This week seemed to go from zero to sixty in less than 5 seconds.  It was admitted that Toyotas have been doing this and not stopping at sixty miles per hour.  Hit the accelerator on that baby and good-bye pace car.  Toyotas are good cars, some just a tad too fast for my mind to follow. 

There were many Olympic moments to savor.  Our skiers and snow boarders, both hockey teams, speed skating.  America has great atheletes, some the best in the world.  It's nice to see their hours of daily practice and determinationa earn them medals.

My favorite part of the week was the health care summitt.  Our President sat and listened as he moderated a forum for both sides of the issue.  Americans wanted transparency and so it was boadcast on live television.

I must admit, I expected Obama to be a bit mealy mouthed and evasive.  But he stayed  on point, directing other members to return to the topic at hand.  He looked Presidential and determined to get a health care bill passed within weeks.

I believe it will happen.  None of us will be entirely happy.  But we will begin to see some equality in care, with hopefully lower pricing.  The Republicans want to scrap this bill and start over.  Funny how health care has never been their choice battle.  All I hear them saying is that most Americans are happy with their insurance.  They're not talking to me or people I know.  Enough talk and niceties.  Pass the bill.

The largest controvery in Virginia was caused by state Delegate Robert G. Marchall, R, Prince William County.  He managed in one sentence to make Virginians look like a bunch of yahoos, so just for the record, please don't think of him as representative of typical residential thinking here.  

It was Mr. Marshall who declared, "The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased drmatically."  He later apologized for saying it.  Did you get that? Not for believing it, but for saying it.  As always, I thank him as I do any politician for moments of candor such as these.  Tell us how you really feel.  No need in citing facts or statistics.

It was a horrible thing to say.  Also unfounded and unproven.  He should have at least gotten his facts straight, especially during a week of Olympic winners and political fairness, hosted by the President.

Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have no brain thrust upon them.  Delegate Marshall qualifies for the latter.