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Leary (also a co-writer and co--executive producer) stars as Tommy Gavin, an F.D.N.Y. veteran with a disturbing habit of talking to his cousin, fellow fire fighter and best friend Jimmy (James McCaffrey)--disturbing because Jimmy is dead, killed in the World Trade Center collapse. Jimmy left no remains behind but a finger--"My beer-opening finger," he complains during one imaginary visit with Tommy--and since then Tommy has been unable to go into a fire without taking a hit off a flask. (Tommy's alcoholism, curiously, did not dissuade Miller beer from a sponsorship deal that includes...
...drama and humor. But Rescue Me is also about how an all-male subculture handles vulnerability and loss--or denies it. Tommy's squad brusquely refuses the help of a city psychotherapist; counseling here is a bigger taboo than in the Soprano family. Lou (John Scurti), a fire fighter who expresses his grief by writing poetry about 9/11, guards this secret closely, with good reason. When his wife finds out, even she begs him to destroy it. "I don't need you to share," she says. "I love you the way you are. So get rid of these...
Despite al-Zarqawi's efforts to attract Iraqi insurgent groups into his network, his inner circle of lieutenants and bodyguards is said to consist entirely of foreign fighters. No one can pinpoint how many are operating in Iraq, partly because they remain shadowy even to those who work with them. "The foreigners trust no one, not even their own clothes," says an Iraqi resistance fighter. He adds that al-Zarqawi has become an inspirational figure, like Osama bin Laden, for militants who espouse his methods and religious fervor. "Most are not members of his group in a formal sense," says...
...WATHIQ KHUZAIE/GETTY IMAGES An insurgent fighter in Fallujah...
DEFENSE Kerry opposes some big-ticket items like the Lockheed Martin joint strike fighter. But Gallagher says any sell-off in Lockheed or other defense stocks related to Kerry proposals would be a buying opportunity because no matter who wins, defense spending is going up--more under Bush. You're voting not just for President but for certain kinds of stocks as well...