THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

JOE AGAIN? | 2006-06-21

Joe said, "It's not exactly the same thing because I've lost all heart for discussing things military."

Good Lord, if I sounded like I was discussing "military matters" I am getting pretentious in my old age.

"Discussing things militaryat my age means things like:

1) Mentioning how you were in World War II but you weren't one of the Real Heroes like everybody around, merely a guy doing his part in making Eastern Europe safe for Communism and Western Europe safe for third world immigration or

2) Scientific talk about how national defense should be conducted or how Napolean could have won the Battle of Waterloo.

The examples I gave were

1) a squirrel having a bee-bee shot in front of its nose and

2) Geraldo Rivera.