Hi yall! This here is a shot of Camel Rock at Garden of the Gods, down in the Shawnee Nat'l Forest, about 30 miles from here. I think the colors are a lot prettier this year, but I am socked in without time to enjoy what there is to enjoy around here. But don't worry! I am enjoying lots of stuff that are not specific to this geographical setting.

Not much going on, sitting here with my barf bag listening to the media hype and political furor over Foley. Not that I am not enjoying the turmoil in the Republican party, but I am sick to death of the hypocracy and lies, lies, lies... Meanwhile, countless nameless die... the dominoes fall in the Middle East, millions die of world neglect in Africa, and we continue to breeeeeeed, watch reality shows and buy all the pretty little sparklies to make us feel important, or at least better. All while giving lip-service, at least on Sundays and special occasions, to family, community, integrity, honesty, loyalty, generosity, compassion....

PS: if it were a Dem problem, I would say the same thing. I'm even a little madder at the Dems because they neglected to speak the truth when it could have actually prevented this mess because their political lives were on the line. What price courage? And is it marketable?

The main thing about Foley, besides the above tired old story, is that we need leaders we can trust. Character really does count.

I don't mean to offend anyone. In my family we have many good Christians, and many of them are staunch Republicans. If I were Christian I would be a good one, too. But not being raised in a church, I do my best to extrapolate the principles and to liberally (no pun intended) apply them to my life as organizing principles. After all, Jesus was trying to teach us something, right?

But I no longer pander to parties or proselytize for anything but what I see as Truth. I think that if the majority of both parties really looked, they would see lots of common ground: we all want to raise our families, provide for their needs, educate them and keep them safe. We might differ on ways and means, but we are much more alike on these important issues than we are different, don't you think?

Hey, enough for my Sunday morning quarterbacking!

Mom, the San Francisco Fleet Week is actually being shown on CBS this afternoon. WAVE! Can't wait for pix!

Isn't this fun! MomboQ.