tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post120770973629931116..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: A DELICATE BALANCE....another great Priscilla's PostZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-43342324108099970252011-05-30T09:42:28.693-07:002011-05-30T09:42:28.693-07:00You want freedom, join a biker gang.
Heh.<i>You want freedom, join a biker gang.</i><br /><br />Heh.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-76680018177165646012011-05-30T03:32:58.301-07:002011-05-30T03:32:58.301-07:00"Will police or other government officials be..."Will police or other government officials be able to come into our homes, "for the sake of the environment" and check our light bulbs? Our toilets?"<br /><br />Oh no the liberal fascists of today are smarter than the ones who ran gulags and reeducation camps back in the day, they won't send in coppers to check your light bulbs, they'll just stop anyone selling the 'wrong' kind of light bulb or toilet.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-55092792271824009992011-05-29T04:12:15.826-07:002011-05-29T04:12:15.826-07:00Angel, THAT is the crux of this thing.
feeling pow...Angel, THAT is the crux of this thing.<br />feeling powerless isn't a good feeling for half a country; feeling like a gov't's out of control and taking more control than ever.<br />And where are the Republicans in congress? cowering because the media might malign them?<br />Alinsky at his best.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-8288205237018511892011-05-28T20:57:55.831-07:002011-05-28T20:57:55.831-07:00we dont seem to have much power Z..which is what m...we dont seem to have much power Z..which is what makes all this so frighening hun.............WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-51949594574765952972011-05-28T19:54:29.193-07:002011-05-28T19:54:29.193-07:00No, Carol, she doesn't.No, Carol, she doesn't.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-11071604863330169142011-05-28T19:24:41.860-07:002011-05-28T19:24:41.860-07:00does Pris have a site?
pressed Pris (blue litters)...does Pris have a site?<br />pressed Pris (blue litters) here-got NADA...<br />Carol-CSchristian soldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781627688988991192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-22839604953966267802011-05-28T17:24:52.555-07:002011-05-28T17:24:52.555-07:00"It's like a snare, being drawn ever tigh..."It's like a snare, being drawn ever tighter, day by day...and the sad thing is, that too many are still unaware."<br /><br />Thanks Jan, and you're right. It is a snare, a gradual takeover of our lives, one pronouncement at a time. <br /><br />Most will hope it will end, but as we've already learned, that is not to be so. It seems as though power knows no bounds, and until people believe there's nothing left to lose, they'll go along to get along.<br /><br />Better we fight it before desperation takes over, while we have our wits about us, and can make a difference.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797497106506468128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-81343460311728512132011-05-28T16:01:30.466-07:002011-05-28T16:01:30.466-07:00Ducky, what's important is finding the person ...Ducky, what's important is finding the person who fits the description of those who are a threat, not 5 year olds who are scared out of their wits, by a stranger, feeling under the child's skirt.<br /><br />Are you aware that Napolitano went along with the complaint by muslims that their women aren't to be touched or scanned?<br /><br />So why bother with scanning or feeling up anyone? I read this examination has been used at the entrance to some school proms. Is that ok with you?<br /><br />It's a slippery slope Ducky, like so many things are. There has to be a limit to invasion of our privacy, and inhibiting our ability to move about freely. <br /><br />Btw, I believe I said, "will the police or govt. officials be able to come into our homes to check our light bulbs?" Did you even read what I said?Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797497106506468128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-84778683759496184862011-05-28T15:24:25.279-07:002011-05-28T15:24:25.279-07:00Elbro, THAT's the story? I came in to the end...Elbro, THAT's the story? I came in to the end of a story on TV news and didn't hear the start of what happened but did hear something about SEVENTY shots...and it's a mistake? <br />How horrid....a terrible mistake.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-31149360581646686882011-05-28T15:22:34.895-07:002011-05-28T15:22:34.895-07:00Speedy, you're probably right...the days of Am...Speedy, you're probably right...the days of America's great acceptance of differing viewpoints and respecting the faith of others are over.<br />Unless you're a leftwinger or a nonChristian.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-86613265024680444612011-05-28T15:22:12.266-07:002011-05-28T15:22:12.266-07:0039-42 Cyrnus, this city is in travail, and I fear ...<i>39-42 Cyrnus, this city is in travail, and I fear she may give birth to a corrector of our evil pride; for though these her citizens are still discreet, their guides are heading for much mischief.<br /><br />43-52 Never yet, Cyrnus, have good men ruined a city; but when it pleases the bad to do the works of pride and corrupt the common folk and give judgment for the unrighteous for the sake of private gain and power, then expect not that city to be long quiet, for all she be now in great tranquillity, ay, then when these things become dear to the bad —to wit, gains that bring with them public ill. For of such come discords and internecine slaughter, and of such come tyrants; which things I pray may never please this city.<br /><br />53-60 Cyrnus, this city is a city still, but lo! her people are other men, who of old knew neither judgments nor laws, but wore goatskins to pieces about their sides, and had their pasture like deer without this city; and now they be good men, O son of Polypaus, and they that were high be now of low estate. Who can bear to behold such things? Yet they deceive one another even while they smile at one another, knowing the marks neither of the bad nor of the good.</i><br /><br />-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theognis_of_Megara" rel="nofollow">Theognis of Megara</a>Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-46776264453943263342011-05-28T15:21:49.750-07:002011-05-28T15:21:49.750-07:00Anyone heard about the Iraq veteran gunned down mi...Anyone heard about the Iraq veteran gunned down mistakenly by Pima County Sheriffs in Tucson. <br /><br />They raided the wrong house apparently and he ended up with about 60+ bullet holes.elmers brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382038085149828957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-69326201604338095502011-05-28T15:17:23.511-07:002011-05-28T15:17:23.511-07:00I was just emailing with JEN and we were discussin...<i>I was just emailing with JEN and we were discussing the FINE LINE, DELICATE BALANCE of cultural morality, too.</i><br /><br />Not any more. The Western Canon has been banished from the university. The FINE LINE, DELICATE BALANCE has been replaced with an empty void between an <a href="http://rlv.zcache.com/blacksmith_worker_with_hammer_and_anvil_poster-p228589873952557920tdcp_400.jpg" rel="nofollow">anvil and an approaching hammer</a>.Speedy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640242783952822072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-32489668323248924092011-05-28T13:29:04.420-07:002011-05-28T13:29:04.420-07:00Jan, you weren't too long...not at all. Keep t...Jan, you weren't too long...not at all. Keep talking!!<br />It needs to be heard. SOmetimes, when I hear these things, I think "what are the police thinking?" I mean, I guess they're concerned they'll lose their jobs, but in another time in America, people would have STOOD UP and said 'WHAT IS THIS YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO?' <br />Don't they know it could happen to them, or are we unaware of the good-old-boy club they probably have?<br /><br />Shoprat...you said it. There IS no balance right now, it seems.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-84445966871593750712011-05-28T13:22:59.612-07:002011-05-28T13:22:59.612-07:00Sorry, that my comment was so long...but thanks fo...Sorry, that my comment was so long...but thanks for giving us a chance to share our concerns about something so important to the future of our country.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083702120097667613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-22660594602868457982011-05-28T13:22:18.959-07:002011-05-28T13:22:18.959-07:00We do have to accept a delicate balance but we hav...We do have to accept a delicate balance but we have a president who trusts criminals and does not trust patriotic citizens.shoprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265612188236394307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-88918473156489067942011-05-28T13:04:31.723-07:002011-05-28T13:04:31.723-07:00"I've never even believed the police had ..."I've never even believed the police had the right to drunk driving checkpoints. I consider those to be a presumption of guilt placed on citizens who the police have no probable cause to suspect of breaking the law. But they do it, don't they?"<br /><br />Pris..you are so right! To me, it is almost like subtle intimidation...if it could even be called 'subtle.'<br /><br />Once, during one of those checks, or it may have been a driver's license check, when the officer looked at my husband's license, he had us to pull out of the line, to the side of the road, where we sat, for what seemed forever.<br /><br />He had asked my husband several questions, which we were completely puzzled by, because we knew that there couldn't possibly be anything wrong with his license, and he doesn't even drink, so we had no idea what was happening.<br /><br />Finally, we found out that another person with the same name had a warrant out on him, and it was my husband who finally pointed out that the dates of birth were entirely different!<br /><br />We were allowed to leave, but they were actually getting ready to arrest my husband!<br /><br />And right here, in the town where we live, now, in the past two weeks, there have been two incidences of a person calling the police to report a crime being perpetrated against them, such as a break in, or stolen property, and they've been arrested, and now facing felony charges.<br /><br />In both cases, the people were gun owners, purchased legally, but had the guns confiscated, and charged with owning firearms under disability....they had been to a mental health clinic at one time or another!<br /><br />Never mind that it was no longer the case, just that they had been!<br /><br />So now what? Do we have to either never purchase a weapon for protection, if we have ever been treated for depression, or never call the police if we are victims of crimes, in order not to be arrested ourselves?<br /><br />Not only that, but at my husband's work, someone just got fired because of a text message sent to another employee when Bin Laden was killed...who was OFFENDED by what they called him!<br /><br />Not that the store manager wanted to do it, but had no choice because of policies in place because of PC!<br /><br />It is beyond crazy, and already to the point where one is almost afraid to say anything for fear of being reported for offending someone.<br /><br />And Ducky...sorry, but you don't even have a clue, or you wouldn't say the asinine things that you say.<br /><br />Pris, you said that there is an ever growing encroachment, and you're right. <br /><br />It's like a snare, being drawn ever tighter, day by day...and the sad thing is, that too many are still unaware.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083702120097667613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-10204619896568083652011-05-28T12:45:34.699-07:002011-05-28T12:45:34.699-07:00I was just emailing with JEN and we were discussin...I was just emailing with JEN and we were discussing the FINE LINE, DELICATE BALANCE of cultural morality, too.<br />Suddenly, it's "Who says there's a right and wrong?" Suddenly, people put up with a lot of really horrible stuff disguised as 'enlightenment',as my buddy pointed out, and I don't see a way out of that, either..because, as Alinsky tended to do, he's damned anybody who has more traditional values as wrong and now everybody's afraid to speak up.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-38531566593032552242011-05-28T12:38:07.774-07:002011-05-28T12:38:07.774-07:00Thersites, excellent points...thanks for commentin...Thersites, excellent points...thanks for commenting...as usual.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-50286931836014774132011-05-28T12:37:32.285-07:002011-05-28T12:37:32.285-07:00Dave, if you mean water boarding, you know very we...Dave, if you mean water boarding, you know very well that all people don't agree about that being terror.<br />How can you even ask about 'abuse' when some people think wire tapping suspected terrorists is abuse and others think it's prudent? You're usually not a bomb thrower.<br /><br />You seem to have such a lowly view of Conservatives with deep and abiding opinions; we have every right to ours as others do to theirs........<br />I am the first person to compliment Obama when I THINK he's done something good for this country. But, my view of SOMETHING GOOD is like yours about ABUSE, isn't it.<br /><br />I have defended him on the signing of 2008 in the Westminster Abbey guest book; I have defended him regarding his talking through the GOD SAVE THE QUEEN situation last week...we all make mistakes and I think the Band should have been given his toast so they knew when to play (what is normal protocol)....I also defend him re the purchase of BP petrol by his cars while in England.<br /><br />Did you look into NURU, by the way? The group I told you about at your site?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-10792273129485889382011-05-28T12:30:21.785-07:002011-05-28T12:30:21.785-07:00I always laugh when Leftists complain about the Pa...I always laugh when Leftists complain about the Patriot Act. The "Patriot Act" would have been completely unnecessary had the Left simply accepted the President's war powers and not sought to "criminalize" acts of war...<br /><br />Because the last thing this country needs are LAWS to deal with something that Gitmo is perfectly capable of dealing with. But no, the Left can't allow enemy combatants to be treated "any differently" than citizens. They just couldn't accept the fact that al Quaeda wasn't a party to the Geneva Conventions.<br /><br />Of course, when THEIR presidents start wars, who needs Congress to declare it (ala Obama - Libya)? Leftist presidents get "cart blanche" to destroy whatever Constitutionally grnted rights and procedures actual citizens are entitled to expect.<br /><br />Now go soak your head, Miller.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-89865969712981509442011-05-28T12:20:14.161-07:002011-05-28T12:20:14.161-07:00Pris said
"Under Bush, the purpose of the Pa...Pris said<br /><br /><b>"Under Bush, the purpose of the Patriot Act was limited to our efforts re terrorism, but it could be abused under our current President, or Dept. of Justice or future Presidents. "</b><br /><br />Are you saying that there was no abuse of the Patriot Act under Bush? Or is abuse only possible under President Obama and subsequent administrations?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-85910925704485791192011-05-28T11:56:00.928-07:002011-05-28T11:56:00.928-07:00but, Bob, the message has to be clearer and louder...but, Bob, the message has to be clearer and louder to overtake the "mainstream media/TV/FILM/Teacher"constant ANTI CONSERVATIVE drumbeat; smaller government (which takes a LOT of explaining to our media and school-indoctrinated citizens), less taxes (when there are so many buying into the suggestion that 'if you make more, it's your duty to pay for your neighbor' instead of out of charity), less laws that suit one poor aggrieved person when the rest of us have to suffer because ONE is not happy ("tyranny of the minority", which I know we have now...etc etc.<br /><br />TOO many Americans hear the message that Democrats= Correct, Republicans= EVIL. (not even INCorrect)<br /><br />I just don't see that happening....I'd love to see the demographics of AGE in the Tea Parties.<br />I surmise that Soros underestimated his luck and started his ONE WORLD ORDER junk 10 years too early, thinking he'd not get the rise from the oldsters that he's got...<br /><br />We need PAUL RYAN, ERIC CANTOR, RUBIO, CHRISTIE, the younger guys who can sell the truth, what's best for America...FREEDOM, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, and SMALLER GOVERNMENT.<br /><br />BUt, now? I'm not so sure it can be done anymore. Are you?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-7954205441842030962011-05-28T11:37:32.575-07:002011-05-28T11:37:32.575-07:00Great post, Pris.
Z said: "So, folks, what ...Great post, Pris. <br /><br />Z said: "So, folks, what are we going to do about it?"<br /><br />We are already doing it. I already render homage to Big Brother with the UDS (Universal Digital Salute) when driving past the ubiquitous red light cameras. <br /><br />I already blog about the shortcomings of Big O (the 21st Century Big Brother). Admittedly, I may use words that are too big for the average Obama supporter, but I try to do my part in getting the word out.<br /><br />Most of us already support the Tea Party. Well, I haven't been to a rally, yet, but I am working on it.<br /><br />Just what can we do that we are not doing already? There is an answer.<br /><br />Civil disobedience should be on the menu. I don't believe the Tea Party is the group for this action. Or maybe they are.<br /><br />We need to follow Obama's blueprint. His only success in life has been in community organizing, which means all he did was organize demonstrations with paid ACORN stooges and Union thugs. We could probably hire ACORN stooges for a right-wing demonstration and they wouldn't know the difference.<br /><br />Action is the key, and civil disobedience is normally the tool of the left. If it works for them, it will work for us.<br /><br />I don't pretend to be the one to organize this kind of action. So, who will? That's the real question.<br /><br />Bob<br /><a href="http://spuriousmissives.com" rel="nofollow">Spurious Missives </a>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665311979954859271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-77212804180428892262011-05-28T10:42:40.048-07:002011-05-28T10:42:40.048-07:00Mustang, thank you.
This is why the tea party fo...Mustang, thank you. <br /><br />This is why the tea party formed. We knew we were getting steamrolled, and our voices were not being heard.<br /><br />The consent of the governed was not given, and freedom took a huge hit.<br /><br />It's true, the encroachment on our rights is growing at every level of government, from local, to state, to federal. <br /><br />I just heard yesterday that a local city here in California, is considering a law banning circumcision in babies. One wonders, if this can be banned, what can't be? What about parental rights? It's unbelievable!<br /><br />This is what I mean about crazy laws. There is no end to the insanity of micro-managing people's lives, which is just another term for abridging our rights as free people.<br /><br />Under Bush, the purpose of the Patriot Act was limited to our efforts re terrorism, but it could be abused under our current President, or Dept. of Justice or future Presidents. <br /><br />This makes the rule of a specific law suspect, and dependent on a leader, which flies in the face of our system of checks and balances.Prishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797497106506468128noreply@blogger.com