Dear Editor,
While hiking the other day, I met a middle-aged couple walking two small dogs in a baby stroller. I commented on the well-loved pups and a conversation ensued. These folks informed me that they had moved, about a month ago, from southern California to Wyoming. After learning that I lived in the area, they proclaimed how dreary the scenery looked. “Everything is dead and so brown. What caused all this?”
I replied that in a month all would be green again and look absolutely beautiful. A slow, curious look around ensued before they doubtfully asked, “So, in May everything will be green again?” A flashback of understanding—while living in south Texas for a number of years, I measured the four seasons by livable (winter), hot, unbearably hot (summer), and then hot again.
After this conversation, I thanked our founding fathers for their infinite wisdom and impeccable foresight in structuring our Republic. George Washington should not have a say in telling Benjamin Franklin not to fly his kite in a thunderstorm, and Benjamin should not have a say in telling George what to plant on his lands.
Like most Americans today, these gentlemen were intelligent. They recognized the fact that summations varied because of lack of information, not lack of intelligence. This is natural and our Republic is designed with such in mind…specifically our Electoral College. Even with the speed information travels today, a lack still exists because some information can only be gleaned through experience.
T.J. Smith
Billings, MT
