tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post5384257138307467669..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-25471569994040713682017-02-08T13:37:05.828-05:002017-02-08T13:37:05.828-05:00Yeah, I like Auden. I like writers who can be con...Yeah, I like Auden. I like writers who can be concise and yet leave a lot to the readers imagination. The piece reminds me of Kafka's, The Trial.<br /><br />I suppose some people do reject God out of some need for spiritual independence. I think you have to actually have a belief in God at some point or another, however, to then reject Him. People who have been raised agnostic or atheist or just of some significantly different tradition do not reject God, they simply fail to feel the belief in the first place. It's not so much rejection as it is just a different perspective.<br /><br />For instance, to reject God could also imply the rejection of all the morality and philosophy and psychology and sociology of God as a real thing, the center of a belief system, as held by millions and millions of people for millennia. I am an atheist, but would find that perspective..., well..., stupid. I do not see the God figure as necessarily good or bad, right to accept or wrong. It depends on depends on depends on and on and on and on. Then there's all the various versions of God we see, especially in this age of the Personal Jesus.<br /><br />As I mentioned on Thersites site today, "you work with the principles you have unless and until you can change them." Judeo-Christian principles are a real part of our lives and whether you believe in God or not you have to accept that reality and try to work with it, when and where and with whom you can, to get anything good done. It's a good principle in itself. This is why I always decry those who fall into the trap of associating Islam with terrorism. It works against what we're trying to do - stop terrorism! <br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-56669029486849936862017-02-08T11:52:40.983-05:002017-02-08T11:52:40.983-05:00Ok, I understand Ok, I understand Josenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-58777955902925764142017-02-08T08:18:10.087-05:002017-02-08T08:18:10.087-05:00Casting aspersions at fellow bloggers is frowned u...Casting aspersions at fellow bloggers is frowned upon here. So are ALL forms of "Blog Gossip." <br /><br />WHY?<br /><br />Because invariably it is childish, inane, NASTY conduct unbecoming any adult who hopes to be taken seriously. It is also USELESS in promoting any worthwhile ideas or supporting a helpful, constructive agenda.<br /><br /><b>While we as proprietor and editor of this bog reserve the right to analyze, satirize, ridicule, lampoon, and lambaste any PUBLIC figure or figures we don't like, <i>we do our best to restrict, forbid, and eradicate, </i> any sort of insults, pejorative analysis, character assassination, mudslinging, defamation, libel, maligning, slander, smearing, vilification; belittlement, detraction, disparagement; abuse, invective, vituperation; censure, denunciation, revilement; aspersion,and snotty innuendo directed at A Y FELLOW BLOGGERS whether here ESENT or located ELSEWHERE n the blogosohere.<br /><br />Just because "THEY DO IT" does NOT mean that WE should allow suit, and respond in kind.<br /><br />We aso DELETE remarks from mines purveyors of BOILERPLATE that show no sign of having read, comprehended or appreciated whatever subject on which we choose to focus OUR attention at any given time.</b><br /><br /><b><i>We do not seek POPULARITY. Our aim is to promote HONESTY, INTEGRITY, GOOD HUMOR and INTELLIGENT, THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS.</i></b><br /><br /><b>We also discourage the posting of LITANIES –– lengthy series of complaints and bitter denunciations of public figures, their abusive policies and events of which most if us already know, –– <i>and have known</i> –– for a long time. Beating dead horses is NOT one of our aims or objectives, nor should it be yours.</b><br /><br /> FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-89563127650969435132017-02-08T08:06:26.721-05:002017-02-08T08:06:26.721-05:00;-);-)Dooley Hicksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68469593628825879702017-02-08T07:50:40.158-05:002017-02-08T07:50:40.158-05:00You'll never get a better opportunity than her...You'll never get a better opportunity than here and now, Lisa. <br /><br />But there is no need for farewells. El Violin de Plata will always be with us in one form or another, –– probably <i>incognito</i> from now on, but one never knows ...<br /><br />Keep the faith. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-7731159877933576112017-02-08T07:11:04.517-05:002017-02-08T07:11:04.517-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jose Da Plumbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-59984862438095403482017-02-07T21:47:27.381-05:002017-02-07T21:47:27.381-05:00El Hombre Viejo said
Throwing it down is a good f...<b>El Hombre Viejo said</b><br /><br />Throwing it down is a good first step. Throwing it AWAY would be better; You will never be free until you can cut the cord that ties you to The Grid, walk away and never look back.<br /><br />Vaya con Dios!<br /><br />Not easy, but worth it, I'm sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-31266311298633763892017-02-07T21:19:45.410-05:002017-02-07T21:19:45.410-05:008-)8-)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-28793675977283042492017-02-07T17:07:33.120-05:002017-02-07T17:07:33.120-05:00Speedy G's commentary is quite trenchant. I lo...Speedy G's commentary is quite trenchant. I love worldly men.Ida Tarballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-47851129924818760572017-02-07T17:03:02.552-05:002017-02-07T17:03:02.552-05:00Tallulita: That's how we roll in Latin Americ...Tallulita: That's how we roll in Latin America, right Speedy? Corazon Espinadonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-46281892279224905352017-02-07T15:55:16.116-05:002017-02-07T15:55:16.116-05:00Tallulita Bancocabezo said
Yes, Osservatore, dahl...<b>Tallulita Bancocabezo said</b><br /><br />Yes, Osservatore, dahling. I've known the dear boy all my life. We went to school together as a matter of fact, and even as far back as elementary school, several of our teachers said just what you have said. Of course most thought he was just daft. Definitely not one of us. I've always liked him, though. He was awfully cute when we were in high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26322048880515238052017-02-07T15:07:21.955-05:002017-02-07T15:07:21.955-05:00Tallulita Bancocabeza said
Personally, dahlings, ...<b>Tallulita Bancocabeza said</b><br /><br />Personally, dahlings, I think both of you are nuts, but I love you anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-85395697015726809352017-02-07T14:56:50.757-05:002017-02-07T14:56:50.757-05:00Señor Riolinda said
Tu eres un verdadero romantic...<b>Señor Riolinda said</b><br /><br />Tu eres un verdadero romantico, violin de plata! Su quierida es muy afortunada!<br /><br />You are a true romantic, violin de Plata. Your beloved is very fortunate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-38805828600053959682017-02-07T14:54:05.509-05:002017-02-07T14:54:05.509-05:00Senor Riolinda said
LETRA 'I AM A BOAT'
...<b>Senor Riolinda said</b><br /><br />LETRA 'I AM A BOAT'<br /><br />Jajajajajajaj Jajajajajajajaj Jajajajajajajajajaj <br /><br />(And they say I'm a ship) <br />I have to sail <br />(And they say that I am a ship) <br />By the restless waters <br />(And say I'm a ship) <br />I never, never can stop <br />(And they say I'm a ship) <br />I'm not interested in your comment <br /><br />I am a ship <br />That I have to navigate <br />For the restless waters of the wide sea <br />I am a cloud <br />That no one can tie me <br />He who tries it goes up and has to go down <br /><br />I sing because singing is good <br />And I dance because dancing is better, <br />The world is just a great theater <br />And I never almost under the curtain <br />I want because I want to like <br />And cheat when they deceive me <br />I work because I have no choice <br />But to work I feel unhappy <br />I feel because feeling inspires me <br />And I forget therefore that <br />To remember loves that I had many in life, <br />But in none could I anchor <br /><br />Jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaj <br /><br />I suffer because suffering teaches me <br />And I cry because crying makes me good <br />After the novel is over <br />I laugh at what could not be <br /><br />I dream because I dream elevates <br />And I stop because I do not want to follow <br />Trying to find out that the wheel and the thread <br />Of the future are entangled <br />I feel because feeling inspires me <br />I forget then to remember <br />Loves that I had many in life <br />But in none could I anchor <br /><br />I am a ship <br />That I have to navigate <br />For restless waters <br />Of the wide sea <br />I am a cloud <br />That no one can tie me <br />And the one who tries it goes up <br />And has to go down <br /><br />(And they say that I am a ship) <br />By the restless waters <br />(And say I'm a ship) and never, <br />I can never stop <br />(And they say I'm a ship) <br />I'm not interested in your comment <br />(And they say I'm a ship) ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-37647515785075826742017-02-07T14:41:01.563-05:002017-02-07T14:41:01.563-05:00Señor RIolinda said
I have a white rose to tend
...<b>Señor RIolinda said</b><br /><br />I have a white rose to tend<br />In July as in January;<br />I give it to the true friend<br />Who offers his frank hand to me.<br />And to the cruel one whose blows<br />Break the heart by which I live,<br />Thistle nor thorn do I give:<br />For him, too, I have a white rose.”<br /><br />― José Martí, Versos Sencillos (Simple Verses_Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-76180361063519809112017-02-07T13:05:00.751-05:002017-02-07T13:05:00.751-05:00Tu eres un verdadero romantico, violin de plata! ...Tu eres un verdadero romantico, violin de plata! Su quierida es muy afortunada!Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-11666493336353392762017-02-07T12:50:46.910-05:002017-02-07T12:50:46.910-05:00El verso mio de Guantanamera, dedicado a mi quieri...El verso mio de Guantanamera, dedicado a mi quierida:<br /><br /><i>El mar se brill como diamantes, <br />derramados a pleno sol<br />Yo soy un barco de noche, <br />Pero tu eres mi farol</i>El Violin de Platanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-49187936166169354912017-02-07T12:46:02.546-05:002017-02-07T12:46:02.546-05:00FreeThinke is quite perceptive!FreeThinke is quite perceptive!Osservatore Dalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-56883240509902223142017-02-07T11:06:06.995-05:002017-02-07T11:06:06.995-05:00Oh no I must go bid him farewellOh no I must go bid him farewellLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173702830006208833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-81170754682513249932017-02-07T08:19:44.115-05:002017-02-07T08:19:44.115-05:00FT,
There is more than one reason for withdrawing ...FT,<br />There is more than one reason for withdrawing from the online fray -- the one you mentioned, the one I mentioned, and others unmentioned (such as the time-consuming task of monitoring comments).<br /><br />I note that, in the last few days my local news site, has turned off the comments option. It's no wonder! Comments were "strange" -- by any standard. Even though in recent months all of us were forced to divulge our actual identities in order to comment.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-3040074665252668142017-02-07T08:12:43.496-05:002017-02-07T08:12:43.496-05:00G_d-speed, Violin de Plata!G_d-speed, Violin de Plata!Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-87098107883587395692017-02-07T07:41:05.291-05:002017-02-07T07:41:05.291-05:00Cultivo una rosa blanca
En julio como enero,
...<i> Cultivo una rosa blanca<br /> En julio como enero,<br /> Para el amigo sincero<br /> Que me da su mano franca</i>Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-29326523470307036672017-02-07T07:10:49.342-05:002017-02-07T07:10:49.342-05:00I understand what you're saying, AOW, but I th...I understand what you're saying, AOW, but I think the real reason for withdrawing from the blogosphere may have more to do with the Heartbreak, Exhaustion and Feeling of Futility that comes with the realization that despite one's finest, most earnest, most hopeful, sometimes genuinely creative efforts to communicate thoughts. information, and beliefs we hope might be of some value to others, we are met too often with <b>Hostility,</b> –– a desire to Discredit, Refute and Discard without making the slightest attempt to understand –– an abysmal <b>Lack of Curiosity</b>, and total <b>Lack of Comprehension</b> –– even from one's friends and supposed compatriots.<br /><br />Acrimony is a good word to describe it, but before I quit <b>I would like to learn WHY most of us feel such a pressing need to be eternally COMBATIVE –– even with those we hopefully regard as allies –– in the context of blogging?</b><br /><br />The phenomenon says something very disturbing and disillusioning about Human Nature.<br /><br />Everyone seems to want to TALK, but few-if-any show any willingness to make even the slightest effort to LISTEN, and too often even when we do, the effort is perfunctory –– <i>i.e.</i> <i>superficial, cursory, desultory, hasty, hurried, rapid, fleeting, token, casual, careless, halfhearted, sketchy, mechanical, automatic, routine, offhand, inattentive,</i> etc.<br /><br />I'm sure I'm as guilty as anyone of this regrettable custom, but at least I am <i>aware</i> of it, and do try to reach out to express appreciation and empathy more than most.<br /><br />Unfortunately, when someone spits in my metaphorical eye, kicks my metaphorical shin, or slaps my metaphorical face, I'm too apt to express my sense of outrage and extreme disapproval in no uncertain terms –– hardly a way "to win friends and influence people," I admit. };^(><br /><br />The only real<br /> value I can see in bogging –– after more than sixteen years –– is to write in order to clear my OWN thoughts, and try t said my OWN sense of curiosity and concern. It's bit like praying in public, or writing a private diary you know will be put in exhibit immediately as you write it. <br /><br />It would be best of course, to give freely and unstintingly without the slightest hope of ever getting any Reward or Recognition. <br /><br />As we abandon the search for Glory, Self-Gratification and any form of Ego-Massage from others, we must, perforce, become more godly. At least that is my hope.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-26771839558730503452017-02-07T06:14:56.922-05:002017-02-07T06:14:56.922-05:00The Auden poem, Jersey? On the surface it's a...The Auden poem, Jersey? On the surface it's about a man who comes to realize with mounting horror that a group of soldiers spotted in the distance are in fact coming for HIM. We don't know who this man is, ir what he might have done that would make him the object of an official "witch hunt" by soldiers. But we learn, as he keeps asking questions that try to deny that HE is to be their prey and their victim, that his companion –– the person he presumably loves and trusts most –– has in fact betrayed him.<br /><br />That's the "plot," but at a deeper level the poem is about the betrayal of trust we too often foolishly put in one another. <br /><br />5. ... <i><b>Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm</b>, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.</i><br /><br />6. <i>For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.</i><br /><br />7. <i>Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.</i><br /><br />8. <i>For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit</i>.<br /><br />9. <b><i>The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ...</i></b><br /><br />~ Jeremiah 17: 5-9<br /><br />The meaning and significance in good poetry is hardly ever revealed by taking it literally. Most poetry is filled with symbolism, parables and allegorical connotations and and all sorts of figurative language.<br /><br /><b>Even beyond betrayal, the piece is concerned wth the heartbreak –– and the terror –– that accompanies the sudden realization that one is alone, friendless and with no more importance to others than a voice crying in the wilderness.</b><br /><br />Yeah! It's pretty serious stuff.<br /><br />To understand what I'm trying to say, you must have a clear understanding of WHO and WHAT "The LORD" really IS. <br /><br />He is not who most of us have been led to believe He is, and that is why most people of intelligence have abandoned "Him;" <b>but it is not "Him" they have abandoned.</b> <br /><br />Quite rightly they sense the falseness of the impression they've been given of a stern, hyper-judgmental, quasi-sadistic AUTHORITARIAN PRESENCE who lives OUTSIDE –– and far ABOVE –– themselves, when in fact God is a SPIRIT who is the embodiment and perfect expression of Truth, Love, Principle, Intelligence, Soul (the essence of individual identity) and Life, itself. God IS All-IN-All. <br /><br />People reject what they imagine God to be, because they don't want to be bossed around, but that is a completely wrong-headed approach that leads to dissension, disharmony, disunity, futility, and misery ending in CHAOS.<br /><br />Is this what I believe AUDEN was thinking <i>literally</i> when he wrote O What Is That Sound? I doubt it. I'm pretty sure my feeble words might make him laugh, but I'm as sure as any mortal could be that what I've said IS what he MEANT.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-789747091850790502017-02-06T21:57:02.235-05:002017-02-06T21:57:02.235-05:00Oh! Sheesh! :)
It was that poem. Sounds like t...Oh! Sheesh! :)<br /><br />It was that poem. Sounds like the guys off to war, or getting arrested, or something like that!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com