Comments on: Eleven Years

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:31:26 +0000

Thank you, Hipparchia.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:04:41 +0000

happy blogiversary! may you continue to blog for another 11!1!!!! years.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:44:57 +0000

I’ll keep going until it becomes too much to deal with, Steve.

Yes, Steve, Eleanor was the smart one in the marriage. She traveled the country and worked to get the government to do things that would actually help the majority of people, not just those at the top. Tito did the political equivalent of herding cats in the Balkans, so he wasn’t as bad as those that followed him in power.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 06:03:25 +0000

Congrats, Bryan. Remember that it’s up to YOU whether to aim for another 11 years. Personally, I really hope you do, but I can certainly identify with any feelings you may have that there are bound to be more effective and worthwhile things to do with one’s time… 😈

On another topic, I’ve been reading Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiography, and have reached the last few chapters in which she recounts her UN experiences and her direct encounters with many leaders of the very Communists you faced down in your service days. As you might expect, most of her analyses are spot on, and she came away from her visit to the Soviet Union with a better understanding than practically every one of her critics of how the Commies, mostly the Russians, got to be the way they were and came to pursue the policy and government nightmares they did. (Her assessment of Tito was too generous IMHO, but hey, no genius is perfect, and yes, I think she was a genius in her own way.) In any case, I recommend her autobio if you need some inspiration from our side of the political spectrum. The abridged version will do nicely…

Get blogging, my friend!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:42:04 +0000

Thank you, MB, but I was reading you before I started writing, and not much changes up here in the ‘northern highlands’ – people are uniformly infected with the same mental health problem – willful stupidity.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:48:28 +0000

Congratulations, and thank you. Also, thanks for your perspective and for holding down your end of the state of Florida while we wrestle with the other end.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:29:05 +0000

I had a job and have managed to retire without starving. I’ll let one of the kiddies take my place in the job market to keep them off my lawn. 😉

By: NTodd

NTodd — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:24:49 +0000

Get a job, hippie!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:49:47 +0000

We were posting at the same same time, Jillian. Thank you.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:45:37 +0000

In reply to Kryten42. Trained intel analysts learn not to take things personally. When you accept that some people in power are too stupid to know they are evil, it gets a lot easier. Not watching TV and avoiding the US media helps a lot. Basically I vent here and go through my anger management routines.