[3] Promise? What happened to that promise? Weekend? It's friggin' Wednesday, dude, get with the program!

Heh.

Just to be evenhanded in my comment abuse, as it were...

:-)

Michale -

[5] Yeah, that's why I had to include it. It's such a cheerful, happy, American-centric (even) hippie flag, that I had to remind everyone what it looked like.

:-)

That's what I like about you -- even when it must hurt (giving kudos to hippies, for pete's sake), you honestly admit things, at times. Heh.

jbl_inAZ

[7] This has been upside-down week here, as I usually answer these comments FIRST, before I go over to HuffPost. But, man, I was swamped, and typing as fast as my fingers could fly! I did get out of it a talking point for Friday, though (thanks again to DrCardio!).

In normal times, I'd usually answer your comment here first. And, as an added bonus, you get a Tuesday and a Thursday column here from me that HuffPost doesn't see. What's not to love?

:-)

-CW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAlMomLvu_4

Michale.....

So that's why you got me commenting over here instead of at HP :-)

I wanna know what ya'all did with MODERATE??!! :D

Man, I just got swamped by the biggest HuffPost comment flood I've ever faced -- closing on 400 comments, as I write this (for Wednesday's Tea Party map column).

Holy Crap O Monkees!!!

That's a crapload of comments.

Congrats!! :D

Michale.....

In spite of myself, I DO think that is a kewl looking flag... :D

Michale.....

With a lead-in like that, how can I not?? :D

Seriously though, I should probably stay away from environmental issue commentaries...

Because they generally lead to heated discussions about the con/fraud that is AGW and we don't want to open THAT con 'o worms.. er.. I mean "can o' worms" yea.. That's what I meant..

Anyways, in and of itself, anything that actually does something to help this planet, that won't totally decimate our economy, I am all for....

This move by Obama apparently falls under that category...

So, {{wait for it}} Kudos to President Obama for finally doing SOMETHING right...

I call that a minor accomplishment amidst all the disasters that have come down the road, courtesy of President Obama and the DP'er Congress....

Mid-terms can't come soon enough...

Michale.....

Man, I just got swamped by the biggest HuffPost comment flood I've ever faced -- closing on 400 comments, as I write this (for Wednesday's Tea Party map column). I can count on the fingers of one hand my previous articles' comment threads that topped 200, and I've only ever topped 300 once before, so answering and addressing these has taken a lot of my time up. Plus, I'm trying to get a jump on tomorrow's FTP column, as well.

So I apologize for not addressing my favorite commenters here, in the meantime. I promise, I'll get caught up this weekend.

:-)

-CW

Yeah, we've come a long way from rivers that could actually CATCH FIRE, haven't we?

Not exactly Cleveland's finest hour. I recently saw a documentary that had footage from it, had never actually seen the video before. Sobering, to say the least. Some things ought to be sacred. The love of a good woman... quality craftsmanship properly appreciated... the fact that #$%*-ing RIVERS shouldn't CATCH FIRE....

-CW