[smorgle]

Mud, your words are welcome invigoration! I was talking to a friend Tuesday and he said the attacks made him think of the part in Tora! Tora! Tora! where Yamamoto says "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." I hope you guys are right, and that we go after the enemy within with as much resolve as we have towards the terrorists.

[Mudboy Slim]

"I was talking to a friend Tuesday and he said the attacks made him think of the part in Tora! Tora! Tora! where Yamamoto says "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." "

WOW!! Absolutely amazing, my FRiend. That's my dad's favorite movie growing up and I must have seen it 4-5 times before I was a teenager. See, he spent over 30 years in the Navy and retired seven years ago as a Captain because he couldn't fathom workin' fer such a low-life as Der SchleekMeister. Now he's a YOUNG 60 and workin' 60-70 hours per week for a Beltway Bandit while still collectin' 70-75% of his Captain's salary as a Pension...bein' Career military has got its bennies!!

Anyway, my Generation's been deprived of that "warm glow of Collective Nationalistic Pride" that my parents enjoyed as grade-schoolers in the 40's!! But they passed on the "Pride in Country" nonetheless. If I can mimic that feat with my own children, my years as a parent will have been a success, IMHO.

"I hope you guys are right, and that we go after the enemy within with as much resolve as we have towards the terrorists."

Of course we're Right!! Have I ever LIED to you, Mr. smorgle?!!!

FReegards...MUD