Robert McNamara Dead

Robert McNamara, the man who almost single-handedly created the Vietnam War, has died at age 93.

McNamara was the subject of the 2003 documentary The Fog of War, which not only chronicled the Vietnam War, but also held up a mirror to the Iraq War.

Under his tenure as Secretary of Defense, more than 100,000 Americans and countless millions of Vietnamese causalities were fallen in the rice patties of Southeast Asia. In his later years, his atonement for his involvement in the War took the form of aid for the world's poorest nations.

Although in his later years he sounded the warning against the Iraq War, he will be forever remembered for what many called war crimes in Vietnam.

To quote the immortal Bard, from Julius Caesar, Act 3 Scene 2:

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,

Robert Strange McNamara, dead at age 93.

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Sarah Palin Resigns

Sarah Palin, the one-time Vice Presidential candidate on the bottom of the ticket, literally underneath John McCain, has announced today she will resign. Lt. Governor Sean Parnelli will assume control of the largest state in the union (by size) and the 47th largest state (by population).

Palin did not give a reason for her resignation, although Fox News reported it would permit her to be able to run for President three years from now, without having the burden of being both governor and candidate.

Fox News may have a point. After all, I can't think of a single Governor who ran for President while still in office. Can't think of a single one. Unless you consider Romney, Huckabee, Bush, Clinton, Carter, and Richardson. But then again, only three of those won.

And they were governors of real states, not ice-filled miniature planet Hoths.

Time will tell if Palin uses the old excuse of wanting to spend more time with her family, possibly to prevent Willow from getting knocked up by age 17.

Palin is now the third Repbulican governor to be rocked by scandal in as many weeks.

Republican governors are being more endangered than wolves in Alaska during a Palin hunting flyover.

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Karl Malden Leaves Home without It

Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor from A Streetcar Named Desire, has died at age 97.

Malden was best known for his role in the 1970's drama The Streets of San Francisco, where he played a saged dective to a then-young Michael Douglas.

But most will remember him for the series of commercials he did for American Express, where he warned travelers "Don't leave home without it."

His other roles included a portrayal of General Omar Bradley in Patton, as well as the love interest of Mama Rose from the original film adaptation of Gypsy.

Karl Malden, 1912-2009.

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