
August 30, 2004
Recycling
August 30, 2004
I got this big trash can and started putting waste paper in it–instead of in the regular trash. Surprise! There isn’t much regular trash any more. Duh. Take the paper to the recycling center and save some space in the landfill.
Bush and Hitler?
August 23, 2004
I heard on TV that somebody had written something comparing George Bush with Adolf Hitler. Sounds pretty far out. I wondered what they might have been thinking and asked myself if I saw any differences or similarities.
The obvious difference was that Hitler was a raving lunatic, and George Bush is not. Hitler was an overt [...]
Mammoth Cave
August 23, 2004
I arrived at the Mammoth Cave visitors center about 10 AM. I walked in with a “so now what do I do?” look and within seconds a park ranger walked up and made it plain that one of the supreme joys of his life was to help folks like me get the most out [...]
Hi from Indianapolis
August 20, 2004
It was a beautiful day in Indianapolis yesterday. This morning there’s a little rain, but that won’t be a problem visiting the 2004 Americover exposition. I’ll go over and view the stamps on cover exhibits and browse what the dealers have to sell. I’m not a particularly active stamp collector right now, but it should [...]