Me too, pal. Me too.

Via Road to Surfdom and points down under comes: retiring Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage:

"I'm disappointed that Iraq hasn't turned out better. And that we weren't able to move forward more meaningfully in the Middle East peace process."

Then, after a minute's pause, he adds a third regret: "The biggest regret is that we didn't stop 9/11. And then in the wake of 9/11, instead of redoubling what is our traditional export of hope and optimism we exported our fear and our anger. And presented a very intense and angry face to the world. I regret that a lot."

Translation: "Mom, Daddy lies."

Is it any wonder bloggers are wandering about wailing for authenticity, honesty and "real conversations"? Maybe we can have a picture of Diogenes in the 50-years hence wiki on "The blogging phenomenon."

Nighty-night.