Originally posted by: Moonbeam
PJ is like biting into a clove. If you have sugar in your mouth the taste is quite refreshing.
Moon, you are channeling me again!
You are absolutely right about the clove.
And how I miss the taste of good clove candy! I will have to run out and get some later on.
I have to laugh at all of this commentary about me. I've previously posted something about myself to try to identify my predilections and prejudices, as well as to offer a perspective and a context for the experiences from which my opinions spring. Yet to many it is your memories that are so precious that you would rather remember past posters than deal with the reality of someone new coming to the game. You conspiracy theorists are better off chasing BOXXY and I wager you will find more fun in that direction.
I am not the topic of the articles that I post nor do I fully subscribe to the perspectives of the authors. I find the topics that I post of personal interest and look forward to what intelligent discussion might be derived from a contentious forum. I must say that I also have fun in skewering the rude and the insolent, but that is a minor pleasure indeed considering the quality level of the insults.
Right now I am sitting on the balcony of my pied-à-terre in Paris after a long flight. I've left even the hint of jet lag all behind to catch the setting sun and indulge myself with a tall glass of Campari with just the smallest twist of lemon and a splash of soda water.
My perspective from here is that things are starting to crack up a bit Stateside. The fault lines are showing on the Left and they are scared by what comes next. Any move toward reality instead of blind adulation of a Dear Leader will be the end of them and they know it.
The funny thing about working and living in different places around the world is that it becomes quite helpful in putting together a perspective and a balance. Standing away from the fray clarifies the faults of all sides. But it is in the re-engagement that a path forward comes clearer.
Joblessness will be the impetus for real change in the U.S., unfortunately. That the Democrats have squandered their election euphoria for pie in the sky schemes and massive political payoffs will be rewarded in 2010.
The Republicans are children wandering in the desert. They need hope and they need inspiration. Reassuming the mantle of power, even shared power, requires them now to form a cogent idea of a viable future. We will have to see if they can do so in the time, about a year, left.
Folks, stay on topic and don't let the ramblings of idiots get you down. Life here will be so much better if you do.
BTW, I am taking a couple more weeks of vacation starting over this weekend and, as I am going to do my best to avoid going near any computer, will likely not post for around two weeks. It would be too much of a distraction to my searching out the gastronomic joys of the Pyrenees. I'll miss y'all a bit but it looks like the loss will be all yours.