Like oil and water, politics and religion don't mix very well. As a matter of fact, if you try to beat oil and water together, just let them sit, and they will quickly separate because they are immiscible.
I've come a long way in the sport-fishing world since the time when I tagged along behind my Dad or uncles on the muddy banks of the Big Sioux River, with a rod and reel in hand, or on the way to check an overnight "trot line." Those were days of simple fishing pleasure.
The good thing about having an unpleasant thing happen rarely, is that its pain is infrequent. The bad thing is that you never "get used to it," and you feel the pain all the more when you're forced to confront it.
USS Seahorse completed our Barents Sea Patrol in May and headed for the Holy Loch, Scotland for a short refit and resupply by the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS 34).
