A conservative's idea of vacation

Reading blogs all day at work is so boring that I've decided to update my own blog. No really, I'm supposed to write a spotlight on a political blogger (class of '03, vaguely acquainted via the Indy), and hence I'm digging through all his old entries.

CVS imports their 99-cent gummy bears from Hungary but they're still distinctly subpar when compared to Gummibären. Especially the pineapple-flavored ones.

Anyway, I found this at the bottom of an AP article:

The Freedom Cruise offers the dream vacation for conservatives and policy wonks.

As the boat makes its way through the Mediterranean, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., will offer a political primer, Iran-Contra figure Oliver North will trade theories and Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association will speak.

Sponsored by the Freedom Alliance, the cruise will include sightseeing stops in Sicily, the Greek Isles, Turkey, Malta and Croatia.

The Freedom Cruise has been around for a decade a seaborne conservative-fest that has included the Caribbean, and the waters around Alaska and Hawaii in past years. In 2003, the cruise ship stopped at Grenada, the island invaded by U.S. troops during President Reagan's first term. A guided tour of Grenada marked the 20th anniversary of the invasion.

The price for the 10-day cruise that departs Rome Aug. 19 is $2,500 and up.

I wasn't aware that anniversaries of American aggression and invasions were occaisions for celebration. Does that mean we should expect a future Iraq cruise in the Persian Gulf or a special Land Expedition to Afghanistan, complete with stops at the caves of ancient Buddhist sculptures that, oops, got destroyed in all the bombing?