You were expecting me to write about the debate, weren’t you? OK, I’m not watching much of it, but it was playing while I was canning pickled beets. I saw enough to know that Biden won. Trump has been pushing that Biden was senile for months now, so all Biden had to do was come out and appear normal and coherent. He did that. Trump, in the meantime, seemed unhinged.
What I really wanted to post about was that the Pennsylvania Game Commission just approved the use of night vision and infrared optics in the hunting of fur bearers, animals trapped for their pelts.
Those animals include raccoons, foxes, coyotes, possums, skunks, weasels, bobcats, and porcupines. I wonder how many of you have ever seen a bobcat. How about a porcupine other than maybe a dead one on a road. And possums? Are we really that desperate for furs that we need to kill possums?
You might want to drop the Game Commission a line about this. The address is 2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797.
Regarding the debate. Incompetence should never be rewarded with a second term. Biden was the clear winner. One pundit said Chris Wallace should receive combat pay, it was that bad. We voted in person last week.
ReplyDeleteHi, Roy! I’m Christina - I think that you knew my parents, Judy and Phil, during undergrad. So ... say a coastal liberal, deeply concerned about the future of her great nation, wanted to travel to a swing state to knock on doors, etc. In this remote environment, is there door-knocking to be done in rural PA? Would the locals run her out of town with pitchforks? Asking for a friend.
ReplyDeleteHi Christina! How amazing to hear from you. To answer your friend's concern, Biden supporters in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, would welcome any help we can get. On Sunday a guy from Manhattan is coming to live with us to work on the campaign, and we have other volunteers who would be happy to provide rooms and meals. The person who is more or less running the show is actually my wife Linda, and she could make arrangements. Tell your friend to email me at and we can discuss this. Also be aware that some of the Senate races (Montana, Arizona) might also be looking for volunteers.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you aren't aware, but your mom was one of the best campaign organizers I have ever known.
Roy