tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post1422240188509936234..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: THE BEAT MUST GO ONEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-57195120650057883572015-09-25T18:48:45.833-05:002015-09-25T18:48:45.833-05:0013:51
I wish those whacky Republicans would sto...13:51<br /> I wish those whacky Republicans would stop claiming to be conservatives. Their current party is a thing of itself and has nothing to do with the original one. Sort of like here, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-309136065986811052015-09-25T16:56:36.314-05:002015-09-25T16:56:36.314-05:00Are you back ? I do hope so. Maybe just a weekly p...Are you back ? I do hope so. Maybe just a weekly post if you are busy the rest of the time ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-14457000495780089692015-09-25T16:48:11.709-05:002015-09-25T16:48:11.709-05:00
Harper can breathe easier and go window shopping ...<br />Harper can breathe easier and go window shopping once again.<br /><br />France has offloaded to Egypt the two Mistral warships it refused to deliver to Russia, bringing to an end a delicate diplomatic affair but failing to clear doubts over the cost of the dispute.<br /><br />The price was about 950 million Euros - equivalent to the amount that France was forced to reimburse Russia - according to a person close to the French defence minister.<br /><br />This is about $1.4 billion loonies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-16283690620571636132015-09-25T13:51:25.215-05:002015-09-25T13:51:25.215-05:00This is from an op-ed column by David Brooks in to...<br />This is from an op-ed column by David Brooks in today's New York Times.<br /><br />It is headed "The American Idea and Today's G.O.P."<br /><br />"America was settled, founded and built by people who believed they were doing something exceptional. Other nations were defined by their history, but America was defined by its future, by the people who weren't yet here and by the greatness that hadn't yet been achieved.<br /><br />Today there are some conservative commentators and Republican politicians who talk a lot about American exceptionalism. But when they use the phrase they mean the exact opposite of its original meaning. In fact, they are effectively destroying American exceptionalism. <br /><br />These commentators and candidates look backward to an America that is being lost.<br /><br />Out of this backward- and inward-looking mentality comes a desire to exclude. Donald Trump talks falsely and harshly about Hispanic immigrants. Ben Carson says he couldn't advocate putting "a Muslim in charge of this nation."<br /><br />The Republican Party is led by people who are profoundly uncomfortable with the changing (and inevitable) demographic nature of our nation. The G.O.P is longing to return to the past and is fearful of the future. It is a party that is characterized by resentments and grievances, by distress and dismay.<br /><br />A definitive report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently found today's immigrants are assimilating as fast as previous ones. They are learning English. They are healthier than native-born Americans.0 Immigrant men age 18 to 39 are incarcerated at roughly one-fourth the rate of American men."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-12368134600513807042015-09-25T13:24:08.827-05:002015-09-25T13:24:08.827-05:00No one can ever challenge your integrity Evelyn, b...No one can ever challenge your integrity Evelyn, but courageous is also a characteristic that can never be challenged. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-62421532270512602672015-09-25T09:50:56.671-05:002015-09-25T09:50:56.671-05:00I think the Citizen could come back under the righ...I think the Citizen could come back under the right hands. But that would be a difficult decision to be made. Not everyone <br />would be prepared for what happened once and could happen again. In the meantime, it remain in place for those unfamiliar<br />with the history to read if they are so inclined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-70120812296254936892015-09-25T08:55:55.673-05:002015-09-25T08:55:55.673-05:00The blog is missed - it was a daily vitamin.The blog is missed - it was a daily vitamin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-81648162280563006122015-09-24T22:57:54.732-05:002015-09-24T22:57:54.732-05:00"The community is not better for it."
H...<br /><br />"The community is not better for it."<br /><br />How very true.<br /><br />But you are doing your part and it's greatly appreciated by many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com