"I bet Congress and others spent more time arguing whether TSA should be unionized or not than getting professional objective input as to how to best screen.”  -- "MD in Philly," commenting at Patterico's

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"I swear, if they made a movie version of Gilligan's Island today the first thing the studio would do is tell the director that the plot needed to be simplified and there were too many characters." -- Baseball Crank

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"At some point when I was a child, it became apparent that I was a bit different from the other kids. Namely, I couldn’t hear the things they heard..."

So begins the account of an amazing experience posted (in a couple of places, and good on him!) by "Chef Mojo".

Calling a story "inspiring" is trite, so I'll just say go read it. It's terrific writing, and you'll wind up being inspired, anyway.

 Read it here, or here (for the comments).

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[Congress is] like roving dogs or kids: always getting into the trash or lighting something on fire. You have to clean up after them and watch them constantly so they don't f*ck up something else. -- "legalpad"

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