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Here's My Opinion
No, this section doesn't have much to do with gardening...and yes, it's only one person's opinion. And I'd be willing to bet you won't agree with everything. But I'll feel better once I've had my say! Disagree? Go ahead—tell me about it.

 

The "Disclaimer"

First, please know that as the decades sped by and I caught fleeting—and sometimes cleverly camouflaged—glimpses into the state of our "civilized" world, a lifelong modest degree of cynicism grew to significantly increased levels of anger, disappointment, disapproval, frustration and, in a few cases, pure 'ol disgust. I've become a very opinionated individual. Not to the degree that some might say Rush or any of a great many other negative and far-too-often rude radio talk show hosts and at least one equally rude PBS news analysis show have attained, but close.

These are my personal opinions...which I will share here for the dual purposes of providing a brief and intentionally incomplete peek into how my mind has been encouraged (you might even say, forced) to function, and to provide a vent for a few particularly strong thoughts on the direction our society has chosen for itself.

It's become a loud, obnoxious, distressingly rude, vulgar, confused, corrupt, unbelievably violent and dangerous world we're stuck with. So now it's my turn to speak out, as it were, and see if I can bring myself to the point of feeling better. Selfish, I know.

I'll begin with the sad, out-of-control state of modern-day marketing and media/print advertising. Then I'll progress through the as-yet-incomplete list at the bottom of this page. It'll take a while...but I promise that now I've started, I'll stay with it.

Also please know that I have no intention of defaming any single or group of persons. I'll leave any identifying to your imagination. And I harbor no illusions that any of what I say in these pages will have any lasting positive effect on the serious societal flaws which I perceive. Old habits, methods and philosophies, once deeply entrenched and ingrained, are difficult—if not impossible—to dislodge or even modify. 

Oh...and by the way, I've kept the language clean. You might be interested to learn that I immediately delete and never respond to emails containing sewer-level language...so if you expect your opinion to be read,  please...keep it clean.

Now....please hit one of the active links below...and if you disagree, go ahead—tell me about it. Fact is...even if you don't disagree...tell me about that, too. Please...keep it clean.


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