Recently, a gentleman by the name of C. Odell Kay (no relation) wrote a letter to the editor as follows: "Senator Ted Kennedy has a lot to say about President Bush. He manages to sidestep the glaring fact that 9-11 didn't happen overnight. Mistakes were made a decade ago by the previous administration." The following quote is from Thomas Jefferson: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

Far be it for me to try to improve on Jefferson's writing but I wish he had said something like, "I hope that someday the tree of liberty will not have to be refreshed by the blood of patriots and tyrants but by the tears of joy and happiness of all mankind"

--Rolf Kay