argus

I find when I reflect on my life, my point of view is ordered into stretches of “normal life” punctuated by notable events — some happy, some sad, some traumatic, but all notable because of the lasting impact they had on me. I suspect this is how most people with a poor memory reflect on their past. I find myself realizing that these past two months will no doubt become an Event (with the captial “E” well earned) in my personal timeline. And before you ask: I’m writing about it here for all the world to see in a last-gasp effort to bring these things to a resolution, at least for me personally.

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Replace all female flight attendants with good-lookin’ strippers! What the hell? The attendants have gotten old and haggard-looking. They don’t even serve food anymore, so what’s the loss?

The strippers would double, triple, perhaps quadruple the alcohol consumption and get a “party atmosphere” going in the cabin.

Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women.

And, of course, every heterosexual businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.

Hijackings would come to a screeching halt and the airline industry would see record revenues.

Why the hell didn’t Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?

Sincerely, Bill Clinton

New pictures: Brian & Katie’s Wedding >>

Sad, but true: Mike Adams has posted the second in his “Colleges to Avoid” series — and Georgia Tech is the school he recommends steering clear of. Delightful. I had my suspicions that things at Tech had been trending downward, just from news blips here and there via Neal and others, but I never figured things were this bad. Mike Adams may not be a big name to you, but Tech’s stereotypical treatment of a conservative speaker is dismal precisely because the target doesn’t matter — the “same-old same-old” can be found more and more all over the country. Way to go, Ma Tech.

On the Chinese calendar, 2005 must be the Year of the Turncoat.

I frequently reference excellent commentary from the crew over at National Review Online. This time I’ll reference excellent commentary not by National Review, but honoring National Review — or, more accurately, honoring National Review’s creator, William F. Buckley. A sample:

The people of the National Review are determined to leave their mark on this new century, and we appreciate it. You got a lot of readers here in the West Wing. My admonition is to keep thinking, to keep writing, and keep working. - President George W. Bush

Read the full speech >>