If You Do Something, Expect Consequences

...the British Press... [claimed That Tony] Blair Was Simply Bush's Poodle - A Favorite Phrase, Bewilderingly Popular, Although It Made No Sense - And That He Was Ignoring The Will Of The British People. Considering The Hacks Had Spent Blair's First Six Years In Office Condemning Him For Relying On Focus Groups And Opinion Polls For His Policies - In Other Words, Paying Attention To Nothing But The Will Of The People, Or At Least Their Whims - That Seemed A Little Rich To Me, But As I Said, Logical Consistency Has Never Figured Highly In The British Media's Scale Of Values.

The First Rule Of My Speaking Is: Listen!

Those Of Us Forced To Read The London Papers Sometimes Speculate About Which Is Greater: The Average British Hack's Sloth, Mendacity, Ignorance, Obsequiousness, Capacity For Drink, Or Aversion To Paying For That Drink. Smart Money Tends To Split Between The Latter Two.

Someone Once Said, "i Don't Lie Because Then I Don't Have To Remember Anything." I've Told White Lies A Lot. Sometimes When You Tell Stories You'll Embellish Them A Little, Especially With Foxhole Humor.

I Remind Myself Every Morning: Nothing I Say This Day Will Teach Me Anything. So If I'm Going To Learn, I Must Do It By Listening.