Just got this from the wonderful Fred Singer, who puts out a terrific weekly e-mail on energy questions–mostly deflating the global warmers. In it, he provides this gem:
It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I’m readily willing to yield my command to these obviously
superior intellects, and I’ll, in turn, do my best for the cause by writing editorials – after the fact.
Robert E. Lee, 1863