Political Break

I'm bored to tears with the same squabbling that's been going on forever, breaking news that occupies center stage for weeks and is anything but, and the disappointment in a man that is so well-spoken I believed his campaign promises. Well, nothing new in that last one! I've always been a born sucker for the good-looking salesman types. Anyway, I thought I'd give the rants a rest and talk about something both disturbing and funny to my Mennonite-born side.

I'm sure you've seen those 2 page spreads, and maybe even an infomercial, touting the miraculous 'Amish mantle to help heat bills hit rock bottom'. Seems the Plain Folk are so overworked making these fireplaces you can roll from room to room that they'll only let you buy two of them. Since I first saw them I've been uneasy with no concrete idea why. Maybe it was the fact that the Amish would never allow their photos to appear building these things. Taking pictures may steal your soul or at the very least violate the graven image rule. But it took the Rev to put my angst into words. After I decried the latest one I'd seen, he looked at me calmly and said, "Mom, are you so far from the farm that you've forgotten one basic thing? The Amish don't HAVE electricity. How do they test them?" When I stopped laughing I was still ticked off at the blatant manipulation of a people who just want to be left alone. Pass the word; the only thing Amish about these electric fireplaces is corroboration of how dishonest the 'English' and other-worldly can be.