tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post6787294033398385364..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17557714518850971662018-04-04T21:06:35.697-04:002018-04-04T21:06:35.697-04:00Always a pleasure to see another Bright Spirit in ...Always a pleasure to see another Bright Spirit in action.<br /><br />There are so few who do not spoil whatever talent they may have by indulging in captiousness, acrimony, self-pity, and bitter denuciation.<br /><br />Again I'm reminded of the pithy little maxim:<br /><br /><b><i>"The great are rarely famous, the famous rarely great."</i></b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-19210176182431306852018-03-28T06:49:34.586-04:002018-03-28T06:49:34.586-04:00Your mind, sir, is as dense, and as obdurate –– ne...Your mind, sir, is as dense, and as obdurate –– need I say opaque? –– as a block of granite.<br /><br />Given your obviously low level of intelligence, you probably need to be told that "OPAQUE" is a polite word for STUPID.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87872014861197232262018-03-28T06:45:26.516-04:002018-03-28T06:45:26.516-04:00Thanks, Bugs. You're right, of course, –– as ...Thanks, Bugs. You're right, of course, –– as usual <br /><br />};^)>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-3372575079785032202018-03-27T18:46:09.481-04:002018-03-27T18:46:09.481-04:00But I still love you FTBut I still love you FTTOMhttps://jbm479.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/waterfall/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81621837657344163922018-03-27T16:52:48.758-04:002018-03-27T16:52:48.758-04:00Bugs Bunny said
Jeeze what a maroon!<b>Bugs Bunny said</b><br /><br />Jeeze what a maroon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9768071214945912722018-03-27T12:20:46.115-04:002018-03-27T12:20:46.115-04:00 Waters of Babylon, or Schmbalon who really gives ... Waters of Babylon, or Schmbalon who really gives a crap? Like the man said , maybe it IS time for you to hang up your Jock Strap, and give it up!<br />What has happened to the spunk that you once had?<br />It seems like you turned into A Goodie Two Shoes Guy. <br />Maybe you’ve been hanging out with the limp wristed crowd a bit too much.Samuel Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006002410264542126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41240043694554830002018-03-27T12:13:09.666-04:002018-03-27T12:13:09.666-04:00Dear, FREE THINKE
I AGREE. that It's probably...Dear, FREE THINKE<br /><br />I AGREE. that It's probably time to Hang up this BLOG or throw it out the window with the Shitty blog that you friend “Ms. Shaw “ has been writing, and the 3 Sooges Ducky, Sucky, and Moe, aka Ducky’s here, Critters Shit, and the IRRational One, Who seems to be her only but loyal contributors.<br />You have strayed out from your old style of political, and humorous way of story telling, into a boring way of blogging. And frankly it stinks. It's all so obvious to your readers that it’s Tim to hang it up. Because it will NEVER improve unless you call a spade a spat, and a old wicked lady like Shaw, exactly what de is. An old wicked, vile, disgusting, remnant of a woo.<br /><br />Since you lost the will to deal with the obvious Ithink it mght be a good idea to SHUT UP SHOP COMPLETELY. At least until you regain the balls that you once had, but no longer have.<br />It’s a potty because you used to do it so well. I can still remember Ebro you posted that “mirror” blog calling Ms. Shaw what you did, an started a whole blogging fight between the good guys and the Progressives.<br />Ah them were the days. But they are long forgotten, along with your balls, and guts.<br />So good bye old friend , it’s time for you to hoist up the White Flag and surrender. White Men Matterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294949144919708151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-72054402033160252312018-03-27T08:03:48.117-04:002018-03-27T08:03:48.117-04:00Yes, naturally they would be, they go twhat THEY w...Yes, naturally they would be, they go twhat THEY wanted. <br /><br />But do tell us what YOU think about it, please? <br /><br />Are you FOR or AGAINST it?<br /><br />What was your purpose in posting this noisome, irrelevant, painfully obvious tidbit of over-hyped information to THIS blog?<br /><br />How does it relate to by the Waters of Babylon?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-16988846378366701262018-03-27T07:57:34.005-04:002018-03-27T07:57:34.005-04:00Thank you for that bit of recondite information, S...Thank you for that bit of recondite information, Silver. No, I did not know that Aldous Huxley had been one one of George Orwell's instructors.<br /><br />I'm sure I haven't read as much material on the authors I cited as you, but I feel obliged to emphasize and re-emphasize E.M. Forster's early (1909) contrbution to the genre. Huxley and Orwell both MUST have known Forster.<br /><br />Funny that you admire Huxley most of all! I found his writing to be "heavy sledding."<br /><br />Forster and Orwell on the other hand spin COMPELLING futuristic fantasies that keep one emotionally involved from beginning to end. Deeply unpleasant to be sure, but their work has about it "The Ring of Truth" while Huxley's Brave New World seems contrived, tendentious, rather didactic, mean-spirited and unduly cynical by contrast.<br /><br />Just my long ago impression as young reader. Perrhaps I ought to<br /> revisit Huxley's Brave New World –– a hideous place that seems to have grown up around me and overtaken our once beautiful civilization.<br /><br />I again want to use thi;'s opportunity to reiterate my fervent belief that Einsgteinwas abslutely right when he said, "IMAGINATION IS MORE IMORTANT THAN KNOLEDGE."<br /><br /><b>If the eerily prophetic work of these three authors doesn't support that contention, I can' think what else would. "Book-Learning" is of very ilmited value in my never humble opinion –– unless or until the student can realize how it may apply to day-to-day life. A close and careful study of RAMIFICATIONS is very much in order, but tragically neglected.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12091254318167621532018-03-27T07:32:05.862-04:002018-03-27T07:32:05.862-04:00YES! Many years ago Pat Robertson tried to run for...YES! Many years ago Pat Robertson tried to run for the presidency. His response to a taunting reporter who expressed "concern" that Pat might want to consult the Almighty before making executive decisions was –– and remains –– a classic.<br /><br />Pat simply asked, <b><i>"Don't you think ti's better to CONSULT the Almighty than to act as though you think you ARE the Almighty?"</i></b><br /><br />It brought down the house, but of course Pat never had a chance to get the nomination. <br /><br />He might have been a "televangelist," –– a vocation roundly despised by sophisticates –– but he was nobody's fool. <br /><br /><b>The man had earned a degree from YALE Law School </b> –– an inconvenient fact you'd never hear reported in the ENEMEDIA.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-69404792251604596822018-03-27T07:20:57.748-04:002018-03-27T07:20:57.748-04:00Pelosi and Schumer and all smiles after Trump sign...Pelosi and Schumer and all smiles after Trump signed the big Democrat giveaway budget!Manboob the Repoobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-32423136315922619862018-03-26T19:29:43.505-04:002018-03-26T19:29:43.505-04:00Jose,
We are not here to ENTERTAIN you –– or any...Jose, <br /><br />We are not here to ENTERTAIN you –– or anyone else. If you don't appreciate what we try to do, there are thusands of OTHER blogs that might hold more ap<br />peal for you.<br /><br />I suggest you visit THEM, and allow US to make our OWN decisions –– or open a blog of your OWN..<br /><br />Thank you.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-47268740965217050642018-03-26T19:25:19.171-04:002018-03-26T19:25:19.171-04:00Whose politics DO you understand, Martin?
And wha...Whose politics DO you understand, Martin?<br /><br />And what drove you to make such a comment to the literary masterpiece I've been good enough to share with you?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-43791266727024474502018-03-26T17:20:01.262-04:002018-03-26T17:20:01.262-04:00Note to Mr. Free Thinke.
This blog is very boring....Note to Mr. Free Thinke.<br />This blog is very boring.<br />Kindly stick to blogging about Politics, that is were you excel. This sort of thing is as meaningless as a titless cow.Jose McDonaldhttp://jose.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-1390986568099640452018-03-26T17:16:57.471-04:002018-03-26T17:16:57.471-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12926859597836030422018-03-26T11:48:19.250-04:002018-03-26T11:48:19.250-04:00The God-players wreak havoc but think that they ar...The God-players wreak havoc but think that they are building a utopia.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-12321627404219768882018-03-26T09:52:44.173-04:002018-03-26T09:52:44.173-04:00I do not understand American politics and I do not...I do not understand American politics and I do not understand the desire to blow up the world!Martin Van Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9744303501650422812018-03-26T00:56:29.744-04:002018-03-26T00:56:29.744-04:00____________ Elation for Days____________
Speak q...<b>____________ Elation for Days____________<br /><br /><i>Speak quietly. It helps to soothe the nerves.<br />Yelling –– any harshness –– is abrasive ––<br />An agitating force no one deserves<br />Denying peace, obnoxious and invasive.<br />Refresh the soul with calm, sweet introspection.<br />Opening the mind clears out the dross.<br />Find serenity under prayer’s direction.<br />Needs depart, as does the pain of loss,<br />Only when we lift our thoughts to Heaven.<br />Images of all that’s bright and clean <br />Transcend gloom and sagging spirits leaven,<br />As on the rock of Truth we safely lean.<br />Leave resentment, fear, distrust behind;<br />Endure with patience, and sweet peace you’ll find.</i></b><br /><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-10857126506407027032018-03-25T19:10:53.111-04:002018-03-25T19:10:53.111-04:00Andie,
I don't like the sound of that. Pleas...Andie,<br /><br />I don't like the sound of that. Please do take care of yourself. It may be a good time to rest in your laurels a bit, and just enjoy the marvels you have produced at your Manor House in the Great Plains. <br /><br />Even being joyfully creative while producing wonders –– something you seem to do rutei[ny –– can be very stressful. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-35789585234219635122018-03-25T18:59:59.030-04:002018-03-25T18:59:59.030-04:00A little touch of whimsy now and the, a sense of i...A little touch of whimsy now and the, a sense of irony, and sime appreciatin of the absurd helps a great deal. <br /><br />As I've said many times, <b><i>"Life is much too precious nd too serious a matter to be taken too seriously."</i></b> <br /><br />};^)><br /><br />The sonnet just above on "The Easter Bunny" proved itself to be a pretty good approach to bringing light touch this most to the most profound series of events on the liturgical calendar. My readers loved it, –– and so did most of my advertisers.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-43785737951539624052018-03-25T16:02:18.434-04:002018-03-25T16:02:18.434-04:00Thank you, friend. It's my heart...but it'...Thank you, friend. It's my heart...but it's not really my heart. I am perfectly healthy but I have a ghost in the machine that caused a wide complex tachycardia. No answers and I have run out of questions. I have given it to the Great Carpenter. <br /><br />xoDivine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50486797149777966542018-03-25T15:43:38.143-04:002018-03-25T15:43:38.143-04:00ANDIE! So glad to see you! I knew you'd been i...ANDIE! So glad to see you! I knew you'd been ill. I hope I've been right in assuming that you have gotten all better? <br /><br />You work with great intensity on all your many projects. The results are always spectacular, but you do so much I sometimes worry you might experience "burnout."<br /><br />Anyway, it's always good to hear from you. Best to Gracie and Handsome Husband.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85252615185851237202018-03-25T13:33:40.241-04:002018-03-25T13:33:40.241-04:00Good to see you, my friend! My "internet fri...Good to see you, my friend! My "internet friends", including you, are in my prayers daily. Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54050791392143424042018-03-25T13:22:45.604-04:002018-03-25T13:22:45.604-04:00Andie, I hope things get better for you! I'll...Andie, I hope things get better for you! I'll keep you in my prayers.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89470944408657856722018-03-25T12:45:03.835-04:002018-03-25T12:45:03.835-04:00Thank you, my friend. You may have missed my comm...Thank you, my friend. You may have missed my comment on your Jordan Peterson post. I have not been well. I spent a week in ICU, then four more days in the hospital. I have not been blogging much...just trying to recuperate. <br />As always, hoping you are well. <br /><br />xo<br />AndieDivine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.com