Going up the elevator is unsettling when you are packed in with a bunch of people
who look like they hadn't left their mother's basements since the last convention.
(Comment overheard about Furries, but could also apply to Mensans.)
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who look like they hadn't left their mother's basements since the last convention.
(Comment overheard about Furries, but could also apply to Mensans.)
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I heard sirens this afternoon. It sounded like several fire trucks, nearby. But they didn't seem to go to one place and stop, They went on and on, and every time I went to the front door to listen, the sound was coming from a different direction.
Maybe it was a multi-alarm fire, companies arriving from multiple locations? Or maybe it wasn't a fire at all, but many police cars chasing someone?
Then I looked out the back and saw children and adults running up the next street over, all looking the same direction. Maybe the fire is at the end of that street? Hmmmm. No smoke....
The sirens got closer, and I saw several fire trucks moving slowly down that street. Then I saw Santa on the back of the third truck.
Oh.
I guess Santa is touring the neighborhood in style.
He didn't come down our street, though. It's a dead end. Although it would be amusing to see a herd of fire trucks trying to turn around at the end.
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Another blogger, whom I know to be very conservative in many ways, blogged about her experience with the TSA scanners on a recent trip. She, like others, is upset about the erosion of the fourth amendment. I followed and agreed with her assessment right up to the end, when she blamed trashing of the Constitution on "liberals and faux-conservatives".
I thought I must have misunderstood and read it again. And again. Beat my head on the wall and read it again.
I keep hearing that the symptoms of the conservative disease include poor memory, selective memory, and an ignoring of facts. It must be true.
Wasn't it Bush who tossed the Constitution out the window when he decided he could declare war without the approval of Congress? Wasn't it the Bush administration who pushed for and and the conservatives in Congress who passed the Patriot Act, that pretty much declared the fourth amendment void, what with all the warrantless searches and wiretapping and everything else? Wasn't it those same folks who built the Homeland Security Administration, and gave them carte blanche to stomp all over the Constitution any way they wanted in the name of
Methinks she hates where it all has led, and figures it must be the fault of "them". It couldn't possibly be "us".
I didn't leave a comment because her readers are loyal sycophants, also conservative in viewpoint, and starting a flamewar is pointless. But I can't just ignore it, either. So, this blog serves its purpose as a brain purge once again.
Sigh. But my head still hurts.
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3 comments:
What you probably didn't know is that the Santa/Firetruck thing is also accompanied by lots of fire fighters with their hands out. I'm glad to donate to the fire dept. but the Santa on the firetruck thing makes me crazier than I already am.
Snata comes around on a fire truck in my neighborhood too. He's schedule for my area next weekend...
FWIW, Bush is a fake conservative too.
Hope that closes the loop for ya. :) The reason it didn't make sense to you is because you assumed things about what I thought. With my crazy devotion to Ron Paul, is it possible that Bush could get a pass from me?
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