[Vision2020] I can't resist . . .

[Mark Solomon]

Joan,

I've got to say that Phil raised a good point regarding some wording 
in the proposed groundwater ordinance currently being deliberated by 
the county (public hearing, 5:30 pm, 7/19 rm 2B, Latah County 
Courthouse) that was adopted by the taskforce and appropriately 
incorporated.

Mark Solomon

At 2:40 PM -0700 7/11/05, Joan Opyr wrote:
>PPS: I was just going to ignore this, but I find that I can't. 
>Being lectured by Phil Nisbet on "rolling up my sleeves" and trying 
>to get along with others is like being lectured by a Spokane drunk 
>on why I should pay a visit to "Beans and Rice and Jesus Christ." 
>Spare me your moralizing, Phil; you've bitten off more heads than 
>Ozzy Osborne.  I am happy to work with many people whose politics 
>are quite different from mine.  Tom Trail, Jon Kimberling, Gary 
>Schroeder . . . I have corresponded with and met with each of them. 
>Our meetings were cordial (and in some cases downright friendly), 
>and I have expressed more than just a desire to roll up my sleeves; 
>I've done so.  In last year's Republican Primary, I crossed over 
>party lines to vote for Gary Schroeder, and I encouraged other 
>Democrats to do so.  That was not toeing the party line.  That was 
>begging for trouble.  Do I think I did the right thing?  Yes.  Has 
>it worked out as I'd planned?  No.  The perfidious jackasses who run 
>the GOP in Boise promptly stabbed Gary in the back, removing him as 
>Chair of the Senate Education Committee.  Damn them for a load of 
>stinking Brutuses.  (Or is that Brutii?)
>
>It might surprise you to learn that I've met with representatives of 
>Christ Church -- one memorable evening back in December of 2003, I 
>spent more than four hours (over at least that many pitchers of 
>beer) chatting with Ben Merkle, Nate Wilson, Doug's daughters and 
>Doug's daughter-in-law, Heather, about "Southern Slavery: As It 
>Was."  We were cordial to one another, but we were obliged to agree 
>to disagree.  Despite their repeated assertions that if I were just 
>to meet with Doug and listen to one of his compelling disquisitions 
>about his beliefs regarding the rights of women, property owners, 
>and who should and should not be allowed to vote, I would be bound 
>"to see things his way," I declined.  I've read Doug's work.  I've 
>read his books and his articles in Credenda Agenda, and I've 
>listened to quite of a few of his sermons, which are available 
>online.  I know what Doug thinks, and I know what I think, and never 
>the twain shall meet.  As Andreas Schou pointed out during the 
>question-and-answer session at the June 23rd showing of "My Town," 
>there is no middle ground between stoning and not stoning, and exile 
>is not acceptable to me.  (Where should we gays and lesbians and 
>apostates re-locate, Bovill?  Do you think they're ready for us? 
>Before I move, I want The Red Door and Bookpeople to precede me. 
>Then, perhaps, I'd be happy.)
>
>Now, Phil, I challenge you to name a single occasion on which you 
>have productively engaged with "the opposition."  Prepare yourself, 
>though, as I'll be contacting POW and the PWCN to confirm that you 
>were genuinely productive and that your professed willingness to set 
>aside petty differences and work with others has not been greatly 
>exaggerated.
>
>(Ha.)
>
>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>www.auntie-establishment.com