Don't be a fool and forget to submit something for the April edition of Scientiae, the blog carnival by, for, and/or about women in STEM. The theme for the month is fools and foolishness, and the carnival is being hosted by Peggy at Women in Science on or about April 1st (hence the theme). For details, see here.
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What else is there to say? Lyndon Johnson may have done a powerful amount of good for civil rights but his legacy went down the Vietnam toilet. He was a big fool who listened to the wrong people, people who told him to push on.
If you are old enough to remember the War in Vietnam, you remember escalation. If you missed it, you'll get George Bush's version tomorrow night. So what could be more appropriate than to bring back the classic song about escalation, Pete Seeger's Waist Deep in the Big Muddy.
I have a said a number of times1 - to no great applause it must be said -
The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.
- Booth Tarkington, 1869 - 1946
Good idea to post a reminder. I'll put one up too.