Generated doodad above:: I couldn't resist playing around with Palin (this was created at says-it.com.)
"Don't say anything unless you have something nice to say" is usually my motto, but I couldn't resist goofing around making some kind of statement for today's entry. Since I've been bewitched and bewildered by PC problems for a couple of weeks, I was unable to blog. I was bored. Unfortunately, I listened to all the political tomfoolery during this period.
I'm a Democrat who likes to debate with political friend and foe alike; my philosophy is that you'll either strengthen your own position, or perhaps learn something new that makes you understand another point of view.
But what in the h-e-l-double hockey sticks was John McCain thinking when he put Sarah Palin on the ticket? Maybe I'm just nervous that this moose-killin' mama could be a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.
(I'm sorry, my Republican friends, but because you live in Alaska, which is sorta close to Russia, does not qualify you to sit down to have serious talks with Vladmir Putin.)
Her way-out-there views scare me (no abortion even in cases of rape and incest?) but let's talk about the subject everyone seems to be avoiding: What kind of parent names her kids Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow and Piper?
Pre-Gov. Palin offenses:: As mayor of Podunk (or whatever it's called), Alaska, one of her first moves was to check out how to ban books in the local library. Banning books? Them's fightin' words.
Speaking of book banning:: From Sept. 27 - Oct. 4, folks fond of The First Amendment celebrate Banned Books Week. Yes, people other than the wannabe VP still want to control what others might read.
Some of the literary offenders challenged over the years:: The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald); The Grapes Of Wrath (John Steinbeck); In Cold Blood (Truman Capote); Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell); and The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway). You can read a more comprehensive list of these culture-killers on a Google book site. As always, The American Library Association provides all sorts of resources to protect our right to read.
This year's list includes, at #5, perennially challenged The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain). The reason for protesting this classic, of course, is for the book's "racism."
What many people don't realize is that Twain (or as his parents named him, Samuel Clemens) was a social satirist, and Huck Finn was written to argue against the institution of slavery and the continued poor treatment of African-Americans overall. In that spirit, I'll conclude my meanderings with...
Quote O' The Day:: "Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts." ~Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain)
That's all she wrote. For now. Until later...
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