Nebraska

Robin and I are taking off for 8 days of travel to Minnesota to catch up with my children. They live in different towns in the state so our week is broken into segments. There’s never as much time as we want to spend with each of them …

Today is Friday and I think I’ll post an observation each day or two.

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Poor Governor Noem. After spending the last several years as one of Cluck’s premier sycophants, she decided to write a book, perhaps to elevate her status among that sorry bunch. But being a hardcore Cluckophile she had no idea how normal people think. If she were smarter she would have shelved the book idea right there.

If that wasn’t enough she was almost immediately caught in a very large and easily provable falsehood. So easy, in fact, that she already has removed it from the book (which isn’t even published as yet).

I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination.

Kristi Noem: No Going Back

I’m quite sure that Kim Jong Un underestimated her, because he never met her. It didn’t happen.

I get it because he underestimated me as well when we didn’t get together last Halloween at a costume party that neither he nor I attended. Turns out he’s quite the little underestimator, that guy.

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End of the day at a Super 8 between Omaha and Lincoln NE. Not in a town. 825 miles from home. Some people say that traveling across Nebraska is endlessly boring and there is absolutely nothing to see. I disagree. There are lots of lovely things to notice while driving on Interstate 80. The only problem is that you see something interesting 20 miles before you get to it … then it gets slowly closer and closer … then it is abreast of you … then it is in the rearview mirror … then it is 20 miles behind you. And then there’s the next thing to look at. Repeat.

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