Haircut 400

Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

I was chatting for a bit last night with Bob Lai, and the subject of John Edwards' $400.00 haircut commentary came up.

Me: I gave the hubby a pretty good haircut on Sunday night.

Bob: Did you charge him four hundred dollars? ...(g)

Me: No... the cut was free. But he does always offer me a great big tip. ;-)

(moderate pause)

Bob: I guess I walked right into that one.

Me: Well, yes you did.

And so on and so forth. Luckily the rest of the chat didn't degenerate.

Sometimes it has, but this one just skipped across the surface. :-)

---

Yesterday, the heads of our military got pantsed but good by the family of Pat Tillman and by Jessica Lynch.

''I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow solders that day were, in fact, legendary,'' said Ms. Lynch.

Accounts from officials of Ms. Lynch's bravery held the nation in thrall in the early stages of the Iraq invasion in 2003 after her maintenance convoy went astray near Nasiriya and she was taken prisoner. After her rescue, which was made into a television movie, she disputed those who said she fought off Iraqi soldiers until she was captured. She never fired a shot, she reiterated today.

The ''story of the little girl Rambo from the hills who went down fighting'' was untrue, she said.

Kevin Tillman was scathing in his assessment of how his brother Pat's death in Afghanistan in 2004, which was later determined to be a result of friendly fire, was initially portrayed by the military as an act of heroism in the face of enemy fire.

''A terrible tragedy that might have further undermined support for the war in Iraq was transformed into an inspirational message that served instead to support the nation's foreign policy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,'' he said.

Representative Henry Waxman, the California Democrat who is chairman the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, promised to carry his quest for answers in the case, which drew the lion's share of questions from lawmakers, to the highest levels of the Bush administration.

''We don't know what the secretary of defense knew,'' said Mr. Waxman, who has made himself a thorn in the administration's side since Democrats took over the majority in January. ''We don't know what the White House knew. These are questions this committee seeks answers to.''

I'm very sad that real people, who made real sacrifices, were taken advantage of, and propagandized to increase recruitment.

Our government has no right to do that to anybody, and yet that seems to be what happened.

---

Sheryl Crow has rebutted the reaction to her toilet paper admonition by saying that she's just glad that her joke got us talking about global warming.

Well, Sheryl, hate to break it to you, but mostly it got us talking about what a ridiculously unfunny twit you are.

Dining sleeve? For corn's sake. I guess you never heard of CLOTH NAPKINS.

---

I think that's it. Have a good Wednesday, or at the very least, don't have a day like this.

---

what you missed - what's next - leave a note
first post - cast page - diaryrings - top ten

THE LEGAL STUFF: All content on this site that was created by me is copyright 2003-infinity by Brin Marie McLaughlin. Steal my stuff and I'll squash you like a bug. All incoming email or any other form of communication with me is subject to publication or other distribution by me in whole or in part at my sole discretion. This diary features the sole opinions and experiences of one person, namely me, the person who is paying for this space. In the interest of safety and accountability, no anonymous input will ever be allowed here, ever, for any reason in the entire history of ever. Whenever there is a comments section appearing in this diary, it's to be considered part of my paid presence on the web, and shall be used by my readership to supplement the things I have written here with relevant information in a polite manner. Comments that do not fall in that category are subject to deletion at my whim. Your visit to my diary along with your use of my comments section constitutes the understanding of this statement. Anything else on these pages including any comments belongs to whoever created it. All external links are current as of the date of the entry in which they are first featured, but at no other time. News excerpts used here are for educational purposes and are permitted under the Fair Use Doctrine. Hold hands when you cross the street, and play nice.