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Comment on Border Patrol Agent by GeneNovo

GeneNovo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:47:15 +0000

…have always appreciated Rudy’s poems, indeed the three Laguna-men’s: Rudy’s, Bluetown’s and Art’s …. I hope they enter the Valley In’l Poetry Festival ….

As for Rudy, I can only imagine what drives him to such poetry …. I have never felt that kind of racism/discrimination ….

However, I have also lived on the border long enough to know that evil/control/power desires are not limited to one group of people ….

And having said that, I still appreciate the aversion to such in Rudy’s poems ….

Where are we today?

What are we today?

Who are today’s enemies ?
And by enemies I mean those who deny hope/basics/justice to others.

Thanks, Rudy, for not letting me forget, and I hope you also jar others ….

Comment on Slow, slow walk by GeneNovo

GeneNovo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:16 +0000

…indeed, Editor Stan. Lausanne is an off-the-charts-brilliant-woman who was a seventh grader in my English and history classes in central Vermont in the mid 1960s …and there she would be, snow falling outside, rivers clogged with ice, sometimes mud on the ground, sometimes leaves, sometimes the green of Spring …..I’m thrilled she saw pieces in this poem that I never imagined ….To words, peace, time, music, reflection ….

Comment on Slow, slow walk by Stan

Stan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:54:16 +0000

I’m forwarding your comment to Gene. He is around a lot though biking rather than hiking.

Comment on Slow, slow walk by Lausanne

Lausanne — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:30:15 +0000

Gene, I always knew I would catch up with you! Your ears must be burning ’cause you’ve been the topic of much discussion lately. I like this poem, this thumbnail sketch of a lost soul who still hopes to “win” in the scheme of things. How can I reach you directly? West Washington is all I’ve got , and these postings… I hope you are well and imagine you taking brisk walks about the town with your senses absorbing nuances of the human stories you write of.

Comment on Al Franken seems to have matured well, so Stewart for President by Kraines

Kraines — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:36 +0000

No, I’d miss him too much as a comedian! I already miss Al Frankin. Remember how on SNL he used to introduce the decades? At the cusp of 1980, granting that we were all weary of the “me” decade of the 70s, that he was ushering in the 80s, for respite, as the “me, Al Frankin” decade, which was to be all about him, and in 1990, he ushered in the decade of his son!

Comment on Supreme Court announces new bargains in Free Speech by Jack Veggie

Jack Veggie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:36:58 +0000

I guess if the constitution said ‘an individual’s right to free speech’ is inviolate, I would have a different take on it.
I see the evil in campaign contributions as corruption of the elected. Whether the corruptor is a group or an individual.
ABC, NBC, Fox, CNN are all corps. All pushing an agenda. Do we fine them whenever they say an unobjective statement or exhibit bias? Jail them for lingering a camera on a candidate too long?
Sounds complicated.
Less laws less complicated.

Secession. Probably not in my day, but the tipping point may come sooner than the death of my grandchildren. Took some time to get rid of King George, and I have read only 3% of the population. I heard the 3% figure from an interesting guy that had done Iraq a couple of times….guessing that’s propaganda fed to the NCO’s justifying action there. All it takes is 3% to make a difference….etc. Point being, average Texan ain’t going to support or oppose secession.

Comment on Supreme Court announces new bargains in Free Speech by Stan

Stan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:13:02 +0000

Regarding your Microsoft case, I’m assuming some one will do the right thing and blow the whistle. Realizing that corruption is a problem and a big one, I don’t believe that everyone working in corporations or government are corrupt just because that’s where they work. I’d have to go shoot myself if I did. My point: communication is a human function, not a corporate one. The humans in the corp can and should report the undue pressure from a governing agency.

One person has one voice and is perfectly free to use it. Or so I naively believe.

Comment on Supreme Court announces new bargains in Free Speech by Stan

Stan — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:11:50 +0000

Secession? yeah. Yer run of the mill Texan is ready for that. Right.

Comment on Supreme Court announces new bargains in Free Speech by Jack Veggie

Jack Veggie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:58:35 +0000

So, let’s say an Bush-like successor to Obama wants Microsoft to disclose to the justice department, a set of algorithms that will enable faster interception and eavesdropping by the Dept. of Justice, but Microsoft refuses, believing the disclosure too invasive.

Microsoft should be prohibited from running ads to advise the public? Microsoft should be prohibited from making a campaign contribution to the opponent of such a president?

Free speech. Free even to those who can print more of it and say more of it. Plenty of people have more money than plenty of corporations.

People too stupid to think for themselves usually are too stupid to go through the trouble of voting…….and those are the only ones fooled by campaign BS.

The Supreme Court decision I’m waiting on is the one that says, a bribe is a bribe, whether paid to influence a candidate before an election as a campaign contribution, or paid after they are seated in office.

We’ll never see such a decision until we have a major political change, like secession or federal meltdown….or both.

Comment on Lame Effort for Earth by Jack Veggie

Jack Veggie — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:40:33 +0000

The waste here and the waste in Haiti. Interesting that they come up in one communication.

In this post 9-11, post-Katrina, post-Hussein time of the suicide bomber, I’m not so sure the fog is blissful. Maybe we are just numb anymore.