[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

[thedonboyd at austin.rr.com]

Mr Guthrie writes, " Of course, it **is** Texas, where ignorance is bliss and ignorance of basic 
science and technology is endemic amongst the booboisie majority (evidenced by who they elect)."
A similar sentiment was expressed a short while ago by another Jim.  And who could disagree with them?  Our current governor makes his predecessor (Perry) look smart, and HIS predecessor (Bush43) statesmanlike.  Our senators, arguably smarter, are just frightful.  Our (elected) state board of education is distinguished by its members' anti-intellectual bias.  And I mustn't get started on the state legislators (though, truth to tell, has anyone anywhere ever found a state legislature 

Imagine what it's like for a lifelong decently-educated liberal to live among such yahoos!  And yet--and yet--they are my folks.  I didn't choose them, and many of them would disown me if they could, but this is where I was, and they, were planted.  And--dare I say this--I can't see what dissing them (however much they deserve it) contributes to discussions in this forum.  

And as I have made clear on previous occasions, I am offended by your Texans-are-boobs cheap shots (not that offending me matters).   

Maybe I'm just thin skinned.  Ah yes, that must be it.  The behavior isn't offensive, it's me.  Big oops.  (This is where I usually delete the whole post without sending it.  Many times.  Not today.)