"Rooted" may be a better choice of words. What you see above is the top of an actual fence post that used to sit on my property.

The photograph above represents what I eventually came to see whenever I paid it a visit. So I brought it to life with my camera and some computer software simply as an exercise in creativity.

I can only attest for the 23 years I have lived here but local historians believe it's a good bet this post was probably placed in the ground over a hundred years ago. The general consensus is that it was set where it shouldn't of been; just outside my property line.

So last spring when the city of Alpine was reassessing it's property the location of my errant post was duly noted.

When I took down the fence [by demand] this post was so stubborn I had to pull it out with a tow chain hitched to the chassis of my truck. Apparently it was placed in the ground when it was still alive and as a result of an apparent "last gasp" effort, it sprouted roots. Seriously, a fence post with actual roots.

My wife has labeled me as a know-it-all (and as she is one herself she must certainly be correct). Know it or not it's her rhetoric reference to the the fact that my opinions are rooted in 62 years of experience. The fence post story illustrates the fact that right or wrong, in the end, even the most established and rooted of "whatever" can be dislodged with proper persuasion. So please feel free to attempt to dislodge any of my opinions that follow if deemed necessary.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Nostalgia for old farts...

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God help us all...

Complaining that most of my posts are old news, my good friend Billy Bob wants to see something out of the mainstream-pass-it-along reporting; some new thoughts. I must admit I yearn for such myself.

My initial reaction to this video was at first not to pass it on.

However; the fact that Barack "Mack Daddy" Obama could cause such passion, coupled with the fact that the mainstream media is reporting that the election of Obama is causing a rise in militant, radical, political and racial organizations leads me to believe that this rant may be newsworthy.

You be the judge... keeping in mind of course, that you yourself may also be a nut job.

- Credit to my friend Andy
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What a disaster this healthcare debate is...

...It strains, stresses and pierces, it unnecessarily agitates and is doomed to be the cause of further agitation. Who doubts the final bill will be something between a pig in a poke and three-card Monte?

Which is too bad, because our health-care system actually needs to be made better.

- Credit WSJ
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This is disturbing...

ABC, CNN, USA Today and even NPR all had in their headlines today that Michael Phelps was cited by police (after being involved in an auto accident which was not his fault) for driving with an expired driver's license.

The fact that almost everyone in the entire world could give a rat's ass about such a trivial and unimportant event exposes the fact that all these networks must be sharing an automated, common source news feed.

- Larry
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