tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post7601595744522303478..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Friday Reactionstruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-67044022685152462962009-05-22T16:00:57.111-07:002009-05-22T16:00:57.111-07:00Today's Somali pirates story seems a perfect, mult...Today's Somali pirates story seems a perfect, multi-layered metaphor for modern times: <br /><br />It's the older generation that remains more committed to defending the West's cultural traditions;<br /><br />The world looks to Isrealis as the people who know how to get the dirty work done;<br /><br />We all postpone solving problems through endless "warning shots", instead of actually doing something that solves the problem.<br /><br />regarding the take-the-money-and-run New Zealand story... it reminds me of Uncle Remus' sage advice: <br />"You can't run from your trouble, because there isn't any place that far away to run <I>to</I>"...Charles Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168475254263681673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-66481011205861094422009-05-22T13:10:25.928-07:002009-05-22T13:10:25.928-07:00I'm struck by a boatload of geezers pumped at a Mo...I'm struck by a boatload of geezers pumped at a Mozart concert, head-bangers high on Geritol, tossing deck chairs at sea-borne jihadis, in time to the Jupiter Symphony. Heavy metal grannies, born to be wild.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-56517235385632177122009-05-22T10:35:19.406-07:002009-05-22T10:35:19.406-07:00Man, New Zealand may be a socialist paradise, but,...Man, New Zealand may be a socialist paradise, but, quite aside from the moral question, forever running around the world in order to hold on to a (dwindling) couple of million...?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.com