Enroute to New York City : Cruising southwest along the coasts of Maine , New Hampshire ,
and Massachusetts , on our way to New York City . Supposedly
we will sail into New York
harbor tomorrow morning.
The DrsC want to experience that historic entry with its
view of the Statue of Liberty, a view so many immigrants have cherished.
Actually, at least some of our own immigrant ancestors entered via Boston harbor, oh well….
The ocean is almost as smooth as we’ve ever seen it. We
expected rough water, but we’re not disappointed to have missed it. The North Atlantic smooth in early autumn, go figure.
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At lunch today we had a liberal couple from Madison ,
WI , sitting next to a conservative couple from
Delaware .
Politics talk broke out, the vibes were not mellow. The other DrC tried to
squelch it in the interest of comity, no luck.
The Madisonians were the people Peggy Noonan has been
writing about, those who seriously depend on gov’t. support to survive, part of
Mitt’s 47%. They genuinely see their livelihood going poof if Romney-Ryan are
elected, they particularly don’t like Ryan.
I have to wonder how people who ‘depend’ on government
handouts can afford this cruise? Maybe the handouts make the cruise possible?
If so, should we taxpayers be subsidizing their upscale cruising?
