tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8499720870917611855..comments2024-03-28T16:47:51.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Give It BackOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-85278400899006966412011-04-22T12:53:11.158-04:002011-04-22T12:53:11.158-04:00Hi, everybody --
I wrote a really (REALLY) long r...Hi, everybody --<br /><br />I wrote a really (REALLY) long response to all of you but the Blogger software ate it. Thanks to all of you for commenting, and I really do think -- in response to Igor, especially, that it's actually a good thing when people lose faith in their governments. Too much faith in government is always misplaced. It was only about 50 years ago that Americans, led by their children, forced their government out of Vietnam, and here we are, in three profitless wars, twelve trillion dollars in debt, doing pat-downs on six-year-olds in the name of national security. American government, like most of the world's governments, seems to me to have gone far astray, and it's up to us to force it back on track.<br /><br />Annamaria, I love your recommendations for daily life. I also believe that conscious living, maintaining an awareness of our blessings, is the least that we owe. But I also think that we should be activists when the wrong things are done in our name.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70049609141243254632011-04-22T07:39:34.011-04:002011-04-22T07:39:34.011-04:00Tim, you never sign your posts, but I knew this wa...Tim, you never sign your posts, but I knew this was you. You always make me think! I can imagine a good government, but I don't think there has ever actually been one. Human beings seem to be a huge evolutionary mistake. We have over-evolved and over-reproduced and swarmed all over this gorgeous planet like vermin, acting like we are in charge and screwing up wherever we go. On an individual basis, however, we can be magnificent. The best we can do is enjoy that. Make a pie and eat it with friends. Make love, not war. Make art, not politics. For me, I stuck my head in the fictional past during Bush1 and have found it a healthier place to remain than the actual present. I am really glad, however, that the president is black. It makes for a nice change of scene!Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14636286883692575412011-04-21T23:41:02.236-04:002011-04-21T23:41:02.236-04:00Reposting - deletion was due to a spelling error.
...Reposting - deletion was due to a spelling error.<br /><br />I said, more or less, that when the people lose faith in their leaders, the leaders are in trouble, but when they lose faith in the system the whole country is in trouble.<br /><br />I've seen a lot of this around the last few years, and it worries me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591062925663360015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59699268276507094082011-04-21T23:37:43.167-04:002011-04-21T23:37:43.167-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591062925663360015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-19739044984540077972011-04-19T15:11:59.136-04:002011-04-19T15:11:59.136-04:00Hi Tim,
I'm in the African bush right now so ...Hi Tim,<br /><br />I'm in the African bush right now so my blood pressure is at normal levels. But it shot up again reading your post. I was speechless when Obama won; I lost money to Stan on it. I couldn't believe the US would really elect a black president. My natural pessimism was washed away in a flood of warm optimism.<br /><br />But...<br /><br />Why vote AGAINST the Iraq war (one of the few senators not taken in by the Bush smoke and mirrors) and still be there 4 years later? And not only that, Afghanistan - a side show before - has become a black hole for money and American lives. No one ever wins in Afghanistan! And now Libya? Well, I understand, it's all about protecting civilians. Nothing to do with oil, of course. Unlike Zimbabwe where civilians are well treated by their government (but don't have oil...) I'd ask for my money back on these adventures too if I was a US tax payer!<br /><br />Yours pessimistically (again)<br />Michael.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-24608325956226316702011-04-18T08:05:15.683-04:002011-04-18T08:05:15.683-04:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14434376058234556202011-04-17T09:12:58.551-04:002011-04-17T09:12:58.551-04:00Tim,
This is without question the most thought pr...Tim,<br /><br />This is without question the most thought provoking editorial I've read in a very long time. Very well said. And in a tip of the hat to the late Sidney Lumet, "I'm mad as hell, GIVE IT BACK" is what should be shouted these days.<br /><br />--JeffJeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.com