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...Reporting In "The real war" [Dec. 25, 2006?Jan. 1, 2007], author Bob Woodward said, "It is almost a war without a home front ... There is almost a sense that we're not at war. I can't explain that phenomenon, but I find it deeply troubling." What's so difficult? As Woodward correctly pointed out, almost no one at home is being asked to sacrifice. If this truly were a national effort, everyone would be asked to sacrifice, and that would mean a draft, so the burden would be shared equally. But the Administration is afraid to even breathe...
...honking and worrying about no one but themselves. Totally uninteresting people make videos describing their lives, as if someone should care. Has all this noise made things better? Maybe the next Persons of the Year should be "They," so people might actually consider the existence of other human beings. Bob Widmer Pleasanton, California...
...BOB WIDMER...
...miles per gallon - and conceivably eliminating the need for gasoline almost entirely. All in all, it would be a quantum leap over GM's last electric car, the EV1, and GM wasn't shy about saying so. "A GM electric car is an inconvenient truth," quipped vice chairman Bob Lutz. He'd be right too - especially if GM actually produces the Volt or its underlying propulsion system (which isn't ready yet for mass production) instead of merely showcasing the technology...
...coach Paul "Bear" Bryant that it will pay Saban $4 million a year. That's a surreal record for college football, but it's hardly the exception today, when universities feel they have to match the sky-high salaries offered by the pros: just below Saban is Oklahoma's Bob Stoops at $3.45 million, while Jim Tressel, the coach of No. 1-ranked Ohio State, earns $2.6 million and may see a sizeable raise soon...