Morning Coffee (20)

Good Morning;

If there's one thing that I know to be true, it is not that Joseph Smith is the prophet, it is that you can't get any Morning Coffee if I don't have your email address. Thus, if I don't have it, you're not getting any. So pass that along to your friends who want to be added to the distro list. They've already missed 20 riveting editions.

There are two things that I hate (well, there's a lot more than two, but we haven't the time). One is windy days, and the other is old lady perfume. I've dealt with both already today. I know some of you like your windy days, and some of you might like old lady perfume, but for me, they both suck. Especially if it's also raining and dark. And you're an old lady.

Allegedly, a woman at Rochester International Airport saw a soldier's flag-draped casket being put onto a cart with passengers' baggage. She's caused quite the uproar with her allegation. The parent's of the soldier, who was identified by the crafty "Democrat & Chronicle", were very upset, and rightfully so. However, no one besides the "D&C" and the woman and her ilk who "saw" the incident believe that it could have happened that way. Military protocol does not allow for these types of indescretions. The airport director said that it's physically impossible given the size of the caskets and the size of these baggage carts. Did the woman see such a thing? I have no idea, but I doubt it; I know how the military reveres its dead. I don't want to believe it either. But I also don't want to believe an American would lie about something like that, just because he/she doesn't agree with the war. The death and subsequent return of the body of my fallen comrades goes beyond political affiliations and their memory should not be sullied with petty political squabbling. Here's my solution: If this woman is proven to be lying, you put her in front of a firing squad. If she's telling the truth, you take the same measures against the soldier/airman/Marine/sailor who was so callous as to disrespect his fallen brother in such a way. Agree with the war or not, these men (and women) are doing what they're told, and doing so in an honorable way. We owe them our respect - democrat, republican, libertarian, or otherwise - we owe them that.

In other, less anger inspiring news, a limestone Roman sarcophagus dating from around 410 CE was found near London. Apparently, the man inside was 5'6" and died in his 40s. Very interesting.

Word of the Day: Cozen (KUZ-un) (transitive verb): 1. to cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by petty tricks; 2. to obtain by deceit. (intransitive verb): to act deceitfully.

On This Day in History: US Patent Office recognizes 01 Dec 1885 as the day the first Dr. Pepper was served, thought the exact day is unknown.

"Clutch it like a cornerstone, otherwise it all comes down. Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end. Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down. Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell."

I'll do better Monday.