tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35215770.post6094282647580380362..comments2023-09-11T19:56:03.229-07:00Comments on Think Or Be Eaten: The RaceAnghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385030071978985956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35215770.post-1429778545012617272009-02-25T16:51:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:51:00.000-08:00I've also had a hard time with idea of suffering. ...I've also had a hard time with idea of suffering. The first so called noble truth. Suffering by your own hands or by your own internal struggle can be seen as noble. It's the suffering we experience at the hands of others that I cannot bring myself to accept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35215770.post-22079056007883824602009-02-24T21:51:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:51:00.000-08:00JC, This is why I decided to support the space pro...JC, <BR/><BR/>This is why I decided to support the space program. I was hoping we could put all those degenerate morons on space ships and send them off to their own planet so they'll leave ours alone. They are such puke. <BR/><BR/>I remember everytime I saw Reagan on TV this image would strongly come to mind that he was made out of wood like a puppet, and his mouth was a cut out around his lips and chin that dropped up and down when he spoke. I had no idea how accurate I was. When I told others about it they just laughed. It's not funny. We haven't had a leader since they murdered JFK and RFK and MLK. <BR/><BR/>Thugs and liars make lousy leaders. If all the "leaders" suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth, the world would breathe a great sigh of relief. It would be like cutting off all the power of evil and cruelty and greed and sociopathy with the flip of a switch. The feeling of sudden calm would be palpable and global. People would stand up and stretch and start smiling again. Maybe we'd have a great big global bar-B-Q to celebrate. Would it not be wild if all the good decent sane folk were in charge? Wouldn't it be amazing if things were fair and justice was just and folks were nice to each other and didn't act like psychotic spoiled children with machine guns? Can we get a vote for that? Probably not. <BR/><BR/>A friend told me something last week that I should pass along. She said there was a sign in an Irish kitchen she saw that said, "Learn to suffer". Not a bad idea. In fact there is so much to it that I need to do a piece on it. If we could get really good at suffering it wouldn't hurt anymore. Is there something there to explore? Hard to say. It's such a repellant idea it would be hard to sell but still I think there's something in there worth digging out and taking a look at. It's on my 'to do' list.<BR/><BR/>AngAnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385030071978985956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35215770.post-51448042751784709512009-02-24T21:29:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:29:00.000-08:00BINGO!! What a cathartic, metaphorical Pièce de ré...BINGO!! What a cathartic, metaphorical Pièce de résistance!<BR/>“Everything has changed although everything looks exactly the same.” is exactly how I felt when Reagan became president. Even today, I cringe while writing Reagan and president in the same sentence. I had an inkling even then that it was a harbinger; of far worse people and things to come, whose immensity I couldn’t begin to foresee. The difference between then, and the conclusion of bush II, is as a minnow to a whale. And now it’s a global infection. I told all my friends back in ‘80 that if Ronnie Ray-guns became president I was leaving the country. And I did, running all the way to Machu Picchu before I felt sufficiently cleansed. I didn’t return to the U.S. for close to a year. The problem is, though, where can we run to now? I cannot believe how thoroughly such a tiny minority has trashed such a huge portion of this planet. I fear this beast has grown to the point where it is unstoppable. Where can we go to escape these scum, who seem to exert their foul influence on a global scale? Where can one go breath fresh air, to eat wholesome food, to live, and be left, in peace?JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065075529959713288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35215770.post-12525936839182872732009-02-24T21:28:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:28:00.000-08:00BINGO!! What a cathartic, metaphorical Pièce de ré...BINGO!! What a cathartic, metaphorical Pièce de résistance!<BR/>“Everything has changed although everything looks exactly the same.” is exactly how I felt when Reagan became president. Even today, I cringe while writing Reagan and president in the same sentence. I had an inkling even then that it was a harbinger; of far worse people and things to come, whose immensity I couldn’t begin to foresee. The difference between then, and the conclusion of bush II, is as a minnow to a whale. And now it’s a global infection. I told all my friends back in ‘80 that if Ronnie Ray-guns became president I was leaving the country. And I did, running all the way to Machu Picchu before I felt sufficiently cleansed. I didn’t return to the U.S. for close to a year. The problem is, though, where can we run to now? I cannot believe how thoroughly such a tiny minority has trashed such a huge portion of this planet. I fear this beast has grown to the point where it is unstoppable. Where can we go to escape these scum, who seem to exert their foul influence on a global scale? Where can one go breath fresh air, to eat wholesome food, to live, and be left, in peace?JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065075529959713288noreply@blogger.com