Thursday's dawn will find me and my daughter in transit to Southwest Missouri's Ozarks, home of the rugged individualist who slavishly bows to all fatuities uttered by Limbaugh; of the Christian money-grubber; of the flag-waving chickenhawk; of wretchedly underpaid workers and a supremely comfortable leisure class; of fierce libertarianism and immense federal dollars.
Hitchens once drove through my old regional haunt, where he noticed that "On the radio, people who are very obviously products of evolution quarrel at the top of their leathery lungs with the verdict." To the auditor, however, there can be no quarrel: human evolution simply must be a fraud, or at any rate its progress evidently collapsed at the internal borders of Missouri's Seventh Congressional District (which, by the way, is now represented by a former auctioneer and radio circus barker who knows how to cast a "Yes" vote to any Cantor concoction, though I doubt he could spell it).
Whatever. The point is, where we're going, to paraphrase Christopher Lloyd, there are few roads, and no Internet. I shall be incommunicado till Tuesday. I bid you a pleasant, extended weekend.
Well, tomorrow finds me winging my way to The City by the Bay, where there is internet access, so I will say right now, I will miss you. Have a great time with your daughter.
Posted by: japa21 | August 01, 2012 at 02:42 PM
Enjoy your trip. But spare a moment to consider this: evolution is never wrong. Survival traits are selected for only by their utility in promoting the survival of an individual and so influence the genetic make up of the species. It is presumptuous to assume that intellect is, per se, a survival trait. To wit: http://xkcd.com/242/
Posted by: Peter G | August 01, 2012 at 03:04 PM
Have a nice trip!
Posted by: You Don't Say | August 01, 2012 at 04:41 PM
You'll be missed.
Posted by: Janicket | August 01, 2012 at 08:45 PM
You'll be in good company. Have a good one. Will definitely miss..
Posted by: melsouza | August 02, 2012 at 07:25 PM