This post is somewhat fishing related and is really a rant. Maybe because it is Sunday, I feel the need for a sermon. I also recognize that whenever anyone gives a sermon, they open themselves up to judgement. Fair enough, I am like most folks - I can see others shortcomings better than my own. I am hopeful that the good folks on this board will point out my own shortcomings.

I am tired of talk radio hosts and callers claiming that criticizing the President is un-American after savaging President Clinton for the last eight years (and still continuing).

I am tired of the anti-Bush folks latching on to this war in Iraq to take to the streets when their protests will have no legitimate effect on what the US does in this war.

I am tired of the labels of liberal and conservative. Most people I know (that I respect) make judgements on issues based upon the best information available rather than the political slant that they may hold. To paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King, I look to a day when people are judged by what they do rather than the political label that they hold.

I am tired of those that talk of the importance of C & R on wild steelhead but have no problem bonking wild salmon.

I am tired of peoples need to be right, damn the facts, I know that I am right and can not admit to the possibility that I might be wrong.

I am tired of the amount of "noise" in our society. Whether that noise be advertisements, political speech, whatever. We need far less heat and far more light.

I am tired of having these thoughts run through my mind. I wish that events in this world were not running so fast.

I am tired of the rivers running too high!!! If they weren't I would be fishing.

Sounds like you need a vacation.... Wanna trade spots for a few weeks?

Venting is good.... I vented on my boss last night. Hope he is feeling better by this afternoon... It must have been effective because he was up all night pouting (and still is).

Downriggin'

I'll ad to that if I may...

I'm tired of entertainers with IQ's slightly higher than pasta trying to make political statements.

I'm tired of the fact it takes 3 weeks for gas prices to climb $.50 a gallon and it will take 6 months for it to drop $.20...

I'm tired of really slow drivers that always have their blinker on but never turn.

I'm tired of the wind keeping me off the water every weekend.

I'm tired of the NBA, thank god baseball is right around the corner!

Thanks, for the opportunity to vent!

Downriggin' - No thanks, I don't need a vacation that badly. I wish you Godspeed.

venting is good..and it is comforting to always be right ..that means never having to admit you're wrong.

I want to vent about the actors protesting the war tonight at the Oscars...what few minutes I could stand made me pissed off..Of course I have looked at the AL-Jazeera photographs of our soldiers with bullets through their heads.. Prisoners of war captured and executed then their bodies used by the Arab press for propoganda to show how bad the US is.Very sick! These guys are fighting so big mouths like me can spout off and not get shot in the head for saying the wrong thing...Although I think some of the folks on here might be loading their guns from time to time..

Grandpa, I would caution that we do not know for certain that any of our POW's were executed. We will not know until we get our Prisoners back exactly what happened. In these tense times, it is important to have steel resolve not blind anger.

If the guys on Al-Jazeera TV weren't executed they were all shot by a pretty good marksman..between the eyes at it were.

elkrun,,,,,, 'blinkers & slow drivers' --- So you don't like elderly people, eh? Shame Your time will come - maybe. What goes around comes around.. :p