Something to Consider

I just got the following email from a good friend of mine:

"Collmer, If you ever run for office, want to be held in sort of public eye, you better not speak like that outside of a very tight group of people that will never sell you out. Let's just strike that comment from the record and move on."

What did I say to elicit this response? I merely used a comparative analogy to put the concept of a war on terrorism, as it has currently been packaged for the American public, in context. I told him that, on average, there have been more deaths worldwide (or in the US) from lightning strikes than from terrorism. I then asked him if, in light of this fact, he thought that I could get the American taxpayers to agree to spend $200 billion per year on an initiative to once and for all eradicate lightning.

Given the historical success (or rather, lack thereof) in using force to end terrorism, this doesn't seem like too ridiculous of an illustrative analogy.

For the record, our conversation ended after this exchange because he had to get back to duct taping the plastic sheets over his window after reading today's Drudge Report headline.

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Collmer, thank you for pointing this out. I just hope you haven't been reported to the authorities for such unpatriotic, American soldier hating language. No more Carlyle Group Christmas cards for you Terror-lover.

(C'mon America... get back to thinkin...)

I can see the placards now. "Collmer for Congress-- A Less Stupider America". You got my vote son.