Alizée America prays for Paris!

[Chuck]

Well now it's deer season in Wisconsin (Hey, Mygogt, Hi!)...

So I shot a deer - doe a deer - it was coming right at me!

No, not really. What I'm trying to say is I hate guns, even though I used to be in the Army. Bullying is considered bad form these days, and I happen to think that using guns on animals, or people, is pretty much the ultimate form of cowardly bullying.

And terrorism is about the ultimate form of cowardice.

Paris, I love you. Vive la France, et caetera. I'd pray for you, if I was into that sort of thing. To BigDan, and all our other French correspondents, you know we think of France as "our oldest ally". Thanks for that Statue of Liberty, it would be nice if our country could someday give you guys something even half as wonderful in return. But what? No gift could ever be that cool, or that thoughtful. We're still stumped.

So just know that our thoughts are with you. The situation seems to have been expertly contained for now. A modicum of admiration for that.

And know that, of course, this too shall pass.




Toujours !

(So sorry for rambling/ranting, been up all night.)