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Rolling Eyes Column! ((0) (0))
Sarah
Palin's problem with America begins with their knowledge of
Alaska—which remains nearly nonexistent. Do Americans even conceive
of Alaska as a state? They take world-class cruises there, but how
many would choose to live there? Polar bears are more than photo ops.
How many Americans from the mainland have met a moose, and would know
what to do with it, if they did? Grizzlies remain a mainstay of
horrific journalistic reports about being savaged. Californians don't
want to negotiate with cougars. What would they do in Alaska?
This
comparison comes to mind as we await the coming winter in Western New
York State. Last winter was a push-over, meaning there was little
snow here to push anywhere. That observation has been true, though,
for only the last two winters here. In far winters past, I used to
watch the weather reports here, right along with those from Canada
and Alaska. There was remarkably little difference. I still stock up
on parkas, and am well accustomed to listeners from other regions
sneering at my accounts of winter snowfall in Cassadaga, NY—beyond
their wildest dreams, democrat or otherwise.
Inevitably
perhaps, I have been accused of exaggeration, melodrama—the usual
for natives of The Land of the Snow Queen, where winter once lasted
from Halloween to Easter. But who else has taken a fly-over in a tiny
plane which landed on skiis in their front yard? Have they started
out for college—and found their trip lasted three days, not three
hours, due to a blizzard? Have they tried to get out their front
door—and found the snow meeting midway between roof and ground?
Americans need to know their national neighbors, even those in
Alaska—or Dunkirk, wherever that may be, if the Farmer's Almanac
prediction is accurate this year.
And,
yes, bears have been seen in Cassadaga. ((0) (0))
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