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I am married with four children and 10 grand-children. I'm a self-employed Controls Engineer, working primarily in the Aerospace Industry.

I love theology, philosophy and science. I also love history and especially the study of ancient civilizations. 


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Larry Koler
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I was giving an example.

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10 cents: Larry and Susan are from Seattle so getting these comment numbers is like catching a glimpse of Mt Rainier through the haze of pot smoke. · 10 hours ago

Susan in Seattle: And I want comment #3636 so am perching here.  Neener, neener, Larry. · 12 minutes ago

What a ridiculous thing to say, 2 nickels. You are so jealous that I got 2525 AND 3000 that you just can't stand it. I really wonder if I should try too hard for 4000 if you are going to say snide things like this about the most livable city in the history of the universe. 

And the pot smoke is nothing to what I had to endure as a kid -- clouds of DDT and 24D (didn't know about that one, I bet). They all get you high -- but in different ways.

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DocJay: Susan, I can do it. Years of practicing Toy Boat three times fast had honed the tongue to finely tuned instrument. There's a soft ball Larry. · 32 minutes ago

I don't know what in the world I could do with that, Doc. 

Let me see now.... Oh ya: one finger, two fingers, tongues now. I get it. 

BTW, I'm a little confused about just one soft ball -- why would that be? Maybe you only have one, Doc? Or is it Severely? Some of the fake women, maybe? (flownover, the diehards here are all men regardless of the names or female type comments. This is something I established quite a long time ago.)

Now, what can I do with the word "honed?" That will keep me up late tonight I bet.

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You scared flownover away. He was blown over. 

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Thrilling just to contemplate, isn't it? I mean Rob could be elevated to the hushed corridors of those selfless servants to this nation and the world. The thing I really love about NPR, PBS and the CPB is that these institutions were set up by our government to serve us all.

For example, the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour came into being just to give us the straight dope on the daily occurrences of the most important news event in our nation's history: the Watergate hearings. These hearings were similar in nature and importance to the Continental Congress proceedings which birthed our nation. 

We can't trust our country's coverage of the news to the private, for-profit sector. Profits are all self-serving, whereas non-profits are all selfless and selflessness leads to hushed corridors and hushed tones at the microphone. 

Government: the last best hope of the world. 

Rob Long, join the government and serve your country instead of your narrow self interest.

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Susan in Seattle: And I want comment #3636 so am perching here.  Neener, neener, Larry. · 7 hours ago

3636? What a lame number. 2525 -- there's a song about that one!

I got the big ones except for 1 and 2000 -- DocJay the man with no life got those. I'm still a little disappointed in that. But, I should be able to handle 4000. 

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Byron Horatio

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Very weird business. · 14 hours ago

I've never seen such slavish fandom for a Republican on the pages of Ricochet.  I mean we all have our favorites I know, but the Palin die-hards just will not accept any criticism as even conceivably legitimate.  "The MSM has brainwashed them!  They just want to hang with the cool kids!"

I'm a Rand Paul guy, ...

Have you heard of Ron Paul? Slavish fandom is to be seen with the Ronbots, don't you think? Maybe you aren't paying attention.

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Butters, agreed.

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Gary, it might not apply to you. My point is that it does apply to most.

She wasn't really ready for the job -- but it is not a job that needs intellectuals. It needs a competent executive with the right principles and courage.

She may not have been ready -- but, no one should doubt that she was much better prepared than Obama.

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Joseph Eagar

Joseph Paquette

Then you agree, they are not using any kind of organizing theory?  Because if they actually thought it through, they'd see the inconsistency.  · 2 hours ago

I think not.  People on the left prefer sexual excess and restrictions on soda, but many of us on the right prefer sexual restraint and unregulated food markets.

There's no particular reason why we shouldn't mix and match this way, not unless you want to eliminate democracy altogether.  The entire point of self-government is solve certain problems collectively; for many of us on the right, those problems include the moral and social breakdown that afflicts the lower classes, but not the micromanagement of decentralized markets.

To put it another way, Americans are not purists libertarians. · 9 minutes ago

Excellent!

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Mary, these reasons are so juvenile, aren't they? They seem to not like her and then decide to come up with reasons afterward -- that seems to be why they are so weak. Most of the people on our side agree with her intellectually and on the principles. I think it is just that they know the cool kids won't like them if they say they like her. 

It's always: "Well, I'm not a big fan of hers but...." or 

I liked here until... (the MSM told me not to and started making fun of her and then I realized that, though I agree with her on most things, I just realized that she wasn't up to the job -- it just came to me.) 

Very weird business.

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Salvatore Padula

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Salvatore Padula

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No, that's where you're wrong -- the left doesn't make mistakes of this kind -- don't you see that? The type of complaints are garden variety types -- it is their vehemence that is the message. They are certain that they need to destroy her. She scares them. Her 2008 convention speech was rightly seen as a challenge and the left knew it. I knew she was poised to do them damage. Why didn't you? 

They attempted to destroy her personally -- that's another clue for you. The left does not mistake their true enemies -- they fear her. · 8 minutes ago

Assuming for the sake of argument that the Left makes these criticisms out of fear, that doesn't mean that the criticisms aren't accurate. I was someone who had high hopes for Sarah Palin when she was governor. She has been a major disappointment. The fact that the Left recognizes her weaknesses does not mean that the weaknesses aren't real. 

Her "weaknesses" were only discovered when the leftists made her enemy number 1. Up until that point she was a star. Why?

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Byron Horatio

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Well my criticism of her applies equally to any politician who always speaks about what "We the People" believe rather than what the individual believes.  I'm an anti-populist to the core.  I'm deeply suspicious of people who speak in platitudes and under cover of "the will of the American People!" 

There is simply no substance here, Byron. I just don't think this is a good way to go against a super-star like Sarah Palin. She could really make a difference in this country. This isn't some deep intellectual puzzle -- it's a power play and I simply can't imagine how some aesthetic such as you describe has any bearing on how we proceed when it comes to going after our true enemies. 

Populists! What a trite thing to worry about. Reagan was a great populist. So, was Mrs. Thatcher and even Churchill, really, had his moments in the populist sun esp. in his early years.

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Salvatore Padula

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You may believe all that, but please realize that simply because the Left make criticism of someone doesn't mean that the criticism isn't accurate. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and these criticisms of Sarah Palin may in fact be heard on both the Left and the Right because they happen to be valid.

I don't hate Sarah Palin and I think that the animus toward her across the Left is excessive and unjustified. That said, the substance of their criticism is often correct even if their vociferousness is unfair and ridiculous. 

No, that's where you're wrong -- the left doesn't make mistakes of this kind -- don't you see that? The type of complaints are garden variety types -- it is their vehemence that is the message. They are certain that they need to destroy her. She scares them. Her 2008 convention speech was rightly seen as a challenge and the left knew it. I knew she was poised to do them damage. Why didn't you? 

They attempted to destroy her personally -- that's another clue for you. The left does not mistake their true enemies -- they fear her.

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