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My business partner Dennis Pearce wrote a recent post on our business blog about his recent purchase of a radio-controlled car. He posted - I left a comment - I thought it was worth sharing with mooreover.blog readers:

I was at Home Depot a couple weeks ago, putting in my order at the paint counter for a couple more sample quarts, in the hopes that we could arrive at some armistice in the paint wars - it was color selection time at our house again. The last time our house was painted, a Democrat was in the Presidential hot seat, so we were close to the statute of limitations on that batch of pigment. The colors we had chosen for this particular round of paint scheme roulette came from the green family, and had names like Sonoran Sands, Raked Leaves and Palisade. Grandiose handles for wall coverings. As it happened, I was also wearing a loose green shirt, over a green t-shirt, with olive green sandals (no socks- it was in the 80’s) A fellow customer standing in line sized me up succinctly with his observation: “you like green, don’t you?” I was in no position to deny it as I headed across the parking lot, back to my Galapagos green 2004 Honda Element.I’m sure there’s a personality test based solely on color preferences. I wouldn’t take it - I already know the likely results: Green lovers clearly have a left-leaning political stance, prefer peanut butter on their pancakes, and have silly hobbies like Snowboarding, Fly fishing, and Radio Controlled Monster Trucks. Guilty as charged. Although on that last one, I have to confess to a long term fascination only recently re-discovered and satisfied by a new acquisition.

And my reply:

So Dennis wrote this post (in case it wasn’t clear), so I can’t help but bring the “fair and balanced” side to our partnership. In this case I would have to argue the suggestion that wearing green would suggest left-leaning political ideology. In fact, there are many John Deere enthusiasts that would suggest the opposite, as might the camoflouge-laden ranks of militia men or carbine-carrying hunters.As for the enjoyment of “silly hobbies” like fly-fishing, snowboarding, and (especially) RC Monster Trucks - I relish the fact that the enjoyment of these activities transcends political affiliation.On a more serious note - it’s a myth that those of the left have a corner on being “environmentally conscious.” To be clear, I’m not going to take a stand on either side, but I do want to speak fairly and say that as a child of a rancher (and two Republicans), no one is more environmentally aware than those that depend upon the earth and it’s weather systems to make their living - and by and large agriculturalists would stand in opposition to Al Gore’s other political tendencies…Still - I know that this misses the heart of your post. I just thought that it was interesting that you made this leap, and since our blog says written by “The Pickett Street Property Team,” I thought it was interesting to show the differences between two partners.