Good to be an American

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Rambling Woods

Saying for the Day
Do not... regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo?
~Adlai Stevenson

Picture of the Day

I feel really good about being an American today. I really do.
Why?
Because some guy in Iraq threw a shoe at President Bush.
It’s not that I dislike President Bush.
In fact I kind of like the guy.
It’s not that I don’t respect the Presidential office.
Because I do.
But I feel good because the people of Iraq got to see something of American style democracy.
They saw a man throw a shoe at the most powerful leader in the world and:
He wasn’t shot by the secret service.
He wasn’t tortured by our ar5med forces.
He wasn’t caused to vanish never to be seen again. ( Even if some are afraid it will happen)
They knew if you threw a shoe at Sadam any or all of the above would have happened.
We live in a great country with great ideals.
It even allows for those Bush hating people, and there seem to be a lot of them , to mail shoes to President Bush.
I saw on a blog where the send a shoe to Bush campaign has begun.
The FBI won’t call on them.
They won’t vanish.
Their blogs will continue to publish.
Washington will get a lot of shoes.
Why, I’m willing to bet those shoes will in the end be given to shoeless people and serve a useful purpose.
Is this a great country or what?

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal
Yesterday Herman slipped quietly into his house, knowing his wife was working, and intending to get something to eat. Tommy UK was there waiting for him. Tommy UK did his best to explain to Herman that he was the one who could save Pigeon Falls. Destiny had made him a seer just for this moment. Somehow in the Pigeon Falls world where dragons fly andwhales swim an undone puzzle now held the fate of the town and perhaps the world. And Herman alone held the key. Herman alone could finish the puzzle.
All of this was more than Herman could handle. He fled to the Happy Pigeon and got drunk, very drunk. More than anything he wanted another vision. He wanted another way out. He wanted a magic word or some hand gesture. He wanted anything but that puzzle. He had always hated that puzzle. He had tried to destroy that puzzle. He thought that puzzle was long gone but now it was back to torment him.
But now he had to decide either to force himself to go back to his childhood and the stupid puzzle or to save Pigeon Falls. He decided to have another drink.
Will Herman do the puzzle? If he does will it end the shadow? What about the whistling guy in the black suit? Could dragon fire burn off the shadow? And of course is Tommy UK really the undertaker’s kid?

Wrap Up

Another very good breathing day. After I blogged in the morning. I did some reading. Then Betty and I started on cleaning the living room for the holidays. We started on the part near the patio doors. The problem was that every flat surface had accumulated papers , magazines, cantaloupes, and junk. By the time we finished we had four grocery bags filled with old papers, magazines, and catalogues but things looked much better. My sister Dawn called. I then upgraded the bulletin on the St. Mark's site. After that I visited some links. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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