SO, WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

I swear I thought of this blog titled above even before deciding to catch up with my Pal Harry's most recent blogs: (http:www.harry2335.blogspot.com) I just did.

They continue to be impressive and have a consistent narative about what Harry knows to be the difference between right and wrong.

Maybe it's our age but, in our twilight years we're both addressing what we see as "the absence of truth".

Rather than seeking canonization for our beliefs, I prefer to think of it instead as a couple guys who were lucky enough to have been raised by some good people who "learned" us right.

What our parents may have lacked in material possessions they made up for by giving us a pretty solid foundation as to what was wrong and what was right.

My question is, when did it cease to matter?

At what point did having a reputation of being "shady" turn into one of being "shrewd"?

The blog title came to me after waking up at 1:30 and, unable to fall back asleep, I made the mistake of taking a bathroom break during which I read Fridays USA Today editorial page.

The editorial writer was defending BOA's decision to charge a monthly $5 debit card fee as nothing more than just the product of "capitalism."

As usual, that got my blood boiling - thus a need (in my mind) to write this blog at 3'oclock in the morning.

My thinking was not limited to the subject of the proposed BOA's $5 monthly debit card fee.

However, I asked one of their employees about this decision the other day. She defended it by saying, "that's just a media twist, because we won't be charging someone who has "X" # of dollars deposited with us."

So, one assumes that means someone who does not have "X" # of dollars deposited with them - because they don't have "X" # of dollars to deposit anywhere - should be charged a $5 a month debit card fee - as a punishment?

I'm sorry, but that logic eludes me. But, then again I have struggled with the logic of banks for a long, long time. That would be even before I got fired by one.(Not BOA)

Harry referred to "debates" in one of his recent blogs and ironically I was also thinking of using a debate as a talking point.(no pun intended)

I had a buddy, Jack Roose, who was a debater in our high school.Jack had an ability I lacked at the time (besides that of having a car and a driving license).

He could hear the debate topic and immediately think of both sides of a logical argument; for and against.

He did so with "logic" - not "lies".

What an unusual approach!

More on this subject later. I think sleep is approaching.

And, that's the truth.