The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.
From 8,000 miles away. . . I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.
I have sworn to uphold the Constitution. . . and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.
I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U. S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone in our charge with - humanely and with respect.
I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. . . I do not believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexuality.
The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.
The love you have for your kids is so overwhelmingly powerful that it alters your perspective. The dark things going on in the world become very poignant and vivid.
The theme of corporate stories (and millions drink them in every day) seldom varies: to be happy you must consume, to be special you must conform. Absurd, obviously, yet our identities have become so fragile, so elusive, that we seem content to let advertisers provide us with their version of who we are, to let them recreate us in their image: a cookie-cutter image based on market research, shallow sociology, and insidious lies.
The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning, softness that "brings and shuts the day," while the whole air was filled with the carols of birds, the hymns of the feathered tribe.
As weird as it is, as much as I love Southern California, the reality is I'm going to be somewhere else next season.