Rainy Tuesday Morning

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I had to take Bo outside into a rainy morning. I don't suppose I have to tell you that we need another rainy day about as much as Bill Gates needs another million dollars.

I thought that the morning might be a little easier with respect to the cats, at least. In the past, when it is raining, they have chosen to stay hunkered down and skip the chow. When I first gave the back yard a look, letting Bo lie down dead for a while longer, I didn't see any cats, and figured we were staying true to pattern.

However, after I brought Bo back inside from our rounds, I gave the back one more good survey, and there he was. Calico caught my eye. He was on the patio, sheltered from the rain, sitting beside the trash can, obviously hoping not to be forgotten. It was a close call, buddy! Maybe you should give out a little meow next time.

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Rainy Tuesday Morning

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I had to take Bo outside into a rainy morning. I don't suppose I have to tell you that we need another rainy day about as much as Bill Gates needs another million dollars.

I thought that the morning might be a little easier with respect to the cats, at least. In the past, when it is raining, they have chosen to stay hunkered down and skip the chow. When I first gave the back yard a look, letting Bo lie down dead for a while longer, I didn't see any cats, and figured we were staying true to pattern.

However, after I brought Bo back inside from our rounds, I gave the back one more good survey, and there he was. Calico caught my eye. He was on the patio, sheltered from the rain, sitting beside the trash can, obviously hoping not to be forgotten. It was a close call, buddy! Maybe you should give out a little meow next time.

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Alberto Gonzales: The Worst Days

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George Will has such a romantic streak, and will show it at the oddest times, as in his recounting of the Alberto Gonzales resignation:

Alberto Gonzales could not even leave high office without advertising his unfitness for it. As he habitually has done, he reminded the nation that he has "lived the American Dream," which he evidently thinks is epitomized by his success in attaching himself to a politician not known for demanding quality in assistants. Gonzales then demonstrated how uncomprehending he is of essential American values. He said: "Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days."

Well. His father married and had eight children—nine wonderful days, days even better, one would have thought, than any of the days his son spent floundering at the Justice Department. Furthermore, Gonzales's father had the fulfillment of a lifetime spent providing for his family. But what is any of that, Gonzales implies, compared with the satisfaction of occupying, however unsatisfactorily, a high office? This implicit disparagement of his father's life of responsibility and self-sufficiency turns conservatism inside out. It is going to take conservatism a while to recuperate from becoming associated with such people.

Even conservatives are looking forward to putting the Bush days behind them.


(Source: George F. Will for Newsweek)

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Alberto Gonzales: The Worst Days

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George Will has such a romantic streak, and will show it at the oddest times, as in his recounting of the Alberto Gonzales resignation:

Alberto Gonzales could not even leave high office without advertising his unfitness for it. As he habitually has done, he reminded the nation that he has "lived the American Dream," which he evidently thinks is epitomized by his success in attaching himself to a politician not known for demanding quality in assistants. Gonzales then demonstrated how uncomprehending he is of essential American values. He said: "Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days."

Well. His father married and had eight children—nine wonderful days, days even better, one would have thought, than any of the days his son spent floundering at the Justice Department. Furthermore, Gonzales's father had the fulfillment of a lifetime spent providing for his family. But what is any of that, Gonzales implies, compared with the satisfaction of occupying, however unsatisfactorily, a high office? This implicit disparagement of his father's life of responsibility and self-sufficiency turns conservatism inside out. It is going to take conservatism a while to recuperate from becoming associated with such people.

Even conservatives are looking forward to putting the Bush days behind them.


(Source: George F. Will for Newsweek)

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