tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post3297892829358761347..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Cucumber timeOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-68094641832456152802011-07-27T17:21:24.245-04:002011-07-27T17:21:24.245-04:00Hi everyone.
djskrimiblog - congratulations on th...Hi everyone.<br /><br />djskrimiblog - congratulations on the article, I really need to get an e-reader. Can't remember if the Kindle or the Nook are hte way to go.<br /><br />Beth - lopsided applies to the politics in most countries. As a frequent visitor to the States I tend to see the good side of the country, the people and the land itself. But this debt ceiling thing seems dead serious and I hope it gets resolved without having to squeeze further those already in the wringer. It is amazing that cutting from the elderly and the sick is even being considered. I don't get it at least but then I have never been very politically savy, tend to follow the heart.<br /><br />Tim - sorry but we donðt have ants here. Would have made a great headline though. The big on today was "Ice cream truck went off the road in Ísafjörður". Still cucumber time I guess.<br /><br />Jeff - happy you liked it!<br /><br />Judy - thanks for the kind words. I really liked writing that book, it is based on my own experience of living in an isolated construction work camp (for 4 years). I loved going to Greenland although the west coast is certainly a very sad place.<br /><br />YrsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-51400016648540000502011-07-22T14:21:16.544-04:002011-07-22T14:21:16.544-04:00Yrsa, just finished The Day is Dark (from Amazon U...Yrsa, just finished The Day is Dark (from Amazon UK) and enjoyed it thoroughly - one of your best. A great story, and I think the first I've ever read set it Greenland, of all places. It must have been fun doing the research. <br /><br />Judy BauschAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-13049481740338056572011-07-22T09:05:43.623-04:002011-07-22T09:05:43.623-04:00I've read your piece twice, Yrsa, and I'm ...I've read your piece twice, Yrsa, and I'm laughing even more the second time. Tim, though, gets an assist with his headline ANTics.:))))Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22576099254956366702011-07-20T22:41:42.176-04:002011-07-20T22:41:42.176-04:00I want to live somewhere where a seagull attacking...I want to live somewhere where a seagull attacking a bunny is big news. Where the headline might be EXTERMINATOR KILLS 60,000 ANTS. And isn't it wonderful when the politicians go away? And I mean ALL of them, not just the ones from one party or another. If I ruled the world we'd have three months each year that was open season on politicians.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25464895408554584152011-07-20T22:30:33.470-04:002011-07-20T22:30:33.470-04:00I'm one of those Seniors, Beth. I agree with y...I'm one of those Seniors, Beth. I agree with you, but most of the news on this is posturing, and it really makes me crazy. I love this flawed country, but as in many other places, the politicians are busy hurting it.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85881674767659655482011-07-20T16:34:32.698-04:002011-07-20T16:34:32.698-04:00The debt crisis is the only thing of significance ...The debt crisis is the only thing of significance that is being reported in the media. Unfortunately, they miss the real story behind the story.<br /><br />The day Obama was inaugurated, Rush Limbaugh announced to his rabid audience that he and the Republican party were going to do everything in their power to guarantee that this president failed.<br /><br />They have held to that promise. If the debt-ceiling crisis is not resolved, the damage to most Americans will be severe. There will be a run on the banks because credit cards won't be accepted; everything will have to be done in cash and there likely isn't enough paper money in circulation to fill the need. At no point do the Republicans acknowledge the need to work for the good of the country. Bipartisanship is dead.<br /><br />The Speaker of the House, John Boehner is technically the leader of the Republican party but he seems to have ceded that role to the House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, whose normal tone of voice is a whine. He insists, constantly, that he will never give in on any of the Republican points, meaning that he will not work to resolve the problems of the United States. This is the Republican definition of leadership.<br /><br />Obama made it clear that the entitlement programs that the Republicans want him to cut are Medicare and Social Security, the two programs that directly affect the senior citizen population. Cantor et al want the very rich to continue to enjoy the loop-holes, big enough to drive a truck through, that protect the richest people from having to pay any taxes at all. <br /><br />Should fire fighters have to pay taxes on the money they earn going into burning, smoke-filled, collapsing buildings to save lives while people who don't pay taxes do their work in a boardroom, clean and safe? Seems a bit lopsided.<br /><br />Can Warren Buffett explain how much money is enough?<br /><br />I'm a New Testament/Roosevelt socialist. Is it necessary to have ten homes when five will do? Is it necessary to have five homes when people who work hard can barely hold on to the one they have?<br /><br />The United States leads the world in selfishness. We are number 1.<br /><br />Sometimes my country makes me crazy.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-30989804151746027852011-07-20T15:24:37.315-04:002011-07-20T15:24:37.315-04:00During the quiet ´cucumber summer´ our local paper...During the quiet ´cucumber summer´ our local paper tends to write about cats in trees and such. Lovely really to live in such a peaceful area, and very useful. I sent an e-mail to a journalist, telling him that thousands of Amazon customers had downloaded my free short story "Heather Farm", and he wrote a nice article about my adventure :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17222996553304981872011-07-20T14:42:44.746-04:002011-07-20T14:42:44.746-04:00Would that our world was as antic as you described...Would that our world was as antic as you described. Here in the USA, I fear we suffer from too much news-at least too many people having too many opinions about it. It would be nice to have one light news day. ;)lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.com