I never heard of it until now, so I had to do a bit of research to understand your reference. Mugsy, you know your stuff! I’ll have to keep an eye out for it, looks interesting. Thanks.

What hasn’t the Bush Administration declared war on?

HI, Frannie. Thanks for the update. I noticed the testimony against the flight attendant also. I went back to the link in the article to double-check something, and it had changed to a report on testimony from the captain and passengers - the testimony I was holding out for. This was when I started leaning toward the idea that she really had gambled her career on a big payday. Her comments on “devil”s and “cult”s may be a hint as to how she arrived at that decision. Or maybe she was afraid of layoffs. There are still some details that do not seem to add up. Or maybe the details were just not deemed newsworthy. It would also be interesting to know how she presented her case to her lawyer, and how he decided to take it.

Excellent point, Kitty. I admit that I had not thought about this aspect of the issue before. Thank you for teaching me something new today. There is importance in the details.

And on the other side of the paper mill there is Zhang Yin, who has made herself the richest woman in China by recycling our waste paper into Chinese containers.

Frank is right: Unless you are shaking a hand, you do not touch the flight crew - even before 9/11. Given the current state of the airline industry, I find it extremely difficult to believe that a flight attendant would risk her job with a false accusation. Given the past behavior of other high-octane religious leaders, I find it woefully easy to believe that these two would perjure themselves - it will be interesting to see how their congregation reacts if the jury does not believe them. But innocent until proven guilty. I want to hear from the witnesses on this one. I also wonder why the airline was so passive in this case.

How does one report a possible spammer?

I think Charlie Brown said happiness is a warm puppy. Me, I am happy to have stumbled over your post. Very nice! Maybe happiness is a state of mind, you are not aware you are happy unless you stop to think about it. Perhaps it comes in little pieces; a pleasant surprise, a warm hug, a small success, a baby’s first step… Could happiness be the absence of unhappiness; If you are not happy unless you are doing something, then is doing something happiness? Perhaps happiness comes without warning, and leaves before you recognize it. For me, happiness is a sense of security and the embrace of love. A warm blanket and a soft pillow on a cold winter night. Sipping hot chocolate and listening to the rain. A good book and the time to read it. A good tear-jerker. The smell of flowers, or just-baked anything. The sound of laughter. A gentle caress. The world is full of happiness, if you know where to look.

My sense of insecurity.

The problem is that McCain and his campaign are two different things. I have heard that he is less than thrilled with how negative his campaign has gone.

While our thoughts and prayers are on Todd Bachman, let’s not forget that his wife Barbara survived the attack and 8 hours of surgery. This site was set up to keep people updated on messages from the Bachman family. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was unhurt in the attack.

Elizabeth is a past Olympic volleyball and national team player and is married to Hugh McCutcheon, head coach of the American men’s vollyball team. After the attack, the team played Venezuela without Hugh and won a very close match. They dedicated the victory to the Bachmans and the McCutcheons.

Exactly none, Star. Point and match to you.

From what I have heard, they were not wearing anything that distinguished them specifically as Americans. I think they were just targets of opportunity. Sending flowers to a florist mogul would be a bit awkward, but they have been getting cards.

If we could see the future, would we lose free will? If a tree fell in the woods and nobody heard it, would the termites care? If wishes were horses, who would clean the stable? No number 4, writer working for Letterman.

She wasn’t taking sides, she was playing mediator - and telling both sides to shape up. She was a little harder on Sen. McCain, but it was his ad she was responding to.