A note to my friends
The upper decks have become not only ridged, they are approaching toxic and I have no interest in continuing as part of that. Possibly, after the election is past, things will return to a more healthy level of discussion.
Until then---I'll be hanging out down here---so move over Ben
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis