tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068251842750646127.post5158272439470652440..comments2023-10-19T21:46:23.035-05:00Comments on True North: Creepy.DeAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09476048474730678421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068251842750646127.post-86100260712960524502016-03-03T19:54:14.345-06:002016-03-03T19:54:14.345-06:00Thank you Teri, for making time to leave an intere...Thank you Teri, for making time to leave an interesting comment. I wonder, if it were possible to truly know our past Presidents, how noble were they. History paints with a filter for certain. And, as you've noted, people are flawed. DeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476048474730678421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068251842750646127.post-56990392631564022152016-03-03T12:30:03.621-06:002016-03-03T12:30:03.621-06:00The government is the enemy. Maybe it always has b...The government is the enemy. Maybe it always has been. They aren't like you and I. They live in gated communities, surrounded by people that think exactly like they do. If they leave government, they get jobs with the companies that paid them to write favorable bills. Their children go to expensive schools, get jobs in government or big corporations and marry people that think exactly like they do.<br /><br />Since you are about my age, you understand that this was not always so. Men that served in WWII were around people that were not like them and were used to dealing with those folks. We've lost that. Part of the reason is that we seem to think that no one but a professional politician should be elected to office. And double plus points if they went to Harvard.<br /><br />I think the government is trying their best to get rid of those pesky Americans, the ones that think of themselves as free born people with certain inalienable rights. They would like a more pliable electorate. And so they scour the world for serfs, willing to do what they are told. This may be the last pushback, the last attempt to stop the changes to this country. I don't know if it will succeed as the weapon we have is a flawed person. We'd like someone more obviously noble. People have gotten used to doing what they are told after all. Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382050215676302342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068251842750646127.post-90271214476486529612016-03-02T18:01:49.782-06:002016-03-02T18:01:49.782-06:00Thanks Rob.
I know it's hard to ferret the pr...Thanks Rob.<br /><br />I know it's hard to ferret the primary source of angst out of a rant like this ... basically, I'm trying to express a concern about "our" government becoming "our" enemy. I understand (in concept) the societal benefits of having a "common enemy", I just dread the havoc that's sure to ensue as individual rights go down the flusher along with "privacy"as the chaser. It's a complicated issue, above my pay grade, but it seems like "we" are losing ground even with as the new standards are put in place. <br />As for choosing not to participate - too late, "my scented clothe is already in a jar". It got there when we started using SS#s for identification (if not before).<br /><br />I do appreciate your time in commenting - your point is well made and well taken.DeAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09476048474730678421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068251842750646127.post-28771113247703691882016-03-02T14:40:55.293-06:002016-03-02T14:40:55.293-06:00There is no option, dear Lady, beyond choosing not...There is no option, dear Lady, beyond choosing not to participate. There is literally NO reason that you "need" a cell phone - all those intrusive "apps" represent choices that you made, to cede your privacy to strangers whose mental health you know nothing about.<br /><br />Get an answering machine. Tell everybody you'll call 'em back. Problem solved.Rob De Wittnoreply@blogger.com