Nothing like getting home after a long day's work, turning on the TV and getting a new episode of the Twilight Zone, aka the Republican Presidential debate. If this is the best and brightest the Repubs can offer, we are in deeper trouble than anyone can imagine. Instead of trying to raise the level of discourse, they seem to believe that every primary voter is a mouth breathing racist who is hell bent on destroying 2 generations of social and environmental progress. The Koch brothers are laughing all the way to their bank.
Meanwhile, here in the North Country, we seem to be missing the worst of the latest tropical depression, but south of us the situation is pretty dire. People who were cleaning up from Irene are now under the gun from Lee. I'm pretty sure most of the farmers getting 8-10 inches of rain on already saturated ground are wondering what if any crops they will harvest for the rest of the season. Many farms in Pa. and NY depend on fall crops such as pumpkins and potatoes, and both of these are in a world of hurt at the moment. My own gardens are saturated, but we are supposed to have a 3-4 day repreive from rainfall. I hope we also get some warmer temps, or most veg will just stand still. That is not a good recipe in Sept.
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