ANECDOTE WITH MAP

Back in the late 70s, I visited some friends who lived in West Chazy, New York. The grey line at the top of the map is the Canadian border.

One day I went to the small country store nearby to get some cigarettes. As I recall, the store was part of someone's house. I asked for my brand and the older woman behind the counter looked at the the cigarette rack directly in front of her and then said that she didn't have any. A young woman came to my rescue by going behind the counter and looking at the cigarette rack immediately to the left of the older woman and said we do carry them. I bought the cigarettes and as I was leaving, the younger woman told me that the older woman NEVER looked at the rack to her left and it was something of a joke to the family.

I bring this up because this reminds me of how narrow-minded and set in their ways some of the BushBots are. It doesn't matter what you show them, because they aren't going to even look at if they think they might have to change their beliefs.