[Senator Goldwater]

“It remains the only plausible answer--changing the culture of that area, no matter how slow and how difficult the process.”

Distilled to its essence...

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As only the good doctor can do.

I've met him several times at Washington Nationals games at RFK. Sometimes I think he's the only sensible man left in this town.

[johnny7]

He's a sober and sane voice in a city full of babble.

[rightinthemiddle]

“It remains the only plausible answer--changing the culture of that area, no matter how slow and how difficult the process.”

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But, but it's TOO HARD. If we just IGNORE them, they'll leave us alone. It's all about OIL.

I watched the movie "The Great Raid" for the first time last night. It dramatizes the rescue mission of 511 Americans by Army Rangers from a Japanese WWII POW camp in the Philippines. When it was over, all I could say is, "What happened to our country? We have become wussies."