Four Thousand Errors in Blackburn, Lancashire?

I read the news today. Oh boy. Condi was visiting with Brit Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in his hometown of Blackburn, and she encountered a number of protests throughout the area. At one gathering, she admitted, "I know we've made tactical errors — thousands of them, I'm sure." I'm glad she's joining the rest of us in recognizing that, even if some of the errors may have been more than merely tactical. Though the errors might be large or small, they didn't count them at all. They still don't know how many errors it takes to fill the Capitol.

Blackburn is close to Liverpool, which she also visited, and it appears that the Beatles references were recurring throughout the day. Condi had wanted to meet Sir Paul, but apparently he was busy (and if he wasn't already when he heard of her interest, you can bet he made other plans pretty damn quick). However, she did go to a performance at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, which Sir Paul had a hand in founding, and she heard a rendition of "Imagine" in which the singer segued into "Give Peace a Chance" in the middle. But all the protest seemed to bounce right off Condi. Taking an attitude often displayed by her boss, she simply said, "People have the right to protest. That's what democracy is all about." And, I suppose, she and her administration have the right to ignore them.