tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post2846933909485964661..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: It Isn't Easy, But It's EasyTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-75816012610674779832016-10-13T05:07:09.557-04:002016-10-13T05:07:09.557-04:00OK, Haz. I get it, that point of yours.
It bother...OK, Haz. I get it, that point of yours.<br /><br />It bothers me, and make no mistake about that, to acknowledge that what I have to say matters not at all, much less that what I have done, especially in terms of our own little family, matters not all.<br /><br />Hey, so it goes. Onward ho & etc.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-19979909026649557682016-10-10T16:37:38.645-04:002016-10-10T16:37:38.645-04:00There are people who are deeply offended by Trump,...There are people who are deeply offended by Trump, his positions, ideas, or statements. They may find him completely unacceptable as President. I completely get that, as I'm in that neighborhood myself. I think it is entirely appropriate to not vote for him, even if you find Hillary unacceptable as well. How can you support someone you find so dispicable, someone you think will be dangerous. It may happen anyway, but do you have to support it, or as Haz's pastor says, enable it. <br /><br />I'm more of a pragmatist, but I can respect those who put principles above pragmatism, especially if their vote is nothing but symbolic as it is in California. Your vote won't count, so why cast one that violates your principles. I always vote as if it will count, but that is just a personal principle based on my feeling that it forces me to make a hard choice between two bad options, which is what all the tough choices of life are about. I'm not sure which position is more of a faith based one: that good will win out if I take a side or if I don't.<br /><br />If it was between Stalin and Hitler, could you make a strong case to vote for either one? Some people see it that difficult. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-20505218240348306172016-10-10T03:00:49.188-04:002016-10-10T03:00:49.188-04:00And. Not. or.And. Not. or.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-61957493248709794172016-10-10T02:57:17.246-04:002016-10-10T02:57:17.246-04:00@haz: Yet, the question, in terms of conscience, s...@haz: Yet, the question, in terms of conscience, still is in play. Is it not? I get it if you think that's no longer so; however, I think that you should get it if I do not.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-70744480027935300572016-10-09T09:14:49.522-04:002016-10-09T09:14:49.522-04:00Sorry, Haz, that doesn't work for me anymore. ...<i>Sorry, Haz, that doesn't work for me anymore. </i><br /><br />The math is not in question. A vote for someone who could defeat Hillary Clinton versus a vote for some doof in a minority party are two different things. One may lead to her defeat, the other is no more than a way for the indecisive to feel good about themselves.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-48416280978539294222016-10-08T18:04:59.573-04:002016-10-08T18:04:59.573-04:00California's not in play. And following this l...California's not in play. And following this latest Lewinsky-ing of Trump, even less red and/or blue states will be. <br /><br />So proceed as before. In a red or blue state, feel free to vote third party, it won't matter.<br /><br />The only, and I repeat - <i>ONLY</i> - places in which "strategic voting" should EVER be requested of the public is in a purple state. <br /><br />Anything more than that is just laziness and a refusal to make the politicians responsible for their coalitions. There is just no way in hell that anyone can justify making the people the segment to have to do this strategically. It's not their job, not their charge, not their role. If the duopoly's candidates aren't conservative or progressive or moderate enough and the fear a third party challenge, then that's the duopoly's problem. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-41585645111689448812016-10-08T17:50:49.860-04:002016-10-08T17:50:49.860-04:00What a distraction. And how unhelpful. Do these yo...What a distraction. And how unhelpful. Do these yokels yammer and drone on about politics like this each time? Methinks a certain entity no longer has the same statist power it once had, and clearly misses. <br /><br />Another Catholic, one certain Paul Ryan - says that women should be "revered." Seriously. Well, that sort of thinking probably goes back to Mary or whatever. And you can bet your bottom dollar that the backlash against Trump, that could lead to him totally spiralling down now, is the direct result of this thinking. Or non-thinking, as the case were. <br /><br />So maybe Father Chrome Dome could go ahead and give us a homily on how women are gods and how Trump, having somehow "defiled" these gods, surely now deserves to lose. <br /><br />These people just need to get out of politics. Not because they don't have a right to, but because they're so damned bad at it. If they weren't, the Catholic Church would be running the E.U. from the Vatican, instead of bureaucrats in Brussels doing the job. Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Togetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059991118123693141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-85043428993380586392016-10-08T16:46:58.742-04:002016-10-08T16:46:58.742-04:00If you don't vote for trump - you're votin...If you don't vote for trump - you're voting for Hillary.<br /><br />That's enough for me. rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-21297553818679409972016-10-08T13:55:30.451-04:002016-10-08T13:55:30.451-04:00rcommel asked are we..... living where you're ...rcommel asked are we.....<i> living where you're living on account of being across the street from the next generation up. In other words, are you living your lives not just about you, or not</i><br /><br />What? That question makes no sense.<br /><br />I live where I live because I like it, it isn't the city, the peace a quiet are soothing and I have lived here for the last 34 years. We live here because this is where my husband's work is located. My family, my daughter and her family, they live where they live because they like it, it is where their work is and it is close enough for visiting. Do I wish they were closer so we could spend more time together. Sure. They aren't....we aren't. SO we do the best and get together, skype, call and talk on the phone, share photos as often as we can. We go there more often because it is difficult to travel with little children and our work is more flexible.<br /><br />Do we live for ourselves? What does that mean? <br /><br />Was that what you are asking???Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-26286810075280615282016-10-08T13:44:52.636-04:002016-10-08T13:44:52.636-04:00MamaM:
OK. Fair enough.
Thank you for stating it...MamaM:<br /><br />OK. Fair enough.<br /><br />Thank you for stating it plainly.<br /><br />regards,<br /><br />lrcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90908739050659538172016-10-08T12:55:00.048-04:002016-10-08T12:55:00.048-04:00If you share your results, I might consider sharin...<i>If you share your results, I might consider sharing his (assuming he gives permission, after he gets to see yours first).</i><br /><br />rcommal, based on a history of reading comments posted by you, along with the current comments containing sweeping statements in this thread, I don't experience you as an open, sincere, or respectful commenter, and am not interested in sharing my results for your consideration.MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-27291995016167007112016-10-08T12:52:57.483-04:002016-10-08T12:52:57.483-04:00God Forbid that the likes of me ever be nearby.God Forbid that the likes of me ever be nearby.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-38980526480185992422016-10-08T12:47:32.722-04:002016-10-08T12:47:32.722-04:00Thanks for clarity.Thanks for clarity.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-70341187435683937352016-10-08T12:35:00.479-04:002016-10-08T12:35:00.479-04:00Got it.Got it.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-41052500062585410942016-10-08T12:34:39.553-04:002016-10-08T12:34:39.553-04:00It helps to be historically literate. If you are t...It helps to be historically literate. If you are the choice is easy. The French Revolution ushered Hillary's ancestors into power. They rejected God, rejected organized religion (obviously), rejected all the thousand ties and mutual obligations that made then and have always made societies organic and functional. I was going to say they rejected absolutes in favor of relativism but that's not entirely true. They passionately set out to impose absolute state supremacy over and against every other man-made institution, formal and informal. And it is important to never forget that the French Revolutionists IMMEDIATELY set about murdering "the enemy." French Revolution, Russian Revolution, the American Progressive Revolution that began with Woodrow Wilson expanded greatly under FDR and LBJ and reached its apogee (so far) with the coup of January 2009: the line leads directly to Hillary. They are all of a piece and they haver all been at war with tradition. How to put it more clearly: they have all been and always will be at war with RESTRAINT. Which is why they always plunge society into horrors unimaginable to the godfearing. ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-42118800610845251212016-10-08T12:32:45.320-04:002016-10-08T12:32:45.320-04:00DBQ & AllenS:
You object to my so-called jud...DBQ & AllenS: <br /><br />You object to my so-called judgment. <br /><br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-13178453943508086082016-10-08T12:22:02.132-04:002016-10-08T12:22:02.132-04:00Question Mark: Are you, DBQ, and AllenS, living wh...Question Mark: Are you, DBQ, and AllenS, living where you're living on account of being across the street from the next generation up. In other words, are you living your lives not just about you, or notrcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-67417163123767033102016-10-08T11:49:04.278-04:002016-10-08T11:49:04.278-04:00Well said, DBQ.Well said, DBQ.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-22759648542886684052016-10-08T11:42:06.197-04:002016-10-08T11:42:06.197-04:00DBQ: Oh, please.DBQ: Oh, please.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-14246983617694067272016-10-08T11:31:55.492-04:002016-10-08T11:31:55.492-04:00I'm already facing the consequences of what th...<i>I'm already facing the consequences of what the likes of you chose for my kid a while back.</i><br /><br />And you know how I have voted in the past and what I believe in.....how? Talk about judgmental.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-8492757853781422692016-10-08T11:28:14.185-04:002016-10-08T11:28:14.185-04:00DBQ:
I'm already facing the consequences of w...DBQ:<br /><br />I'm already facing the consequences of what the likes of you chose for my kid a while back.<br /><br />Don't lecture me.<br /><br />And, oh, by the way, I am not whining.<br /><br />I'm objecting to your hectoring.<br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-1450268967652049432016-10-08T11:22:57.081-04:002016-10-08T11:22:57.081-04:00The only thing you worry about is that your own ol... <i>The only thing you worry about is that your own old ass gets taken care of.</i><br /><br />Speaking for myself, not Sixty, my ass is too old to worry about. The sand in my hourglass is closer to empty on the top. I'll get by because my time is shorter than longer her on this Earth. My worry is for my family, children and grandchildren and what kind of future they will have when Hillary and the progressive/socialist left gets to gut the Constitution, remove our liberties and freedoms, continue with common core that will dumb down the future youth and turn us into a socialist county run by crony capitalist whores.<br /><br />We have seen our liberty and freedoms disappearing drip by drip and have let it happen so slowly that it is now apparent that there are a couple of paths we can take. One being the same corruption under Hillary who HAS a track record of evil and of corruption. The other being Trump who while not a perfect candidate or even a perfect man does not embody evil, corruption, greed and who I feel truly cares about the future of the country for HIS children and grandchildren.<br /><br />Neither candidate would be ones that I would have preferred, but we are now faced with this (unpalatable to many) choice. You can chose not to chose. That is your prerogative, however, you must face the consequences of your non choice. Don't whine about it when your children and grandchildren are living under the thumb of a <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746" rel="nofollow">fascist oligarchy</a>, which is exactly where we are headed with Hillary and the progressive leftists. Explain to your children how it was when we were free, how it could have been and why they are living the lives they are living and how YOU helped it to happen.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-17944467808858248272016-10-08T10:58:49.942-04:002016-10-08T10:58:49.942-04:00Oh, Sixty Grit. The only thing you worry about is ...Oh, Sixty Grit. The only thing you worry about is that your own old ass gets taken care of. Don't worry: Under either presidency, it will be. rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-28332649371206775072016-10-08T10:49:47.982-04:002016-10-08T10:49:47.982-04:00We will go to hell once Mrs. Clinton is elected. T...We will go to hell once Mrs. Clinton is elected. Thank you for doing your part.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-21007238842119410842016-10-08T10:41:22.946-04:002016-10-08T10:41:22.946-04:00For the record, I say the same thing, with equal v...For the record, I say the same thing, with equal vehemence, to those who would have the temerity to say to me that not voting for Hillary Clinton is a vote for Donald Trump.<br /><br />How much more clear to do I have to make it?<br /><br />All of y'all: Go to hell. rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.com