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This is such a case. I have had many honors over the years: valedictorian in a military college; being teacher of the year (the year before I was "teacher on my ear," for defending colleagues and kids); completing a solar, earth-sheltered home and living off the grid for fifteen years; writing a book on solar greenhouses; being an Eagle Scout; being an altar boy (I realize that is a dubious one these days, but I will say I never had grounds for a law suit); receiving a Charles Lindbergh Award for my work in aviation; having two patents and two trademarks, for commercially viable products; writing many progressive articles that have been published online, with favorable and considerable praise; being a "trusted author" on a progressive website; writing a trail guide to the Wasatch Mountains; interviewing the founder of the environmental movement (according to many, David Brower); doing the longest interview with Robert Redford that he has ever done (as far as I know); and more, but I am actually boring myself here, so I will get to the point: The Highest Honor Ever Received!
We should be thankful it is short, as it will save busy, productive citizens valuable time.
I was banned from www.rawstory.com!
The reason given: None. Although I had been accused some weeks ago by the Editor in Chief of being anti-Semitic. Reason given: None--at least none that had any basis in reality, or could be articulated by that same Editor.
Yes, I am proud! This is a difficult, dang near impossible thing to do! Especially since of the 300+ comments I posted on their articles (and made links to other sites for them), I had over 900 "likes," meaning that there were that many "likes" of what I had to say.
So I am duly honored, and wish to thank the folks at Raw Story for this extraordinary award. I don't think they give many out, particularly without so much as a "This is why..."
It's fun to ruffle feathers, I admit; and I am altogether with the late Saul Alinsky, who enjoyed kicking the biggest butts in town, even going to jail for it (I have yet to have that honor, but look forward to it). Still, I like to think I surpassed Saul in some humble way, inasmuch I was snuffed for saying essentially positive things about that whacked-out site, evidently run by junior high school renegades.
I now have another twenty or thirty minutes or so on my hands every day, that I really can use for more constructive purposes.
Thus about all I can say in conclusion is, "Adios, mis amigos, y muchos gracias!"
