Tales Of The Appalachian Trail

If we are to believe nonsense the Appalachian Trail is much longer than commonly assumed. Case in point, Republican Governor Sanford of South Carolina missing for a week has returned from his hike down this celebrated trail and managed to hike all the way to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Of course, with this nonsense the truth quickly came out with the usual tears and apologies. For many this will be a scandal of the first order as it has all the common elements. It has sex, infidelity, lies and intrigue on too many levels to mention. This story will dominate the news for days and perhaps for weeks. Perhaps Governor Sanford will have to resign, much as Eliot Spitzer did in New York. Right now, we don't know.

So this is a false tale of the Appalachian Trail as geography fans will note. The Appalachian Trail does not go through South Carolina, nor does it reach Argentina. It does go right through Albany, New York though where common sense and nonsense are currently colliding and this is the tale of the Appalachian Trail I want to talk about.

As much as media might want to focus on Governor Sanford's affair, there is a larger circus going on right here in Albany, the state capital of NY. Sometime before the Sanford affair and before the stolen election in Iran, Republicans in the NY Senate conspired to corrupt the orderly affairs of government Leading the charge was one billionaire, late from NY but currently a resident of Florida because he did not want to pay his fair share of of NY taxes as everyone else does.

Anyway, promises were made and two Democratic senators, both under criminal allegations and charges defect from their party affiliation and a coup is staged in a power grab. The success of the coup is still undetermined. The billionaire ran away and hid, one of the senators, who was Queen For A Day or so, changed party affiliation yet again leaving a real problem as the NY Senate is evenly split and no one is in charge.

As of this writing, the fight continues and NYS government is effectively shut down. Essential services cannot be provided because the senate is deadlocked

If you live in South Carolina, consider yourself lucky because you have a nonsense tale of the Appalachian Trail involving only adultery. Here in Albany, New York we have a serious problem involving politicians under indictment, more than willing to be bribed by billionaires from other states no matter what the cost is to the people and local government.

Here in River City, right along the Appalachian Trail though we are in trouble with a capital T. Common sense does not exist here. We cannot remove these rouge senators and the prosecutors involved with law enforcement have no interest in enforcing the laws we do have involving the bribery of public officials.


Common sense and nonsense, sometimes they are hard to define.