tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post112587151678587065..comments2024-01-05T20:18:45.991-08:00Comments on Et al.: DespairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829089563990675253noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125964293907460972005-09-05T16:51:00.000-07:002005-09-05T16:51:00.000-07:00Well said, as always. I too was at a family gather...Well said, as always. I too was at a family gathering this weekend (my side of the family) and was horrified by some of what I heard. In my case, nothing racist (which I had expected), but full of nonsense they heard on Rush or various other right-wing talk shows. "Well, 'they' brought in buses to evacutate NO on Saturday, and nobody got on them! They didn't want to leave! It's their own fault!" And of course, no facts are offered to support that ridiculous claim, other than "So and So said it on the radio." And anything I said was met with, "That's not true," no matter how many sources I could point to as evidence. <BR/><BR/>I have been sick about this all week. I have never felt so ashamed to be an American.Professing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260914892193513647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125949263294822852005-09-05T12:41:00.000-07:002005-09-05T12:41:00.000-07:00thanks for your post.I'm feeling strongly that the...thanks for your post.<BR/>I'm feeling strongly that the US is just not a good place to raise children.timnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985699859449138316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125921588068051112005-09-05T04:59:00.000-07:002005-09-05T04:59:00.000-07:00lol,thank you for your deft and humorous reply. ho...lol,<BR/><BR/>thank you for your deft and humorous reply. hope things are going well there in "ruralacademaetopia."<BR/><BR/>okay. i get to agree with your post and share the following without providing analysis; the information is resistent to analysis.<BR/><BR/>i'm gradually working through the pages on my site and improving the format, presentation, etc. i won't be pleased until i have a poem and a flower on every page ... and at the same time i check to make sure i haven't got too much "dated" material ... the econ stuff has a short shelf life and i'm going to have to figure out how to handle that.<BR/><BR/>but ... under "PolySci0/Cartograms" we have a national problem -- the demographics of red/blue America are little different than the split during the civil war. <BR/><BR/>which is your point above, made slightly differently. racism and sexism (is this an underlying selfism?) are seemingly intractable in these areas.<BR/><BR/>given that 16% of the u.s. population in the rural states choose 50% of our senators, we need to strongly consider equilibrating strategies.<BR/><BR/>~~~<BR/><BR/>sunny here. golden. maybe a bike ride and a meditation in the woods. prayers with you.<BR/><BR/>/eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125904674355221392005-09-05T00:17:00.000-07:002005-09-05T00:17:00.000-07:00Here, this will at least make you feel better than...Here, this will at least make you feel better than not everyone is glorifying Rehnquist's career - http://tinyurl.com/7bxlj written by Alan Dershowitz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125889224196972582005-09-04T20:00:00.000-07:002005-09-04T20:00:00.000-07:00Nothing brilliant to say, but I agree with your po...Nothing brilliant to say, but I agree with your post. I hadn't realized that rescue workers were already killing themselves -- usually that happens a bit later than this. Such a statement to the horrors and sense of betrayal, I think.shrinkykittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621222815636493783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125880881287992062005-09-04T17:41:00.000-07:002005-09-04T17:41:00.000-07:00/e,Delete you? Never! I cherish your comments, and.../e,<BR/>Delete you? Never! I cherish your comments, and your listening, and your reminding me that I am never as alone as I feel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829089563990675253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1125874746350022112005-09-04T15:59:00.000-07:002005-09-04T15:59:00.000-07:00before you erase me -- i'm not anonymous and i'm n...before you erase me -- i'm not anonymous and i'm not selling anything (like those three posts in front of me).<BR/><BR/>i wish you could rest for a moment, find the still point of eternity in a piece of music, enjoy a glass of wine, walk in a garden, drink in the smiles of your true family.<BR/><BR/>if you let yourself eat too much of the country's shadow, it will just pour through you into your family.<BR/><BR/>but perhaps by putting it here you have succeeded in pouring it away from your family. well done.<BR/><BR/>my own family is all republican. my brother called yesterday afternoon to invite me to visit ... and commented for awhile from a worldview informed by fox, etc. he's incredibly resistent to facts. it makes me ache just to listen to him.<BR/><BR/>my mother is actually struggling to understand. she can't believe she's been lied to for all these years, that she's been taken in by callous self-serving greedheads who used her vote to seize the country. it's hard for her to shed her worldview. patriotism is almost a disease, and to the extent it is a disease, it's been exploited by republicans. <BR/><BR/>but this is a gift to me -- these people can't escape me, can't give up on me, have to talk to me. they are my opportunity to understand them, and through them, the rest of this strange greedy insecure racist sexist country. understand that i take them in small small doses, and never after something like this.<BR/><BR/>you are an important voice. we can't afford to lose you. we need you to pace yourself. this is going to take awhile.<BR/><BR/>you've already got more on your plate than anyone should have to handle. please let today's troubles be enough for today.<BR/><BR/>i know you already know all of this. i hope i can just be a small polite graceful reminder.<BR/><BR/>love & peace,<BR/><BR/>/e<BR/>but i'm still a sexistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com