[Vision2020] Two for flinching

[joanopyr at earthlink.net]

Dear Visionaries,

I'm home with a cold today and thus missing the Renaissance Fair.  This makes me very unhappy indeed.  I love the Renaissance Fair.  I love the food booths, the pottery, the jewelry, the music, and the folks walking around in Society for Creative Anachronism garb.  The first weekend in May is *the* rite of spring, as far as I'm concerned, and missing it means that my spring is now shot.  Damn.

But as long as I'm at home and feeling crabby, I thought, hey, I'll address a few issues that have been on my mind these last couple of weeks.  I'll stir the stink pot and see what rises to the surface.  So, here goes:

1) Why is it that Doug Wilson has repeatedly been allowed to ignore the law, to ignore city and county ordinances, to avoid paying his just and fair share of property taxes, and to operate, either directly or by association, not one but two schools in the Central Business District?  Why are New St. Andrews and the Atlas Academy operating downtown in direct violation of city ordinance?  Why should Doug be allowed to ignore zoning and building requirements and occupancy permits while dodging the big fat property tax bills that all the rest of us are obliged to pay?  Who does he know?  Whose hands does he shake?  Can I kiss one of those butts?  Please?  I want a plasma screen TV, and by not paying property taxes, the Opyr-Huskey household could just about afford one.

2) Dale Courtney has asserted repeatedly on his blog that he has a secret fan club who post him privately because they fear my wrathful tongue.  (Donovan and Phil have claimed the same on this list.)  I'd just like to say one word: good.  Fear me!  If I think anyone is being a particular moron, a belligerant fool, or a brainless blithering idiot, I will blister his or her ass to the best of my ability.  This is Idaho; this is the Wild West.  To paraphrase the wrapper of my favorite candy bar, the Cowgirl Chocolate, the public arena ain't no place for sissies.  Where I think I've been too rude, I'll apologize.  When I think I'm on the losing end of an argument, I'll submit.  (Ted Moffet will vouch for me in this -- I often lose arguments to him.  He's an extraordinarily fair-minded and clear thinker, and I always learn from his posts.)  Otherwise, I have no time for bah-babies, wah-hah sallies, and sniveling panty-waists.  Don't like it?  Lump it.

The cringing dog deserves a kick.  Two for flinching.  Slug bug!

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.auntie-establishment.com

PS: I see on Toby Sumner's blog (http://havingtwolegs.blogspot.com) that he's claiming that "for a while intoleristas boycotted every restaurant in Moscow because they realized we [Kirkers] ate there too.  But realizing that meant they'd go hungry, they've eased up a bit and settled down in the area of zoning and building codes."  Do any of you recall ever boycotting ANY restaurant in Moscow, much less every restaurant?  This, Toby Sumner, is what we call a lie.  A lie.  It's important that you learn to spot lies so that you'll cease to utter them -- especially as you're responsible for educating the youth of Atlas Academy.
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