--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin"
<jflanegi@>
> > > wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > Thanks- great summary in the 2003 article of Cheney. I tend
> > > > to trust common sense a great deal, and there's just gotta
be
> > > > something seriously wrong with someone who obsessively kills
> > > > small animals to relax...
> > >
> > > My mother developed a deep, primal loathing for
> > > Cheney right at the start of the the 2000 campaign,
> > > which kind of surprised my sister and me. We
> > > didn't like him, goodness knows, but we didn't quite
> > > see why she was so passionately against him. We
> > > couldn't get her to be specific about why, other
> > > than the way his mouth twisted on one side.
> > >
> > > But she apparently sensed something about him she
> > > couldn't articulate that my sister and I missed, at
> > > least before he got into office. But it wasn't
> > > long after that that we started congratulating her
> > > on her intution.
> > >
> > > She died (at the age of 93) shortly before the
> > > hunting incident; my sister and I were very annoyed
> > > that it hadn't happened while she was still alive,
> > > because she would have enjoyed it immensely.
> > >
> > > (Not the old guy getting shot in the face, obviously,
> > > but Cheney's embarrassment.)
> > >
> > Sounds like a really fun person- your Mom I mean.
>
> Yessir, she was a pistol!
>
> I enjoy the
> > effortless wisdom that older (everything's relative, right?)
people
> > have. Being around for that long, they just *know* stuff, and
they
> > don't mind sharing it.
>
> Tremendously underused resource in this society.
>
I've thought the same thing many times...
