Post Turtle

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, his doctor struck up a conversation.

Eventually the topic got around to current affairs.

The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, let me tell you about the ‘Post Turtle’.”

The doctor said “What’s a ‘Post Turtle’ ?”

The old rancher said, “When you’re driving …

Dear American:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist …

This is a very enjoyable song musically, an interesting video with a number of guest and cameo appearances, and it’s especially timely tonight, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech, and the night Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States….

As happy as I am with outcome of the Democratic primaries, it’s not without some sadness that I note that we’ve yet to elect a woman as our national leader, lagging behind many other countries in the world.

In that spirit, I really liked Hillary’s line (from her concession speech):

Although we weren’t able to shatter that …

There may still be one or two people (see previous post) who aren’t clear on who’s the presumptive Deomocratic presidential nominee, but as the graphic below shows, the world at large doesn’t share this confusion.

We’ll save our final congratulations until August and November, but for now let’s acknowledge the historical significance of Barack Obama …

Update: This photo expresses so much more than I can say with mere words.

John Moore, Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery / Getty Images

More info behind this photo is available, here and here.

Five years ago, I expressed my concerns about the war that has now …