[Vision2020] Gossip/rumor (was: My marvelous expertise)

Mon Oct 31 15:11:26 PST 2005

Dear Doug,

Before we begin, perhaps you can answer this. What, fundamentally, is the
sin of Sodom?

-- ACS

On 10/31/05, heirdoug at netscape.net <heirdoug at netscape.net> wrote:
>
>  Mrs. Mix,
>  Speaking of being embarrassed, in a recent post you said that I needed to
> take on the persona of a learner. Therefore feel free to teach me. As
> Moscow's most beloved and well-known evangelical Christians, say-er of
> things considerably more meaty - and controversial - and with such high
> regard of things Biblical maybe you could share your vast evangelicalknowledge on the subject of
> homosexuality being declared a sin.
>  Is the position of Paul in line with your professed evangelical beliefs?
>  Is the state statutes of Idaho and Washington with regard to marriage
> between 1 man and 1 woman, in line with your professed beliefs evangelicalor school board leader?
>  Let the back pedaling begin!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com <http://msn.com>>
> To: heirdoug at netscape.net; joanopyr at earthlink.net; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:28:34 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gossip/rumor (was: My marvelous expertise)
>
> My guess, Doug, is that one of the things Christ Church wishes weren't
> tied to or traced back to them would be . . .
>
> . . . you.
>
> You seem to have an unhealthy interest in Joan and Melynda's relationship
> and living situation, and I wonder if you realize how easily your comments
> and questions veer from downright prurient to simply, gleefully, juvenile.
> Really, it's not at all becoming, and my guess is that someday you'll be
> embarrassed by all of it.
>
> May it be soon, Lord.
>
> keely
>
> From: heirdoug at netscape.net <heirdoug%40netscape.net>
> To: joanopyr at earthlink.net <joanopyr%40earthlink.net>,
> vision2020 at moscow.com <vision2020%40moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gossip/rumor (was: My marvelous expertise)
> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:19:51 -0500
>
> Just when you think the storm has passed and the sun starts to shine from
> behind the clouds of
> anger and venom..... So Joan, how was merry old England, you obviously got
> recharged and
> are ready to spread you cheer all over the streets of Moscow.... Still
> getting off Jet Lag I see.
>
> I find it simply amazing how you can tie every thing back to Christ Church
> so quickly in your
> diatribe. How do you do it?
>
> Although this is fascinating to see how skillful you are with shrill words
> of wisdom, I would like
> to address the more subtle asides in you comments to Wayne.
>
> So, you are not Rose Huskey's boarder but you do live there under the
> heading of
> 'something'-in-law, just what that something is you plan to reveal later,
> the day is still young!
> I some how have got the mixed message wrong and I am some sort of '
> automatron' and your
> in the book under Huskey. And from someone's previous post your name is
> not Mary!
>
> Did I get all that straight (how insensitive of me) did I get all that
> correct? I'm glad to see that you didn't forget me while on holiday.
>
> Yours truly,
> Pinky Ferret
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joan Opyr <joanopyr at earthlink.net <joanopyr%40earthlink.net>>
> To: Vision2020 Moscow <vision2020 at moscow.com <vision2020%40moscow.com>>
> Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:34:29 -0800
> Subject: [Vision2020] Gossip/rumor (was: My marvelous expertise)
>
> On 31 Oct 2005, at 07:44, Art Deco wrote:
>
> > Joan, et al,
> >
> > Of practical significance is the question of Donovan's effect on > the
> Mayor's race in the oncoming Moscow election?
> >
> > How many votes will it cost front-runner Peg Hamlett to have Donovan's >
> support?
> >
> > How many votes will Nancy Chaney gain because of Donovan's >
> bad-mouthing of her and his viciously persistent, argumentative style > in
> support of Ms. Hamlett?
> >
> > We all learned a lesson about Donovan's political effect on those he >
> supports from Linda Pike's last campaign.
> >
> > Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
> > deco at moscow.com <deco%40moscow.com>
>
> Interesting questions, Wayne, and ones I've been wondering about myself.
> Thanks for asking them. Thanks also for giving me the opportunity to say
> something that's been on my mind ever since the ridiculous hoo-hah over
> "mudslinging" in the mayoral race began on Vision 2020. The question has
> been asked, "Who is gossiping about Peg Hamlett's past?" The answer is
> simple: EVERYONE. For heaven's sake, this is a town of 23,000, counting
> UI's students. Everyone knows (or think they know) everyone else's
> business. Doug Farris has referred to me as "Rose Huskey's boarder." Am I
> Rose Huskey's boarder? No. Does Mr. Ferret know thing one about my living
> arrangements with the Huskey family? No, again. He's merely speculating
> and, in the process, he's revealing exactly what his masters at Christ
> Church speculate. Fascinating. You'd think they'd have something better to
> do.
>
> I first heard stories about Peg Hamlett and her UPS route when I moved
> here 12 years ago. Did I give a rat's ass then? No. Do I give a rat's ass
> now? No. Peg's past is Peg's past; she might be interested in what she did
> or didn't do, but I'm not. You show me a self-proclaimed saint, and I'll
> show you a lying sack of shit. I have spoken with Peg a number of times,
> we've emailed one another on occasion, and she is, in my opinion, a sharp,
> friendly, personable woman. I don't care what she did or didn't do in her
> youth; I only care what she plans to do with Moscow in the future. That's
> it. Unless she's a fugitive from justice -- or she knows what really
> happened to Jimmy Hoffa -- I don't see the relevance to the current
> gossip.
>
> But I think it's disingenuous to speculate about who all is spreading the
> stories. We are ALL spreading them, each and every time we bring up the
> subject. This, alas, is how small towns work. We talk about one another in
> the way that people in larger cities talk about the plot twists in
> "Desperate Housewives." Everytime I meet someone new, I come home and we
> try to figure out if he or she went to high school with one of my in-laws,
> or if his or her cousin's mother is related to Family X. We are forever
> putting our fellow citizens into context, establishing where and how they
> fit into this small, tightly-woven, nosy little community. It's what makes
> life in Moscow charming; it's also what makes life in Moscow annoying. But I
> wouldn't trade our busy-body town for the whole of New York City -- and
> that's after eating the best bagels and lox in the history of humankind.
>
> Give me Moscow. I love this place.
>
> Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
> www.joanopyr.com <http://www.joanopyr.com>
>
> PS: Peg, if you're reading this, I hope I haven't offended you. My theory
> is that gossip is best dealt with out in the open. Nothing kills a rumor
> quicker than exposure to the bright light of day -- or, in view of this
> morning's weather, exposure to a good, clean rain. I wish you well in the
> mayoral race; I wish Nancy Chaney well. I can't vote in city elections (as
> Donovan has pointed out, ad infinitum), but I care about the future of this
> town, and I believe I can say with confidence that so do you and Nancy.
>
> Oh, and Randy Blanton, too. Randy -- are you out there? Give me a call!
> I'm in the book -- under Huskey. (Wonder why that is, eh, Doug Farris?)
>
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