Welcome home, mes amis.
It took me 4 days to get over the flight home. Bummer.
Your trip sounds most inspiring. It must have been better than sitting here in the states absorbing the media hate-fest against American troops, Bush and Rummy.
I haven't been around much this week. Like Rummy, I'm avoiding the news. It would be different if the MediaCrats had ever tried to balance their reporting with some positive stories about the good things we're doing in Iraq. Then I could've taken the prison abuse gabfest in perspective as a bump to get over. But they didn't do that. So I just can't watch them get their thrills by overplaying the repulsive photos of those perverts who somehow got installed as prison guards. (I imagine if the military had turned down that sex-crazed chick we would now be getting hit over the head about the chauvinists in charge of Bush's army.)
In light of all that, I've spent this week pruning and moving plants that had become overrun by shade. Some are quite large, so I've had my work cut out for me. I've polished and waxed the car. And my floors have now been re-done and I'm ready to move all the furniture back into the den/kitchen. Hard work, but it sure beats watching the news.
Unlike you, I have not been able to tear myself away from the cr@pola they broadcast each day. I have very little to show for the week. I've spent most of my time glued to the tube.
I ASKED Sen. John McCain for additional insight into America's latest misery. He said:
"This Abu Ghraib prison torture at the hands of our military follows the route of classic scandal. A little horror comes out and the public is sickened. A little more horror leaks out and we're sickened further. I've argued we first must allow everything . . . everything . . . to come out before we make moves. We have to let it play out to the fullest before we take any action. It's premature to just argue louder for Rumsfeld's head. He enjoys the president's confidence."
Then: "But I agree this is one of the toughest times I've ever been through."
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Anyone else find that a rather strange conclusion?