tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post3291212212671868814..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23895119418397742932017-06-29T07:14:03.479-04:002017-06-29T07:14:03.479-04:00Get Ready For A President With A Spine, And Get Re...Get Ready For A President With A Spine, And Get Ready To Get Rid Of A Spineless One.<br /><br /><a href="https://goldenslot.gclub-casino.com/goldenslot-mobile/" rel="nofollow">goldenslot mobile</a><br /> <a href="http://www.gtzlf.com" rel="nofollow">gclub</a> <br />SADLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00154588832536084804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-67421803650085290742016-12-12T22:14:13.667-05:002016-12-12T22:14:13.667-05:00It's just me at gmail! :) all one word. I&#...It's just me at gmail! :) all one word. I'll keep my eye out for you.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-15402418122963408662016-12-12T21:21:41.351-05:002016-12-12T21:21:41.351-05:00FYI: The word is F-I-E-R-Y.
As for the sentiments...FYI: The word is F-I-E-R-Y.<br /><br />As for the sentiments, we don't mind passionate argument, but we are firmly opposed to sheer NASTINESS, UGLINESS, and IDIOCY.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-7520690951270647772016-12-12T21:18:17.658-05:002016-12-12T21:18:17.658-05:00Beautiful! As you know we love poetry here. Thank ...Beautiful! As you know we love poetry here. Thank you very much.<br /><br /><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-54067621886174547532016-12-12T21:16:12.765-05:002016-12-12T21:16:12.765-05:00Jersey, if you're brave enough to leave an ema...Jersey, if you're brave enough to leave an email address, I'll get in touch with you privately. I don't dare do it, myself, because I am the target of so much hatred and derision, I can't risk blowing my cover. One SOB, who knew I was a serious piano player, threatened to come to my house and smash my hands wth a sledge hammer a few years ago. NOT a nice perish to say the least.<br /><br />If by any chance you are in such wth SilverFiddle by email, you can tell him it would be all right to contact me, if you feel like it.<br /><br />Meanwhile, hang in there, take one day at a time, don't lose heart. You are well liked, despite all our wrangling. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81251732352662726002016-12-12T16:54:59.264-05:002016-12-12T16:54:59.264-05:00"I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
...<i><b>"I heard a bird sing<br />In the dark of December<br />A magical thing<br />And sweet to remember.<br /> <br />'We are nearer to Spring<br />Than we were in September,'<br />I heard a bird sing<br />In the dark of December."</b></i><br /><br />- <b>Oliver Herford, I Heard a Bird Sing</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-16270664580376871752016-12-12T16:31:26.376-05:002016-12-12T16:31:26.376-05:00LOLZ!!! It would be beautiful to see you burning t...LOLZ!!! It would be beautiful to see you burning those arrogant asses with a red hot polker!Ginny Babsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-80786294591713128622016-12-12T16:30:04.266-05:002016-12-12T16:30:04.266-05:00Oh hey Silver! Well thank you so much for your th...Oh hey Silver! Well thank you so much for your thoughts! Jersey McJones is on LinkedIn! <br /><br />:)<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-51651780381271043662016-12-12T15:23:19.765-05:002016-12-12T15:23:19.765-05:00Jersey,
God bless you and your family. When you g...Jersey,<br /><br />God bless you and your family. When you get through this, you need to write a book.<br /><br />I wish there was a way I could help, which was why I was trying to get ahold of you via LinkedIn.Silverfiddlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34956637130734732532016-12-12T15:14:35.662-05:002016-12-12T15:14:35.662-05:00Republicans don't like firey hot politicsRepublicans don't like firey hot politicsLittle Red Wienernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89891238073459962982016-12-12T13:37:27.714-05:002016-12-12T13:37:27.714-05:00...
So, then I get cancer. I would have had insu......<br /><br />So, then I get cancer. I would have had insurance this year, which would have helped a little, but I couldn't afford it. That's not so much a killer, because I qualify for Medicaid which is all this is anyway. The problem for me is income. I'm not "unemployed." I didn't get hurt at work. I just got cancer all of sudden. So, now I wait for disability, or, live very very poor and hope I can get back on my feet and back to work before we lose what little we have left. Thankfully, I have a great family and great friends, so it's not like I'm on the street or anything like that. Besides, unlike a lot of lefties, I'm not a wimp. I'm a tough son of %$#@! and I'm going to get through this just fine.<br /><br />Your prayers and wishes are infinitely appreciated.<br /><br />Love you too, ol' man! Merry Christmas!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-30590266728814946562016-12-12T13:37:11.583-05:002016-12-12T13:37:11.583-05:00FT, I don't know why you think I own a busines...FT, I don't know why you think I own a business. I worked in the corporate world in my late-20's through my 30's, and in my twenties I did some work in the automotive industry. I was also a musician and didn't "work" for some years at all. I managed a restaurant until recently.<br /><br />Since you're curious... When I met my wife, I was 27 and she was 22, I was living and working in a music studio, converting swing music to CDs and doing new stuff and so forth, making art, pretty much just enjoying life. Well, you know how it goes, we fell in love, and she hadn't been to much college but she was very smart, I already had a decent education, so I told her go to college and I eventually landed in the container line industry where I was able to build a pretty good career. So, she graduates, history teacher, first in her class, Jesuit school, and the poor little old Catholic high school in Jersey City, where she trained, was where she really wanted to work, granted for much less money than she would've made in the public schools, but I wanted her to be happy, so that's what she did. So that was our life in NJ. Nice apt, middle class, IRA, 401K, etc, etc. We just hadn't bought a house yet. We were not sure where we were going to live. NJ was too expensive. We we wary of a bubble even then. My company was moving, her school was closing, so we were up in the air.<br /><br />Anyways... her grandmother had fallen into a bad situation. She was mentally ill, very old (92 or so at the time), and the state was trying to take her estate, make her a ward and throw her in a home. She had made some trouble down here in FL after her third husband passed and she was looking at loosing her freedom. The economy was still pretty good, 2006, we were looking for a change anyway, so we stepped in, moved down here, got grandma all happy and taken care of, and saved the family estate as there was no one else at that time who could've done it otherwise.<br /><br />So, my wife got a teaching job down here, I went into real estate work for a lawyer out of Tampa, started getting back into music again, and all was well.<br /><br />Then the recession hit. My wife had no tenure. She'd come out of the Catholic system. So when the lay-offs hit (500 in her county system alone), she was among the first to go (ironically, Florida can't find teachers now). So, I stepped up some more, got a good job with the census and got myself into the restaurant business, my only experience being a year or two when I was like 14-15 years old. But I worked my way up pretty quick. Horrible business, though. Terrible pay, hours, work, etc. I thought the music business was sleazy! Boy, did I find out what sleazy really was. But I'm a loyal and hardworking guy, and very physically strong and fast, so all in all it worked for me. Besides, I had no other skills that were particularly useful down here, and even my import/export experience was useless after that whole sector fell in half.<br /><br />Then she gets sick. Almost dies. Spends 10 days in the ICU with a team of doctors from Gainesville convinced she was a goner for the first 7 days. No one knew what it was. Third-degree heart-block, water on the brain, double pneumonia, failing liver, failing kidneys. Turned out to be a one-in-a-million infection in her heart, caused by another infection that had been in her for years. The damage was done, though. She'd been getting sick for years and didn't know it. Multiple organ damage, brain damage, wasting away syndrome, you name it. She's been permanently disabled for years now.<br /><br />So, over the next years we cashed out all our retirement and savings, trusts and everything else we had. Then a series of horrors attacks her family and her grandmother and mother die in short order, her father, the likely killer, finally killing himself earlier this year.<br /><br />...Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81850622279353225262016-12-12T13:15:32.671-05:002016-12-12T13:15:32.671-05:00There is no doubt in my ind, Waylon, that the wide...There is no doubt in my ind, Waylon, that the widespread use of the term "anti-Semitism" as a weapon to stifle debate and shame any who'd to dare question the motives and character of ANY Jew under ANY circumstances is in fact the ROOT CAUSE of the regrettable modern phenomenon we call "Political Correctness."<br /><br />One of those may cases where a misguided attempt to do good results, instead, in great harm.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52755566173724907692016-12-12T13:09:49.164-05:002016-12-12T13:09:49.164-05:00I've left one or two of her comments. If you b...I've left one or two of her comments. If you bother to read the comments, which I highly recommend, if yu want to benefit from this blog, you should see that that was MORE than generous of me. The woman is raving lunatic ideologue with a nasty mouth, and an obscene mentality We only allow rot like that to appear once in a while to illustrate the reason why we so adamantly oppose the Left.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-36678148455236454302016-12-12T13:05:16.733-05:002016-12-12T13:05:16.733-05:00I don't see it that way, Jersey, but even if i...I don't see it that way, Jersey, but even if it were true, how does that make him any different from the candidates you seem to like so much better? Aren't all politicians basically deceptive by their very nature?<br /><br />It is absolutely SUICIDAL for a politician to tell the plain, unvarnished truth. "The People" just don't want to hear it, and that's all there is to it.<br /><br />In order to be effective in implementing ANY 'agenda," the very first thing a candidate must do is SUCCEED in getting himself ELECTED.<br /><br />It's elementary, Watson. EL-E-MEN-TA-RY! ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-45778666611750888832016-12-12T11:59:55.297-05:002016-12-12T11:59:55.297-05:00All the shouting and screaming from you environmen...All the shouting and screaming from you environmental communists is what's causing all the global warming, you mean, angry woman.<br /><br />Merry Christmas, you unhinged nutball wackadooPatsy Schlappnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11986846645143574002016-12-12T11:56:42.194-05:002016-12-12T11:56:42.194-05:00Why must you censor the person named Sue?Why must you censor the person named Sue?Cig Man Froidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20392499248752216542016-12-12T11:23:25.034-05:002016-12-12T11:23:25.034-05:00JERSEY, I wrote this to you at Lisa's Blog a l...JERSEY, I wrote this to you at Lisa's Blog a little while ago during an exchange about the fate f Obamacare, and your medical predicament. It also provides at least a partial answer to the question you just asked Kid:<br /><br /><br /><b>Jersey, I thought you owned your own business. If that's true, isn't there anyone who could help you run it while you go through this ordeal?<br /><br />You know I have nothing but sympathy for you in your current plight, and wish I had the power to help you, buddy, but as a gainfully-employed person, <i>didn't you have medical insurance BEFORE Obamacare kicked in just five years ago?</i> <br /><br />And haven't you any Savings and Investments you could dip into to help pay the day-to-day expenses?<br /><br />Also, since "Disability" is part of the system of goverment-run Benevolence and Protection you have always favored, <i>can't you see from the way you are being treated right now, that this wonderful socialistic institution is NOT serving you well?</i><br /><br />I have a very good friend ,also in Florida, who's been fighting what-was-first-diagnosed-as TERMINAL CANCER for the past ELEVEN years. His wife of sixteen years LEFT him and TOOK THEIR FOUR CHILDREN immediately after diagnosis. SHE didn't want to face it, so she DIVORCED him. <i>What a girl!</i> Obviously she never loved him, or never knew what "love" really means.<br /><br />At any rate, he was well-insured, BUT having spent a million dollars trying to stay alive he exceeded his Lifetime Benefits Cap, and was dropped like a hot potato. That was five years ago.<br /><br />He was able to get on Medicaid right away, which provided painfully limited coverage –– Medicaid does NOT give care EQUAL to that paid for by PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, PERIOD! He had been turned down THREE TIMES for "DISABILITY" over the years. Finally he just gave up trying, poor guy.<br /><br /><i>He too is an ardent Liberal Democrat, and he too can't recognize the abysmal; FAILURE of the SYSTEM he's advocated all his adult life</i>.<br /><br />A braver person I could never hope to know, and a real SURVIVOR, if ever there was one. <br /><br />Obamacare HAS enabled him to get his insurance reinstated, and he IS getting better care than he received from Medicaid by far, –– <i>but if it hadn't been for the generous PRIVATE assistance provided by a wealthy friend who gas made considerable sacrifices to help, I hate to think where this guy might be today</i>. He, himself freely ADMITS he'd either be living n the street or dead –– probably the latter.<br /><br />So much for the virtue and value of Public Assistance!<br /><br />By the way in case you had any doubt, <i>I believe that public funds SHOULD be made available to American citizens who find themselves in your present position. I greatly favor UNIVERSAL CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL INSURANCE for EVERYONE in NEED</i>. However, hangnails, colds, flu, cuts and abrasions, etc. should NOT be covered.<br /><br />I ALSO think, however, that those who CAN pay SHOULD pay, and that the cost of care should be provided on a SLIDING SCALE.<br /><br />None of that helps you much in your present predicament, I'm afraid, Jersey, but <i>Mr. Trump has SAID that REPEAL of the ACA must be accompanied by a much-improved REPLACEMENT</i>.<br /><br />Meanwhile, keep your chin up. You still have insurance, right? I don't believe it will be taken away, but I will continue to pray for your well-being. I believe that really helps, though precisely how it works, I can't say. I just DO it, and things seem to fall into place as a result. <br /><br />GOD BLESS YOU, Jersey, and please don't let yourself give way to fear. For what it may be worth, I care about you –– and so do a great many others no doubt. You are that rarity of rarities –– a Lovable Leftist. ;-)<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-57316090965243179202016-12-12T11:06:27.911-05:002016-12-12T11:06:27.911-05:00I will continue to pray for your gravely endangere...I will continue to pray for your gravely endangered soul, Sue.<br /><br />I sincerely hope <i>"the Peace of God which Passeth All Understanding will Keep Your Heart and Mind through Jesus Christ, Our Lord."</i><br /><br />May Love and Joy come to you this Christmas Season, and cleanse your heart of the corrosive hatred with which it now clogged and encrusted –– a hatred that doubtless will hasten you toward a painful, lingering demise.<br /><br /><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58453887881357377202016-12-12T10:47:44.467-05:002016-12-12T10:47:44.467-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Laura Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838549102605136060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-63207090311364755462016-12-12T10:45:46.552-05:002016-12-12T10:45:46.552-05:00FINDING JOY and MEANING
It's easier to bitch...<b>FINDING JOY and MEANING<br /><br /><i> It's easier to bitch than stitch, <br />It's easier to whine than mine. <br />It's easier to make noise than to exhibit poise. <br />It's easier to say "I'm fucked," than to construct. <br /><br />It's easier by far to stage a March<br />Than clean your shirts finished with starch.<br /><br />To sit in the gutter counting your woes <br />In shit-caked jeans with a runny nose <br />Ranting in puddles of frozen piss <br />Demonstrates only that something's amiss. <br /><br />So, in the bleak winter Go shovel some snow –– <br /><br />...... Cheer up the aged<br />...... And those who are caged<br />. ...... Some joy you might find <br />...... If you read to the blind<br />. ...... Don't play the whore, <br />...... Instead scrub the floor <br /><br />Now get up and go! <br /><br />In summer, each lazy laddie <br />And each slothful lass <br />Should get off their ass <br />And go mow the grass.<br /><br /> Don't pout and make wishes <br />Just go wash the dishes. <br /><br />If you need to find labor, <br />Go help your neighbor. <br /><br />Demanding is easy <br />Producing is hard <br />Protests are sleazy <br />Thus saith The Bard. </i></b><br /><br /><b>EPILOGUE <br /><br /><i>There's always something you can do. <br />Don't succumb to feeling blue. <br />Salvation lies through helping others <br />Not thinking you deserve your druthers. <br />Never worry. Never fear. <br />Just do your best to spread good cheer.<br /> Needed work is never done<br /> Effort's where we find our fun. <br /><br />And if you're old, and stuck at home, <br />You can always write a poem.<br />But if you find your mind in fog,<br />For Heaven’s sake DON’T start a BLOG! </i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-90911896623051756972016-12-12T10:32:27.869-05:002016-12-12T10:32:27.869-05:00Get Ready For A President With A Spine, And Get Re...Get Ready For A President With A Spine, And Get Ready To Get Rid Of A Spineless One. Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265145619759960359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-83804255301082188122016-12-12T09:56:18.547-05:002016-12-12T09:56:18.547-05:00Let us get Over 300,000 and take to the streets in...Let us get Over 300,000 and take to the streets in NYC , and in other major cities taking a stand against Trump, and for climate change. All across the globe were similar marches. It takes the Liberals to make change, WE are the believers, the doers, the planners.. All change for the betterment of the world comes from The Left.<br /><br />Google all the articles about the marches because the news shows are not talking about it. Read the comments too from the deniers, they are so ill-informed, a bunch of ignoramuses. Here's one I found..."This is a perfect example of how a bunch of misguided people can unite around non-essential causes in ways that won't affect anything. I'm sure your children's children's children will thank you for your bravery. Here's a cookie."<br /><br />Thankfully the ignorant are a minority...I told her I hoped she would be buried by a blizzard sure to come to a state near you as early as next monthLaura Sayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838549102605136060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-31529318823145185042016-12-11T22:27:06.843-05:002016-12-11T22:27:06.843-05:00What failure?
JMJWhat failure?<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11912600708126001242016-12-11T21:40:57.759-05:002016-12-11T21:40:57.759-05:00FT, They must thrive on failure. It is all they h...FT, They must thrive on failure. It is all they have in their wheelhouse. What else could we possibly conclude.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.com