tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5480105520217673753..comments2024-03-18T21:09:10.627-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/19/24: Don’t be silly: We are NOT better than thisNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32247863206289049562019-06-26T19:09:22.666-05:002019-06-26T19:09:22.666-05:00They're abetted by those who may not actively ...They're abetted by those who may not actively support these policies but are willing to look away while the (or their) economy is doing well. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12545692146033140362019-06-26T17:29:31.796-05:002019-06-26T17:29:31.796-05:00You won't have a choice. It's 1859 and the...You won't have a choice. It's 1859 and the clock is ticking. Version 2.0 is only a couple of years away. And there's no frontier "out West" to which you can escape the coming conflagration. You'll have to leave the country...Canada, Australia, the UK, even Costa Rica. They are all looking better every day. <br /><br />But I also want to stay and fight, even though I know I won't live to see the outcome. I have no illusions about that. What the hell, my time is short anyway.I'm old and I've had a good run. <br /><br />Better to lose one's life trying to save America than to live a few more years under the New Order. Unfortunately, I think the Confederacy will probably win this time. Fortunately, I won't be here to see it.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2041238923995576192019-06-26T17:19:36.051-05:002019-06-26T17:19:36.051-05:00Three words: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
THAT'S ...Three words: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.<br />THAT'S America, buddy...<br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37788028864400544282019-06-26T16:59:21.289-05:002019-06-26T16:59:21.289-05:00Trump's policies and behaviors are supported b...Trump's policies and behaviors are supported by the 30-ish% of his people to whom he can literally do no wrong. Instead of shooting someone on 5th Ave. and getting away with it, he could shoot someone coming in across the border, and these people would cheer. How does this 30% have control over everything? If the people don't rise up in November and get rid of Trump, we're doomed. Ditto, Mitch McConnell. <br />Shari P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02844720465680592417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66362883435402458682019-06-26T11:12:18.880-05:002019-06-26T11:12:18.880-05:00Per Maya Angelou, America has shown itself what we...Per Maya Angelou, America has shown itself what we are, and we ought to believe it.<br /><br />This society, I suspect, has entered its death spiral. I don't see how we pull up and out of the institutional and cultural corrupting that Republican policies have created.<br /><br />Democrats for the most part have not helped, with our current fractiousness and relentless purity-test based call-outs.<br /><br />It will likely require the sort of catastrophe I'm not willing to live through to turn us around.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939468809703630844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9221630259050860912019-06-26T09:39:43.569-05:002019-06-26T09:39:43.569-05:00The notion that Americans are less capable of atro...The notion that Americans are less capable of atrocities than people of other nations has long been an irritant to foreigners, at least going back as far as Dr. Johnson, who asked "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" The great project of Indian removal during the 19th Century was marked by brutality and deceit well beyond "The Trail of <br />Tears". In recent times the memory of Mai Lai has already faded. And to be really up to date, most Americans don't recall a little incident involving the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf, but we can be certain Iranians do.<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48534806631325417832019-06-26T09:08:56.124-05:002019-06-26T09:08:56.124-05:00Let's not forget that the point of all this cr...Let's not forget that the point of all this cruelty at the border is to discourage desperate people from fleeing here -- to make them think that whatever conditions are like at home, the horrors awaiting them and their children in America are at least comparable.<br /><br />Let that sink in. It is now the official policy of the United States government to erase, eradicate and pulverize the legacy of compassion and humanity, symbolized by the Statue of Liberty, for which this country used to be known.<br /><br />Of all the things I hate about the Trump administration, I think that's the most hateful.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36430644823968799982019-06-26T09:04:13.539-05:002019-06-26T09:04:13.539-05:00Reminds me of the movie The Searchers, in which Jo...Reminds me of the movie The Searchers, in which John Wayne pursues an Indian band who have abducted his niece, Natalie Wood, with the intention of killing her because she has become the wife of the chief, but at last spares her life and brings her back to civilization. Wouldn't it be lovely if it were so.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89328404298396730112019-06-26T08:22:00.652-05:002019-06-26T08:22:00.652-05:00Thank you Neil. Excellent perspective, context an...Thank you Neil. Excellent perspective, context and balance . Professional writing of the finest quality. You could go on , and should. <br />Many more examples can be set forth to counter the notion of American exceptionalism . <br /><br />Our silence or inaction makes us complicate in the suffering of others. <br /><br />You show great courage with your words. <br /><br />As concerned citizens we all need to act. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28156720555003141292019-06-26T07:45:50.587-05:002019-06-26T07:45:50.587-05:00This is a very depressing jolt of truth: how easy ...This is a very depressing jolt of truth: how easy it can be to do whatever awful thing to others for one’s own benefit, even in our beloved country. Perhaps it is a warped version of self-preservation that humans were born with and continue to abuse.<br />I don’t know if this cycle of behavior will ever end. But in America, right now, it can only start with the removal of our current President.SandyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070366627628604352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77699236750989492952019-06-26T06:06:12.745-05:002019-06-26T06:06:12.745-05:00You hit it out of the ballpark with this column, M...You hit it out of the ballpark with this column, Mr. S. 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