Stupid Traffic Anecdote of the Day

Near my house, there's an intersection where cars can turn onto Route 7, which is a very busy road. There's a stoplight at the intersection, and a sign that tells people "No Turn on Red" with the additional explanation "When Pedestrians are Present." There are rarely, if ever, any pedestrians.

I pull up to the light behind a guy in a Civic with Virginia plates, who's behind a Jetta (which apparently has DC plates reading "Taxation without Representation", the mocking cry of every DC resident). The light is red, but there's no traffic on Route 7. The Jetta guy sits there, waiting for a green light. I honk my horn, wondering if he's asleep. So does the guy in the Civic.

Jetta Guy gets out of his car and walks back to the Civic, pointing at the sign. Best of all, he looks like an aging hippie, with a bandana headscarf and a ponytail.

"See that sign? It says 'No Turn on Red', jerk!"

Civic Guy roll down the window. "Did you happen to read the second sign, BELOW that sign?"

Jetta Guy stops and looks at it. "Oh." He turns and starts walking back to his car, without even an apology.

Civic Guy shouts back, "I see your license plate says 'No Taxation Without Representation' on it."

Jetta Guy turns around. "Yeah, it does."

Civic Guy: "Did you ever stop and think that maybe Congress doesn't want to give representation to people who are too dumb to read street signs?"

After I turned, I noted that Jetta Guy had a Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker. Somehow, that fits.

100 Things About the Election, Part VIII

The continuing series of things I noticed during and after Election Day that I considered important. In no particular order...

60. This guy's a tad angry. He wants to fight a Bush supporter in a "fair, physical fight." Since when do liberals fight fair? (hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)

61. From Opinion Journal's Political Diary, which is a subscriber service, we saw the following line from a former Democratic VP candidate...

Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate, showed up on Fox News last Saturday to sneer: "If indeed all those blue states all got together and seceded from the union, think what would be left for those red states, nothing. There would be no educational system. You would have nothing. What would be left to you? I mean, where is all of this talent in this country? It's on both (coasts), the Northeast corridor."

Oh, yeah, that attitude will surely win people over.

62. Good news -- Michael Moore wants to make a sequel to his propaganda piece -- the one which failed in its stated objective. Very effective work. At this rate, he'll get Bush elected to a third term. Heck, liberals like Moore claim the first term was illegitimate and Bush was never elected. Maybe he can run again.

63. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Apparently the Ohio Democratic Party hasn't given up yet. Dirty Harry at MyTwoCommonCents has a bunch of posts on this. Guys, even Michael Moore has conceded, and he hates that more than a diet. Polipundit shuts the door on this talk.

64. By the way, I know other people may be tired of this feature. Unfortunately, I'm not. I could gloat about this for FOUR MORE YEARS!

65. Even my former undergraduate home, Villanova University, has its share of nuts. From the the school paper, the Villanovan...

The Center for Peace and Justice invited J.E. McNeil, Executive Director of the Center on Conscience and War, to advise conscientious objectors on what they should do now to document their position. Her presentation included factual information on how the draft works as well as her opinion that war is unjust.

McNeil, a practicing attorney with 25 years of experience, has represented conscientious objectors who have sought exemption or demonstrated against war in the United States. She now directs the CCW, a national organization that is opposed to the draft and provides legal assistance to conscientious objectors.

Her belief in a looming draft is based on knowledge of polling done by President Bush's strategist Karl Rove on how Americans feel about reinstatement and her distrust of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's pre-election editorial that asserted that "the United States simply does not need a draft."

Despite the administration's insistence that it is not planning a reinstatement, McNeil claimed both the nation's military and finances are stretched too thin already, and that a draft is highly likely.

... McNeil aroused some disagreement among audience members when she argued that the war in Afghanistan was an unjust war, fought for revenge after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Some audience members, including students in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, challenged her views and suggested that the military has provided anti-war activists like McNeil the freedom to express their views.

McNeil responded emotionally, saying it has been people who have been incarcerated for protesting war who have really given her the "right to speak."

Dr. Suzanne Toton of the CPJE said afterwards, "We pray there will not be a draft, but as a Catholic institution, we believe that students should be making this decision on the basis of conscience."

Psychology professor Dr. Paul Sheldon, who is trained in draft counseling, said, "COs are not cowards. The true CO has to be toughest guy on the block."

Sheldon, who as a Quaker is opposed to war, advises the Villanovans for Peace. He said he would be available to speak with those concerned about conscientious objection."There's always been war. What I've learned from war is that war doesn't work," he said.

I really wish Villanova had a Center for War and Injustice. Seriously, that last line is the sort of gibberish that's barely worthy of my contempt. I respect Quakers and the principles of non-violence. But to advocate that war doesn't work ignores history, not to mention reality today. Ask the Afghan people.

I think the draft rumors were bogus from day one. But perhaps they'll join the myth of Republicans taking away Social Security from old folks as a typical Democratic scare tactic.

66. Michelle Malkin presents Red states vs. Blue states, in charitable giving. I'm embarrassed that the five states I've lived in the longest (PA, MI, NJ, MA, and VA) all rank in the bottom 3 states. It's probably my fault.

67. Instapundit raised an interesting point -- what the hell happened to the Sandy Berger story?

68. Milwaukee may be starting a trend here. Personally, I find it rather funny -- don't the folks in swing states get plenty of spending as a result of these costs? Plus, they get all the campaign ads!

That's a Whole Lot of Gyros

Apparently, the Olympic Games cost a whole lot more than expected...

The final cost of the Athens Olympics soared to about $11.6 billion — at least $3.1 billion more than originally estimated.

Neither figure included transportation projects such as the new tram line, suburban rail network and extension of the Athens metro system to the airport, Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said Friday.

"The Olympic Games were an investment, but the Greek people should know how much they have cost," he said.

The previous socialist government, which lost to the conservatives in March elections, had placed the cost of the Aug. 13-29 Olympics and Paralympics that followed in September at $5.9 million. The budget of the organizing committee, which was managed as a separate company and had a separate budget of nearly $2.6 billion, would have brought that total up to about $8.51 billion.

Oh, yeah, I definitely want the Games stateside in 2012. Idiots.

Good Riddance -- May He Rot in Hell

I am sick of the glowing obituaries for Yasser Arafat. The guy was a terrorist murderer and probably spent his later years stealing from the people he claimed to lead. Jeff Jacoby's column in the Globe reminds us of Arafat's early career...

In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul."

God bless his soul? What a grotesque idea! Bless the soul of the man who brought modern terrorism to the world? Who sent his agents to slaughter athletes at the Olympics, blow airliners out of the sky, bomb schools and pizzerias, machine-gun passengers in airline terminals? Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? Who inculcated the vilest culture of Jew-hatred since the Third Reich? Human beings might stoop to bless a creature so evil -- as indeed Arafat was blessed, with money, deference, even a Nobel Prize -- but God, I am quite sure, will damn him for eternity.

...How is it possible to reflect on Arafat's most enduring legacy -- the rise of modern terrorism -- without recalling the legions of men, women, and children whose lives he and his followers destroyed? If Osama bin Laden were on his deathbed, would we neglect to mention all those he murdered on 9/11?

It would take an encyclopedia to catalog all of the evil Arafat committed. But that is no excuse for not trying to recall at least some of it.

Perhaps his signal contribution to the practice of political terror was the introduction of warfare against children. On one black date in May 1974, three PLO terrorists slipped from Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot. They murdered two parents and a child whom they found at home, then seized a local school, taking more than 100 boys and girls hostage and threatening to kill them unless a number of imprisoned terrorists were released. When Israeli troops attempted a rescue, the terrorists exploded hand grenades and opened fire on the students. By the time the horror ended, 25 people were dead; 21 of them were children.

Thirty years later, no one speaks of Ma'alot anymore. The dead children have been forgotten. Everyone knows Arafat's name, but who ever recalls the names of his victims?

So let us recall them: Ilana Turgeman. Rachel Aputa. Yocheved Mazoz. Sarah Ben-Shim'on. Yona Sabag. Yafa Cohen. Shoshana Cohen. Michal Sitrok. Malka Amrosy. Aviva Saada. Yocheved Diyi. Yaakov Levi. Yaakov Kabla. Rina Cohen. Ilana Ne'eman. Sarah Madar. Tamar Dahan. Sarah Soper. Lili Morad. David Madar. Yehudit Madar. The 21 dead children of Ma'alot -- 21 of the thousands of who died at Arafat's command.

Remember this in thirty years if the Beslan killers are being treated like dignitaries. And before anyone says Arafat never committed a crime against our country, check out this post at Powerline.

So, let's just say it simply -- goodbye, and good riddance. May the Palestinian people find a leader blessed with the vision and strength to lead them to a peacful resolution of their issues, and away from the path of terror.

Happy Veteran's Day

It's supposed to be a holiday, although most people are working (including yours truly). But it doesn't mean we can't pay respect by taking a moment to remember the people who established and preserved the freedoms we cherish.

Thank you, to each and everyone of you, for all that you did. And for all the guys who are doing it today, I'm in awe of your service and devotion to your country, and you're in my prayers.

229 Proud Years

The Marines celebrated their 229th birthday today. Thanks for all you've done, guys, and for all you're doing today.

100 Things About the Election, Part VII

The continuing series of things I noticed during and after Election Day that I considered important. In no particular order...

51. The nuts have come out. Check out the secessionists, like Lawrence O'Donnell and Eleanor Clift on the McLaughlin Group Sunday, as noted by a certain 'Bama-educated legal mind...

MR. O'DONNELL: But the big problem the country now has, which is going to produce a serious discussion of secession over the next 20 years, is that the segment of the country that pays for the federal government is now being governed by the people who don't pay for the federal government.

MR. BLANKLEY: Did you say secession?

MR. BUCHANAN: (Laughs.)

MR. O'DONNELL: Yes, yes.

MR. BLANKLEY: Are you calling for civil war?

MR. O'DONNELL: Ninety -- not war; you can secede without firing a shot.

MR. BLANKLEY: Not if you have a Lincoln in the White House.

Lest you think that was all...

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Can the GOP cement forever, do you think, Eleanor, the allegiance of the evangelical voters by appointing Supreme Court justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade and make other decisions?

MS. CLIFT: Well, this is the one area where Bush can very cleanly deliver to these voters who supported him. And he did not answer the question in the debate whether he approved of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. He dodged that question. And by having probably three appointments over the next three -- four years, he will put in place a Bush court that we will be talking about a generation from now. And I think that it will move to the right. Whether it will go so far as to overturn Roe v. Wade, which --

MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Do you think --

MS. CLIFT: -- has been settled law for over 30 years, if they did that, they would trigger a revolution in this country that would finally respond to Pat Buchanan.

You know, I said it earlier -- it's never wise to call for a revolution when the other side has more guns. But people are really unhinged on the left. We've got Carole Simpson scared about the return of slavery. And as this article notes, some people may want to merge with Canada.

Of course, why would Canada want a bunch of losers?

52. Barbra Streisand quotes Jefferson. I didn't even know she could read. I know she can't sing.

The "reign of witches?" Change one letter and we've got the future Hillary Clinton administration.

53. Kerry's thinking about running in 2008. We have three words, Senator. Bring it on.

54. Different versions of our favorite maps. But these look bloated, like Ted Kennedy.

55. Some Kerry supporters are so traumatized, they're seeking therapy. I think that might have been helpful before the election. I recommend electroshock.

56. It's worth remembering this picture.

57. Kerry campaign advisor Howard Shrum is now an amazing 0-for-8 in Presidential elections. Maybe he should try something new... like advising a Republican.

58. Here's your chance to escape, liberals. If you're attractive to a Canadian.

59. Take heart, blue staters. It's only 1450 days or so to the next election.

The NFL Recap, Week Nine

I do these at work as part of my duties as Sports Czar, so why not share with the greater public?

I promised the midseason review last week. But I didn't mention that it would be in... HAIKU!

Like most men, when incredibly busy, I resort to bad initiations of classic Japanese poetry. It was either that or let John Kerry write the recap, and as we all know, he's drinking away the pain. Besides, I can't really make fun of the Redskins after they win... as much. I mean, it's not like the Skins longest pass completion came courtesy of their running back throwing the ball... well, it was, but that doesn't mean their quarterback stinks. There's plenty of other ways to prove their quarterback stinks.

So let's get on with the show...

Philadelphia Eagles (7-1)

Seven wins, one loss
On track for the Super Bowl
No one will stop them.

New York Giants (5-3)

They hate Coach Coughlin
But winning cures most problems
But not injuries.

Dallas Cowboys (3-5)

Parcells is angry
Tells his team they are stupid
We always thought so.

Washington Redskins (3-5)

Gibbs will win it all!
We are certain that he will!
In three or four years.

Minnesota Vikings (5-3)

Culpepper on fire
But these guys always fall short
They will choke again.

Detroit Lions (4-4)

The Lions, winning?
Even Detroit is in shock
Still, forget playoffs.

Green Bay Packers (4-4)

Team starts 1 and 4
But did you ever doubt them?
Favre and Green key Pack.

Chicago Bears (3-5)

Three wins? For this team?
Krenzel and Quinn at QB?
Is that a law firm?

Atlanta Falcons (6-2)

Vick not playing well
But his team keeps winning games
Watch out, NFC.

New Orleans Saints (3-5)

Does anyone care?
Saints underwhelm every year.
Same story again.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5)

Gruden's found a QB
In Brian Griese he trusts
Broncos think, "Ha-ha!"

Seattle Seahawks (5-3)

Trendy pick to win
But careless mistakes by stars
Will doom playoff run.

St. Louis Rams (4-4)

Ugh. Martz still coaching.
And getting out-coached each game
Rams fans must hate him.

Arizona Cardinals (3-5)

Denny Green will win
Even in Arizona
And with Josh McCown.

San Francisco 49ers (1-7)

They are so awful
They don't deserve a haiku
Even a lousy one.

New England Patriots (7-1)

Twenty-one straight wins
Ends with a thud in Pittsburgh.
So they start new streak.

New York Jets (6-2)

Great start for gang green
But Pennington is now hurt
Bring back Joe Namath!

Buffalo Bills (3-5)

Better than you think
This team may surprise its fans
With strong second half.

Miami Dolphins (1-8)

Wannstedt is now gone
Ricky Williams smoking pot
Go see Shaq and Heat.

Pittsburgh Steelers (7-1)
Ben Roethlisberger
Red-hot rookie leads the way
For the league's best team.

Baltimore Ravens (5-3)
Ray Lewis got mocked
Jamal Lewis suspended
Billick still a jerk.

Cincinnati Bengals (3-5)

Three wins pretty good
For perennial losers
But coach wants to win.

Cleveland Browns (3-5)
Dog pound is still sad
Since they are Browns fans, but also
They live in Cleveland.

Indianapolis Colts (5-3)
This team is too good
To have three losses -- must be
The fault of defense.

Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3)

Some last second wins
Put them in first place early
They won't stay there.

Houston Texans (4-4)

Underrated Texans
Will challenge for the playoffs
And scare AFC.

Tennessee Titans (3-5)

Injuries killed them
MVP McNair goes down
And team goes with him.

Denver Broncos (6-3)

Ruben Droughns? Who's that?
New star running back saves team
From Plummer's mistakes.

San Diego Chargers (6-3)

Powder blue unis
And Martyball lead the way
Philip Rivers who?

Kansas City Chiefs (3-5)
Huge disappointment
For preseason contender
Lousy defense kills.

Oakland Raiders (3-6)

Silver and Black stink
Even more than smelly fans
Hey, just lose, baby.

Dirty Filthy Rotten Cheating Losers

Ohio State, supposed paragon of virtue, continues to deny the obvious -- that they can only beat Michigan by cheating and cheating blatantly. Next thing you know, we will finally find evidence that the ref who threw that pass interference flag in the Fiesta Bowl against Miami also got a free SUV from OSU Coach Jim Tressel.

Did He Say Mandate?

Hysterical political cartoon (hat tip: Andrew Sullivan). And I think "manbeerguzzling" would be a better term.

Your Federal Tax Money at Work

Should I send the thank you note to Ted Kennedy or John Kerry? Take a look at the latest from the Big Dig...

The Big Dig — Boston's newly opened $14.6 billion highway tunnel project — has a seriously flawed wall that contractors knew about as early as 1999, and is riddled with hundreds of smaller leaks, consultants reported in another embarrassment for the builders and the city.

Repairing the wall alone could take months and will probably require the closing of some traffic lanes overnight, officials said Wednesday. They had no immediate estimate of how much the repairs might cost.

The problems were identified by a team of outside engineers hired by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to investigate a major breach that caused a flood in September.

Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew Amorello said that the tunnels remain structurally sound, a certain amount of leakage is inevitable, and the drainage system is keeping water off the roadways.

"There is no public safety issue," he said.

Nevertheless, it was more bad news for the Big Dig, the last major leg of which opened less than a year ago. The project — the most expensive highway project in U.S. history — was five years late and billions of dollars over cost, and has been plagued by allegations of fraud, waste and mismanagement.

The most stunning thing in the article was that the Big Dig was only five years late.

Bear Bryant Could Not Have Said It Better

Loyal reader and fellow Eagles devotee JK sends along this piece. As he notes, it's probably meant to be derogatory. But this quote actually makes us smile...

Capt Kirk Mayfield, commander of the Phantoms, called for fire from his task force's mortar team. But Sgt Anyett didn't want to wait. "Dude, give me the sniper rifle. I can take them out - I'm from Alabama."

Roll Tide.

100 Things About the Election, Part VI

The continuing series of things I noticed during and after Election Day that I considered important. In no particular order...

42. More on Michael Moore: According to Kerry Spot, the Daily Telegraph ripped him thusly...

Not since Moby Dick has a great white whale been so bloodily harpooned... In 2000, Mr Moore's support for Ralph Nader helped lose Florida for Al Gore. This time, he boosted President Bush by outraging Middle America. Take a bow, Mike: you've done it again.

I don't know if Geraghty is right that Moore cost Kerry the election. I will say that Moore didn't help him, even with the propaganda hit piece that the media spent months promoting. And for all who are interested, Team America is the far superior movie.

43. I'll link to my buddy Greg's blog for this one, partly because he was kind enough to link to mine, partly because he's worth reading (especially if you want a counter-point to the right wing diet you receive here) and partly because I loved this bit from Newsweek as well...

The "Outlandish" McCain Offer. Kerry's courtship of Senator John McCain to be his running mate was longer-standing and more intense than previously reported. As far back as August 2003, Kerry had taken McCain to breakfast to sound him out to run on a unity ticket. McCain batted away the idea as not serious, but Kerry, after he wrapped up the nomination in March, went back after McCain a half-dozen more times. "To show just how sincere he was, he made an outlandish offer," Newsweek's Thomas reports. "If McCain said yes he would expand the role of vice president to include secretary of Defense and the overall control of foreign policy. McCain exclaimed, 'You're out of your mind. I don't even know if it's constitutional, and it certainly wouldn't sell.'" Kerry was thwarted and furious. "Why the f--- didn't he take it? After what the Bush people did to him...'"

After reading that, the Minster of War and the Lord of Truth are probably getting ready to tear their hair out (see guys, one advantage of going bald is not worrying about things that make you want to tear your hair out). I still laugh every time someone raises the "Unity Ticket" concept, mostly because I think everyone unconditionally believes such a concept would work.

Perhaps, but I think people are a little too keyed in on the idea that this ticket made sense. At this point, I think you could pair McCain with Nancy Pelosi or Newt Gingrich and people would talk about how wonderful it was. McCain is exalted by the MSM and the moderates to the point that I think expectations are a little unrealistic. I think McCain could have provided a winning margin for a candidate by being on the ticket, although I'm not as certain as everyone else is. McCain easily would have been a better choice than John Edwards... of course, a live donkey might have been a better choice than John Edwards. However, I'm reasonably certain that the GOP would have replaced Cheney with Guiliani, at which point the Dems would have replaced Kerry with Lieberman and the GOP would have cloned Reagan... I love all the pipe dream scenarios, but keep in mind that McCain would never win the Democratic nomination for President, and he needed to salvage his chances of one day winning the GOP nomination.

I think McCain was right to reject this deal for any number of reasons -- his own Presidential ambitions, the fact that he would been stuck in a job with little power and no political base, the fact that he would have been forced to play good soldier on Kerry's domestic agenda, etc. Besides, can you imagine McCain putting up with Teresa's crap?

44. Speaking of Edwards... more from the Newsweek piece, as noted by Jay Nordlinger...

Finally, how about this? "Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of a wartime biography of Kerry, cautioned that Kerry's diary included mention of a meeting with some North Vietnamese terrorists in Paris. Edwards was flabbergasted. 'Let me get this straight,' the senator said. 'He met with terrorists? Oh, that's good.'"

Hey, John, thanks for joining the party.

45. Nordlinger, by the way, hits the nail on the head earlier in that column...

Years ago, at the Oscars, Sally Field said, "You like me, you really like me!" Well, I now say, "They hate us — they really hate us." I'm talking about the Left, and the media elite, of course, and the "us" is . . . Bush supporters.

They really let it all hang out, after Tuesday. A certain amount of politeness or restraint might have prevailed during the campaign, but no longer. They hate us, calling us dumb, dumb, dumb — a bunch of Bible-thumpin' boobs.

I think I've watched Jon Stewart's show twice, both times because a friend was on. I watched it the other night, and there was this comedian — a sidekick of Stewart's, apparently — saying, "We have heard the voice of the American people. I would imitate it, but I don't like to make fun of the retarded."

Hey, as I noted today, you really shouldn't make fun of us Bible-thumping boobs (I hereby accord myself status as the first Hindu Bible-thumping boob). We own most of the guns.

46. Sometimes, you just save stuff for no reason. Then there are times when you save it for a good reason. Here's the August 11, 2004 version of ABC's The Note, which declared the Presidential race "John Kerry's contest to lose." Guess he lived up to the challenge.

47. I need to ask my college-age brother -- how many votes were the Bush twins worth?

48. I think this video from Britain is pretty damn funny.

49. Speaking of Britain... two of the top three members of the coalition have re-elected their wartime leaders. First Australia with John Howard, now the U.S. with George W. Bush. I think every supporter of both these men should send their well-wishes along Tony Blair.

50. Man, by going independant, Jim Jeffords made the worst career move since Shelley Long bailed on Cheers.

Say A Prayer...

for the Marines, the U.S. Army and the Iraqis, all of whom are moving on Fallujah as you read this. I'd like to think that our country hasn't forgetten these guys amidst all the hoopla and grief about the election. Keep in mind that while we're watching Christmas decorations go up, our troops, our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, our friends... they're out there, and they're risking their lives for us. Yes, us.

God bless you, guys, and kick ass.

The Truly Important Stuff

College hoops season begins soon. Thank God, because I was starting to see too many NBA highlights on Sportscenter.

100 Things About the Election, Part V

The continuing series of things I noticed during and after Election Day that I considered important. In no particular order...

36. Apparently Michael Moore is unhappy. In and of itself, that makes this election a success.

37. I wonder if all those actors will actually move to France. And whether France wants them.

38. I went out to dinner with my folks and my brother last night. While we were waiting for our table, we were browsing a bookstore. Of course, I ended up in the political science section, mostly filled with books ripping on one side or the other. At one point, two young ladies were standing nearby, and one pointed to the row of Ann Coulter books. "Look, it's my least favorite author!"

The other one nodded. "Nazi bitch."

"Don't get me started," snapped the first one.

I thought about picking up a copy of How to Talk To A Liberal (If You Must) in front of them, but figured they'd already had a tough week.

39. Speaking of Coulter, here's a gem of a line from her Townhall column... "I guess John Kerry went into the primary without a plan to win the election." Thanks to loyal reader RB for the reference.

40. Then there's Jonah Goldberg at NRO on the youth vote...

Remember how we were all told that the new army of young "Deaniacs" was going to carry Howard Dean to the White House because of the unprecedented enthusiasm, idealism, and youthful vigah (as John Kennedy would say)? Well, that fizzled like a North Korean light bulb. The same was true for John Kerry.

Kim Jong-Il would probably be offended by the analogy.

41. Goldberg also noted Terry McAuliffe's line about Tuesday being "the best election night in history." Finally, I agree with him on something.

Sad Doesn't Cover It

You know, somehow I just don't understand this...

A 25-year-old man from Georgia who was apparently distraught over President
Bush's re-election shot and killed himself at ground zero. Andrew Veal's body was found Saturday morning inside the off-limits site, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A shotgun was found nearby, but no suicide note was found, Coleman said.

Veal's mother said her son was upset about the result of the presidential election and had driven to New York, Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, told The New York Times in Sunday's editions.

Friends said Veal worked in a computer lab at the University of Georgia and was planning to marry.

Sometimes, there's no words to express what I think. Let's just say I'm shaking my head.