Obit watch.

My apologies, folks. Due to some personal issues, I wasn’t able to supply the high quality content you’ve…<chuckle>…come to…<giggle>…expect…<convulsive laughter>.

Sorry, I’m better now.

Anyway, this has been noted elsewhere, but I did want to comment on the passing of Charlie Wilson.

I had a lot of time last night to watch CNN, and they kept referring to the film adaptation of Charlie Wilson’s War as “the hit movie”. Really? Rotten Tomatoes says that it took in about $66 million at the box office, spent three weeks in the top ten, and never got above 4th place. Strange definition of a hit. (I also don’t remember the reviews being that positive.)

I’ve read and recommend the book; the overwhelming impression that I was left with is that I’d really like to sit down with Charlie Wilson and have a few beers with him. Yes, he liked the booze, and the broads, and maybe the Bolivian marching powder. But he also did what he was supposed to for his district, he was liked by his people, and he made more of a contribution to bringing down the Soviet Union than any congressperson I can think of.

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