tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post2891901731617190452..comments2024-03-08T18:41:33.378-06:00Comments on I Was Just Wondering: Would you like to talk about outrage?Jess Wundrunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-69286391284015853332007-09-08T20:52:00.000-05:002007-09-08T20:52:00.000-05:00Jess, came over from DCup's place. I trust her ju...Jess, came over from DCup's place. I trust her judgment, and on reading your post was immediately struck by both the clarity of your thoughts and the impression that we're both left with similar questions about how to fix this schism in American perceptions of The Way Forward.<BR/><BR/>I've recently been thinking (and blogging) about the commonalities we all share, and how decent people of <I>whatever party</I> are disgusted by our current involvement in Iraq and by corruption and hypocrisy in government.<BR/><BR/>If we all, of whatever party, got our voices together, this war would end a lot sooner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-36049174181031358472007-09-07T19:10:00.000-05:002007-09-07T19:10:00.000-05:00to all thanks for your support. It's nice to have...<B>to all</B> thanks for your support. It's nice to have a blog to go to when you have your Howard Beale moments!Jess Wundrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-81038217671638682652007-09-07T11:49:00.000-05:002007-09-07T11:49:00.000-05:00I'm with you! Angry villagers with pitchforks and ...I'm with you! Angry villagers with pitchforks and torches is one of my favorite images!<BR/><BR/><I>"What if liberals all left America today?"</I> Who would take us? There is no equivalent of America to go to. Canadians don't want us, neither do the Europeans.<BR/><BR/>The unlit match is a perfect metaphor. Not knowing or having a lack of control over the future is always the most troubling of nightmares to have.Dr. Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153875976834518896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-11106753199529349622007-09-07T11:44:00.000-05:002007-09-07T11:44:00.000-05:00Jess, I so agree and understand.I go to anti-war p...Jess, I so agree and understand.<BR/>I go to anti-war protests. I call my (useless republican) congress critters. I volunteer for candidates that I believe will be an improvement. And I blog, in hopes of spreading information.<BR/>But I do feel like I should be doing more. That, somehow, I should be doing something that would have a greater impact. I'm open to other ideas.<BR/>And, because I live in a city, I don't own a pitchfork.pygalgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423302866723206260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-48224196359043900082007-09-07T09:25:00.000-05:002007-09-07T09:25:00.000-05:00The fact that you are engaged in encouraging.The f...The fact that you are engaged in encouraging.<BR/><BR/>The fact that so many others are engaged is encouraging.<BR/><BR/>The fact so many people protested the war is encouraging.<BR/><BR/>It's always a struggle. Things worthwhile have rarely been given freely -- they have been fought for.<BR/><BR/>Don't give up.Splotchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427992716600704581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-37472984682225709472007-09-07T07:21:00.000-05:002007-09-07T07:21:00.000-05:00Jess - This is a great piece of writing and the id...Jess - This is a great piece of writing and the ideas and feelings you express here are so incredibly relevant.<BR/><BR/>We are one of those families who are not doing better 7 years later for a variety of reasons, but I can tell you that I'm making less in real dollars, as is The Honey. His job is more stable, but he's earning less and that shrunken salary isn't going as far either.<BR/><BR/>I particularly like your mention of the liberals leaving Germany and the ramifications of that. It's something I'd not been aware of. So I guess the question remains at some point (the tipping point?) country or family. Will that be a necessary choice down the road?<BR/><BR/>Like you , I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196489532814593259.post-71861501850114725602007-09-07T06:40:00.000-05:002007-09-07T06:40:00.000-05:00jess, great great post -- so many thoughts, so man...jess, great great post -- so many thoughts, so many that i also think. when do we get really outraged, when do we get really angry -- and yes, this is our country too -----<BR/><BR/>yes i am better off now than i was 7 years ago --- but SO many people are not, and so many families have LOST something invaluable -- sons, daughters etc to the idiocy, mistakes and evilness of someone who has decided to dictate what he thinks is right<BR/><BR/>oh i can ramble but wont<BR/><BR/>thanks for this postDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.com