..........Fades to foggy dark.
Evening light
..........Fades to foggy dark. ..........Fades to foggy dark. Jeb Bush is out
He might have seemed like one of the sane ones, but then I remember he’s the guy who, while he was the governor of Florida, using his influence and the courts, kept Terri Schiavo’s body alive while she was brain-dead, for no medical reason, and prolonged everyone’s agony for another two years, for his own benefit. Heartless.
Follow-up on Conner and Ari
They were the youngest kids at the Boulder Valley School District Science Fair Awards Ceremony. They’re 6th graders. Most were 8th graders. Becky says they looked little. There were a dozen different categories; a dozen different schools. Conner and Ari’s entry was in mathematics and computer science. They placed third in their category. (First in their school.)
No prize money. They won admiration, ribbons, hugs, and dinner out with mom and dad.
No prize money. They won admiration, ribbons, hugs, and dinner out with mom and dad. Javelina
Coming in from the scrub forest.
Drinking up the bird bath.
What is wrong with this picture?
Well, it’s not really a picture; I’m thinking about our political process again. Anybody can run for president. Up until the first few primaries, any candidate is viable. The first two or three primaries narrow the field to a select few however. If you don’t do well in the first three primaries, you won’t be able to attract any more campaign money, so you’re effectively eliminated. Okay. I get it. The field needs to be narrowed somehow, but I have a problem with the “how”. For two out of the three first states, we’ve been hearing nonstop about the power of the evangelical voter. Two out of the first three states are about as “evangelical” as you can get. The system sets a religion test at the very outset, and if you don’t pass that, you don’t get to continue. I realize evangelicals are a significant portion of the population, and their voice should be heard, but I don’t think they represent the majority of the country. Is that fair, that first the field is narrowed by the most religious voters, then the rest of the country gets to decide among the remaining? If that does seem like a good idea, then what if it were the opposite, and the three states that were the least religious were the first hurdle to pass on the way to our presidency? Would that be just as good?