tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3996892964581758571..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: It's Official - America is Out of ProblemsSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90328509838667453722016-05-04T10:18:22.917-04:002016-05-04T10:18:22.917-04:00Thanks for that story. We so often forget.
Thanks for that story. We so often forget. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-45637973132005126482016-05-04T09:57:41.005-04:002016-05-04T09:57:41.005-04:00My aunt has a friend from Zimbabwe. She met her in...My aunt has a friend from Zimbabwe. She met her in a park where apple trees grow and many apples fall and lay on the ground. The lady asked my aunt if she could take the apples without being arrested; she said it was a shame to waste them. Aunt was momentarily surprised into silence but finally said that she thinks it would be all right. A conversation and a long friendship proceeded from that first perspective-changing encounter! The lady, a wife of a student of a near-by university, has taught us about our good fortune in the USA. Parents in her country make incredible efforts to give their children an education; waste is shameful. But she couldn't believe our freedoms and at first was afraid when she heard tv commentators criticize the president (GW Bush at that time). She taught us a great lesson in appreciation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300452152180544509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-444052463685762322016-04-26T10:21:24.841-04:002016-04-26T10:21:24.841-04:00This is a frequent conversation in our house. That...This is a frequent conversation in our house. That there is no actual 'suffering' today to teach humility and empathy and it's all false platitudes. <br /><br />It's a giant contradiction; "there are no problems". Progressives have spawned a whole batch of new problems and only they can "solve" them. We just view them through the lens of normalcy bias and since we aren't uncomfortable enough, and since people aren't dropping dead from in the streets from death, disease or actual survival, we do nothing. <br /><br />If karmic justice (God) has anything to say about it, this is going to be corrected. One can not serve two masters. <br /><br />fjordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25823943140796251642016-04-25T09:40:12.172-04:002016-04-25T09:40:12.172-04:00I think we are in for a rude awakening. I believe...I think we are in for a rude awakening. I believe that once again the new generation will get the opportunity to become "the greatest generation". It won't be pretty and I am not sure they are up for the challenge. But the challenge is coming ready or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41438974352915776632016-04-25T00:53:37.467-04:002016-04-25T00:53:37.467-04:00Always nice to see someone put things in a logical...Always nice to see someone put things in a logical, well reasoned piece.<br /><br />Unfortunately....it won't stop the screaming from the leftists and liberals who remind me of the neighborhood busybody who just has to have *something* to stick her nose into.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com