tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post1020796821050654420..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14600070337020629332015-11-26T13:05:54.210-05:002015-11-26T13:05:54.210-05:00Obviously, Thersites, we have been confronted here...Obviously, Thersites, we have been confronted here with a mind filled with poppycock activated by sporadic sprinklings of fairy dust. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-74323478415134511772015-11-26T07:33:23.849-05:002015-11-26T07:33:23.849-05:00The Left was polite BEFORE the internet was invent...The Left was polite BEFORE the internet was invented? Who knew?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58660643845115009712015-11-25T23:58:22.785-05:002015-11-25T23:58:22.785-05:00Indeed it is filled with subtlety.
Following sus...Indeed it is filled with subtlety. <br /><br />Following suspicion, finding of evidence, arrest, indictment, trial, a guilty finding, and sentencing you should. In a nutshell, following due process.the doornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-44569956419564974322015-11-25T07:31:18.738-05:002015-11-25T07:31:18.738-05:00The explanation you seek, Jersey, may be found in ...The explanation you seek, Jersey, may be found in these lines:<br /><br /><b><i> ... Living with far less might take me back ––<br />To a leaner, harder, better time ––<br />Hope, Ambition, there took up the slack ––<br />Exciting prospects beckoned past the Grime.<br />Enjoyment costs so little when we’re poor ...</i></b><br /><br />Yagotta read the WHOLE thing before daring to react in print . ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-17813116135843628342015-11-25T07:27:40.746-05:002015-11-25T07:27:40.746-05:00A study of the career of EDDIE BERNAYS might help ...A study of the career of EDDIE BERNAYS might help you understand a little better. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-74694569202090217022015-11-25T07:25:33.632-05:002015-11-25T07:25:33.632-05:00I suppose to a leftist EVERY LIVING SOUL must be s...I suppose to a leftist EVERY LIVING SOUL must be seen as a VICTIM of SOMETHING. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89491900956883937672015-11-25T07:23:10.173-05:002015-11-25T07:23:10.173-05:00Not Vanity so much as MENTAL LAZINESS and GULLIBIL...Not Vanity so much as MENTAL LAZINESS and GULLIBILITY, Jersey. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-14226996702039224212015-11-25T07:08:06.752-05:002015-11-25T07:08:06.752-05:00I'm surprised you couldn't see it for your...I'm surprised you couldn't see it for yourself, Jersey. The point IS that we as a species are most often at our best when faced with challenges. When things are too easy for us, we grow bored, jaded, and seek artificial, often harmful ways to amuse ourselves. but, when we're up against it, we're more apt to tap into our creativity and work hard to find ways to make our circumstances more pleasant.<br /><br />"Sweet are the uses of adversity" is the way Shakespeare put it –– or is that phrase found in the Bible?<br /><br />The nation has gone to pot under the rule of Obama, only a fool would doubt that, but I said in my verse that what has happened under his watch MAY prove to be a blessing in disguise.<br /><br />The God you don't want to believe in works in mysterious ways ... ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41441019917743660332015-11-25T07:00:26.610-05:002015-11-25T07:00:26.610-05:00An intriguing notion filled with subtlety, but wha...An intriguing notion filled with subtlety, but what could it have to do with Marcuse's accusation that we are a people defined by our implicitly foolish veneration of material contrivances?<br /><br />And why should I not be able to "throw my neighbor into prison" if he poses a direct threat to my personal safety, security or property rights?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50484140357842283762015-11-24T19:56:46.709-05:002015-11-24T19:56:46.709-05:00Okay, so what's the point? Why the title? Wh...Okay, so what's the point? Why the title? What the f'n hell do you believe Obama represents? For Christ's sake, sometimes I swear you reside in a purely contrived universe.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-7517932001969339332015-11-24T19:54:00.123-05:002015-11-24T19:54:00.123-05:00Vanity? It's just a human condition.
JMJVanity? It's just a human condition.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33327841507542880632015-11-24T19:08:29.541-05:002015-11-24T19:08:29.541-05:00If so, whose FAULT could it be, Jersey?If so, whose FAULT could it be, Jersey?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51686550870569232882015-11-24T18:34:27.546-05:002015-11-24T18:34:27.546-05:00Interesting article. Thanks for linking.
I would ...Interesting article. Thanks for linking.<br /><br />I would posit that it is neither the left or right that is the engine of the cited problem. Rather the internet with its easy and near universal anonymity is the primary engine. the sane onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11895060027512345262015-11-24T17:49:02.002-05:002015-11-24T17:49:02.002-05:00“A freedom which is interested only in denying fre...<i><b>“A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison.” <br /><br /> ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity</b></i>the doornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49668633439726805182015-11-24T17:05:14.813-05:002015-11-24T17:05:14.813-05:00Irrelevant to the quote cited.Irrelevant to the quote cited.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-78167095199643095162015-11-24T17:04:00.738-05:002015-11-24T17:04:00.738-05:00Not relevant to the quote cited.Not relevant to the quote cited.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8322222396274083592015-11-24T17:02:42.870-05:002015-11-24T17:02:42.870-05:00________ Provide, Provide ________
The witch tha...<b>________ Provide, Provide ________</b><br /> <br /><b><i>The witch that came (the withered hag)</i></b><br /><b><i>To wash the steps with pail and rag,</i></b><br /><b><i>Was once the beauty Abishag,</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>The picture pride of Hollywood.</i></b><br /><b><i>Too many fall from great and good</i></b><br /><b><i>For you to doubt the likelihood.</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>Die early and avoid the fate.</i></b><br /><b><i>Or if predestined to die late,</i></b><br /><b><i>Make up your mind to die in state.</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>Make the whole stock exchange your own!</i></b><br /><b><i>If need be occupy a throne,</i></b><br /><b><i>Where nobody can call you crone.</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>Some have relied on what they knew;</i></b><br /><b><i>Others on simply being true.</i></b><br /><b><i>What worked for them might work for you.</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>No memory of having starred</i></b><br /><b><i>Atones for later disregard,</i></b><br /><b><i>Or keeps the end from being hard.</i></b> <br /><br /><b><i>Better to go down dignified</i></b><br /><b><i>With boughten friendship at your side</i></b><br /><b><i>Than none at all. Provide, provide!</i></b> <br /><br />~ Robert Frost (1874-1963)<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37124174480791356022015-11-24T16:59:20.255-05:002015-11-24T16:59:20.255-05:00AS IT IS PLENTY
As it is, plenty;
As it’s admitt...<b>AS IT IS PLENTY<br /><br /><i>As it is, plenty; <br />As it’s admitted <br />The children happy <br />And the car, the car <br />That goes so far <br />And the wife devoted: <br />To this as it is, <br />To the work and the banks <br />Let his thinning hair <br />And his hauteur <br />Give thanks, give thanks.<br /><br />All that was thought <br />As like as not, is not <br />When nothing was enough <br />But love, but love <br />And the rough future <br />Of an intransigent nature <br />And the betraying smile, <br />Betraying, but a smile: <br />That that is not, is not; <br />Forget, forget.<br /><br />Let him not cease to praise <br />Then his spacious days; <br />Yes, and the success <br />Let him bless, let him bless: <br />Let him see in this <br />The profits larger <br />And the sins venal, <br />Lest he see as it is <br />The loss as major <br />And final, final.</i></b><br /><br />~ W. H. Auden (1907-1973)<br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33154255215697189832015-11-24T16:43:16.048-05:002015-11-24T16:43:16.048-05:00As is too often the case, Jersey, YOU MISSED the P...As is too often the case, Jersey, YOU MISSED the POINT of the POEM.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-31608291762552827152015-11-24T11:56:48.382-05:002015-11-24T11:56:48.382-05:00You're hailing the wrong guy. Obama is not th...You're hailing the wrong guy. Obama is not the cause of Americans having less.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85537775249416722842015-11-24T11:14:49.556-05:002015-11-24T11:14:49.556-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.another sane onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-78815282628451998562015-11-24T11:13:13.558-05:002015-11-24T11:13:13.558-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.a sane onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28372440105476653682015-11-24T10:48:26.090-05:002015-11-24T10:48:26.090-05:00An enduring human condition twisted to modern cult...An enduring human condition twisted to modern culture.<br /><br />On the positive side, we can also "recognize our souls" and "find ourselves" in wonderful thing we've built or created, or in our children.<br /><br />We can also do so when using tools once wielded by our grandparents, or playing an old fiddle given to us by an older musician, now long gone...Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49096203737558524772015-11-24T09:42:33.733-05:002015-11-24T09:42:33.733-05:00Wanna know the real damage that the Left afflicts ...Wanna know the <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rude-behavior-spreads-like-a-disease/" rel="nofollow">real damage</a> that the Left afflicts upon societies...Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89823733898253506682015-11-24T08:34:33.423-05:002015-11-24T08:34:33.423-05:00Probably a result of biological need and hunter-ga...Probably a result of biological need and hunter-gatherer breeding...-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com