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impartialobserver » 31 Mar 2022, 3:11 pm » wrote: ↑

31 Mar 2022, 3:11 pm

You are one of maybe 5 people that I have encountered... in person or online who knows where this place is. Will make it short but spending summers there changed my perspective on everything. When people say "middle of nowhere".. I walk away and laugh. They have not seen middle of nowhere until they have been here. Exception would be Alaska of course.

I am an FDR democrat, by political persuasion. Never have I felt more vindicated for my respect of government's necessity and efficacy than when crossing the divide one winter's night in an F250 pulling a 30 foot travel home on a 5th wheel that I had installed in my pickup bed. Long story short, I NEEDED to get across the pass, and I was right behind a county snow plow in the mesmerizing blizzard, keeping my eyes on his lights. Had he gone over the cliff, I'd have followed - I as driving snow blind. 

I thought to myself, I'm glad I have always barbecued conjobs for generalizing that government is the problem not the solution. No nuance, these simpletons. Government can be and often is both. But we need it. So we should do our best to keep it functional and make it better if we can.