"Banana" Kelly Street

I think of General Powell here in the Bronx, NYC, where he is from, the South Bronx where I lived as a child for a number of years in public housing, and I think of his role as having “to serve the President” and all the military tradition that would have been thrown out with the bathwater if he hadn’t. As a onetime possible “contender” for higher office I am reminded of the story of another New Yorker, from modest means, Theodore Roosevelt who its said, was given the Vice-Presidency so he wouldn’t have a lot to say, which he did, and helped bring the country into the 20th century. It’s unfortunate, that very questionable intelligence was given to him to present at the UN, but fortunate for us that he still will speak his mind on important American issues and still shows insight into current affairs. He could have just went on fixing his Volvos and said nothing. Think Progress » Powell: Close Guantanamo Now, Restore Habeas