"With a tiny blast of tinnity trumpets we sally forth to meet the enemy with the knowledge that not only may he be ours, he may be us!"......as it was stated the first (but not only) time the the great Walt Kelly.

I always loved it a bit more in that unwieldy form...I guess because it has a surprised sound about it...doesn't matter, a truly great and true statement, especially as we think of "solutions" in the wake of Columbine.

Rick, I too am thankful for parents who saw value in something else that was outside the norm. I'm a big user of one-liners that say what I think in just a few words. Unfortunately, some are easily misinterpreted without additional background. As a Philosophy major, I trudged through volumes of existentialist writings by Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Buber, and Barth...but luckily my parents had also exposed me to the recordings and writings of a great 20th century philosopher, Leonard A. Schneider...Lenny Bruce...who covered it all when he said, "There is only what is, what should be never existed." This is why philosophy degrees are so useful as toilet paper. On the other hand, if I present mine to the manager at McDonald's, I get a cup of coffee for only an additional dollar.

I haven't posted much about Colorado, though I guess I will at one point or another; but I've read with great interest the wide range of viewpoints and solutions. When I try to sum up what I believe about it, Lenny keeps coming to me saying, "If you can take the hot lead enema, you can cast the first stone." ...and poor Ol' Joe wonders why I often go over the top. I blame it on my parents.

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