New Summer Merchandise, the Spill & Other Thoughts
Green Man Pennant
We are getting ready for a vending trip to Colorado. New merchandise has been ordered & packing will seriously begin early next week. New items include tops & caftans from Karuna Arts, Celtic & Gothic jewelry from Alchemy, lots of dragon & Green Man trinket & jewelry boxes, plus many dragon, Green Man & other pennants, & banners. Of course, we will have a large selection of sarongs and colorful, light-weight tops made from them.
Now that takes care of business, so I can digress into other subjects. I along with many others anxiously watched the integrity tests BP performed on its “temporary”well cap last weekend. Now they need to complete the relief well’s connection with the damaged well. Until the damaged well is plugged with with tons of heavy drilling mud, the leak will not be permanently stopped.
Then it will be time to pause and consider the damage that the Bush administration’s policy of unrestricted drilling has caused. Republicans say that Bush’s policies should no longer be blamed for major problems with the economy, oil leaks and the national deficit. In truth, you can not undo eight years of Bush with one & a half years of Obama. Maybe toward the end of Obama’s second term, blaming Bush for what’s wrong will no longer apply.
As for the Tea Party, I believe it is populated with many white racists. Part of the Tea Party popularity is its unstated (but implied) goal of taking back the country for the white people. I’ve lived in small mostly white towns for the majority of my adult life and know what is too often said in private conversations. Every bad stereotype of minorities is accepted as fact without any questions. Do any of these people actually look at objective academic studies? No, they just remember a couple of examples supporting their racial stereotypes and endlessly repeat them.
The really is that the United States in the future will have a minority-majority population just as New Mexico has today. Life is still good here. Maybe this small poor rural state can help teach the rest of the country to reject racism.
Enough said.
Jim Heyser