http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/23/134354/715
And it appears to be driving a solid wedge into the “progressive” community. Gee I should sign up for a Redstate account again as they are going to have a ball with this one.
Now something more lighthearted.
Ten years ago I went with my daughter to a field to help her exercise an aging horse for an elderly woman. We both did it for a time hoping that maybe the horse might be rideable after some amount of conditioning and care. It never happened. The old woman became ill and sold off the horse and her farm.
Yesterday I trotted a mini horse pulling a cart down the now developed street. A father and his son were on the street looking on. The five year old was beaming and jumping excitedly at the sight of a fifty-year old cruising a pony cart down the street of this three car garage million dollar home subdivision. I was tempted to stop an offer a ride and even kept a watchful eye out for an invitation to do so. The indication never came and I thought, this is America, it’s a “what if” world.
What if I were some kind of evil man. This father didn’t know me and seemed not open to trust. What if something happened and this child got hurt, would he sue me for damages. What if the pony bit the childs fingers thinking the child had a treat but didn’t know how to present it to the pony with an open palm.
In all, what if, stopped me from bringing some joy to a five year old. It is after all their world, not mine which they have created. After six full years of terror, terror why did I think the reaction might be different. We have lost it in America, the desire to bring joy to people I mean. It saddens me on this perfect summer afternoon to be thinking Biblical Apocalypse end times themes for the month of August on top of not offering a ride to a five year old.
It was most unlike me.
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/mart-a09.shtml
http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=665
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7986.shtml
http://digg.com/politics/Bush_s_plans_for_concentration_camps_and_martial_law
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/18/235042/926
