tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post3676728754954001019..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37478920722473713322017-10-24T18:49:29.465-04:002017-10-24T18:49:29.465-04:00Perhaps not so much after all, AOW. I decided the...Perhaps not so much after all, AOW. I decided the next day, as all have seen, to withdraw from the arena fro an indeterminate period of time.<br /><br />The reason?<br /><br />The Game no longer seems worth the candle –– to use an old-but-still-perfectly-valid expression.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68520422512449417922017-10-23T08:49:52.605-04:002017-10-23T08:49:52.605-04:00FT,
Strong willed -- as am I.FT,<br />Strong willed -- as am I.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50440338024721029602017-10-22T22:18:20.893-04:002017-10-22T22:18:20.893-04:00Grandpa Bill on the Hill said
The BOGUSPHERE, eh?...<b>Grandpa Bill on the Hill said</b><br /><br />The BOGUSPHERE, eh? <br /><br />Oh, FT, you really are a genuine wit.<br /><br />I nearly split my sides on tbat one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-57204688638078361442017-10-22T16:38:18.437-04:002017-10-22T16:38:18.437-04:00Could you enlighten me as where I might find credi...Could you enlighten me as where I might find credible sources supporting the 93%-97% claim.<br /><br />I agree that the media, especially television, is biased. To some degree it always has been. However, the degree of editorializing now being engaged in by so called News programming is extreme.<br /><br />Navigating through the bias to the facts is a challenge. More so today than at any other time during my adult life.<br /><br />So FreeThinke, I do agree what there is bias in the media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49561852125588980162017-10-22T15:57:01.489-04:002017-10-22T15:57:01.489-04:00Apparently, "my fondest hope" is not to ...Apparently, "my fondest hope" is not to be realized any time soon. (SIGH!) FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34361576007844019952017-10-22T15:55:28.948-04:002017-10-22T15:55:28.948-04:00Amos Alonzo Ameche said
Much if not most of lefti...<b>Amos Alonzo Ameche said</b><br /><br />Much if not most of leftism is guilt-driven virtue signaling, usually with other people´s money. Being seen as a "liberal" (a term that applies to most people here more than it does to Democrats, which is why I usually use leftist) or as more tolerant of anything strange unlocks the generosity of the so-called creative classes in places like Hollywood. For some actors, directors, and producers, their political tolerance also unlocks the legs of certain desirable women, especially for good-looking actors like, say, George Clooney. Being a leftie means getting more than one´s fair share of quality sack time. Bottom line: it´s about money and power, which lead to sex.<br /><br /><i>What explains Weinstein’s identification with progressive causes? Perhaps it was all about cozying up to power, the thrill of being a friend of Bill Clinton?<br /><br />Perhaps it was all about moral absolution, in the same way that lists of corporations-that-care always turn out to be led by outfits like Walmart, Goldman Sachs and Exxon-Mobil. In the world of the wealthy, liberalism is something you do to offset your rapacious behavior in other spheres.</i><br /><br />Big corporations´ willingness to fund this leftist nonsense evinces their hollow philosophical cores. Like the libertarian Kochs, they need a rock solid ideological foundation but can be coaxed away from reason by agitators.<br /><br />FTA: (T)his strain of liberalism also attracts hypocrites like Harvey Weinstein, with his superlative fundraising powers and his reverence for “great artists....”<br /><br />The "great art" Weinstein mentions has by and large both titillated and desensitized the public, and drawn them further--and farther--away from virtue and the Almighty. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-18223633142913939272017-10-22T15:31:54.814-04:002017-10-22T15:31:54.814-04:00Francis X. O'Beirne, III said
Since we're...<b>Francis X. O'Beirne, III said</b><br /><br />Since we're supposed to be talking about the difference between perception and reality <i>[that IS the conversation you were trying to persuade us to have, isn't it</i> I had a hearty laugh this morning when I read in my leftist bulletin (sometimes known as my local paper) about the Television Star, who has revealed to the world, now that it is popular to do so, that she was "sexually abused by a parent at the age of 9."<br /><br />I just want to say that I DON´T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT, and the daily confessions of "abuse" (by the endless parade of amoral bimbos), are cheapening and disrespecting the rare cases of REAL abuse that occur. <br /><br />All these cheap Hollywood narcissists garnering publicity at the expense of honor and decency are disgusting. A pox on them all!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-22786654473646615412017-10-22T15:21:33.706-04:002017-10-22T15:21:33.706-04:00Where in that cartoon did you find "a biased ...Where in that cartoon did you find "a biased negative swipe" at President Trump, Aninnymouse.? I DARE you to find it. <br /><br />The "CORRUPTION" hunted at in the 'toon is based ENTIRELY in the [ene]MEDIA.<br /><br /><b>It cannot be considered "biased" to denigrate and denounce the ENEMEDIA <i>as</i> BIASED, when it is a proven FACT that somewhere between 93 and 97 percent of the bastards who comprise its membership are SWORN enemies of the right, and SWORN supporters of the LEFT.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85312425635782035212017-10-22T15:11:59.978-04:002017-10-22T15:11:59.978-04:00Sven Kierkegaard-Halvorsen said
The left, the lib...<b>Sven Kierkegaard-Halvorsen said</b><br /><br />The left, the liberals, the Marxists have finally answered the question, "To what end?" for Ken Kesey and Jerry Garcia´s LSD tests, justifying their vacuous idiocy with, "Well, the government started it so don´t tell me it´s wrong." <br /><br />When musicians, authors, and pretenders take their talents to the ultimate end, the Weinstein´s, Clinton´s, Obama´s, <i>et al</i> are exposed but ever-s-gently and then given total unquestioned credibility by the nation´s brain dead voters. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-1552607333999700862017-10-22T14:28:53.568-04:002017-10-22T14:28:53.568-04:00Durward K. Schlessinger said
The day the Left is ...<b>Durward K. Schlessinger said</b><br /><br />The day the Left is exposed for what it really is –– a death cult –– it is done.<br /><br />For the sake of humanity, we must do everything possible to hasten that day. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-23361184145297562752017-10-22T14:22:31.063-04:002017-10-22T14:22:31.063-04:00Much as i regret having to say it, 007, the same t...Much as i regret having to say it, 007, the same thought has crossed my mind –– many times. (:-x<br /><br />I keep going just to prove the army of trolls and morons have not succeeded in their mission to destroy –– yet.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-35370397673812293932017-10-22T14:17:57.144-04:002017-10-22T14:17:57.144-04:00Beverly Aston-Martin said
I first noticed just ho...<b>Beverly Aston-Martin said</b><br /><br />I first noticed just how despicable Democrats could be at the Paul Wellstone memorial service. They turned it into a campaign rally and booed Republican Senators who came to pay their respects. There is no grave Democrats won´t dance on for votes. They are beyond despicable but I cant find a word tadequate to expresse my contempt for the way President Trump and now General Kelly have been treated by Congressional Democrats and the enemedia! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-45071802063358999442017-10-22T07:42:12.409-04:002017-10-22T07:42:12.409-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50206455654547195352017-10-21T21:33:03.154-04:002017-10-21T21:33:03.154-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymous Toonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-31127472829484194012017-10-21T21:07:10.199-04:002017-10-21T21:07:10.199-04:00007 said
BANG BANG! This blog is dead.<b>007 said</b><br /><br />BANG BANG! This blog is dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89662171265574383412017-10-21T13:18:58.555-04:002017-10-21T13:18:58.555-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.It’s My Opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719600023404923379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-69565324749181164672017-10-21T09:25:20.614-04:002017-10-21T09:25:20.614-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-32399485128783312352017-10-21T09:23:14.202-04:002017-10-21T09:23:14.202-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68096380030543075052017-10-21T09:11:45.786-04:002017-10-21T09:11:45.786-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-55817394212921368602017-10-21T09:07:40.121-04:002017-10-21T09:07:40.121-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37641914271362104312017-10-20T20:54:04.929-04:002017-10-20T20:54:04.929-04:00Good One FT !Good One FT !Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68613173523097105272017-10-20T18:58:54.251-04:002017-10-20T18:58:54.251-04:00My fondest hope, Silver, is that "SOMEDAY&quo...My fondest hope, Silver, is that "SOMEDAY"some delightful, mythical "SOMEONE" will appear out of the ether and approach one of these more lighthearted items in the same spirit that caused me to want to share it.<br /><br />I love parables, fables, proverbs, symbolism, quotations from literature, and important historic figures, and above all SATIRE –– that attempt to shed light on these same old situations with candor, freshness, color, piquancy and yes –– at times –– HUMOR.<br /><br />The age-old PROBLEMS are very, <i>very</i>, VERY, <b><i>VERY</i></b> "TIRED," indeed, but the issues never go away just because we've grown weary of hearing about them. <br /><br />As I believe we both know, <b><i>"There is nothing new under the sun."</i></b><br /><br />Ergo, we must constantly attempt to put new life into the conversation by rephrasing, paraphrasing, attempting to find fresh imagery, and by explorng the way others have tried to deal with these things with CURIOSITY instead of a harsh, stern JUDGMENTAL approach.<br /><br />Tryng to explain WHY I posted this cartoon –– or any other item –– is like trying to "explain" a JOKE to someone who doesn't "get it."<br /><br />Ponderous, pointedly didactic explanations take all the FUN out of the joke, and render it useless.<br /><br />I'm as guilty of stilted commentary as the next man. I –– like everyone else who makes a serious effort to comminicate meaningfully –– have invented my OWN set of cliches and stock opinions that I'm sure I've used too often.<br /><br />My belef that these things tell the TRUTH may be irrelevant, since people prefer to be "ENTERTAINED" rather than ENLIGHTENED.<br /><br />We all have the same or similar faults –– because we are HUMAN ––, but that doesn't we should abandon the attempt to understand what has motivated and created the indredible series of errors, misconceptions and deadly blunders that comprise our history as a species.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-8847093415032604832017-10-20T18:26:54.473-04:002017-10-20T18:26:54.473-04:00Not that it's any of YOUR business, Anon, sinc...Not that it's any of YOUR business, Anon, since I know perfectly well that your purpose in questioning me is only to try make me look insincere, ––or worse ––, but "PFAUGH!" isa singularly appropriate expression of contempt and disgust that I posted to another –– entirely different –– sort of blog that permits itself to be used as the moral eqivalent of an untended, uncleaned PUBLIC TOILET –– a place where any and all attempts at honest, serious conversation are routinely DROWNED OUT by catcalls, guffaws, insults, slurs, snide innuendoes, and vicious attacks and sheer unmitigated STUPIDITY.<br /><br />This is MY blog. I hold it to an entirely different, MUCH higher standard.<br /><br />What i say and do when I go "slumming" is frankly none of YOUR God-damned business.<br /><br />I am not –– and never have been –– out to win any sort of popularity contest. I don't CARE what others think of me. I'm too old to put up with petty nonsense of which there is a super-abundance in the bogusphere.<br /><br />If I attained popularity with the sort of people who infest most of the blogs with odium, I would lose any claim I have to self-respect and proper self-esteem.<br /><br />GOT THAT?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88582032341610236672017-10-20T18:08:59.448-04:002017-10-20T18:08:59.448-04:00This also says to me the following:
Even in a div...This also says to me the following:<br /><br />Even in a divided household, wherein the mother and father hold opposite political views, children and their imaginations can still flourish.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-88928122007952637232017-10-20T17:46:37.587-04:002017-10-20T17:46:37.587-04:00Well FreeThinke I shall elaborate. Of course I see...Well FreeThinke I shall elaborate. Of course I see more several possibilities.<br /><br />1) imaginative innocent children untarnished by corruption<br /><br />2) a biased negative swipe at the POTUS<br /><br />3) a biased negative swipe at the MSM<br /><br />The message, many people as they path through life allow themselves to succumb to groupthink. <br /><br />Tis better to think for oneself and avoid paralysis by analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com