"Always keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out."
- Albert Einstein
After years in the hocus-pocus fantasy land of the Bay Area, where the margin separating straitjacket dementia from New-Age revelation is virtually nonexistent, I discovered in the mid-'90s Michael Shermer's Skeptic magazine. And it saved, if not my life, then certainly my sanity.
...The Right and the Left pick and choose their wars. Vietnam was a righteous crusade to the Right, a shame-inducing albatross for the Left. For the "progressive" Left, Clinton's Balkan adventure was a heroic reenactment of World War II, albeit on a less dramatic and destructive scale; for the Right, it was a case of international do-gooding that enabled our Islamist enemies to rally their forces.
Sure looks like the "hawks' nest" pushing for shock and awe revival - joined, of course, by our spongy media - have done their work well. A poll released today shows not only that Americans favor military action against Iran, should talks fail, but also indicates most of the country gives chances for success in seminal U.S./Iran negotiations at roughly the same odds as Kermit the Frog winning the Tour de France.
The survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found... 61 percent (of Americans) say it's critical to stop Iran, even if it takes military action, while 24 percent say it's more important to avoid military action even if it means Iran becomes a nuclear power... But Americans are skeptical about the prospects - 64 percent say the talks will not succeed at getting Iran to stop its suspected work on a nuclear weapon while just 22 percent believe the talks will eventually pay off. [Source: McClatchey Newspapers]
Sometimes my boiling point is real low. Like... same temperature to optimally chill American beer. Not Antarctic low, but not body heat, either. Low... ok? In those moments, it doesn't take much to get my Pampers all in a bunch.
So now I'm hot, since my dreary drive-time up the 101 has been ruined - ruined - by some jackass named Roger Hedgecock, yapping away the afternoon on what had been my favorite all-news radio station.
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