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WASHINGTON, DC—Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged.

Washington, whose appearance marked the first time the military leader and statesman had spoken publicly since his 1796 farewell address in Philadelphia, is the latest in a string of retired generals stepping forward to criticize the Iraq war.

“This entire military venture has been foolhardy and of ill design,” said Washington, dressed in his customary breeches and frilly cravat. “The manifold mistakes committed by this president in Iraq carry grave consequences, and he who holds the position of commander in chief has the responsibility to right those wrongs.”

Washington noted that while Saddam Hussein was an indefensible tyrant, that alone did not justify a “conflict that seems without design or end.”

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Thank you for taking a minute to post your confession. We hope this is the beginning of a cool journey for you.

Beginning Easter weekend, at Flamingo Road Church, we will be talking about what to do with what you confess.

The bible says, “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other…”

So for eleven weekends, we will talk about the different areas of life we often screw up (marriage, parenting, purity, prejudice and faith) and what confessing can do for it.

We hope you’ll come and hang out with us. If not, we hope you’ll continue on your journey of confessing and healing with God.

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Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in Washington, ask her.

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AMARILLO – Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is planning a wind energy production project for the Panhandle that his people say would be the nation’s largest.

KVII TV in Amarillo reports Pickens outlined his plans to an invitation-only audience at a close-door meeting Tuesday in Pampa.

Mike Boswell is a spokesman for Pickens’ Dallas-based Mesa Group. He tells the station that Pickens told the select audience about the water rights Mesa owns in the Panhandle and the amount of wind that blows across the land.

He says early plans are to develop most of the generator complex east and northeast of Amarillo in Gray and Roberts counties, with a little lapping into adjoining Hemphill and Wheeler counties. The wind-driven turbines would generate two to four thousand megawatts and cost $3-6 billion to build.

Boswell says the four-county complex might be four times the AES wind farm in Abilene, which is now the nation’s biggest.

Boswell says construction is now planned to start in 2010, with construction to take six and a half years to complete.

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