THE DREADED REAR ADMIRAL: While Democrats have been critical of President Bush for staging last week's speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Rear Admiral Stephen Pietropaoli (a Navy spokesman) said that Bush's speech did not cause any delays or substantive costs in the arrival of the carrier near San Diego.
I don't really have a joke or comment or anything else to say about the matter; honestly, with a rear admiral in the news I was just looking for an excuse to mention this.