Anybody here who pays attention to my posts knows that I am about as far from conservative as one can get. I'm a liberal, a progressive, a social democrat, pick your terminology. However, some things will pop into life and still astound me.

I took the family to the Ringling Brothers circus and we all loved it. It's truly the Greatest Show on Earth and it was great fun. But, my sensibilities were strained when I saw men returning to their seats with tall cups of -- beer! I like a cold one as well as anyone else, but really.....serving alcohol at the CIRCUS?

Goes to show no matter how "progressive" one might be, something will come along to shatter their sense of right and wrong. To me, there isn't even shades of grey when it comes to this. An arena full of children and the profiteers are in the consession stands offering Cotton Candy, Snow Cones and BUDWEISER. Sorry - that's not right.