Shenandoah Fall Days Fast Approaching

Cooler days are around the corner.A few of my favorite Fall things...

Ahhh Shenandoah. I've been to much of the country and there are some beautiful places to be found, but nothing tops the Old Dominion. Credit: Painting is Gray Dodson a Central Virginia Painter whose work is usually available at the Fred Nichols Studio in Barboursville

 I'll be on the road bike less and the mountain bike more.

 

And my 20 year Pappy is about done so it's time to get another bottle of the Old Van Winkle.

 

Crazy Doesn't Always Sell Well...but Even Crazy Can Latch on to a Few Grains of Truth

Earlier this week there was some discussion concerning the unhinged Left displaying a complete lack of common sense and common decency when it comes to free thought, free expression and open dialogue.
 

Here's a hint for the left: Screaming or getting nasty towards little kids, or really anyone, as if they are acceptable colatoral damage in the war for rights of any sort, well, that is itself a display of anti-person behavior. You know folks, that's what we call a contradiction and it makes your argument really hollow.

Here's another hint: The "F" word, while good for venting really isn't too effective for presenting a compelling and rational argument. Want to be heard? Don't cuss at or around little kids. It's just not effective for your argument.

Still, I was kind of intrigued so I went over and checked out the website of our baddie, Sunsara Taylor.
Hmmm, seems she fancies herself a bit of an American Pussy Riot.

Of course, Pussy Riot took on this guy


Sunsara is taking on this guy.

St. Alphonsus Liguori, Pray for Us

I just "discovered" a saint this morning in the Magnificat readings. Actually, St. Alphonsus was a doctor of the Church. Alphonsus's teachings all emphasize a vital remedy for the world's ills, (overlooked for it's simplicity and the humility required). Prayer.  Continually appeal to God.

A few thoughts from St. Alphonsus on prayer:

"The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone…"

We know that you know that we know that...

You know, this post sort of feels juvenile. I mean, don't we already know that most Americans hate politicians. Oh well, here goes..

 Why do I tend to like reading some liberals better than the folks that lob stink bombs from the righty side of the aisle? Do liberal stink bombs smell better?  I read Mother Jones on occasion and I see an article that makes me think, "Aw, good for you buddy. You're not so deluded after all." Mother Jones and National Review both have plenty that makes want to vomit, but it's only the stupidity in National Review that gets on my nerves. Maybe, it's just that I think so-called conservatives should know better. OK, so my occasional appreciation for liberals is just vain condescension.

Well, anyhow I keep on voting R,  because while R is ambivalent towards the unborn, D actively works towards increasing the ease and rate at which we destroy the unborn.

And of course, while the R leadership is ambivalent with regards to religious freedom, the D leadership is actively hostile and opposed to it. There is actually more to my Republican leanings than that of course. At least in the past. Conservativism was tied to the idea of you know, conserving something which made it accessible for a more grass-roots level representation and decision making and at least some vague sense of subsidiarity. Maybe that was just a brief Russell Kirk phase we went through. I guess it's just sort of an abstract concept by the time you get to the state and national level. More and more our fixation is with the bigger, but somehow less relevant, elements of the party. Still, the idea of localism seemed to have abandoned the left a lot quicker than it did the right. As an  example, for all Michelle Obama's good intentions with food, she is bonkers if she thinks government can reform industry and jam a top down healthy eating revolution that will put a diet of real food on the plate of the average American.

But in terms of the Presidential election there is something really interesting going on here... It really looks like the left hates the idea of voting for their guy as much as we, on the right, are going to hate voting for our guy!