Observations From Hadleyville: THE DREADED DAY IS HERE!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

THE DREADED DAY IS HERE!

I did it. I cast my ballot for McCain.

I considered all the things I don't like about the guy--voting record, nutty global warming ideas, (* see below) and snarling responses to upstarts who ask him questions--and concluded that A. he's going to be the Republican nominee, and B. should Romney win the nomination, he'll merely go down in glorious Goldwater flames, and C. in '91 I voted against Bush 1 in the primary to "send a message." In retrospect, I don't think that was such a smart move. (I can't even remember who I voted for in that primary--NO not Perot!)

However I vote--or you for that matter--the media will continue to run the beauty pageant for the next nine freakin' months. Now is a good time to collect a good DVD library to help keep your sanity.

(* below) I do not dispute that the earth is going through a warming trend. I heartily dispute that humans are causing it or can reverse the process. Ice core samples, ocean floor ice berg debris and an ancient Alpine mining operation discovered under a retreating glacier along with a myriad of other ACTUAL POINTS OF EVIDENCE, as opposed to breathless rhetoric and computer modeling, tell us that the earth's climate oscillates. I truly despise people trying to scare the bejesus out of me for political gain and personal power.

1 comment:

Kathleen Flynn said...: I know that was tough for you but welcome to the winning team.
I will confess to having voted for Perot, but I will never throw my vote away again!; February 5, 2008 at 4:23 PM

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WHAT'S THIS HADLEYVILLE THING?

Those of you familiar with Mark Twain’s works might recognize my blog title. As Samuel Clemons grew older, he became increasingly disillusioned with humanity. Towards the end he began referring to the Damned Human Race; employing the secular and religious epithet at one stroke.

I find I’ve not reached that level of despair myself. I still believe in redemption and I still see signs of nobility even among we fallen, damned creatures. So, I could not bring myself to call this blog “On the Damned Human Race.” I do however, resonate with another of Clemmons stories; “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.” And viola, there you have it. “Observations From Hadleyville.”