[Miss Marple]

Oh, well done! That is also one of my favorites!

One sad thing about the USA is that we have not yet produced a Shakespeare. I remain hopeful.

JohnHuang2 and I discussed last year how literature and history were being intertwined with the war on terror, although many of the people doing so did not realize what they were doing. It is interesting to go back and read the references to the Crusades, St. George and the Dragon, Roland, and King Arthur. Those who don't have a literary background missed it, but I found it quite striking, especially coming from the mainstream media sources like Howard Fineman.

They have reverted to type, of course, but for a moment in September of last year they were carrying a message that was, I believe, from a higher source. We are, I believe, called to wage this war. (You may feel free to consign me to the loony bin...but it was quite striking at the time.)

[Aggie Mama]

I really think that the reason why the numbers have gone down is because, to the general public, "nothing" is being done. We all know that so many of the victories have been done in secret (GW told us so in his address before congress), but it's so very frustrating not to have anything that we can say with a visceral emotion. I want to be able to shoot my middle finger off and say "F- You Bastards!" but nothing has given me occasion to do that.

That emotion, I think, is what so many others feel as well. What worries me, is that when 9/11 comes and goes without any word of OBL pushing up daisies, people are going to get fed up.