I was born in Maryland and spent my first thirty years living there, first in the Appalachian Mountains, then on the Eastern Shore, and later in suburban Washington. After a year in South Carolina, I moved to Georgia in 1977. I soon met another park ranger who worked in Florida. She was a wonderful woman who became my best friend. then my wife, and soon the mother of our three children. I spent over eleven years working in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the moss-draped sea islands nearby before moving to Atlanta.. In 2007, I retired from the National Park Service and a career dedicated to preserving and interpreting resources and themes in the cultural and natural history of the United States. It was a most rewarding experience. Today, I enjoy living in the rolling hills and woods of the Appalachian Piedmont east of Atlanta.
Vermin Supreme is running on the Democrat ticket for President in today's New Hampshire primary. He's been there before, and OTR thinks he's been around long before that if any of his readers recall the perennial presidential candidate, Pat Paulsen, from the days of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a 1960s television landmark. Who cares about Mr. Supreme's political affiliation when you can have this much fun celebrating the fact that ANY native-born American can rise to the highest office in the land.
And for those who don't know Pat Paulsen or need a refresher, here is the candidate and his observations on others running in the tumultuous election of 1968. It's interesting what runs through the mind at the mention of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Bobby Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, Ronald Reagan, George Wallace, and the others considering how history has unfolded.
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