I Am Not Making This Up!

Conservatives command the political, social and economic landscape in Potterville. It is not unusual at a cocktail party, to have someone "go off" on you if the talk goes to let's say, gun ownership for example. The NRA runs Redding. If you criticize gun violence, you better duck!


Gun ownership is understood as a right to kill and die for in these parts. Just yesterday, a progressive friend of mine, when told by another that he had been bit by a dog, said he could fix that; with 25 cents; it costs 25 cents for a 22 caliber bullet.

And, sure enough, last weekend, a couple with two small dogs in a motel, got caught in the middle of a police pursuit of an bad guy (of no relation to them) and the officers blew their two dogs away because they barked at them! Two guys in blue uniforms shot two small dogs who were barking at them! I am not making this up!

This occurred when the officers barged into the room, in pursuit of someone else. They apologized, as they put a bullet in the brain of the last living dog, as she writhed on the floor mortally wounded. They were protecting themselves, they said, from two small dogs that were both barely 20 pounds each. I am not making this up!

But this is Potterville, where we shoot first and ask questions later.

It is also Potterville, where lying about progressives, hating Obama is a spectator sport, and if you act offended, they are "just kidding".

A con friend just sent me the latest Internet hit lie, that Michelle Obama's brother, who coaches the men's' basketball team at Oregon State, had his job saved by an nepotism grant of stimulus money to the university. This allegedly happened in his first year as coach, after a slow win/lost start.

Media checked out the story, and found time lines did not match...the university received the bulk of stimulus money, like other universities, before the season even began. In short, it was an out and out lie.

But integrity doesn't count in good ole Potterville. When confronted, no apology, my con friend was just "kidding", just teasing you. I am not making this up!

The President is "evil", as was told to my very upset wife by some of her Bible Study friends.

Politics and religion are gleefully mixed in good ole Potterville. The Bethel Church runs the Civic Auditorium!

My wife was perplexed by why Christians would call the President evil , and profess hatred of him. She still gets upset, because comments are made all the time about liberals, and "socialists" by her BSF friends. I quit going, because in one "fellowship meeting" I was told "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution.....therefore we need the church back in our government. The guy didn't even know what the "establishment clause" in the First Amendment was. Look it up!

Meanwhile, at church last night, we talked about how a fundamentalist conservative church across town, prays for our church all the time, because we have allowed liberals in our congregation and we are all "doomed to hell"..

I am not making this up.

And a couple of years ago, the mayor, a right wing fanatic, actually dressed up like George Washington and was rowed across the Sacramento River (on his way to Trenton I suppose) during a Tea Party Rally. I am not making this up.

The right is everywhere. And the "ends justify the means" is everywhere in Potterville. And gun violence is everywhere.

Last year a man was gunned down on the main street, shot dozens of times, never given a chance to surrender. He was a Native American of course. Minorities are still beaten, jailed, and shot in Potterville. I am not making this up! We have very few people of color in Potterville.

So move on up to good old Potterville, land of the free, home of the brave...but bring your gun.

I am not making this up.

Oh, I was born and raised here. My mother's family is a "pioneer family"...my father's is Cherokee..

I am not making this up!