tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post1218807891679553923..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Shrinking Violetstruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-39333124731189644722008-07-14T13:31:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:31:00.000-07:00After I saw the Osama (not to be confused with Oba...After I saw the Osama (not to be confused with Obama ;) photo and read the story, it was several long minutes before I got a hold of myself from a severe bout of laughter. Up till then, I was merely tsk-tsking the extreme touchiness of the Obama camp at what is clearly satire.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I had to "steal" the soccer-dude thing :)<BR/><BR/>Dag said: (M)aybe we need, as Charles an Peers so often point out, a return to church-going, a different sort of grounding in the daily Human."<BR/><BR/>This is exactly what I think is leading to such moral decline. People need to become more spiritual, connect to the Universal Creator, and connect with their fellow humans. There is so much disconnect from the loving God and from each other. I <I>am</I> thankful to be able to "connect" with so many people online, as well, however, especially the bunch here.<BR/><BR/>(Aside to dag: "They stand in the place of millions and multi-millions of Americans who aren't known to the pubic." Is that why the birth rate is falling? Just kidding!)Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-28994265215147751852008-07-14T12:24:00.000-07:002008-07-14T12:24:00.000-07:00We have figures on our side like Diana West and Th...We have figures on our side like Diana West and Thomas Sowell. They both represent America at its best. The are representations, being pubic figures. They stand in the place of millions and multi-millions of Americans who aren't known to the pubic. But hustlers and tricksters have presented the world and American voters with the two above, cartoonish creatures, as those who should rule the nation. There seems to be a love-affair with phantasies rather than with the good dark Earth. I think we need to do more farming. I think people need to go out and plant crops on their vacations and return on weekends to tend the yield. We could turn to burying our own dead in holes in the ground rather than going to "mortuaries". We could, as X. above would relate, bear children and live with the aftermath of the physical world of Humanness.<BR/><BR/>We need a nation that returns to trout fishing and hunting and planting and harvesting. Barring that, maybe we need, as Charles an Peers so often point out, a return to church-going, a different sort of grounding in the daily Human.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-37695552916750134412008-07-14T10:15:00.000-07:002008-07-14T10:15:00.000-07:00Yeah,You know, the thing that really worries me is...Yeah,<BR/><BR/>You know, the thing that really worries me is that I think a large number of Americans, black and white, will look at an image like this and really relate! For them, it will be kind of cool to have a first couple like that; still, those people will feel they have to insist that Michelle and Barack are at the same time being abused by the "right wing".truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-24886679080910400372008-07-14T09:26:00.000-07:002008-07-14T09:26:00.000-07:00Of course, Obama has been photographed, many times...Of course, Obama has been photographed, many times, in full Muslim garb - and these photos are widely available on the internet.<BR/><BR/>True, he does not dress this way in the US, but when he is visiting with his Muslim relatives in Africa... Still, his images wearing the full Islamig garb are in the public domain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com