Intermittence

Barack Obama starts his candidacy with a gaffe and an apology…

“We now have spent $400 billion and have seen over 3,000 lives of the bravest young Americans wasted.”

I think he’s right. Consider a handful of $100 bills, each of which have value to various individuals. If somebody throws them into a furnace, they’ve been wasted: their value was not respected by the person in control of their fate, and their potential was destroyed.

Obama has nothing to apologize for, but the general public won’t see it that way. Here’s to hoping he watches his step a little better in the months to come… Read the rest of this entry »