[Hemingway's Ghost]

No one will mistake you for Hyman Rickover's Ghost.

Of course not. That man was a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

Would you like to write novels like Hemingway? Maybe you could emulate him in other ways: serving the communists in the Spanish Civil War or, ummm, whatever? Try to reimburse the taxpayers for the money wasted on your education before you engage in the sincerest form of self-criticism.

I hang my head in shame.

BTW, the lyrics are not Ricky Nelson's. They are Brian Wilson's and were sung by the Beach Boys.

Forgive me, as I am aware of your tender sensibilities, but a crass remark really fits the bill here: "No sh*t, Sherlock."

I was thinking Ricky Nelson because of the tender '50s imagery in his song "Waitin' in School," but then I changed tack a bit with the syrupy Beach Boys lyrics for the second half.

One more evidence of your knowledge deficit to go along with your variety of moral shortcomings.

Oh no. Nice try, though.

Are you ready to return to DU and take your Manhattan twin with you?

I can't really return there if I've never been there, oh Grand Inquisitor, sir.

[BlackElk]

Not only was Rickover a genius but he was also a patriot.

I seem to remember that Hemingway chose the shotgun over the rope.

[Absolutely Nobama]

“I’m a mere mortal.”

And a pointy headed pseudo-intellectual who’s a closet leftist, much like Ron Paul.