A Comment From the Left

Or should I say left field? A comment was left for me by a Tom Degan of Goshen, NY about yesterdays entry. Well, not really a comment, but an excerpt from his own blog at www.tomdegan@blogspot.com. I want to thank him for taking the time to read my blog and leaving a comment, now let me tell you about his.

It was obvious from the jump that Mr. Degan is a liberal, if that word is strong enough, and his post did nothing but bad mouth Sarah Palin and her book. I couldn't resist leaving a comment. I tried to be nice, I hope I succeeded. The majority of others that also left comments naturally agreed with Mr. Degan and just talked smack. There was one other that dissented. I was glad to see that.

One thing I mentioned in my comment to Mr. Degan was that if anyone had an idea on how to fix the problems we face as a nation, I am willing to listen. I think in past postings I have tried to express a solution to the problem I was bloviating about. There was none of that in the other comments.

It is one thing that we all need to do. Not anyone person has all the answers so we must listen to other ideas. There may actually be part of that idea that makes sense to you. So I encourage you to read "The Rant" by Tom Degan and leave him your thoughts. Just keep in mind that Mr. Degan has a different style of writing than I. Well, as much as I hate to admit it, he is a better writer than I am, but then again, this is the only writing I do other than writing police reports. I can tell you those can be a ripping good read. I hope you noticed the sarcasm in the last sentence.

If we can come together as a nation, there is nothing that we can't figure out. I know it seems difficult with all the different opinions out there, but if we don't we are condemned to the continual infighting and name calling. Such as Mr. Degan calling the Republican Party in the 23rd district of NY, a-holes in a previous column. Get it, Tom? Say you think a comment is stupid, or call someone what they are such as a terrorist or a scumbag criminal, or even a racist when it fits and you can back it up, but just using any swear word that comes to mind to describe an entire group is counterproductive. Have I been guilty of this in the past? Maybe, probably, but I will try to be more careful in the future.

But have no fear, whenever the left irritates me, as they usually do, I will continue to post my feelings right here. I will continue to do so in my usual style of not sugar coating a thing and being as subtle as a brick.