[Grovenet] Listening to the Republican National Convention speeches

[Katie Allnutt]

Your parable may boil down to this:
Jesus was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor -  
and we get to choose which one we like better.

The potential VP's vision includes burning oil as fast as possible  
(burning asphalt)
The potential VP's vision includes criminalizing abortions (near a  
prison)
McCain is known for playing craps and he 'rolled the dice' to pick  
Palin (near a casino)
McCain said in his speech that our government has been broken (no  
functioning accessory function)
We are all waiting anxiously to see who is the next president and  
there will be a few days of no acitivity before the air waves are  
filled beyond belief with ads. (idling the engine)
Whether you are on the right or the left, there is the feeling that  
if the 'wrong' person is the next POTUS it will be the end of the  
country as we know it (sitting in the failing light).
Etc.

Thanks for the story, it is appropriate for our times.

Katie


On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:33 PM, David Morelli wrote:

> Yesterday after work, I drove a borrowed truck to the coast towing a
> trailer.  Fortunately it had a radio and I was able to listen to many
> of the RNC speeches on the way.  I got Mayor Guillani and Governor
> Lingle before and after McMinneville.  Then as Governor Palin was
> about to speak I came upon road construction between Sheridan and
> Grand Ronde.  I had to stop, and I wanted to turn off the engine.
> For some reason the truck didn't have a functioning "accessory"
> position on the ignition key, so if I wanted to listen to Palin
> speak, I was needed to leave the engine running, which I did.  The
> wait lasted about twenty minutes.
>
> This morning I was describing the experience to someone, and I
> realized that I was sitting in the failing light, wasting gas, idling
> my engine, waiting for traffic to clear, smelling asphalt, watching a
> state highway construction project, between a federal prison and an
> Indian reservation gambling casino, as I listened to the Republican
> Vice-Presidential candidate talk about her vision of America.
>
> I know there is a parable in there somewhere.
>
> David
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