Now, Now, Ron, calm down.

Lets be accurate: I didn't ACCUSE you, you DID make disparaging comments intended to be jokes about me personally and livestock. You sure seem to have the clichéd bourgeois contempt for & condescension toward those engaged in agricultural pursuits.

I didn't single out yuppies for ridicule (touchy, touchy, Ron!) I made general comments about morons- of whatever persuasion: yuppie, newscaster, president, whatever - who blow inconveniences up out of all proportion into major tradgedies and then pat themselves on the back for "surviving" them. Do you perhaps number yourself among this group?

You ignorantly disparage what a power outage can mean to people engaged in agriculture, particularly dairying or stock raising, where loss of mains power really can be a disaster- with effects far more serious than any of the situations you describe. I know there are rural 'Catters who can speak to the details of this better than I can. The prudent dairy farmer or stock raiser makes provision for these inevitable outages and carries on. Oh, sure, there are a FEW that don't, then whine for government assistance and bailouts - all the while whining about people on welfare- which provides some comic relief to an otherwise grim situation.

If this whole business truly has no effect on you, it would seem your replies would be less overwrought. Would you care to respond to any of the substantive points I raised about your ridiculous assumptions or do you prefer to continue calling names, pointing fingers, and avoiding the issue?


I'm sure if the media ignored this you would have jumped all over them for failing their responsibility. If they did not pursue answers as to why this occured ... you would say they glossed it over.

Wow! You've got the gift of second sight, too!

Chill, yerself! :)

Greg