ITEMS

Item: It appears that at least some of the dictators being so roughly handled by their people in North Africa and the Middle East these days are no friends of the enemies of our country.

There is an old axiom in diplomacy:

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I hope that wise old heads in our government are keeping this truth in mind as they watch the dominoes fall.

Item: He talked through the national anthem. A while back, she hugged. And then there was the matter of the gifts.
No prob 'tho.
Why should anyone care about the courtesies due to a foreign leader, especially one from that country?

Item: cnn anchor eliot spitzer reporting on tony weiner. What could be better than that? What kind of a news network could employ spitzer? What kind of an electorate could elect a piece of work like weiner?
What kind of viewer could enjoy watching a piece of work like spitzer?

Item: The Royal Navy (British) and the French Navy are to share an aircraft carrier.
Just announced.
How about that?

Item: 6 June is the 67th anniversary of the Day called D. Did you find many references in your nightly news? In your newspapers?
'Tis ok.
It happens.
The years pass...as do the generations that remember. Those who were there or who knew those who were there pass on or ... get busy with other memories.

That is the way of life. That is the way of death.

Perhaps it is just as well, as long as a core of rememberers remain...remain always ... to remind the rest when the rest need reminding.

Young folk often make the mistake of thinking that what is going on now is more important than what has gone on before.
They do not know that their now is their tomorrow's history... that the one sets the trajectory for the other.
Young folk almost never know that simple truth.

Lots of old folks wish they had known that simple truth....while they were still young.