Ok, maybe Obama didn't refer to Palin, but those folks behind him took it that way. And did you see the way they gleefully cheered? What were they thinking? "Hey, the man we want to elect president just said a lady was a pig! Ha ha ha (clap, clap, clap)! Our guy's so smart."
Is there anyone that agrees with their candidate 100% of the time? If there are, Obama found them, and put them in the audience. Was there a pre-speech instruction, like a judge educating a bunch of jurors? "Ok, you're instructed to clap and whoop it up any time Obama pauses. Even if you think Obama just called a lady a Max Factor wearing swine, you go crazy."
Maybe there was an applause light there we couldn't see, and the crowd was just responding to that. After all, who wouldn't start snoozing once Obama starts going on with his four more years of Bush, more that, more this, fail policy this, change that,,,,afmf;lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll...Oh sorry, I fell asleep typing that. Well, you can see why the audience would need one of those lights to wake them up. "What, huh, the lights on? Oh! Ha ha ha! Whoooo! You go Obama!"
It's come to this, Obama doesn't want to oppose abortion, he doesn't want to uncover a source of energy THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WORKS, he wants to soak the rich (but only because he believes that sounds good to us working stiffs and might garner a couple of votes) and on and on, and when he loses the election we'll say, "Well, he shouldn't have called Palin a pig."
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Levees
It has to be said that if you are sitting on your porch and have to look up to see the river, then you live in the wrong place. Well, you live in the wrong place if you don't expect to be flooded. People don't believe that the oceans were formed by a living God at creation, yet they will believe that a man-made mound of dirt will hold back 2/3 of the earth's surface.
There can't be very many annoyances worse that having your house flooded, along with all your memories and furniture, but can we expect anything different if we choose to live in a place that's flooded in the past, or has the potential to flood?
Where I live there is a very large reservoir, a lake really, that is controlled by a damn down stream. The water level fluctuates throughout the year, 'flooding' its banks at various times, especially in the spring. But guess what, the Army Corps of Engineers manages it, and you cannot build on it. I know the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico aren't reservoirs, but the question is, should we live within reach of the flood waters?
The answer is, sure, but only if you know you might drown and don't expect anyone to bail you out when you home owner's insurance policy refuses to pay.
There can't be very many annoyances worse that having your house flooded, along with all your memories and furniture, but can we expect anything different if we choose to live in a place that's flooded in the past, or has the potential to flood?
Where I live there is a very large reservoir, a lake really, that is controlled by a damn down stream. The water level fluctuates throughout the year, 'flooding' its banks at various times, especially in the spring. But guess what, the Army Corps of Engineers manages it, and you cannot build on it. I know the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico aren't reservoirs, but the question is, should we live within reach of the flood waters?
The answer is, sure, but only if you know you might drown and don't expect anyone to bail you out when you home owner's insurance policy refuses to pay.
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