1. The Bush Administration sent a high-level diplomat to Iran.
2. Just about everyone agrees all-of-a-sudden on a 16-month timetable for American troops to leave Iraq.
3. T. Boone Pickens is funding wind generation and Pickens — the guy who paid for the Swift boating of John Kerry four years ago — now says he’d welcome Al Gore as an energy czar.
4. People in Europe are waving American flags.
Beware ol’ T. Boone. He owns most of the water rights for West Texas and parts of Eastern New Mexico, and intends to sell water at a profit. My impression is, he has no ideological allegiance except to the bottom line.