Dove feathers in the President's mouth etc

[Otto]

It's really a shame that everbody who's critical of Mr. Bush's policy
immediately is called a knee-jerk liberal, a cowardly leftist or is
considered as anti-American, as if the freedom those who lightheartedly call
for war claim to defend isn't based upon the freedom of speech and different
opinions.

It's a pity that the war-coalition is unable to answer questions honestly
(for example: "where's the evidence" or "isn't this war really about oil?")
in public.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: Elainemmbell at aol.com
To: barbara100 at jps.net ; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: Dove feathers in the President's mouth etc

Foolishly imagining that my great distaste for GWB is the prevailing opinion
among my immediate neighbors here in very left wing West Hartford,
Connecticut (well, "very" when measured against other places in
Connecticut),
I made the mistake of answering a question honestly in public yesterday:

Went to my corner grocery, let's call it "Dave's".  When Dave is out a sweet
little elderly lady named Joanie womans the cash register for him.  Everyone
loves Joanie.  Some people will only shop at Dave's on the days Joanie is
working!  She's the kind of little lady who calls everybody "darlin'" and
"Sweetie pie" and gets away with it.

So here's long braids, long skirts, long left leaning me in a particularly
bad humour on a bitterly cold day, buying my pitiful groceries with leftover
change and annoyed about it coming up to Joanie's beaming smiling
warm-weather self, surprised to hear her ask me:  "So, Hon, did you watch
the President's speech last night?!"

Completely ignoring Joanie's nonverbal subtext, I answered her immediately,
and vigorously:  "Yes I did, and it ruined my night.  I don't believe a word
that man says.  I swore at my television.  I stamped my little feet.  I
think it's criminal that such a creature is the leader of the free world."

...dead silence as she counted my payment of coins and handed me back my
receipt.  Then she looked up at me, her usually animated face tense and
cold, her chattery little red-lipsticked mouth startlingly tight.  "Well,"
says Joanie through her teeth, "It's a good thing we live in a country where
people can express their own views about things (pause) and not get shot!"
(Clearly indicating by her tone of voice that I was fortunate she hadn't a
weapon at hand)  Realizing my faux pas, I decided to go all the way.  So I
answered her remarks by saying, "Not yet anyway."  I don't think they'll
carry my tab at Dave's next time.

In sum, thank you all for this environment where we can say pretty much
anything we want and not have to bear the looks on each others' faces!  So
much nicer than people in 3D!

Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
(860) 523-9225


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