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07/06/2003 Archived Entry: "Excuse my absence yesterday."
Excuse my absence yesterday.
Our neighbors had their 4th party yesterday, and we spent the day drinking lots of beer and eating lots of food, then watching lots of fireworks. So I was, shall we say, distracted yesterday.
Could I be suffering from AADD? The thought came to mind while reading MoDo's column in today's Times, about how the Thug Cabal just can't seem to concentrate on getting anything right.
"I find my mind wandering from tasks that are uninteresting or difficult." (Like nation building, which we said we'd never do but are muddling through now, with no coherent strategy, in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East, and soon in Liberia.)"I say things without thinking and later regret having said them." (Such as declaring we have "prevailed" in Iraq two months before the commander there admits, "We're still at war." Or bubbling about the statue of Saddam falling and then months later posting a $25 million bounty on the real Saddam's head. Or saying Saddam had W.M.D.'s that posed an imminent threat to us and then failing to find a single warhead. Or saying we'd already found the weapons when all we'd found was some trashed trailer. Or saying we'd get Osama "dead or alive" and Al Qaeda was "on the run.")
"I make quick decisions without thinking enough about their possible bad results." (Such as how our troops will be targets in hostile, dangerous territory, stuck there for years sorting out tribal and sectarian warfare.)
"I have a quick temper, a short fuse." (Like the president, taunting the Iraqi militants, saying, "Bring 'em on." Shouldn't that sort of trash talking be reserved for football and Schwarzenegger sequels?)
"I have trouble planning in what order to do a series of tasks or activities." (Such as threatening to rumble with North Korea and Iran while we're still prone to stumble in Afghanistan and Iraq.)
"In group activities it is hard for me to wait my turn." (Why wait for the pansy allies, even if you'll need their help after?)
Ritalin for everybody! Now, what was I saying?
Replies: 3 people speak up
Good to have to back.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/06/2003 09:59 PM NY
Er, that should be: good to have you back.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/06/2003 10:01 PM NY
Here, have some Ritalin! Works wonders!!
Posted by editor @ 07/07/2003 01:09 AM NY
