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...moment too soon comes General Chuck Yeager to re-establish old-fashioned standards of heroism. Yeager does not arrive out of the blue yonder. He is the world's most famous aviator, the hillbilly Lindy who shot down 13 German aircraft in World War II (five in one day) and went on to become the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound and live. His legendary career as a test pilot and hell raiser was sketched in Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff. Played by Sam Shepard in the movie, Yeager inspired the film's strongest image...
...Coleman eventually had his way, and so did Kennedy, and so did Gordon Smith of Oregon, who wanted $14 billion restored to Medicaid, and so did Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who-soaring into the wild blue yonder-wanted $64 billion more in tax cuts. And so, kerplop. The Bush budget sank of its own cynical inelegance. Which leaves us with a legislative mess, the same mess as last year's, when the House and Senate couldn't agree on a budget. Only it's worse this time, because if the two houses can't reconcile themselves, a host of beloved...
...Wild Blue Yonder...
...drifted through there on the way to other places," she says in her agreeably settled but sometimes impish voice. "There were these dilapidated places with windmills facedown in the yard and a general air of dishevelment. Or you'd see huge, golden, grassy fields and a windmill way out yonder. I made up my mind that one of these days I would write about the Panhandle and the windmills...
...After a hard day exploring this earthly Eden, head to one of the park's many bars to chill out. The favored drink: ice-cold beer. The dress code: ultra-casual. The attitude: always unruffled, despite the heart-stopping booms and jagged lightning ripping across yonder horizon. Maybe a thirsty Namarrgon is demanding his own brew...