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Personally, I think anybody with a stupid name like "Scooter" deserves to be indicted just on general principle.

My wife's friend's husband's name is Scooter. I'll tell him what you said... He'll get a laugh out of it. He's a nice guy and I certainly don't think he wants to be indicted just for his nick name.

I'm glad to hear that some folks names Scooter are well-known in Texas. Truth be told, I don't think everbody named Scooter should be indicted. I just get appalled that somebody should drag their friendly, adolescent moniker through Andover and Yale and still keep it around when they become a noxious, evil, never-served-but-willing-to-send-them Vulcan. Think Biff Pinochet and Buffy Marcos.

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Don't take offense but the Onion link just seems gross. Maybe I'm too old to appreciate it. More likely just the way I was raised.

No way would I take offense. I think the Onion's Parade parody *is* gross. Juvenile humor. In the context of the Executive branch's stoooopid, bumbling, tight-ass legal action over the presidential seal, though, I think that it is just awesome. Perfect. "Don't Tread on Me!"

Joe Wilson on one of the TV news shows right now. And on CNN tomorrow eve. I heard him speak a few months ago in Seattle. I'd say he is enjoying his celebrity a bit, that he is fundamentally a straight, good, guy. Reading his book, which I did, I found the story of a regular guy who wandered a bit but who found a good career direction for himself. A friend of mine tried to see him last week here in Seattle, but it was sold out. There were a lot of people outside without tickets. My friend said that Wilson pulled up in a car/cab, got out and spent some time chatting and shaking hands with all the folks that couldn't get in. No handlers.
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'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.