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Diary 8/31/2008 at 2:58 PM EDT

Maybe 08 is MORE Serious Than 68

By Margaret Bassett 4 comments

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When Don Williams wrote his insightful essay on the Righteous Right's poor timing in praying for rain, I still believed that I'd seen more riotous fallout in Chicago than the Twin Cities could produce this go-around. I commented accordingly.
   It only takes so many years of political skullduggery to force a person to take a second look at inciteful affairs. Here's how the forecast points out storm clouds at this writing.
   Dubya is staying out of Minnesota because the country has been attacked by Gustave. Michael Chertoff is assuring everyone that the Homeland is safe. (Forty years ago we had a country; now it's some kind of sacred place which needs protection. Is that progress?) He's been keeping those unruly troublemakers at bay in the Twin Cities. Besides, all will be well when First Lady Laura arrives to give us courage.
   Through it all, lurks the shadow of a former lady who just will not leave our thoughts. Could we dub this convention the re-introduction of Katrina? (What does Governor Palin know about floods?)
   So listen up, folks! We might not want to sit on our posture chairs and reel out remembrances of rain damage. It's the aftermath where rhetoric meets the road to the White House. You do recall, don't you, how our commander-in-chief wanted to nationalize the National Guard? You realize that the governors from both parties are pretty well partied out?
   I'm sorry to rain on anyone's parade. After chasing tidbits of outrage in St. Paul, might we not be better prepared for the stormy days ahead if we watch the climate at dot.gov?

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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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