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I've read Steinbeck's short stories set in the Salinas Valley. The way he described it, that place certainly seemed to enjoy the bounty of nature and I'd say that Okies, Biddies and all the other waifs and strays of the earth would have seen it as heaven on earth despite the coldness of the welcome.
Uncle Fester, I think Obama has bloomed prematurely and will be nipped in the bud. What's more, I don't like people on this site who hunt in packs and try to corner someone else. You don't come on snarling but you seem to roll over to have your tummy tickled by a few of those whose incontinent language is sickening. You had no problem with Fauntleroy/Defarge referring to "biddies" or with him calling me "ignorant" and, predictibly enough, "racist". I'm not going to say "Give me a break"; I'll just take it.
