tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post3040180655676362847..comments2024-03-28T11:42:11.974-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: A Midyear Review.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-34236038905780858772022-07-04T09:04:45.325-07:002022-07-04T09:04:45.325-07:00Fair John. One of the great things I find missing...Fair John. One of the great things I find missing in most every current world and political view is building a better, hopeful future and being something or someone to emulate, not be against.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-40428922094735875112022-07-04T09:03:40.259-07:002022-07-04T09:03:40.259-07:00Linda, the last two years have not gone at all lik...Linda, the last two years have not gone at all like some intended, I am reasonably sure. The question is if those that have suffered through the last two years have had enough.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-50710792224149389082022-07-03T20:06:29.624-07:002022-07-03T20:06:29.624-07:00Any moment is what we make of it. I won't cal...Any moment is what we make of it. I won't call any moment a bad moment unless it's filled with pain or loss. The golden age? Yes, there were times that were far better than we see today, but those times were rooted in the need to change based on the dark moments before them.<br /><br />Our dark moments will be the seed for new success.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-44790057801804395952022-07-03T11:57:01.552-07:002022-07-03T11:57:01.552-07:002020 was a disaster for America thanks to demonrat...2020 was a disaster for America thanks to demonrat congress. They want the same for the fall of 2022 so they can steal the fall elections, too. I pray God will forgive us and prevent that.<br />You all be safe and God bless.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-12604360579584020802022-07-03T06:43:37.962-07:002022-07-03T06:43:37.962-07:00GL, I saw the same comment. In a way I at least w...GL, I saw the same comment. In a way I at least welcome the honesty, because at least the words cannot be rolled back. But yes, our only expected job is to now enable the world order.<br /><br />Often I am somewhat ambivalent about celebrating it, but based on this year, perhaps I shall be more observant - and support independence, at least.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-8287859958332226842022-07-02T10:47:49.168-07:002022-07-02T10:47:49.168-07:00Your last line is priceless. Your last line is priceless. glasslasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903877330688637288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-2299253601249354502022-07-02T10:46:53.140-07:002022-07-02T10:46:53.140-07:00A comment on yesterdays news on why we can't e...A comment on yesterdays news on why we can't expect gas prices to lower was suck it up peasant for the 'liberal world order'. Head of some dept in gov. Oops just gave away was has been hinted out but is now blatant in your face. Like it or not we are in Control. I wonder if we will still celebrate Independence Day? glasslasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903877330688637288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-45239981072123629412022-07-02T10:40:34.568-07:002022-07-02T10:40:34.568-07:00I do not think you are wrong. I have to fight aga...I do not think you are wrong. I have to fight against it every day.<br /><br />The example you give is a very good example. Tragically, I expect we will see all too many more in the not so distant future.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-8411333012720053292022-07-02T07:14:59.750-07:002022-07-02T07:14:59.750-07:00Normalcy bias will see a lot of us in our graves p...Normalcy bias will see a lot of us in our graves prematurely, I suspect.<br />Newtons first law applied in a social context. <br />One of the most horrible pictures (to me) to come out of the second world war was a simple family photo, laying in the mud. Behind the cracked glass, a normal everyday Jewish family, ready to go to work and school or wherever. For all their lives it was on the mantle, a cherished memento- How could they have ever seen the horror roaring down on them? People don't, and in many cases won't extrapolate trends- like some pundit said, we can comply our way right into the grave we compliantly dug. <br /> Normal is not coming home for dinner anytime soon. <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-86626064878774366912022-07-02T05:52:31.029-07:002022-07-02T05:52:31.029-07:00STxAR, for years we wondered what would happen if ...STxAR, for years we wondered what would happen if the least well trained to lead and make decisions actually got to the point where they could lead and make decisions. Indeed that day seems to have arrived. Unfortunately - or perhaps not surprisingly - the results are predictable.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-55783124893079664032022-07-02T05:50:27.058-07:002022-07-02T05:50:27.058-07:00Nylon12, I remember back to the gas spike in 2005 ...Nylon12, I remember back to the gas spike in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina (which the dollar did not have another 17 years of devaluation). At that time, I remember thinking how insane that price was - but it came back down. Looking back on that, it seemed like a "good old day". We have now eclipsed that and then some. If this is the rate of "progress", what will the future bring?Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-23457268777424657672022-07-02T05:29:31.230-07:002022-07-02T05:29:31.230-07:002020, 2020-1, 2020-2.... This is the fruit of tho...2020, 2020-1, 2020-2.... This is the fruit of those who make policy based on fantasy. In the real world, we know these ideas don't work. But the insulated don't, so they push for cloud cuckoo land. And it's nearly here.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-83848678803687726982022-07-02T03:43:05.736-07:002022-07-02T03:43:05.736-07:00To me we are living in "interesting times&quo...To me we are living in "interesting times" and considering the probable origination of the "Wuhan Flu" (IMHO) an apt description. My parents lived through the Great Depression as children, and I never heard them once describe those years as The Good Old Days. To those who believe in "fundamental change" perhaps these ARE The Good Old Days.Nylon12noreply@blogger.com