We local Loves enjoyed birthday celebration No.2 last night with a trip to Pack River Store and a dessert while watching the Duke-North Carolina game.
Yesterday was Bill's big day. The plan had been to go to the restaurant for an unbelievable crab sandwich, which I've seen advertised.
I was told, however, when calling the restaurant on Friday, that the huge sandwich is only offered when a sufficient amount of crab is available.
So, Bill settled for next best: a burger topped with a crab cake. He said it was very good.
Later, we enjoyed a piece of "decadent" cake from Yoke's bakery with ice cream.
The game turned out well for Debbie, who's a perennial North Carolina fan.
Looking like it could be a great National Championship game tomorrow night with Kansas and North Carolina.
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In other news, our landline telephone has started ringing several times a day and our mailbox is starting to load up with full-color, glossy campaign information preparing us for the upcoming May primary.
For the record, I, for one and maybe a few others, do not vote for candidates who use Jesus and freedom and liberty as the reason we all need to vote for them.
Nothing against Jesus or freedom or liberty, but the misuse of all of the above for personal gain is both vulgar and repulsive.
Governmental jobs at all levels require work and skill and knowledge.
Therefore, a good step back into the right direction is for candidates to cut the dogma and provide information demonstrating work history, specific skills and appropriate and useful knowlege for the respective position sought by the candidate.
I also will not vote for candidates or support ideological groups who continually and maliciously send out their full-color fliers, funded by invisible, often outside groups with questionable agendas and filled with lies and smears of candidates their group opposes.
Usually, these targeted candidates happen to be respected human beings and dedicated office holders who actually do their jobs as effectively as possible rather than constantly spouting their own political dogma.
Such literature goes immediately where it belongs at my house: into my garbage can.
I hope and pray that enough of our general populace feel the same as I do----even in this crazy world, or it can get even crazier.
I said to Bill yesterday that what appears most discouraging and disgusting is the level of supposed intelligence or lack thereof to which political ads are targeted.
How stupid do the marketing firms, who rake in tons of money, think the voters are anywho?
If there are that many stupid people out there who actually believe what these types of ads say about candidates---either pro or con---we're in bigtime trouble.
BTW: Bill says he's gonna call up Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who has been accused spending too much time fly fishing, and thank him for his service to the state of Idaho.
I think that's a good idea because dedicated office holders who work for the good of all citizens deserve to know that their work is appreciated.
I was listening to a friend yesterday who was sharing thoughts put out by candidates on an official political website yesterday.
After listening for a while, except for a few cases, I'd say the offerings on the upcoming primary ballot are dismal at best.
Pretty sad to feel like NOTA is the leading candidate in many local and regional and state races: None Of The Above.
I also believe deeply that more people, like respected businessman Darrell Kerby from Bonners Ferry, need conjure up some courage and express their sensible views publicly.
Plus, more qualified candidates with a simple agenda of wanting to do a good job in a respective office need to run.
In this world, however, it's hard to blame anyone from staying away from the political cesspools that have developed over the past several years.
Sadly, that in itself can lead to the downfall of this country.
Please, let's not roll over and play dead and allow this mentality to take over our entire American system of governance.
Do what you can to publicly support qualified candidates and to publicly reject the idiocy we are seeing all too often.
Thank you, Darrell Kerby for your column in the link below.
We need more messages from people like you.
Happy Sunday.
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