"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.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Idiot Wind...

...blowing across your teeth every time you speak.
                                                                - Bob Dylan

Just after Obama's glorious victory somewhere I read an op-ed that seemed pretty logical. It stated that the best thing about America electing a black president was that race could no longer be used as an issue. America elected a black man and that in itself was a ringing endorsement and a clear sign that America had finally come of age and shed her racism.

Then came comments from more foward thinking people who feared that the race card would be played everytime someone disagreed with Whitehouse policy. If you are critical of Obama and his ideas, policy, leadership or anything else it is only because he is black and nothing else and you are therefore, a racist.

Enter Jimmy Carter, the Sultan of Stupidity trumpeting his latest "Idiot Wind" and Maureen Dowd apparently inspired by voices being channeled through her cat.

I can't link you to Maureen Dowd. You need to Google her yourself and see if you can find a source that doesn't make you register with a left wing newspaper in order to view her words.

- Larry

P.S. - I just discovered a back door link to Maureen's op-ed. It's at the bottom of this article.
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