Ed
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I think you've found such an excellent metaphor for our profession there, Ed.
We are fog catchers.
It just keeps slipping through the net, you know?
That's exactly right.
And it's not getting any less foggy out there, I noticed.
We have a greater vested interest in Greenland than, geographically speaking, than Denmark, the Danes have.
And so when you look at the Monroe Doctrine, when you look at the Western Hemisphere, we are the dominant predator, quite frankly, force in the Western Hemisphere.
I have two diametrically opposed thoughts about this.
Which shows you that I'm intelligent.
This is the, I guess it was the Fitzgerald quote, genius is the ability to hold contradictory thoughts in your head at the same time.
And my first thought is that people like me, and I think you too, Ed, who believe in