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Page A-4 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 TIMES I The final leftovers of 2020 Black lives d6 matter mazon CEO Jeff Bezos looks like what cience fiction artists have projected men would look like in the future. Political correct- ness is so had these days. I mean, it’s absolutely inconve- nient and exhaust- oysters, mussels and geo- ducks? What have clams figured out? I like when the word “late” is used to describe someone who has died. It’s a good way to keep up morale. I’ve never seen a picture of Hitler on a horse. Have you? ing to consistently make the effort'to By KIRK» Where there is no be aware of other ERICSON conscience, there can people’s existence. Some good news: According to my 16-year-old son, people his age under- stand the meaning of the phrase, “It’s like Lucy pull- ing the football away from Charlie Brown.” What personality quirk do people share who have huge Christmas displays on their front lawn? Like berries on the vine, we all are plucked in the ripeness of time. Of all the vegetables, cel- ery complains the loudest when you eat it. If you die at age 30, pu- berty might have been your midlife crisis. If these last four years have taught us anything it’s that ignorance is power too. Something you don’t hear much these days: “I’m mighty glad to hear Hank’s working out for you.” The junk food industry did an amazing job to get a major segment of our popu- lation to start referring to its products as “comfort food.” What was our pre-existing condition before we existed? Don’t do the rhyme if you can’t keep the time. The intemet is a good resource for fact-finding and a bad resource for wisdom- finding. The newest coalition threatening the United States is the confederacy of conspiracists. Why is it that clams, ap- parently, are happier than be no justice. I’ve never met any- one who has a favorite Boliv- ian composer. The person who invented the phrase “It only hurts when I laugh” had hemor- rhoids. ‘ To thrive in the material world, learn how to not want what you do not have, unless what you do not have is food, water and shelter. Other- wise, don’t want, unless you need a flashlight to find your way out of the dark woods or you need a new pen because you’ve run out of ink in your old pen. You know what? Never mind about that not wanting thing. I like going to corn mazes in the winter because it’s way easier to find your way around. ’ There is no nowhere be- cause nowhere is always some place to somebody. All we have to fear is aphorisms. I gave up smoking ciga- rettes. Now I just passively fume. He’s the most well-ad- justed maladjusted person I know. As she walks into the art gallery, she strokes her long hair, caring for nothing with an insouciant air. Dirty old men were once dirty young men. His iron will is no match for her steel nerves. I Kirk Ericson can be reached at kirk@ masoncounty.com Editor, the Journal, OK, Mr. Anvik, I looked up the meaning of ad hominem, and I admit to some criticism of you in my recent op-ed posting in the Journal. It seems you took serious offense (as is ybur right) to what was intended as gentle teasing. For the record, I will continue to tease and you may continue to be outraged, if you wish. As for my being a pseudo-intellectual, I do take offense. There’s nothing pseudo about it. I am, in fact, the real thing, at least according to ‘ Arthur C. Clarke. I am a person who has been educated beyond his intelligence and I make no apology for it. As for your remarks about an earlier post concerning events during a Black Lives Matter rally, allow me to set the record straight. I said nothing about antifa activities because I was then, and still am, unaware of ' their presence that day. I also know next to nothing about the movement and definitely am not a sympathizer or an adherent. Videos exist that cover the events of that Saturday. None of them that I have seen show footage of people identifying as antifa. What I did write about is the fact that my wife and her peaceful co-demonstrators for Black Lives Matter were harassed and confronted by some other groups including camo-clad wannabe military men wearing helmets and body armor, armed with military-style weapons, who openly menaced peaceable demonstrators up close and personal. There was also some confrontation by two other groups, Trump supporters and the All Lives Matter group with blue American flags who followed the Black Lives Matter folksas they walked peaceably along the street. The confrontations, which were entirely one-sided, became sufficiently intense that law enforce- ment action was required to defuse things. An- vik’s slur about my being AWOL denigrates me along with all the dedicated men and women in uniform who sacrificed their safety so that our country can be secure. That is my story and I am sticking with it. Toby Kevin Shelton From a' Deplorable Trumper Editor, the Journal, In a response to my letter title for right thinkers published Nov. 26. You state this was an allegation by a politician you are wrong on both counts. It’s a video of good old Joe brag- ging in front of a group. It’s in living color about holding back a billion dollars if a pros- ecutor was not fired for investigating his son Hunter Biden. Then they laughed about it. For those of you who only get your informa- tion from the mainstream media, there is a whole lot going on you are not aware of. A Deplorable Trumper, Ralph E. Aldrich Shelton r see LETTERS, page A-5 SO RAISED . THE WATER AND SEWER RATES, 'Wltonflttaawmnty lian , USPS 492-800 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason County Journal, PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584. Published weekly by the Shelton-Mason County Journal at 227 W. Cota St, Shelton, Washington. Mailing address: PO. 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