How many times do our thoughts to ourselves start with "I wish..." and of course, these wishes just don't come true? I'd say, if you're anywhere near human, rather than superhuman, that's a relatively common occurrance. But what DO you wish for?

Well, I didn't when I was young. I just liked the title. It was just enough "in your face" to please a kid, and the mushy wordsy stuff after that just, well... bored me. Of course, when you're 8 or 11, or 14... or even 19, those "wordsy" things are often not all that important. After all, we're living in the moment, and the future is a long, long ways off. But that was, sadly, decades ago, and now I'm suddenly, surprisingly, living my own future. You know, the serious one, the one that shapes me more than I can shape it.

President Obama retorted to Palin's criticism of his nuclear policy today... It went something like this:

Pressed further on Republican criticism that his strategy restricts the use of nuclear weapons too much, Obama added:

"What I would say to them is, is that if the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff are comfortable with it, I'm probably going to take my advice from them and not from Sarah Palin."

Yeah, I mean it. He's never seen America. "What? You mean Honolulu and Chicago and New York aren't America?" I can hear the sputtering now. Of course they are. But if you drove to the Grand Canyon and all you did was see one of the campgrounds, would have you seen the Grand Canyon? Of course not. If you've driven to the South Rim and looked over the edge at the Visitor's center, have you seen the Grand Canyon?