Questions for my friends about life, the universe, and everything...

Here's what Mark asked, about highschool reunions and their purpose:

Ah, there it is. The true Ultimate Point. I feel it now. It is, of course, the hot breath of time, bearing down. This is the dark secret of reunions: They are all about mortality. About aging and the vagaries of the flesh and, you know, death -- how fast you are racing toward it, clinging to the walls of your life like a child being dragged off to bed and you feel compelled to ask yourself, Well, how are you thwarting that feeling? What have you learned? What the hell are you doing about it?

Are you beaten down? Are you singing as you go? Screaming? Have you made the right choices since you were 18? Do you know who you are and why you're here and did it turn out at all like you imagined? Well, why the hell not? Or if so, where are you going from here?

As I headed back to the bar to ponder cheerleaders, I realized that these, of course, are the only questions that really matter.

These are the questions of the day... and are questions I try and ask myself every couple of months anyway...

Flist, what are your answers??

Awesome Repub. quotes from Clinton era...

From ladyforash 's journal:

Quotes from Republicans when Clinton committed troops to Bosnia:

“Well, I just think it’s a bad idea. What’s going to happen is they’re
going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years.”
–Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

“I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it
is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just
learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with
very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later,
these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of
engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition
of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is
no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our
over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital
national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war
when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan
today”
–Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

( more of the same )

oh, and btw, sorry for all the journal spam, but i've got to make up for being gone!  Or at least, that's how I'm justifying it.