tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post2626964908986933263..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87946895836102261482018-05-26T19:49:24.255-04:002018-05-26T19:49:24.255-04:00I understand..sort of. When I was in college (uppe...I understand..sort of. When I was in college (upper Midwest) I was close to our brand new Episcopal priest. He came from somewhere in the<br />uber-urban NYC Big Apple. I taught him to play<br />tolerable tennis and he taught me more about classical music than the college course on the topic. Perhaps you can understand that when I decided to study chemistry and phyisics, he was<br />concerned, lifted his nose in the air and sniffed,<br />"Isn't that a lot like being a plumber?" :) One<br />of the plus sides of military service is meeting and working with people from all over the country<br />from all walks of life: had an assignment with an<br />artillery officer, a St. Johns grad who was much like the priest, a Jewish kid whose father was a physician and a rather wild Italian from up Boston way. Throw in some Texans, VMI and Citadel types and you practically need an interpreter. Perhaps<br />would Nebraska needs is a few 'Noreasters' blowing<br />through to counter their constant SW tornado problem? Tis good to be ancient- we are comfortable with our character that a long life<br />has given us. BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-5576873057614006052018-05-26T19:46:44.597-04:002018-05-26T19:46:44.597-04:00By the way, BB, I am anything but "a reliabl...By the way, BB, I am anything but "a reliable member of the GOP."<br /><br />Other than the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, Lizzie Warren, Charles Schumer and Governor Moonbeam, there are few people I depise more than I do Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and John McCain –– to name but a few.<br /><br />I TOLD you I was a renegade. (:-oFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-77010557661853065472018-05-26T19:39:53.417-04:002018-05-26T19:39:53.417-04:00I finally DID get to see the clip, Waylon. I'...I finally DID get to see the clip, Waylon. I'm sorry but, while I find many of his theories tenable, and don't dismiss his point of view categorially, there's something about Alex Jones's persona I find too off-putting to allow me to accept his word withoiut corroborating evidence from an independent source. Jones has about him the aura of a fanatic. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8807934450044289742018-05-26T19:28:36.046-04:002018-05-26T19:28:36.046-04:00I can't help it, BB. I am –– believe it or no...I can't help it, BB. I am –– believe it or not –– a native of New York City, born and bred –– BROOKLYN to be exact, and proud of it. ; -) <br /><br />We northeasterners have an inborn "superiority complex" which may –– or may not –– be justified. I assure you, however that it's not <i>volitional.</i><br /><br />Instead it's clear proof, I fear, that "inborn traits do, indeed, exist. <br /><br />};^)><br /><br />I, of course, am a misfit –– a renegade –– I never have blown with the prevaiing wind wherever I happen to be, and at this advanced age am unlikely to change. Besides, I come from a family of old-fashioned Rugged Individualists. We never want to be what "everyone" ASSUMES we MUST or OUGHT to be. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28773408581379854932018-05-26T14:17:22.963-04:002018-05-26T14:17:22.963-04:00Conservatives should not pick on the cornhusker st...Conservatives should not pick on the cornhusker state: it is reliably GOP with both senators and all congressmen being Republicans. (Come to think of it, they didn't STAY<br />though. :)BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-35682679104535954862018-05-25T13:37:48.555-04:002018-05-25T13:37:48.555-04:00FT, you must be under heavier censorship down ther...FT, you must be under heavier censorship down there than here then. I had no trouble opening the link at 1330 EST. They like to keep the sheeple shielded from from things deemed unfit. And Alex Jones is true blue American, except when the Zio-Cons are involved there he seems to back off. He would disabuse you your mis-persception about the Royal Family if you could access it. Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-15998696269450467012018-05-25T08:01:24.522-04:002018-05-25T08:01:24.522-04:00I don't believe in censorship of anything othe...I don't believe in censorship of anything other than belligerent taunts and moronic quips and jibes at THIS blog,<br /><br />I would still like to see some DOCUMENTARY evidence, although I admit to having had a distinct aversiin to Markle from the oment she appeared. <br /><br />Still, I can't see the Royals guilty of much other than not being very bright for the mst part, and giving flamboyant exhibitions of bad taste every now and then.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17890856159573489552018-05-25T07:56:00.842-04:002018-05-25T07:56:00.842-04:00Apparently that material has been BLOCKED, Waylon....Apparently that material has been BLOCKED, Waylon. It tried your link, which failed, then tried google and several other venues featuring the material, and all have kept us LOCKED OUT.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-78043930391267877522018-05-24T17:06:08.284-04:002018-05-24T17:06:08.284-04:00The wife woke up early to watch the ceremony, so I...The wife woke up early to watch the ceremony, so I did watch more that I expected to. I wasn't really offended by the ceremony itself but thought the church looked more than a bit Masonic. I even thought the Bishop that was brought in for the ceremony put some spirit into the whole thing. But I didn't lose sight of the outright criminals that I perceive the British Royal Family to be.<br /><br />If you and your folks were offended by British Royalty wedding an American divorcee, then I would have expected you at least to be revolted by the seedy background of Meghan Markle, an American actress specializing in porn scenes, apparently.<br /><br />But more than that, I think Alex Jones might help you to get back up on your horse and begin riding triumphantly again. He does get to the crux of the matter in short order, about 8 minutes.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I3l7wYmUyU" rel="nofollow">Secrets of the Royal Wedding Exposed!</a> Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49086254161873578942018-05-24T16:05:20.581-04:002018-05-24T16:05:20.581-04:00FT, it seems to be common knowledge among those of...FT, it seems to be common knowledge among those of us that see the swamp clearly, the swamp that President Trump seems to have forgotten about, the swamp he said he would drain.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-64787906047056975252018-05-24T13:16:28.641-04:002018-05-24T13:16:28.641-04:00Waylon, you certainly seem "hipped" on t...Waylon, you certainly seem "hipped" on the subject of pedophilia. I'd like to know where you get infirmatiin of that kind?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-53117706040381486982018-05-24T13:12:10.790-04:002018-05-24T13:12:10.790-04:00With the exception of Buffett, –– who is a unique ...With the exception of Buffett, –– who is a unique and very weird combinatiin of genius and blockhead ––, every native of that area who ever made a name for himself is happy to be FROM Nebraska. They don't STAY.<br /><br />This may change, but so far I've yet to hear of anyone who has dreamt from childhood of someday being able to LIVE in NEBRASKA. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87914048585929092382018-05-24T13:04:26.960-04:002018-05-24T13:04:26.960-04:00I know who you are, Anonymous, and YOU know that I...<b>I know who you are, Anonymous, and YOU know that I know who you are. <br /><br />You ALSO know that I regard YOU as ANATHEMA no matter WHAT mealy-mouthed, hypocritical, pseudo-pious platitude you post try to to get in under the radar.<br /><br />YOU are NOT WELCOME at this blog, and NEVER WILL BE.<br /><br />So kindly GET OUT and STAY OUT.<br /><br /><i>And any mischief making fool who tries to NAME you will ALSO be DELETED on contact.</i></b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51981317928396963072018-05-24T10:49:11.623-04:002018-05-24T10:49:11.623-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58357961085434030632018-05-24T07:04:41.640-04:002018-05-24T07:04:41.640-04:00What's wrong with Nebraska? That's where W...What's wrong with Nebraska? That's where Warren Buffet still lives and where Johnny Carson was born.<br /><br />Wasn't there also some political scandal involving paedopilia in Nebraska involving higher-ups several years ago that involved politicians in Nebraska and Washington?Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-42808080669954514222018-05-24T06:55:28.751-04:002018-05-24T06:55:28.751-04:00There surely are lots of things about the royal fa...There surely are lots of things about the royal family that are far different from the rosy airs of their public relations press releases portray them. I'm not sure where they dug up the name Mountbatten and tagged Phillip with but he actually was a leftover from German royalty that was dealt a crushing blow with its defeat in WWI. <br /><br />The reality of this royal family is becoming more widely known as a bunch of pedaephilic perverts. A serious problem hidden by the media here who protect these swine in the upper echelons of American politics as well. Look how Podesta and Pizzagate became the new war on Russia. That's serious stuff.Waylonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533895509055020394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50196220590818804742018-05-24T03:33:41.145-04:002018-05-24T03:33:41.145-04:00Thanks for that, BB! Cum Rhonda! Hyfrodol! Aberys...Thanks for that, BB! Cum Rhonda! Hyfrodol! Aberystwyth! I love all the great hyjns of the Anglican and Lutheran traditions.<br /><br />As I've written before, I was a paid choirboy –– a boy soprano! –– in a prominent Episcopal Church in the Northeast, and it infected me with a lifelong love of and devotion to great liturgical music. So much so that I served the Church as organist, choirmaster and composer for about 40 years altogether.<br /><br />There's much to be said for adherng to the great traditions inherent in Western Civilization –– as long as we keep adding to them –– <i>with NEW growth from the ORIGINAL root stock</i>. That was what I tried with some modest success to do as a composer.<br /><br />I too love Fred Astaire –– and Jane Powell too (Jane is pasticularly wonderful in this movie). It's always been hard for me to picture Fred as having come from Nebraska, but he did.<br /><br />You haven't ,ived till you've witnessed Fred and Jane perform <b>"How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You, When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?"</b><br /><br />Heady stuff for a ten-year-old, and <b>sixty seven years later I'm still not over it</b>. In fact whenever I'm tempted to feel depressed, I think of that number, and SHAZAM! I'm cured instantly. };^)><br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-70534823409471977662018-05-23T22:19:00.990-04:002018-05-23T22:19:00.990-04:00If you don't understand that, no explanation c...<b>If you don't understand that, no explanation could possibly satisfy you.<br /><br />Why build temples, cathedrals, churches, capitol buildings, town halls, courthouses, colleges, schools, fine houses, –– why build ANYTHING bigger or better than a wigwam or a tepee?<br /><br />Why learn to read?<br /><br />Why celebrate Christmas?<br /><br />Why celebrate birthdays?<br /><br />Why celebrate Easter?<br /><br />Why take note of the Fourth of July?<br /><br />Why Memorial Day?<br /><br />Why Veterans Day?<br /><br />Why remember the Founding Fathers?<br /><br />Why study History?<br /><br />Why bother to defend yourself when you are attacked?<br /><br />Why bathe?<br /><br />Why trim your hair?<br /><br />Why brush your teeth?<br /><br />Why get dressed?<br /><br />Why bother to wipe your butt?<br /><br />Why do ANYTTHING, but follow the paths of least resistance, then lie down in the dirt, and wait to die?</b><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17406373279299404802018-05-23T21:55:48.810-04:002018-05-23T21:55:48.810-04:00Since Elisabeth II and I share a birthday (she som...Since Elisabeth II and I share a birthday (she somewhat older-and no we do not exchange cards) and have been created 25% English, I have been a bit of a sucker for<br />anything British..Omdurman, Agincourt, El Alamein etc.<br /> Not as daft though, as that chap that each English Memorial Day inserts in fond memory Harold Godwinson,<br />loser at Hastings in 1066. There is something about the<br />tradition, the Gothic cathedrals and familiar singing<br />like the great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkVT8O5E1rM" rel="nofollow">Welsh Hymn</a> that remind me of my long ago youth as head acolyte at an Episcopal cathedral in the Midwest. So color me as 25% for royalty, 74% in favor of Fred Astaire and 1% for poor Group Captain Peter Townsend... <br /> BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-60312291929640324772018-05-23T18:07:00.818-04:002018-05-23T18:07:00.818-04:00She was INDEED correct. Royals, at least the smart...She was <b>INDEED</b> correct. Royals, at least the smart majority, comport themselves with dignity and grace.<br /><br />Having said that I do wonder what purpose possibly rests in being transfixed even for a short time on spectacles like the Royal Wedding. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-2267681274061541612018-05-23T14:51:04.959-04:002018-05-23T14:51:04.959-04:00__________ REMINDER __________
We welcome Convers...<b>__________ REMINDER __________<br /><br /><i>We welcome Conversation<br />But without Vituperation.<br />If your aim is Vilification ––<br />Other forms of Denigration ––<br />Unfounded Accusation --<br />Determined Obfuscation ––<br />Alienation with Self-Justification ––<br />We WILL use COMMENT ERADICATION.</i></b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-84293974016752186252018-05-23T13:52:37.256-04:002018-05-23T13:52:37.256-04:00If a person is thoughtful, reasonably intelligent,...If a person is thoughtful, reasonably intelligent, fundamentally decent, respectful of others, and has good intentions at all times, that person could ALWAYS find <i>something</i> to say on nearly any subject, even if only to offer a platitude to help keep the pot simmering, as it were.. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the blogosphere seems over-populated with a vast army of churlish individuals bent on expressing little but disdain, discontent and contempt, so naturally people of that ilk are determined only to find fault, express dissatisfaction, and indulge in verbal abuse and endless recriminations. In other words they appear to have made a personal vow NOT ever to "like" or "approve" of <i>anything</i>.<br /><br />This is what happens when a society abandons its long-established norms, rules of etiquette and standards of good conduct by proclaimng them "hypocrisy" at the same time insisting that "honesty" could only mean the open, unrestrained expression of harsh criticism, bilious sentiment, and endless denunciation.<br /><br />And that IS "The Truth."FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12177479253124558462018-05-23T10:32:06.444-04:002018-05-23T10:32:06.444-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Roscoe Hicksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14993717923063401872018-05-22T19:00:23.175-04:002018-05-22T19:00:23.175-04:00Hello, Waylon. We Americans –– at least those of ...Hello, Waylon. We Americans –– at least those of us of a certain class from the bygone era to which I belong –– have always been great fans of the British Royal Family. <br /><br />Poor Prince Charles is seven years younger than I. and I remember seeing stories about him and his towheaded baby sister Princess Anne in the popular hournals of my youth. I'm so old i actually <i>remember</i> seeing newsreels at the movies fo then-Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Phillip Mountbatten. I remember too the sadness and frustration surrounding Princess Margaret Rose's ill-fated love affair with "Group Captain Peter Townsend" –– "commoner"she was not perm/itted to wed.<br /><br />Observing the Royal Family at a safe distance lent them a storybook quality that appealed to middle-class, and upper-middle-class American women –– and not a few men as well. It was like watching a soap opera only better because the characters were real human beings trapped in an exotic fairy tale existence that seemed both wonderful and extremely challenging at once.<br /><br />I do NOT remember the abdication because of the King's untoward romance with twicediviced American adventuress Wallis Warfield Simpson, but I most emphatically DO remember my elders talking a great deal about it. I also remember as a young child feeling a distinct aversion to Mrs. Simpson once I saw pictures of her in Life magazine. Everyone in my family and their circle of friends could not imagine what the King could possobly have seen in "that awful woman."<br /><br />I couldn't either, and it still remains a mystery to this very day.<br /><br />I have not gotten "good vibes" from this Meghan Markle creature since it first became known that rash, brash, fractious, probably brainless profligate Prince Harry intended to marry her.<br /><br />The entire spectacle has had about it an element of farce I, personally, find disquieting.<br /><br />As Old Queen Mary is supposed to .have said back in the thirties when The Situation with Wallis Warfeld Simpson arose, <b><i>"The only excuse for the existence of royalty today lies in the way we BEHAVE. If we cease to BEHAVE like Royalty, we shall soon cease to BE royalty."</i></b><br /><br />I suspect she was quite correct.<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85106216291431229812018-05-22T18:26:01.162-04:002018-05-22T18:26:01.162-04:00It certainly was "IMPRESSIVE," we must g...It certainly was "IMPRESSIVE," we must grant you that. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com