Politics as Usual

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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. ~H.G. Wells

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The Days Wrap UP

I was going to spend a day on the computer but after I blogged and visited some of the blogs that had door pictures things changed. Betty said I should go out to lunch with her and Pennie. It seemed they were meeting Pennie's colleague . Then they were going to shop briefly in two stores and come right home. So I went. The meal went well.Pennie and her colleague talked work but that was okay. Then at 12:30 we went to the first of the two stores. At 2:00 we finally left. I was almost out of oxygen. The next store I was told would take about five minutes. Well as I rode past the erector set for the seventeenth time I knew that wasn't happening. We got home around four o'clock. Never trust two women to shop for a short time even when they have a small list. Then I visited my links. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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Politics as Usual

In my relentless blog reading looking for the daily link I end up reading a lot of political blogs. You can’t escape them because there are lots out there. Blogs of the left and right peopled by true believers.
I came across a blog like that yesterday. It began
“In principle, I agree with Barack Obama about Bristol Palin's pregnancy being none of anybody's business. “
Right leave the poor girl alone.
But she didn’t. She went on.
“But on another level they are my business, because they are a reflection of how well the social policies that the Republican Party want to impose on the rest of us work. “
It was okay for her to use the plight of the governor’s daughter because she was using it for a good cause namely attacking the evil Republican party.
She went on with truths, half-truths, and unprovable assumptions all woven together. With the poor girl at the center .
She got the usual pat on the back comments from true believers like herself which must have made her feel good.
One fellow dared to challenge her perfection and she put him in his place.
I felt as sick as I did several months ago when the right was using Mrs. Obama and Obama’s Pastor as a way of attacking Obama. They too used truths, half-truths, and unprovable assumptions.
I guess it’s stock in trade for the righteous true believers on both sides. They don’t care who they hurt nor do they really care about truth because they are after evil. They need to protect the country.
They don’t care who they hurt because it’s for a good cause.
I didn’t leave a comment. There is no use. Right or left true believers know they are correct and it does no good to argue with them.
But it does make me sad.
It’s the high price we pay for freedom of speech.
But it is worth it. In the end it really is worth it.

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal. Nancy asked Petrovich why a man with his credentials had moved to Pigeon Falls. Much to her surprise he gave her a straight answer.
“ I came because I believed and still believe that Pigeon Falls is the city of the birds in the driblets and I wanted to watch them come true”. He said.” Some day I will write a book and show how the Great Seer was able to predict the future of Pigeon Falls.”.
Nancy thought that that was a more than reasonable explanation.
With one success behind her she decided to ask Neil why he had come to Pigeon Falls and again to her surprise got a straight answer.
“ I always wanted to grow grapes and make wine and I saved up money for it. The good news for me was that land here was cheap and ready to be planted. I had developed my own wine grapes that would grow here and global warming has given me a longer growing season. This is just perfect for me.” He answered.
With those two behind her Nancy decided to ask Mrs. Trumble the same question when she came to coffee.
Tommy UK’s Mary Maxim discs came this morning. He ends to spend most of the week end looking at them. He is hoping it isn’t Mrs. Trumble.
What will Tommy UK discover? Was Petrovich telling the truth? Can you really raise grapes in Pigeon Falls? What will Mrs. Trumble tell Nancy? And of course is Tommy UK really the undertaker’s kid. More tomorrow in News from Pigeon Falls.