Please hug a soldier

According to this article, the United States Army suspects that, when all the numbers are in, the total number of American soldiers who died in January in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan will be less than those who died by suicide. If you know a soldier, please reach out to that person and say that you recognize and appreciate his or her service. If you know a veteran, please thank that person for service rendered to this country. I think that everybody, regardless of whether one agrees with the reason that our troops are in these nations, understands that soldiers do a dangerous job and deserve recognition, thanks, and support.

Whatever, Mo

I wish that Maureen Dowd was a dude, so that I could kick her in the junk. She’s always saying stupid things, and nothing makes her happy. First she tried throughout the campaign to imply that President Obama was weak and unmanly, and now that he has the most important job on the planet, she’s calling him elitist and arrogant. If he keeps his promises to Democrats, she says that he’s ignoring Republicans. If he reaches out to Republicans, she accuses him of ignoring those who put him in power. What does she want from him? Does she understand that life does not exist only at the ends of a spectrum?

I find Maureen Dowd obnoxious, and I do not for one minute believe that that is her actual hair color.