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I listened to Gen. Wesley Clark give a speech last night. I will do that sort of thing sometimes because I feel like I owe it to those who actually think this man is worth listening to to know whereof I speak when I say that he is not worth listening to.

Almost all of it was the usual banalities, but Clark mentioned two items that I found very interesting.

First, he made some sort of suggestion that labor unions reconceive themselves as the major venue for worker retraining and continuing education. It's almost like some sort of updated version of the guild system, isn't it? Or something else very logical and natural to our condition as Western proles. As FDR used to say, I think that's a capital idea, even if I have no idea whether it's new or feasible or something stupid. But we have to do more to prepare for the economic challenge from China and India.

Clark also mentioned that we would have no problem bombing the absolute dogshit out of Iran this evening, if we wanted, and putting its nuclear program out of order for years to come.

Those are good things to know.