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That's one of the reasons I love Monticello, I think it's one of my  
favourite places in the world.  I am sure that's exactly what it was  
to Thomas Jefferson, a grounding place in the midst of political  
turmoil. It's the real National Cathedral, as far as I'm concerned.

I wish we were all reduced, tomorrow, to local-only transportation for  
the majority of our needs. Because when you're living within  
community, you are responsible to and for each other and your  
neighbourhoods, to a certain extent. And life is better for everybody.  
That's my Utopia and I'm sticking to it.

And let me just say, I love that your neighbour operated on you on the  
kitchen counter. That's a good woman, right there. She deserves some  
ditch lillies. : )



On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> Early on in the history of the Internet I forecast a great
> democratization. With almost all information available to all people
> in all parts of the world, everyone would know the truth. The
> miscreants among us would be exposed and made ineffectual. Goodness
> would be common because badness would be less possible.
>
> As is often the case, I was naive. Yes, information has become
> available on a scale that none of us imagined. We have access to more
> daily, updated information than is held in the great libraries of the
> world, more than we have time to read.
>
> It is at once too much and not enough. It is too much because anyone
> can bolster a notion with myriad sources. As with those who argue
> about the truths of great religious books, the truth is everywhere and
> it is not to be found because of contradictions of sources. It is not
> enough because rather than settle us it confuses us.
>
> So I wonder, is there any truth? How fallible are our observations?
> And if mine and yours are fallible, then so too are the observations
> of others throughout the world. Who is trustworthy?
>
> On the homestead list we disagree on various subjects. To make our
> cases we quote sources. Another quotes a different source. And so it
> becomes a battle of the sources. It is educational, it is fun, or it
> is simply annoying depending on one’s mood.
>
> To the garden. The garden seems always truthful. Whether I like it or
> not.