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I was  a bit surprised at all the hoopla surrounding Mr. Wilson's  brief 
outburst, do we not all remember the speaker of the senate, Reid calling  
Bush 
a liar? Do we not remember the Dems as a body refusing to stand for  
President Bush when he delivered the 2006 state of the union address?? That 
was  
not one man losing his cool for less than a second, but an organized effort 
by  the Democratic party to slight a sitting president and embarrass him on 
national  television. Their misbehavior on that occasion went on for the 
entire speech. I  disagree with both on this, the office of the Presidency 
deserves a level of  respect whether you agree or not with what the current 
holder is saying. We have  seen an apology from Wilson at least, delivered 
immediately after the speech  ended, and later on television, we should ask 
the 
same of the Dems and move  on.
 
Drew
 
Much worse any way you cut it. No apologies from Reid, or the Dems for  
their behavior to this day. 
 
 
In a message dated 9/11/2009 2:24:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:



Robert Walton wrote:
> It's a real shame. I did see  Wilson being interviewed and you could hear 
the
> crack in his  voice.
> Now I recall people hooping it up when Bush got the show thrown  at him. 
At
> least that was not done by a US citizen. I thought that  that
> was definitely a punishable offense.
> 
> Decorum is  a thing of the past. Politics have always been nasty, but at
> least  politicians tried to appear above it all and people in polite 
company
>  tried to stay away from politics. Now we roll in the mud proudly.

What  you say is true.  Our generation has been sullied by reality TV and  
the lack of family values, or at least the lack of family mealtimes  
together where manners are taught and lessons on decorum are learned.  
Little kids learn decorum in church and in school and other places.  
Even if you don't want to say the pledge of allegiance, for example, you  
stand and at least show respect to others who are pledging.  If you  
don't want to sing the National Anthem, don't sing, but at least stand  
in respect.  I see so many incidences of disrespect where there is a  
lack of decorum.  We can blame Judge Wapner and Judge Judy and others  
for allowing litigants to act crazy for ratings.

Yeah, I roll in  the mud sometimes, but I will say this...
There was a time when I did not  care about politics.  Now, I care.  I'm 
learning more and more  everyday, from this list and beyond, because I am 
paying more  attention.  Perhaps I have traded my apathy for mud, but I 
suspect I  am not alone.  Maybe in time, I will come to some sort of  
equilibrium, and maybe wallow in Jello instead of mud..it is cleaner and  
healthier.<g>


> 
> The Internet has created a  new medium that's like fuel to a fire for 
these
> rumors and crazy  ideas, it's a shame, the Internet was such a great 
thing 10
> years  ago.

I'd go back a bit further than 10 years for the time you are  reminiscing 
about.  Having lost my internet connection for the past  60 hours(I know 
I said 56 before, but I can't count...it was 61 actually),  I still think 
the internet is a great thing.  I missed you  guys!


> 
> I remember days when I read more treads than I  deleted from this list. I
> even remember when people saved treads form  this list as something 
useful.
> 

12-15 years ago, I saved almost  everything.  These days, I usually save 
James' informative posts on  Gardening, but in checking my file, I see 
the last two things I saved were  from Lynda.  On 7/7 she wrote a great 
primer on berries, and on 6/17  she wrote a safety guide for pressure 
canning.  Going back further, I  have posts from James and Susan Jane on 
scything and seed sowing  techniques, a few from Marie and Lynda on the 
donkey thread, and a one  from Lynn on confusing squash bugs.

People here have plenty to  share.  Most just devalue their own opinions 
and experience.   Even a failure is important to share.

Sage, if you are reading, I'm  glad to see that you got some much needed 
rain.  As I watched the  radar this afternoon, I kept saying YES!
And Rob, you should see those  JA's!!





-- 
Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the  ocean's depths, MY son is 
protecting your freedom on the USS Key West,  currently deployed 
somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean.  Go  Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia,  USA

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