Hope you’re all feeling well this morning. I got a good night’s sleep (back in my own bed), and I’m feeling almost impermissably cheerful for a Monday morning. I’m not usually a morning person (which made those midnight-4am midwatches easier to take than the 8am-noon watches), but today I’m pretty upbeat.
In the standard morning news rants, I read that B.Lo’s new movie has flopped so dramatically that they have sworn never to work on a movie together again. And with the National Enquirer’s report that Ben performed oral sex on at least one stripper, they may not even get married.
In other news, I also read that the WaPo is reporting that Colin Powell and Richard Armitage have said (to National Security Adviser Condi Rice) that they will step down from their posts on January 21st, 2005, even if Bush is re-elected. The funny thing is that I have already started hearing of reports from the White House denying these reports. The other funny thing is that if Bush isn’t re-elected, they will step down on January 20th (not the 21st).
I think I’ll let the facts sort themselves out on this one.
In more personal news, I was one of the bloggers chosen to participate in John Hawkins new poll, “Bloggers select the 20 Worst Figures in American History”.
My list:
1. Lyndon Johnson
2. Julius Rosenberg
3. Ethel Rosenberg
4. Jimmy Carter
5. Warren G. Harding
6. Noam Chomsky
7. Jesse Jackson
8. Al Sharpton
9. Gray Davis
10. Charles Manson
11. Jack Ruby
12. John “Taliban Johnny” Walker Lindh
13. Alger Hiss
14. Roman Polanski
15. Woody Allen
16. Danny Glover
17. John Walker (Navy spy in early-to-mid 80’s)
18. Janet Reno
I chose people basically on the criteria that they performed exactly the opposite of the American ideals. I also chose no non-Americans, such as Hitler, Stalin, Osama, etc., primarily because they would be covered under a “world history” list for later. (Also, for exactly the same reason that I wouldn’t include a discussion of ‘Cinco de Mayo’ in an American History curriculum.)
I would probably included Robert Fisk, but I couldn’t be sure whether he was an American (I have some vague notion that he’s British), and looking him up would have also violated the second of my criteria - standing out to the point where their deeds are “in the water supply”, and anyone who bothered paying attention in school would know about them.
Argue with me if you like, and feel free to point out which ones you think I missed. I did the best I could with the “rules” I set myself.
I’ll be back later. 
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