The most recent 20 comments posted to Electrolite by Jon Stopa:

Did you see Bush's speach last night?

He looked so strange.

He looked exhausted, scared, and up on some drug that was keeping him awake and coherent. He looked like he wanted to hide somewhere, a blanket over his head, but he had to be strong and say the words that will start what will be called the George W Bush War...one hundred years from now.

He looked like he knows that he is being tested, by God, or whatever, and cannot fail. He has to be strong.

He also looked like a promoter who was afraid that he hadn't made the sale. Probably because the product didn't look as tasty as it once did. But he still hoped, and had to go through with it.

Starting a war that could go on for many years, and kill thousands of Americans, has got to be momentous, even to him!

He could be in the beginning stages of some major body system failure. A stroke, or a something with the heart. Being tested, and all that.

President Cheney? Arrrg!

Hey, I want to live in an alternate universe--even if it is one by Phil Dick. At least in Dick's universes you usually didn't have things like a bodybuilder known as The Terminator running for governor of California.

This has nothing to do with the thread above, but I'd like to share it with you. Erase it if you want--I stole it from the Dawn Patrol:

A Seattle man named Stefan Merken wrote back as follows to a magazine that

had rejected one of his short stories: "Please forgive me for not accepting

your rejection letter. At this time I cannot accept a rejection of my short

story. I accept more than 99 percent of the rejections I receive. Many I

don't agree with, but I realize that accepting a piece of fiction for

publication is a very subjective judgment call. My acceptance of your

rejection letter is also a subjective process and therefore I am returning

your letter to you. I did read your leter. I read every letter I receive.

Your letter was well-written, but due to time constraints from my own

writing schedule, I am unable to make editorial comments. I do make

mistakes. Don't you, as an editor, be disheartened by this role reversal.

The road of publishing is long and tedious. You need successful

publications and I need for successful publications to print my stories. I

will expect to see my story in your next publication. Good luck in the

future."

I have a feeling that the Private Lynch story may have a tragic ending. Too much seems to indicate she may not be able to walk. That could be during a time of healing, or never. Spinal injuries could leave her with pain for the rest of her life.

More plausible than you might think. I almost fell off my chair when I read Stefan's comment, and so shared it with a fanish friend. Here is his reply:

"Thanks.
We have a client that competes with Precious Moments.  I've passed
this idea on to the Account Rep that works with them..."

I asked "a State Dept. Diplomat" at Minicon this year, "Was the result of US foreign policy for the last two years accidental or on purpose?" His answer was, that Rummy was trying to take down Powell. I'm still reeling from the implications of that statement. The damage to the UN and NATO was the unintended result of interdepartmental squabbling?

My personal feeling leans toward the idea that the damage was on purpose.

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