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				Frank Feldman
			 
			 
			
		
		
		A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi.  
 
The cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Frank."  
 
Passenger: "Who?"  
 
Cabbie: "Frank Feldman. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like  my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to  Frank Feldman every single time."  
 
Passenger:  "There are always a few clouds over everybody."  
 
Cabbie:  "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera  baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him  play the piano. He was an amazing  guy."  
 
Passenger:  "Sounds like he was something really special."  
 
Cabbie:  "There's more... He had a memory like a computer. He remembered  everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order and  which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I  change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could do everything right."  
 
Passenger:  "Wow, some guy then."  
 
Cabbie:  "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic  jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he  never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make  her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the  wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished  too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever  measure up to Frank  Feldman."  
 
Passenger:  "An amazing fellow. How did you meet  him?"  
 
Cabbie:  "Well, I never actually met Frank. He died; I'm married to his fuckin'  widow. 
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				"We were wrong, terribly wrong.  (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations.  It could not be done and it was not done." 
 - Robert S. McNamara 
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... 
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." 
 - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" 
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never wrestle with a pig. 
you both get dirty; 
the pig likes it.
			 
		
		
		
		
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