tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post4237782092032446576..comments2010-06-13T22:53:40.452-05:00Comments on Chatelaine and the Captain: Words I heardChatelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-32128919821731349572009-02-10T12:27:00.000-06:002009-02-10T12:27:00.000-06:00Extremists ruin everything >:-{Extremists ruin everything >:-{Chatelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-8976255796690210722009-02-10T12:14:00.000-06:002009-02-10T12:14:00.000-06:00Now, many of us may have flaws of various kinds, b...<I>Now, many of us may have flaws of various kinds, but it's in no way universal, nor is it required.</I><BR/><BR/>On flaws and perfection:<BR/><BR/>If you accept that the universe is unfolding exactly the way it is supposed to, a decidedly Eastern proposition, you could argue that the zit on your chin, the arthritis in your fingers, or the kidney stone in your bladder are supposed to be there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-6665722893920178592009-02-10T05:13:00.000-06:002009-02-10T05:13:00.000-06:00It's ok, Col, we all have our soap boxes. Lately ...It's ok, Col, we all have our soap boxes. Lately I rip Obama and the congress to shreds two or three times a day.<BR/><BR/>I don't think my minister was meaning to club us with anything, though. I don't think any of us perfect either, and I'm sure he meant well. I think he was pretty much saying what you're saying. No one is perfect because the standards for perfectionism are different for Chatelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-56521229212798952362009-02-10T05:09:00.000-06:002009-02-10T05:09:00.000-06:00TWC, I'm with you and your libertarian friends, I ...TWC, I'm with you and your libertarian friends, I think it's going to get really bad too. I just don't understand why anyone would want us to go this way. How many failed socialists governments does the world have to have in order to prove that it's a horrible existence for the people?Chatelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964747724704627728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-61382678778968263622009-02-10T00:23:00.000-06:002009-02-10T00:23:00.000-06:00Meant to say that was TIME MAGAZINEMeant to say that was TIME MAGAZINEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-8222338531045178302009-02-10T00:22:00.000-06:002009-02-10T00:22:00.000-06:00We Are All Socialists NowIn many ways our economy ...<I>We Are All Socialists Now<BR/><BR/>In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>From the magazine issue dated Feb 16, 2009<BR/><BR/>I rest my case as outlined in post number one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-51401528723288329842009-02-09T22:06:00.000-06:002009-02-09T22:06:00.000-06:00I always double-take when someone says, "none of u...I always double-take when someone says, "none of us is perfect." <BR/><BR/>Perfect....what? What is the standard? What would a perfect man, or woman be like? Without the definition of a perfect human, no one can say that.<BR/><BR/>What the clergy is doing by constantly saying we aren't perfect is establishing a flaw. After the individual buys into the flaw, it becomes very easy to push unearned Col. Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661036185268724026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531431151221408467.post-27320446763026797242009-02-09T21:12:00.000-06:002009-02-09T21:12:00.000-06:00based on what he'd seen the last forty or fifty ye...<I>based on what he'd seen the last forty or fifty years, and how much the direction of the nation had changed in that time, that he was glad he wouldn't be alive to see it when we (my sister, niece, and me) get to be his age.</I><BR/><BR/>I know a lot of people so I have more exposure, but in my little corner of the universe there are a lot of people who I've heard say that.<BR/><BR/>GWB isn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com