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the gun lobby and others.

 

* For Democrats generally, courage to take a good hard look at the weapons trade, once and

future allies, health insurance, corporate accounting, energy, the space program, the war on drugs,

the plight of veterans and much else. Time is running out to prove you're the visionaries you claim

to be or just another gaggle of hacks on the path of least resistance.

* For torturers and excusers of torture. An evening with one Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was

kidnapped and pressured into telling lies that helped launch us into Iraq, maybe the worst foreign

policy fiasco this country ever made.

 

* For students, the truth about evolution, Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, the Indians, the

slave-trade, the creation of the Taliban, al-Qaida, torture, Bush family history and global warming. 

* For the media, the gumption to tell the truth much sooner when it comes to war casualties

such as Pat Tillman, Jessica Lynch, and when it comes to the Downing Street memos, the violation

of a dozen international treaties and a list of lies too long to go into here.

 

* For Phil Fulmer and the football Vols: A special-teams coach. Long-suffering fans have surely

had enough of busted kickoff coverage, poor punt-fielding and kick-off fielding early each season.

Surely the time has come to bring rest to old legendary Vol coach Bob Neyland, who made the

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