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A TV Anchor just lied! (fake gasp*)

Slouching here in my chair, the only seat that is above floor level in our almost entirely packed house, and I'm watching the news out of the corner of my eye... also listening to Rianne "teach" Marshall some out of key musical scale. His voice is actually much more in tune that hers... oh well. So I've been contemplating a lot of things lately, mostly gardening, canning and is it possible to own a milk producing goat in our new township?

So the nightly news/horror show comes on... blah blah blah pause, talking about gas and then he says "..looking at the many ways the high cost of gas is cutting into the lives of every citizen in this country right now..." Ok so he's not really making a statement, so it's not a real lie. BUT if you think about what it implies you could extrapolate a general statement - Everyone in the US is being effected by the gas prices. So you could say, if you allowed me to, that that's what he actually said.

Now that we've cleared that up, I'd like to know how exactly the gas prices are effecting the Amish? From what I understand they are pretty much self reliant. Sure they buy kerosene for their lamps and propane for stoves/fridges/freezers/lighting, but that's not gasoline. They have their horse and buggies and make/grow everything they need.

If that TV news anchor came on the air one night and said "how gas prices are effecting even the most self reliant population in the nation, tonight we're looking at the Amish and how they're coping" then I might actually pay attention. As far as I know the Amish even make their own fertilizer - I see them spread it all over their fields *pe-uw*!

Enough ranting for now - back to waiting for the baby to be born!!

posted by Heather @ 6:46 PM