tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post4229133342530794741..comments2023-10-30T07:54:27.317-04:00Comments on Allegiance and Duty Betrayed:: Sunset at Concord BridgeR.I.P. America1776 - 2010joaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914891807184694081noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-11784702875310799652011-07-10T17:39:50.251-04:002011-07-10T17:39:50.251-04:00youare invited to follow my blogyouare invited to follow my blogSteve Finnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041851737677873347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-2257795336875623702010-11-12T17:01:06.269-05:002010-11-12T17:01:06.269-05:00Insightful post.Insightful post.Toyin O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08429675861306256504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-51706739362016508832010-03-29T12:28:46.649-04:002010-03-29T12:28:46.649-04:00Your descriptions of Social Security, Medicare, et...Your descriptions of Social Security, Medicare, etc. are spot on. The government has never done anything well, the Constitution doesn't allow them any more power than they already have (and much less), and yet with such a dismal track record they want us to believe that they can solve our healthcare problem. And 45% of Americans believe them.<br /><br />You're right. It's over.Glenda Canningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-37635945082388365552010-03-28T21:46:38.032-04:002010-03-28T21:46:38.032-04:00But the candle went out on Sunday. It was a noble ...<b>But the candle went out on Sunday. It was a noble experiment, but it’s over. Such is the fate of empires, particularly those who do not hold the lonely vigil of keeping their identity alive. So don’t look for such men again. They’ve long since disappeared in the fluffy folds of the nanny state. And now, what remains of a once great nation nestles comfortably in the arms of a system of pseudo-healthcare that is anything but. The time when respect for each and every individual American citizen is over. And the right for them to pursue their dreams is gone.</b><br /><br />That epitaph should be on the tombstone along with the birth and death dates.Cal Brindisinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-14766862510951772522010-03-27T21:38:55.332-04:002010-03-27T21:38:55.332-04:00I have always enjoyed your columns very much. You...I have always enjoyed your columns very much. You have a way of looking at the world and seeing beneath the surface, and you definitely have a way with words. And this is one of your best.<br /><br />Thank you for all the good reads, and I'm glad Joanie will be keeping this blog up "for posterity." I hope many people happen by here and discover that there were people who were sending out warnings.<br /><br />God bless you, Euro-American Scum.lori_gmeinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-19064639743529521162010-03-27T10:43:51.987-04:002010-03-27T10:43:51.987-04:00Repeal Obamacare:
http://www.cafepress.com/repeal...Repeal Obamacare:<br /><br />http://www.cafepress.com/repeal2010Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-42104942733584061572010-03-26T22:14:52.921-04:002010-03-26T22:14:52.921-04:00The information contained in your links is sickeni...The information contained in your links is sickening. But what do you want to bet that maybe 5% of your countryment know any of it, or care.<br /><br />Good work!<br /><br />Steve LeidenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-49681657397738856412010-03-26T19:43:56.760-04:002010-03-26T19:43:56.760-04:00Remember how nice it was while it lasted.
That...<i>Remember how nice it was while it lasted.</i><br /><br />That's the most maddening part of this whole suicide. The generations that follow will know nothing of what America once was.3timesaladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-60389901697618531392010-03-26T13:07:46.825-04:002010-03-26T13:07:46.825-04:00There seems to be universal disagreement with my h...There seems to be universal disagreement with my harsh indictment of the baby boom generation.<br /><br />Rather than rehash the same argument I just offered, let me give credit to the few exceptions to the rule who lived lives of responsibility and respect, humility and service. Those of you who did the right thing, lived Micah 6:8 in other words, deserve credit for developing good values, and having the stones to live by them.<br /><br />But you are a minority. How else can we explain the massive cultural collision of the 1960s where every decent value developed over decades of toil, tragedy, bereavement and blood got torn down in less than a decade? <br /><br />In passing, I would recommend to both of you -- and anyone else who might pass this way -- a book written many years ago, by an author well-known in the conservative community. <i>Whatever Became of the Class of '65</i> by Michael Medved. It chronicles the ten-year reunion in 1975 of that golden group of boomers from Palisades High School in California highlighted in a 1965 article in Time Magazine. They were the vanguard of the next generation flooding into universities across the country and poised on the threshold of greatness at that time. Medved pauses for reflection ten years into the program to look back and validate their own self-importance.<br /><br />A more self-centered group of egomaniacs never lived. If any of them got out of sight of a mirror, they would probably hyperventilate.<br /><br />Bottom line -- boomers grabbed all they could and gave back nothing. We tore down everything and built nothing in its place. We indulged ourselves and imparted nothing to future generations. And now, in our sunset years, we have a gilt-edged sense of entitlement because we've done so well, accomplished so much, and leave such a lasting legacy.<br /><br />We'll get nothing, because nothing is what we deserve after living a life of nihilism.<br /><br />BTW, I don't listen to Michael Medved on the radio. IMO, he abandoned every conservative principle he ever had, along with his demi-god George W. Bush, without whose betrayal of conservative values, we would not now have Obama, national health care, and the descent into socialism which is all but assured.Euro-American Scumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-36332718956864793232010-03-26T10:19:43.600-04:002010-03-26T10:19:43.600-04:00Nice work, E-A. I am in agreement with almost all...Nice work, E-A. I am in agreement with almost all that you wrote, and reading the Peter Singer article makes my blood boil! What on earth makes these people think themselves equal to God????????<br /><br />I've enjoyed your columns for a couple of years and I will still keep this site bookmarked to go back and read them years from now.<br /><br />Best to you. Things look bleak, but we have just begun to fight!DaveBurkettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-52365013134561009032010-03-26T10:08:24.237-04:002010-03-26T10:08:24.237-04:00Scum, although I am nowhere near retirement age, I...Scum, although I am nowhere near retirement age, I agree with "anonymous" that retirees who have contributed to Social Security and Medicare all their lives ought not to be considered "needy." All they want now is what's rightfully theirs and the government has stolen their "savings account."<br /><br />The rest of your essay is spot on. It's the apathy and bread and circuses that are killing us more than anything else.<br /><br />I will indeed remember where I was when "it" happened and I'm going to try to keep the memory of what America used to be alive in my children, and hopefully their children.<br /><br />This might be the second biggest tragedy that has ever happened to mankind.<br /><br />Thanks for the great column.John Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28785049.post-52518540662433560432010-03-26T07:31:37.342-04:002010-03-26T07:31:37.342-04:00This is an excellent column. The only area where ...This is an excellent column. The only area where I disagree with the author is in his characterization of baby boomers as needy and entitlement minded.<br /><br />I am 65. I have worked hard all my life, and I have contributed from my pay to both Medicare and Social Security for decades. I was told that that money was invested in a "trust fun" from which I would be able to withdraw when I retired.<br /><br />That is not an "entitlement mentality." That is the same thing as wanting a bank to let you withdraw money you have had with them for 40+ years.<br /><br />Other than that, your artile is spot on and very well written.<br /><br />I am so sorry to see that this is the end of AADB. I just hope you leave it up here for people to read in the future. :-(<br /><br />J.B.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com