tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post2548339388009885193..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Now is Always Better Than ThenKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-11719221941655016582009-11-09T14:48:20.141-05:002009-11-09T14:48:20.141-05:00I know what you mean about time traveling, Cari! K...I know what you mean about time traveling, Cari! Knowing too much about history can sometimes be a downside. For instance, time traveling to medieval times . . . well, there's the smell factor. And time traveling to Roman times . . . well, there's that whole language barrier plus what if I didn't have my contacts in? And where exactly would I find saline solution? And time traveling to the Wild, Wild West--hey, where are the bookstores? <br /><br />Good book about realistic time traveling is the Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. She also wrote several good short stories about time traveling.Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-43682680637753667112009-11-08T14:25:10.733-05:002009-11-08T14:25:10.733-05:00I enjoyed your many reasons for living in the here...I enjoyed your many reasons for living in the here and now! I think you've covered everything. <br /><br />People who say, "Politicans never used to..." or "The world never used to be so bad..." these people see history through rose coloured glasses that really should be removed! I'm surprised at how often people exclaiming this rubbish in public are supposedly well educated. Now is most definitely better!!! Especially for women.<br /><br />But...if I could time travel I admit there are numerous places I'd love to see and people I'd LOVE to meet but my rational side sneers they wouldn't be so keen to meet me and why would they? I'd be a stranger. A woman with opinions...a super-freak! I'd probably end up wishing I'd never bothered. That's history for you.Cari Hislophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717398455999202660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-43014789890072461792009-11-04T07:39:40.247-05:002009-11-04T07:39:40.247-05:00Kate,
This WSJ opinion supports your thesis. Som...Kate,<br /><br />This WSJ opinion supports your thesis. Somewhere along the way the politicians discovered that it was easier to sell advocacy than it was to sell the ability to govern. This strategy works swell up until the electorate gets tired of being treated like children.<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511250528884932.html<br /><br />Obama and the Liberal Paradigm: The sheep are quite capable of looking out for themselves. Someone tell the Democrats.<br /><br />Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, recently explained the White House war on Fox News as an example of "speaking truth to power." Much of the American political world collapsed in laughter, pointing out that her boss was president of the United States, the most powerful man on earth. His every word is news around the world. Fox News is a cable channel rarely watched by more than a few million people at a time. How could she have so blithely said something completely out-of-sync with reality?<br /><br />Simple: She's a liberal.<br /><br />As a liberal she carries around in her head the liberal paradigm of how the world works and what needs to be done to make it work better. There's nothing wrong with that. We all use paradigms to make sense of what we see around us and couldn't get along without them. Unfortunately, the basic liberal paradigm hasn't shifted in a hundred years, while the world we live in has changed utterly since the late 19th century, when modern liberalism was born.<br /><br />What is that paradigm? The basic premise is that the population is divided into three groups. By far the largest group consists of ordinary people. They are good, God fearing and hard working. But they are also often ignorant of their true self-interest ("What's the matter with Kansas?") and thus easily misled. They are also politically weak and thus need to be protected from the second group, which is politically strong.<br /><br />The second group, far smaller, are the affluent, successful businessmen, corporate executives and financiers. Capitalists in other words. They are the establishment and it is the establishment that, by definition, runs the country. They are, in the liberal paradigm, smart, ruthless and totally self-interested. They care only about personal gain.<br /><br />And then there is the third group, those few, those happy few, that band of brothers, the educated and enlightened liberals, who understand what is really going on and want to help the members of the first group to live a better and more satisfying life. Unlike the establishment, which supposedly cares only for itself, liberals supposedly care for society as a whole and have no personal self-interest....Dannoreply@blogger.com