Busy day. Just got back from an unannounced 9-hour visit to Delaware and I have to brief Congressional leaders on the comprehensive political, social, economic and strategic conditions there.
I'm not really sure I'm qualified to brief anybody after such a brief hit-and-run stay, particularly since I spent the entire time there in one room of one building, in the middle of the night, isolated and insulated from whatever was going on outside. But, hey, I went there, so I guess that makes me an expert now.
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The Dixie Chicks' new album Taking the Long Way, was released yesterday and remains No. 1 on Billboard's Top Albums chart.
But of course Billboard is not the only measure of an album's popularity, and we should note that the Chicks' latest is only No. 137 on Diebold's Top Albums chart, which uses the latest electronic touch-screen technology to tabulate record sales. Diebold explains the discrepancy between their rankings and Billboard's as the result of weaker than expected sales in Florida and Ohio.
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Happy Flag Day, by the way. Today we celebrate the worship of the map at the expense of the terrain.
I am, once again, flying a Gadsen Flag, which is regarded as a bit out of fashion. Bush's 21st-century America seems to regard "Don't Tread On Me" as quaint, outdated and irrelevant — just like the Geneva Conventions.
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So I'm sitting there at work posting all of the paper's high school lacrosse pics into a photo gallery when I notice something odd.
What I don't know about lacrosse is a lot, but from these photos it seems like the boys teams all wear an awful lot of protective equipment — full helmets with face shields, big ice hockey style gloves, shoulder pads, etc. The girls teams, on the other hand, wear goggles and a mouthpiece, and that's it. No helmets, no gloves, no shoulder pads.
Are the rules different, or are the girls just that much tougher than the boys?
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Quote of the day from the paper:
"When we're on the deck it's almost like we don't live in a neighborhood."
This was said proudly.
The next big trend for exurban housing developments? McMansions with moats.
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"I think the jury is still out on WMD," says my congressman, Rep. Curt Weldon.
Joe Sestak is running against Curt Weldon. Sestak's resume is impressive:
Prior to leaving naval service after 31 years and returning home to Delaware County, I attained the rank of Vice Admiral after having had a series of operational commands at sea, including Commander of an aircraft carrier battle group of 30 U.S. and allied ships that conducted combat operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. I have a Doctorate in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University, and served as the Director of Defense Policy in the White House during the Clinton Administration. Since graduating from the Naval Academy, I served my nation with great pride and commitment.
Sestak is also not a patronage pimp, he hasn't staked his credibility on the existence of nonexistent WMDs, and he has never helped to crown a convicted felon as Messiah and global emperor.
Here's hoping all that counts for something come November.
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