tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post3721186636434250940..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Real Hope For November Change?Always On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-76534354626933930352012-03-21T07:30:22.254-05:002012-03-21T07:30:22.254-05:00Beamish,
I understand your position.
However, I w...Beamish,<br />I understand your position.<br /><br />However, I will say this: at least Romney isn't of the school of Chicago politics.<br /><br />What school he does belong to isn't clear to me. The man talks out of all sides of his mouth.<br /><br />How did he govern in Massachusetts? Some of his governance seemed just fine to me. I did a little reading about Romney's administration yesterday.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6801845606840355102012-03-21T07:26:43.865-05:002012-03-21T07:26:43.865-05:00FT,
I'm laughing. Not at you.
I think you kn...FT,<br />I'm laughing. Not at you.<br /><br />I think you know what I mean, right?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-13951375374099336342012-03-21T07:25:23.067-05:002012-03-21T07:25:23.067-05:00Well, Mr., Miss, Mrs. or Ms. Anonymous -- whoever ...Well, Mr., Miss, Mrs. or Ms. Anonymous -- whoever you may be -- you have just given us a fine example of the sort of thinking that has made this country increasingly more ignorant, less sophisticated, less knowledgeable, less aware of history, less aware of broader contexts, less able to comprehend allusions and make connections, less able to see things with humor, less able to appreciate wit and style, less able to see things in depth, less appreciative of things above and beyond the mundane, and MORE VULNERABLE to ATTACK from MORAL and INTELLECTUAL PREDATORS.<br /><br /><b>Just as one may look at a glass of water as either half EMPTY or half FULL, one may look at evidence of cultural and intellectual superiority either as SNOBBERY intended to put others in their place, OR as an <i>INVITATION</i> to enrich one's life by RISING to GREATER HEIGHTS through the development of love for an ever widening variety of phenomena.</b><br /><br /><b>"A man's reach should always exceed his grasp."</b><br /><br />In short, despite your lame attempt to mollify me by suggesting my approach might help give some much-needed vitality to public education, you have revealed yourself to be a PHILISTINE. <i>[You might want to look that up.]</i><br /><br />There's a lamentable tendency in humanity to want to STRIKE DOWN or OSTRACIZE whatever seems unfamiliar or not easily understood. By acceding to that tendency -- or giving it the slightest encouragement, instead of cultivating healthy CURIOSITY -- we balk and hobble the advance of Civilization, thereby keeping ourselves in chains.<br /><br />If you think I ought to stop being who I am in order to spare the feelings of others -- or to make myself more popular -- and start pandering to the lowest common denominator, you are advocating the very thing that has caused our politicians to lose every shred of authenticity, sincerity and credibility they might once have possessed.<br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br /><br />PS: If you want to refer to GRAMMAR, the least you could do would be to spell it correctly. ;-) - FTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89987908862866179752012-03-21T07:21:07.770-05:002012-03-21T07:21:07.770-05:00Anonymous,
And one more thing....Make another snar...Anonymous,<br />And one more thing....Make another snarky comment like that, and you're gone.<br /><br />Respond to this comment, and you're gone.<br /><br />My site, my rules.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86988247794971816132012-03-21T07:15:57.931-05:002012-03-21T07:15:57.931-05:00Anonymous,
Is that you, D Charles? I note unusua...Anonymous, <br />Is that you, D Charles? I note unusual language patterns and the misspelling of "grammer." Sometimes you evince such a writing style. Just sayin'.<br /><br />Anyway, the only persons who get to scold those who post what you deem as "off topic" comments are Warren and I. We own this web site.<br /><br />Thank you in advance for your cooperation as you apparently struggle to understand just <b>WHOSE</b> property this blog is.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10821752443735615152012-03-21T06:14:02.167-05:002012-03-21T06:14:02.167-05:00but such high poetry is condescension for most do ...but such high poetry is condescension for most do not have your level of education in this area. It is the same with the use of more complicated and sophisticated grammer. You description of why you do this further revealing that you view your audience as less educated, less worldly wise, in short ignorant or the colorful and vibrant word about them.<br /><br />Some of us no doubt enjoyed your turn of phrase, but the point is while you are searching stacks of poetry people are unemployed or working a job with a pay raise for 3 years.<br /><br />Our educational system would likely benefit from such a view as yours so donot take this as an insult but right now our educational system is failing to teach our nation's children the basics. In that sense you are off topicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43585200600654285552012-03-21T05:51:07.028-05:002012-03-21T05:51:07.028-05:00Damien Charles,
FYI....Wildstar is a student in my...Damien Charles,<br />FYI....Wildstar is a student in my high school classes. Her time on the web is limited as she has other responsibilities. That said, you need ot know that she is one astute students of politics: she has "the imprint," so to speak.<br /><br />About the bowing....American Presidents are supposed to follow the protocol of <b>NOT</b> bowing, particularly to a foreign head of state. From <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/7/barack-takes-a-bow/" rel="nofollow">this source</a> (emphases mine):<br /><br /><i>...The bow was an extraordinary protocol violation. Such an act is a traditional obeisance befitting a king's subjects, not his peer. <b>There is no precedent for U.S. presidents bowing to Saudi or any other royals.</b> Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt shook hands with Saudi King Abdulaziz in February 1945. Granted, Mr. Roosevelt was wheelchair-bound, but former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shook hands when he first met King Saud in January 1957. Mr. Obama's bow to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques does not help his image with those who believe he is secretly a Muslim, and why he chose to bow only to the Saudi King and not to any other royals remains unexplained.<br /><br /><b>No Americans of any station are required to bow to royalty.</b> It is one of the pillars of American exceptionalism that our country rejected traditional caste divisions. <b>Article I Section 9 of the Constitution</b> forbids titles of nobility and stipulates that no officeholder or government employee may “accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state” without the consent of Congress. Judith Martin wrote in her Miss Manners <b>column in 2001 that bowing “is not an ordinary bit of foreign etiquette one might adopt out of courtesy when traveling. … Americans do not properly bow to any royalty. We show respect for other countries' leaders the same way we do to our own.”...</b></i><br /><br />As a European, you may be ignorant of the above.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58015023259574491902012-03-20T21:04:51.417-05:002012-03-20T21:04:51.417-05:00No matter how much worse it gets in Obama's se...No matter how much worse it gets in Obama's second term, at least it won't be Romney in the White House.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84914841327241042872012-03-20T19:15:54.106-05:002012-03-20T19:15:54.106-05:00According to Rove, Obama is burning through the mo...According to Rove, Obama is burning through the money. In January, he spent 150% of his donations:<br />http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Rove-Obama-campaign-fundraising/2012/03/15/id/432679<br />This man is simply incapable of being frugal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45833025904543733292012-03-20T19:01:37.280-05:002012-03-20T19:01:37.280-05:00Wildstar,
I do not understand your comment at all...Wildstar,<br /><br />I do not understand your comment at all about "Obama's bowing (literally) to other countries, over here we rather not be ruled by them".<br /><br />For a start, Obama's a lanky individual as my oldest son is almost exactly the same type of figure. If you attempt to make a nod, such people tend to look like they are bowing. When you do give a respected bow, as Obama did to Queen Elizabeth II, to Dutch Queen Beatrix and to King Saud, if you stand a little bit to far away (as Obama did), your bow looks really bad.<br /><br />I will stress that every head of state is expected, when visiting another country and meeting their head of state to follow local protocol. Our Queen bows to Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands when she visits and the same is done in return. I watched on TV, King Saud visiting Morocco and kissing the shoulder of King Mohammed VI which is the way it is done there.<br /><br />Now, next point from your comment "over here we rather not be ruled by them". I have no idea how you can assume that the us is being ruled by anyone else (other than attempts by Rupert Murdoch and the Tea Party). Your comment does not make sense at all, showing respect to other countries only gives respect in return, would you rather the US do the opposite because it is exceptional?<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Damien CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75184910457546575722012-03-20T18:54:27.823-05:002012-03-20T18:54:27.823-05:00AOW,
perhaps my mis-typing my reference is to Oba...AOW,<br /><br />perhaps my mis-typing my reference is to Obama's foreign policy as there was an original comment by you as to having failed or bad policies overseas. I happen to support Obamas' foreign policies.<br /><br />On the subject of domestic, social and especially economics, I would tend to agree with you....<br /><br />D CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-80921544180487444092012-03-20T14:18:31.607-05:002012-03-20T14:18:31.607-05:00This is great news.This is great news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-79870681657053270742012-03-20T08:01:39.696-05:002012-03-20T08:01:39.696-05:00"Minnow," by the way is the name of Miss..."Minnow," by the way is the name of Miss Bishop's cat -- just in case you were wondering. I admit it took me a minute to figure that out, myself.<br /><br />Why do I keep posting poetry, when many dismiss it as "OFF TOPIC" or "irrelevant?"<br /><br />Three reasons:<br /><br />1. I don't believe it <i>is</i> "OFF TOPIC" if you trouble to find and understand how it might apply.<br /><br />2. It takes us out of ourselves -- if we let it -- and shows that there's a lot more to reality than what "we" happen to think. In other words it broadens our perspective.<br /><br />3. It's often written in language far richer, more interesting, colorful and thought provoking than the<br />standardized clichés, talking points of NewsSpeak or "Pundit Anaysis," and the plaintive, angry, bitterly denunciatory rhetoric we indulge in <i>ad nauseam</i>.<br /><br />There's an enormous treasure trove of wisdom and penetrating insight to be found in good poetry and fiction. To ignore it or dismiss it as "escapism" is to cut ourselves off from the best humanity has had to offer itself over the centuries.<br /><br />One thing's certain. We won't put ourselves on the path to Salvation by indulgence in smugness, defeatist rhetoric and sneering condescension.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-83246534960257042892012-03-20T07:41:21.392-05:002012-03-20T07:41:21.392-05:00Wry, oblique commentary from poet Elizabeth Bishop...Wry, oblique commentary from poet Elizabeth Bishop. My contention is that oftentimes poetry –– most of it from the past –– sheds much stronger light on present reality than mulling over the "facts" of current events. Poetry -- if read with curiosity and comprehension -- provides a sense of <i>perspective</i> dry data cannot. And most verse, even when cryptic, has the great virtue of being <i>succinct</i>.<br /><br />I just discovered Lullaby for the Cat this morning. Do you think the poet is pro-Marxist -- or something quite different? I have to admit I'm not quite sure, myself. The poem, however, makes me want to know the poet a great deal better. I hope you have the same reaction.<br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br /><br /><br /><i>Lullaby For the Cat<br /><br />Minnow, go to sleep and dream,<br />Close your great big eyes;<br />Round your bed Events prepare<br />The pleasantest surprise.<br /><br />Darling Minnow, drop that frown,<br />Just cooperate,<br />Not a kitten shall be drowned<br />In the Marxist State.<br /><br />Joy and Love will both be yours,<br />Minnow, don't be glum.<br />Happy days are coming soon --<br />Sleep, and let them come... </i><br /><br />~ Elizabeth Bishop<br /><br />Submitted by FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31266565632812649232012-03-20T07:17:33.289-05:002012-03-20T07:17:33.289-05:00Blogginator,
In some parts of California, I know f...Blogginator,<br />In some parts of California, I know for a <b>FACT</b> that Obama would get booed. Spoke with my CA brother-in-law the other day. People are seething out there where he lives because of the unemployment rate.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31609919571514770942012-03-20T07:14:42.319-05:002012-03-20T07:14:42.319-05:00GE's CEO jumps Obama's sinking ship?<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2012/03/19/report-ge-ceo-and-head-of-obamas-jobs-council-jeff-immelt-to-jump-shit-and-vote-for-romney/" rel="nofollow">GE's CEO jumps Obama's sinking ship</a>?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84022116297381336782012-03-20T07:13:35.062-05:002012-03-20T07:13:35.062-05:00White House backpedaling from ObamaCare as an econ...<a href="http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/wh-backs-away-obamacare-economic-plus/435051" rel="nofollow">White House backpedaling from ObamaCare as an economic plus</a>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89709215887102777772012-03-20T07:12:17.014-05:002012-03-20T07:12:17.014-05:00Wow! Apple turns on Obama:
Apple made an aggress...Wow! Apple <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/216725-apple-refuses-to-bring-foreign-cash-back-to-the-us-blames-tax-law" rel="nofollow">turns on</a> Obama:<br /><br /><i>Apple made an aggressive pitch for a corporate tax holiday Monday, stressing that it plans to keep more than $60 billion parked offshore until Congress makes it easier for companies to bring those profits home....</i>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-7337879244748381132012-03-20T07:06:54.001-05:002012-03-20T07:06:54.001-05:00I almost forgot to address the point of the thread...I almost forgot to address the point of the thread.<br /><br />Duh, despite the media propaganda Obama is losing the hearts and minds of voters. The evidence is all around us. even with the rigging done by the media they can not hide the fact that the various mandates in the obama health care train wreck are unpopular.<br /><br />The media can not hide the fact that despite all of Bush jrs errors the economy was growing 5.6%? versus 1.7%(doubt its that high), unemployment is not improving the obamatons are simply changing the numbers and every time they go to the gas pump they are pissed.<br /><br />yes, Obama will get the welfare vote, democrats always do.<br /><br />We already seeing an erosion of the democrat electoral map victories in 2008. NC is already back in thee red column, Vrigina and Missouri are in play as we have seen much info suggesting both States want more sanity in government. Biden just got booed in Pittsburgh where Demos always win big. If Santorum wins could Penn be in play? This would put Obama defended terrority. and wait Obama got booed in Calif.....hmmmmblogginatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1047504842651919832012-03-20T07:06:19.692-05:002012-03-20T07:06:19.692-05:00Blogginator,
This GOP Primary contest is the same ...Blogginator,<br /><i>This GOP Primary contest is the same as countless others and it follows the same paradigm of having more conservative voices and more moderate voices arguing it out. </i><br /><br />Thank you for pointing that out!<br /><br />It is indeed the media that keep harping on the bitterness in this particular GOP primary. I did some research, going all the way back to the early days of our nation, and found bitterness galore.<br /><br /><i>Are we not now trading our freedom for health care, the false sense of security, and cheap products from China???</i><br /><br />Yes, as a nation, we are. It is shameful -- and dangerous in the extreme. The Nanny State has become what Americans rely on. **sigh**<br /><br />I'm glad that I'm as old as I am. I won't live to see the harvest of our national folly.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-87061468751573070922012-03-20T06:46:09.927-05:002012-03-20T06:46:09.927-05:00Daily I think of the passages from the Bible when ...Daily I think of the passages from the Bible when God's people traded their freedom and their children's freedom for food while in Egypt.<br /><br />Are we not now trading our freedom for health care, the false sense of security, and cheap products from China???blogginatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-30747426626833031982012-03-20T06:43:34.040-05:002012-03-20T06:43:34.040-05:00As to Civil War......
I cry every time I am witne...As to Civil War......<br /><br />I cry every time I am witness to the US Flag being hoisted high and the National Anthem played. I cry because I fear for my children and your children because America is fast losing the battle to remain the Home of the Free and the Land of the Brave. I cry because I study history and it is indeed troubling when you have 2 sides forming that demonize and thereby dehumanize eachother (some Democrats even called us demons). I cry because our debt is at a level no Nation can sustain annd yet we will not even cut tax benefits to illegals (Reid voted down), juicy tax credits to big corporations (GE), or we allow our govenrment to play the Stock market (Solydra).<br /><br />Just before Obama took Office a Russian editorialist wrote a piece predicting the US would break up because of him into 5 regions....one of genuises can probably locate it fast than I.blogginatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45704200030309189912012-03-20T06:35:53.594-05:002012-03-20T06:35:53.594-05:00I find it humorous how so many repeat the tag line...I find it humorous how so many repeat the tag lines of the media like little parrots...<br /><br />This GOP Primary contest is the same as countless others and it follows the same paradigm of having more conservative voices and more moderate voices arguing it out. You see on the right we debate ideas. We do not follow cults and establish an "annointed one" like you liberals who follow whatever piped piper says hope and change....<br /><br />In the end Romney will win and he will pick a staunch conservative to be VP or Santorum will win and he will pick a more moderate VP....duh<br /><br />Either is preferable to what we have because it will end the era of Presidential Directives serving as pieces of Legislation, the Constitution will still be circumvented (have to agree with Ducky a little here) but it will be less dictatorial than king Obama, and finally Congress will be Conservative. Only with a Conservative Congress can we have a voice to start the process of turning back all of this nonsense. Not just the nonsense from Obama but Bush Jr passed several bombs trying to reach across the aisle.blogginatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-21810274435930124092012-03-20T06:20:14.866-05:002012-03-20T06:20:14.866-05:00Take a look at what Obamanomics has wrought! This...Take a look at what Obamanomics <a href="www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/" rel="nofollow">has wrought</a>! This is unsustainable!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5015945307647201122012-03-20T06:15:46.729-05:002012-03-20T06:15:46.729-05:00Right Wing Theocrat,
Yes, Obama's record is dr...Right Wing Theocrat,<br />Yes, Obama's record is dreadful. The mainstream media cover up or elide over those details.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com