tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post2593056073800516199..comments2024-01-30T07:32:40.274-06:00Comments on Blue's Blog: Times have certainly changed...Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-67208507328546595882015-01-21T20:00:35.049-06:002015-01-21T20:00:35.049-06:00Miss V. ... Yes, there are things worse than dyin...Miss V. ... Yes, there are things worse than dying. Is and are ain't near bein' one of em. ;) Keep smiling!<br /><br />Dear Adrienne... I always try to fly under the radar. I always seem to get caught, though. :)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-34380137759570478862015-01-21T09:39:32.990-06:002015-01-21T09:39:32.990-06:00Your post has been sitting in my tabs since yester...Your post has been sitting in my tabs since yesterday. I wanted to give a zippy and intelligent sounding comment. I can't - because you said it all.<br /><br />My motto now is to "fly under the radar" whenever possible. Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-78842852086089249522015-01-20T11:50:36.050-06:002015-01-20T11:50:36.050-06:00...are. Are worse things...I swear I proof read a......are. Are worse things...I swear I proof read and I must be blind in one eye and can't see out the other. ;-)Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-76921915670886361022015-01-20T11:48:16.323-06:002015-01-20T11:48:16.323-06:00@ bocopro, just because someone has the power or t...@ bocopro, just because someone has the power or the chutzpah to dictate to others still doesn't give him the right to do so. That is where the personal responsibility of each individual has to come into play and to tell that usurper of individual liberty and rights to "bring it" and then fight for what is theirs. Like the man said, there is worse things than dying.<br /> Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138786907478447523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-74504444290193069082015-01-19T21:21:12.242-06:002015-01-19T21:21:12.242-06:00Good points... ;)Good points... ;)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-67142531404114762022015-01-19T13:02:23.940-06:002015-01-19T13:02:23.940-06:00I'm not convinced JFK was a patriot. He went t...I'm not convinced JFK was a patriot. He went to war when he probably could have had a desk job at USN Hqs (cudos for that). But, service also looked good on a political resume. He was ill- prepared for the world of strong leaders who ran over him (sound familiar?). Failing to know his enemy, he almost got us into a nuclear war. In the Army / Services, the creed is, "Never leave a comrade behind." He left those guys on the Cuban beach to die. He started our intervention in Viet Nam without a clear goal - leaving them to die. He was too busy cultivating Hollywood relationships (Frank and Marilyn) to keep his eye on the ball. High profile with a likeable smile - just like now. A patriot (?) - I really don't believe he had anything in mind but what his father (a Nazi sympathizer / bootlegger) told him to do and how much he could "get on the side". The space race - a good idea - but, it was a deversion for his failed foreign policy (like Obamacare and coming soon, Obamaeducation). "Very pretty, Colonel. But can they fight?" He wasn't a fighter. Patriots can be fighters when they need to be.MADDOG61noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-17597377963379297892015-01-17T18:07:37.389-06:002015-01-17T18:07:37.389-06:00The only thing that gives another person the right...The only thing that gives another person the right to dictate or regulate how others conduct their personal business is power . . . or chutzpah.bocopronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-40293891277207674002015-01-17T14:34:05.475-06:002015-01-17T14:34:05.475-06:00I agree. I believe that Kennedy was a patriot, in...I agree. I believe that Kennedy was a patriot, in as much as a politician from a rich powerful political family can be a patriot. :)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775073594938909298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114877411975379535.post-81638712309009228022015-01-17T14:20:34.404-06:002015-01-17T14:20:34.404-06:00Ah, yes . . . The Kennedy Doctrine -- 1961 Inaugur...Ah, yes . . . The Kennedy Doctrine -- 1961 Inaugural, as I recall. I was a young Navy E-3 about to go to the Philippines.<br /><br />Inspiring. Beyond speeches, tho, and calling Kruschev's bluff in Cuba, he really wasn't much of a PotUS.<br /><br />Much like the one we have now, he didn't really WANT the job . . . took it to please his old man.<br /><br />Overhyped and heavily romanticized, but he believed in our system and was a patriot.bocopronoreply@blogger.com