Are We There Yet?

The title is something all kids say at one time or the other and is a quote from a commenter on Kathleen's Rhodian Attic.

If we aren't there yet, we're not missing it by far. Take a look.

The conservatives are beginning to wake up. Too little, much too late I'm afraid. Wm. F. Buckley climbed on board yesterday and there have been others. Buckley said "we failed". No equivocation. I would go much further and said we never should have been there in the first place but "we failed" will do.

On an unrelated note (somewhat). Fred Phelps (Westboro Baptist Church, Wichita KS) and his Merry Band of maniacs will be picketing the funeral of a National Guard Sergeant in Turlock, CA about 25 miles from here. I think the motorcycle group ( have you heard about them yet?) will be there as well. They say they are not protesters and their only agenda is to protect families. I hope that turns out to be true.

Regardless of anyone's feelings about the war, this family is grieving the loss of their child. Phelps is vile. I took a look at his website and then went and scrubbed my hands. He has a calendar listing all the "protest actions". Every military funeral is there. Southern Poverty Law Center is tracking them as a hate site. That they are. This man left West Point for theology (his version) and has "pastored" his small church of mostly relatives since 1955. That's over 50 years of spewing hate. He has 12 or 13 kids tons of grandkids and a few greats.

I'm not sure he can be stopped as long as he stays within the law. The last time he was in this neck of the woods (I've written here before), he found no support and much opposition. He doesn't care - he's driven and now he's back. Aren't we blessed.

Talk to you later.