And he was sober in the morning...

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nick hoffman — 4/28/2008 12:29:15 PM (archived)

to quote another famous aphorism...

Elizabeth Braddock: Mr. Churchill, this is a disgrace. You are quite drunk.
Churchill: This may be well and true, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Not entirely attributable, but still magnificently witty...

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill One of my earliest graphic memories of real-world events is watching the funeral train of Winston Churchill pass, whistling and steaming...

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Karzai says US must stop targeting Taliban - Bowser - 4/26/2008 4:20:00 PM
- Karzai, a day later - TB - 4/27/2008 6:53:44 AM
  - Karzai is a weak-willed fool (n/t) - Eri - 4/27/2008 4:41:41 PM
  - Has his opinion changed? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/27/2008 7:26:41 AM
- re: Karzai says US must stop targeting Taliban - James Brown - 4/26/2008 6:34:56 PM
  - This very significant statement is ignored by the neocons. - Bowser - 4/27/2008 12:42:46 AM
    - Rush, et al, must take weekends off. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/27/2008 3:05:03 AM
    - Gedanken experiment - ER - 4/27/2008 1:43:56 AM
      - Two referendum. - Jacob - 4/28/2008 6:16:35 PM
      - The equality of peoples and nations - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/27/2008 9:36:54 AM
      - Vietnam and elections - Bowser - 4/27/2008 1:48:57 AM
        
        Elections are problematic. - ER - 4/27/2008 3:33:27 AM
        
        True, and legitimacy is a moving target. - Bowser - 4/27/2008 5:15:51 AM
        
        The more things change... (what Churchill said) - alcaray - 4/27/2008 7:25:03 AM
        
        The man could write. - ER - 4/27/2008 11:10:36 AM
        
        And he was sober in the morning... - nick hoffman - 4/28/2008 12:29:15 PM

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