Blowing In the Wind

I have used the butterflies that adorn this HTML to refer to the ephemeral lives we lead.  The short-lived Mayfly has a life span of 3 days which is just enough time to reproduce another generation of Mayflies.  "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny."   In plain words, "The individual repeats the history of the race."  

Someone defined "amazing" as a sophisticated way of saying "bullshit."   I have used the word "Bandini" as a polite way to refer to the same word.   I could relate to the double entendre of the TV ad showing a skier going down "Bandini" mountain.  I even know a real estate agent who has the CA license plate, "BNDINI."  In her instance, it refers to a very special person not the swear word, excrement, or fertilizer.  

After observing some of the lampooning and/or harpooning of our President which I have printed here, I have decided it is time to show some support of a man that I like and respect.  An old cliche does not apply to this man.  "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit."  In my opinion, our President has done his best to shoot straight with all Americans.  Politics is a mine field fraught with hidden mines of treacherous misinformation.  In addition my Mother taught me, "We make our biggest mistakes through ignorance."  

If President Bush was perfect, he would be dead by now.  e.g.s Jesus (perfectly good) and Hitler (perfectly evil) are both dead.  Since all of us are human, we all make mistakes.  Our President does more good than bad and should be judged by the good he has accomplished as well as his mistakes.  Since I am guilty of repeating some of his grammatical mistakes, I present you the following quotes of others who are far worse in my opinion.  

Nuggets of Brilliance
 The Human Race

"Just when I learned all the answers, they changed all the questions."-Gertrude Stein

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why? Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever."-- Miss Alabama, in the 1994 Miss USA contest

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."-- Mariah Carey

"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign.

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."-- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."-- Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC

"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."-- A congressional candidate in Texas

"I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."-- John Wayne

"Half this game is ninety percent mental."-- Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."-- Dan Quayle

"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"-- Lee Iacocca

"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."-- Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."-- Bill Clinton, US President

"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."-- Keppel Enderbery

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."-- Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina

Blowing in the Wind
 Bob Dylan - 1962

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.