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The past week took a lot out of me emotionally...I don't know why losing my colleague by a layoff would have such an impact. Was it unexpected? Not totally. Was it the right thing to happen? Most definitely not. But there's nothing to be done, short of quitting my own job. Right now, it's not really a possibility.

I'll get over it. But, after 10 years together, fighting the corporate wars against the senior management and, most especially, the MEN, it will be hard to face the days alone.

OK, enough wallowing. Enough whining. At least about me. Here's a few more recent events:

• Did anybody else catch Clinton on...FOX NEWS this morning? Oh, dear God, was it worth watching that ridiculous network to catch Bill ripping Chris Wallace a new one. Here's the transcript of the first twenty minutes. It simply rocks. At long last, a Democrat finally puts the media in their places in terms of the questions asked of both parties. It is fabulous.
  
  
• So, whaddaya think? War with Iran before the election in November? Hard though it might be to believe, the Administration could just do that. Here's Gary Hart's post from The Huffington Post:
  
  

  "Were these more normal times, this would be a stunning possibility, quickly dismissed by thoughtful people as dangerous, unprovoked, and out of keeping with our national character. But we do not live in normal times.
  
  And we do not have a government much concerned with our national character. If anything, our current Administration is out to remake our national character into something it has never been.
  
  The steps will be these: Air Force tankers will be deployed to fuel B-2 bombers, Navy cruise missile ships will be positioned at strategic points in the northern Indian Ocean and perhaps the Persian Gulf, unmanned drones will collect target data, and commando teams will refine those data. The latter two steps are already being taken."

  
  
• My guy, Deval Patrick, won the Democratic primary for Governor of Massachusetts. Polls apparently show him ahead 64% to 25% over his Republican challenger. Hmmm, looks like we might take the State House back this year, which would be a very pleasant prospect.

Speaking of pleasant...there will be more pleasant postings in the future. I promise.