October 23: Broncos 18 Dolphins 15
Tim Tebow and true grit!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
bye
So at last there's a definite date for full departure of U.S. troops from Iraq. Next, promptly, should be Afghanistan. And then let's have no more such reckless, deadly, expensive cowboy expeditions hatched in the White House or anywhere else.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Fall Glory
It can all disappear in a few stormy moments. I know, but at this warm, sunny moment we in Denver are being blessed with an unusually glorious display of fall floral color.
My own young autumn purple ash tree is simply magnificent. It is not really purple, as its name suggests it might be, but its foliage has turned from green to a red/yellow blend that I would -- without exaggeration -- call exquisite.
More often than not, mid- to late October brings us rain, sleet, high winds, killing frost, even snow. Fall foliage can't survive.
Lord knows Denver needs moisture -- Denver always needs moisture -- but just this time, maybe, there's an excuse to enjoy a dry, quiet October.
Cheers!
My own young autumn purple ash tree is simply magnificent. It is not really purple, as its name suggests it might be, but its foliage has turned from green to a red/yellow blend that I would -- without exaggeration -- call exquisite.
More often than not, mid- to late October brings us rain, sleet, high winds, killing frost, even snow. Fall foliage can't survive.
Lord knows Denver needs moisture -- Denver always needs moisture -- but just this time, maybe, there's an excuse to enjoy a dry, quiet October.
Cheers!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
cop
So we're now committed to an almost-complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Whoopee! It's about time.
Yet, coincidentally, we've just committed ourselves to send about 100 troops to Uganda.
The president assures us that this African deployment is merely to help Uganda rid itself of militant rebels and is a justified use of force to resolve a humanitarian crisis -- that it is time-limited and that our troops will engage in combat only in self defense.
Well, we have had assurances before and then spent upwards of 10 years of war in Afghanistan and eight years in Iraq.
Besides the senseless tragedy of dead and wounded troops, our reckless campaigning as world cop has alarmed and antagonized friends in the rest of the world and cost billions of dollars we didn't have and had to borrow.
Oh, well, our grand-children and great-grandchildren will be paying for that -- if we are able to leave them with a livable world to pay for.
Whoopee! It's about time.
Yet, coincidentally, we've just committed ourselves to send about 100 troops to Uganda.
The president assures us that this African deployment is merely to help Uganda rid itself of militant rebels and is a justified use of force to resolve a humanitarian crisis -- that it is time-limited and that our troops will engage in combat only in self defense.
Well, we have had assurances before and then spent upwards of 10 years of war in Afghanistan and eight years in Iraq.
Besides the senseless tragedy of dead and wounded troops, our reckless campaigning as world cop has alarmed and antagonized friends in the rest of the world and cost billions of dollars we didn't have and had to borrow.
Oh, well, our grand-children and great-grandchildren will be paying for that -- if we are able to leave them with a livable world to pay for.
Monday, October 10, 2011
CREED
I don't hold it against Mitt Romney that he's a Mormon. I hold it against him that he's a Republican.
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