Madonna is blasting the entertainment industry. The executives, she claims; are more interested in marketing potential than talent in their search for new artists. Oh no, my reality has really been disturbed. Who would've thought? She apparently can claim a moral victory because, remember - she had talent before she became a pop diva. She was a stripper.

I can only shake my head in both shock and awe at the daily news. I feel partially vindicated, but I'm not looking for accolades. They seem to have only now realized that there might be a problem getting supplies to our boys (I'm saying this in the classical military sense - realizing we've also got a lot of girls over there). So go put out that fire. Lot of these fires to put out. We've been reminded repeatedly that the force assembled was designed to be able to adapt quickly to almost any scenario. Hmmm. But I've also started to tune out the news. Just when you think they couldn't do anything more idiotic, somebody always comes up with a fresh one. Maybe that's part of our strategy. That's right - we'll just let 'em think that we don't know what we're doing.