tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.comments2017-04-02T15:59:33.830-04:00NYLiberalStateOfMindRDLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07636714018417878696noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-39235134714833484962010-11-03T13:18:14.397-04:002010-11-03T13:18:14.397-04:00Great ideas, every one of them.Great ideas, every one of them.Tom Corkerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-47560962199130555452010-09-03T17:27:39.660-04:002010-09-03T17:27:39.660-04:00Wake up, Democrats! Wake up!Wake up, Democrats! Wake up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-78585472067430202042010-09-03T17:27:11.060-04:002010-09-03T17:27:11.060-04:00Very well said, I am in agreement. PQSVery well said, I am in agreement. PQSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-23802657965663047942010-09-03T17:25:44.737-04:002010-09-03T17:25:44.737-04:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-6975098772901344112010-09-03T17:25:18.535-04:002010-09-03T17:25:18.535-04:00Chip - Excellent; hope he reads your blog!Chip - Excellent; hope he reads your blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-60831168139153689332010-08-18T13:48:00.790-04:002010-08-18T13:48:00.790-04:00When you think about it, it's remarkable we ha...When you think about it, it's remarkable we had enough union in our Union to pass ANY amendments that benefits the down-trodden or minorities. Could we even CONTEMPLATE such ideas today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-84303339042352775132010-08-18T13:10:48.826-04:002010-08-18T13:10:48.826-04:00the rich just continue to get richer....the rich just continue to get richer....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-67945641800889004262010-08-16T16:47:40.135-04:002010-08-16T16:47:40.135-04:00Loved your blog on the 15th! I also found the 1st ...Loved your blog on the 15th! I also found the 1st anonymous comment to be rather sad and filled with irony. He (or she) agrees with you, but his conscience (sic) tells him that he should feel guilty about this agreement, I suppose, because acts that are “inappropriate and of bad taste” trump our first amendment rights. “I don’t know why,” he moans, “but I cannot be convinced to the contrary.” The sad part of this is that on an intellectual level he believes what you say is true, but on an emotional level he can’t help feeling that the dark stranger just across the street means to do him harm. The ironic part is that in his internal monologue he grants himself dispensation for his intolerance on the grounds that no one on the outside can convince him that he is wrong. Sometimes I am afraid this is the monologue we all resort to when we encounter something or someone that is just too different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-18739581366384600352010-08-16T11:18:53.801-04:002010-08-16T11:18:53.801-04:00Bad taste - for good or ill - is protected by the ...Bad taste - for good or ill - is protected by the Constitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-76138437217078238892010-08-15T15:21:45.815-04:002010-08-15T15:21:45.815-04:00I agree with what you write, but my conscience sti...I agree with what you write, but my conscience still tells me that allowing to open a mosque on Ground Zero is inappropriate and of bad taste. I don't know why, but I cannot be convinced to the contrary, despite several attempts, including this article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-5886737075239347552010-08-13T21:02:11.184-04:002010-08-13T21:02:11.184-04:00I live in Allegany County near the PA border and t...I live in Allegany County near the PA border and there are over 500 ordinary gas and oil wells in my heighborhood _ no Marcellus horizontal well but all of the othes too are hydrofracked because the odl 5 point intejection to stimulate a well to produce oil and gas has resulted in polluting the drinking water so everybody is hydrofracking. Four neighbor I know have had their drinking water polluted. The first was a 100 years old farmer and he did not care, two more were intimidated and refused to speak up for various reasons. The fourth is a young Mennonite family and they are very reliable persons and they told their story here. Their drinking water was polluted from hydrofracking in 2009:<br />http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/videos/andover_independence_nyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-84396197908205018782010-08-02T11:40:43.916-04:002010-08-02T11:40:43.916-04:00Michael - we're sort of puzzled at what it is ...Michael - we're sort of puzzled at what it is we're badmouthing in this post? Seems pretty constructive and direct. <br /><br />We focused on Boomers for a variety of reasons. First, this is not a career path. This would be something to augment Social Security. Can it somehow extend to younger people? Sure. But most young people are looking for a career, and probably can't make a go of it on a few hundred bucks a week. <br /><br />As to focusing on the government... public education by its definition is the province of the government. Volunteerism is a sweet idea, but it's clearly not working in this case. This is an epidemic. <br /><br />Our take is that volunteerism is good for small-scale problems and not for intractable, nationwide problems. <br /><br />Part of the idea behind this is to also get the economy going by putting more money into circulation. <br /><br />As to our personal involvement in community activities, people are involved in everything from tutoring to coaching to historic preservation to environmental issues.RDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636714018417878696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-87898875457378351382010-08-02T10:57:56.860-04:002010-08-02T10:57:56.860-04:00Great idea. i think everyone would agree that the...Great idea. i think everyone would agree that the concept makes sense and would employ or at least engage unemployed workers, young and old alike. why leave out younger unemployed? engaging young people in an effort to educate america as a whole is a good thing.<br /><br />my problem with your post is that you ahve politicized it by 1) raising the government spending on other things you find not worthy of government spending (thereby closing the ears of anyone who feels that spending as any value), 2) making it a macro solution instead of allowing or suggesting it be a grass roots effort (have you done anything in your own community to make such a program happen, even a volunteer one?), and 3) by focusing on the government to be the one to do something. we all have the opportunity to make the world better and the government will never have enough money to do everything everyone wants it to do -- unless of course it ONLY does those things we approve of personally.<br /><br />by the way i am against subsidies and against the wars half a world away and against the recent extension of unemployment benefits (i own a small business that is yet to earn a profit in two years yet i pay inflated unemployment insurance for my part time employees because they were laid off from previous jobs and did i mention neither my wife nor i qualify for unemployment because our former businesses simply failed because of the recession -- but don't get me started on that!)<br /><br />my point is that you have a good idea that makes sense regardless of all the other factors. why not simply push that and not feel you have to badmouth other stuff.<br /><br />michael abendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-21253786102993515702010-07-29T18:20:35.782-04:002010-07-29T18:20:35.782-04:00For $5,000/month, I'll read to the entire clas...For $5,000/month, I'll read to the entire class. Hell, the entire SCHOOL for 2 hours a day.<br />-Seattle Boomer-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-83696009328624318852010-07-29T18:19:41.791-04:002010-07-29T18:19:41.791-04:00Great idea.Great idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-50379436024279959652010-07-29T18:19:00.424-04:002010-07-29T18:19:00.424-04:00I love this idea--especially with the financial in...I love this idea--especially with the financial incentive. Here's something already in place.<br /><br />http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/04/15/20090415mr-tutorstudy0415.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-2229686669646837192010-07-25T19:57:30.303-04:002010-07-25T19:57:30.303-04:00I'm not sure who Robert Walsh is/was. Please d...I'm not sure who Robert Walsh is/was. Please do tell. But thanks for the kind words.RDLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636714018417878696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-40255066296362758212010-07-25T19:50:56.094-04:002010-07-25T19:50:56.094-04:00Knute in Lincoln MA wrote:
That shxt is so deep I ...Knute in Lincoln MA wrote:<br />That shxt is so deep I almost stopped reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-22646210536217739482010-07-25T19:22:58.802-04:002010-07-25T19:22:58.802-04:00Robert (If only I could re-produce the languid
...Robert (If only I could re-produce the languid<br /> inflections of Fr. Robert Walsh, S.J<br /><br />This a terrific!! You have hit your stride. Quoting Leo XII, mentioning Merton. By the time I was 24, I had been diagnosed a "Burnt Merton." You are right, of course, about the brave atmosphere in Catholic Schools around the time of Vatican II. More of this, please...<br /> D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-56483710672418934622010-07-14T14:30:12.563-04:002010-07-14T14:30:12.563-04:00Midtown elections are ALWAYS stressful..what with ...Midtown elections are ALWAYS stressful..what with the traffic, the parking... oyNY Liberal State of Mindnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-75666151655752597622010-07-14T13:24:18.315-04:002010-07-14T13:24:18.315-04:00The GOP is strange enough, but the stress of the m...The GOP is strange enough, but the stress of the midtown elections seems to be driving them over the edge - everything and anything is coming out of their mouths, like a BP gusher. <br /><br />My video response: <br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/bCsBxg" rel="nofollow">Link: Desperately Seeking Sanity</a>bondwooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207905100428445925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-78659984661630983462010-07-01T11:55:38.278-04:002010-07-01T11:55:38.278-04:00Reply...
"I truly hope that one night you a...Reply... <br /><br />"I truly hope that one night you are walking alone and a man with a knife attempts to rob you." - well, where I come from knives don't scare anyone. And thanks for the sweet sentiment. You sound mentally balanced.<br /><br />You also said: "in the vast majority of circumstances, allowing citizens to possess firearms has lowered violent crime rates." You're so wrong you're not even close on the statistics. You probably didn't bother to read the entire post here about the fewest gun deaths per capita versus the most... well in a nutshell: the stricter states have far fewer shootings than the less restrictive states. <br /><br />Gun nuts... can't live with 'em, can't ship them to North Korea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-33114228482064027632010-06-28T12:18:36.875-04:002010-06-28T12:18:36.875-04:00You seem to completely overlook the fact that in t...You seem to completely overlook the fact that in the vast majority of circumstances, allowing citizens to possess firearms has lowered violent crime rates. Many of the violent crimes are due to illegal firearms.<br /><br />As far as your comment about how this is outdated because now we have a police force...I truly hope that one night you are walking alone and a man with a knife attempts to rob you. Instead of pulling out a pistol and defending yourself, your only option is to pull out a cell phone and call 911. Have fun bleeding while you wait for the cops to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-1056061589470419462010-06-22T17:27:37.076-04:002010-06-22T17:27:37.076-04:00You are so right here. Children are naturally cur...You are so right here. Children are naturally curious. They don't need to be taught to observe or to want to "know" about how things work. They naturally want to engage in the world and make discoveries. The risk of this curriculum is that it will turn children off and impede what is naturally a part of them. Instead, schools should support their desire to learn and provide hands-on opportunities for them to figure-it-out, with teachers there to guide them if needed. But often they can do it on their own. This is how children become thinkers and problem solvers and learn about themselves, as well as the world around them, and other people. Help them learn to think, and to solve problems, and much later they will be able to decide if they want to be an engineer, or a teacher, or mathematician, artist, dentist or anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237650850639813385.post-48009254140235989932010-05-26T14:33:30.420-04:002010-05-26T14:33:30.420-04:00Amen brother.
T CorkeryAmen brother. <br /><br />T CorkeryTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271602697409991179noreply@blogger.com