WHERE DID THEY GO & TROPICAL DELIGHTS

WHAT HAPPENED TO 

PEOPLE OF STATURE?

Seeing Marvin Kalb the other night 

served to remind me how far we have slid.

Kalb, the former CBS News Correspondent and his daughter Deborah have authored Haunting Legacy 

an examination of the foreign policy  of the

seven US Presidents since Viet Nam.

As he spoke with Charlie Rose he demonstrated the 

intelligence, sense of and respect for history and experienced knowledge that characterized not only his career but that of his generation of broadcast journalist.

That generation of correspondent and analyst

is vastly superior to most of what we get today.

It is the same with politicians as well.

Here's a little fun to make the point.

Read these insults and try to picture any of the current Washington crowd of being capable of such verbal skill.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the
gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
· "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies
or your mistress

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
great pleasure." Clarence Darrow 

 "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
approved of it." - Mark Twain 

· "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring
a friend, if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
· "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there
is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder 

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -
Groucho Marx 

DAY BOOK

TROPICAL SCENES

Palms in Florida evoke a real sense of the tropics.

 Floral blooms abound.

An exotic sense fills the air and your eyes.

As you travel to new climes, the native vegetation

helps establish that sense of vacation. 

Can we send official Washington to a summer boot camp?

See you down the trail.