Robert Strange McNamara Dead
Only the good die young.
Take, for example, the 42,000 (give or take) American soldiers who died trying to prevent “communist conspirators” from establishing a government in southern asia. I’m guessing most of them were good but who really knows. They’re not taking interviews at the moment. Here are some other things they’re not doing — taking their grand children to the shore, collecting Social Security, running to Home Depot to get more sod, updating their Facebook status, et. al.
They’re also not recognizing the death of former defense secretary Robert Strange McNamara.
Which is probably best because I’m guessing the obits would annoy the hell out of them. The New York Times labeled him, “perhaps the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century.” The obit goes on to describe how he struggled with the morality of war and in later years could be seen — and this is the best part– “stooped, his shirttail flapping in the wind, walking to and from his office a few blocks from the White House, wearing frayed running shoes and a thousand-yard stare.”
I’m guessing this description would be a bit much for the 42,000 soldiers who died on Robert Strange McNamara’s watch.
But again, this is a guess because all they’re all dead. And now, he is too.
Where does this leave us?
A word of warning this 4th of July
I know all of you are running to Kroger to load up for Saturday but before you do, let’s consider the Nacho Cheese Dorito. First understand this, I consider NCD the greatest salty snack created by humans for humans. Everything about this product is perfect. Simply put, it’s a masterpiece of crisp tangy goodness. But, and I feel guilty even bringing this up, it’s like making snarky comments about bat speed and timing while your kid’s at the plate but excuse me, have you seen the ingredient list on this stuff? Seriously. It’s like Frito-Lay used Theodore Kaczynski as a “chemistry” consultant. For your convenience, I’ve highlighted the number of times the word cheese actually appears…
ngredients: Whole corn, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), salt, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin, wheat flour, whey, monsodium glutamate, buttermilk solids, romano cheese from cow’s milk (part-skim cow’s milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, onion powder, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, corn flour, disodium phosphate, lactose, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, tomato powder, spices, lactic acid, artificial color (including yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40), citric acid, sugar, garlic powder, red and green bell peppe powder, sodium casinate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, nonfat milk solids, whey protein isolate, and corn syrup solids.
