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I was watching "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" on Letterman the other day and, for some reason, I thought of "Joan", a co-worker from the early 1970s who came to work one day with her new prize, one of those compact Polaroid cameras, I think they called it the "SX 70", but am not sure. Joan immediately assembled us for a group photo. She snapped the picture and asked for patience as she removed the exposed print from the camera, shaking it to dry. The photo was blurred! "Some of you moved!" was Joan's excuse, as she posed us to try again. Funny, I didn't see anyone moving, but I kept my mouth shut. "Snap!" the shutter went off and Joan repeated her removal and shaking ritual, only to reveal another blurred image! "Not enough light!" Joan exclaimed, asking Dan to open the louvered blinds to the left of us. Again, "Snap!", ritual, and blurred image, this time with a noticeable glare on our faces! "I guess I need more practice with this thing?" sighed Joan, as she sadly folded the camera and put it in her purse. She never brought the camera back to work after that day.
That Christmas, Joan showed up at work with a Kodak Instamatic. "What happened to your Polaroid camera, Joan?" "I gave it away." she replied with discernible irritation.
Doesn't "Joan" remind you of today's Bushies?
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