tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post6264252648786760196..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: The least we can do is distance ourselves...Fran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-38897015248349516222009-04-20T14:35:00.000-05:002009-04-20T14:35:00.000-05:00Re: pissed in NYC
I've always admired the thought...Re: pissed in NYC<br /><br />I've always admired the thought behind that prayer. It's good advice, if you ignore the praying part.<br /><br />Re: BlueGal @ 7:11 AM<br /><br />I wasn't sure what you meant in the article. Glad to see my first impression was wrong. I'm angry, but I'm not mindlessly angry. I think it serves the purposes of Obama and the people he's protecting to think we're all just lunatics or ideologues. Then he can be one of the reasonable people. The plain fact is that protecting the people who abetted and committed the torture isn't reasonable. <br /><br />That's one of the reasons I'm angry.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-54571896464744621792009-04-20T07:11:00.000-05:002009-04-20T07:11:00.000-05:00That's what I mean, Manila. You said it better. ...That's what I mean, Manila. You said it better. <br /><br />But I don't have time to criticize other blogs, let alone read them nearly as much as I should.Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-89568454864793058602009-04-20T05:00:00.000-05:002009-04-20T05:00:00.000-05:00I respectfully disagree. I think Democrats are onl...I respectfully disagree. I think Democrats are only trying to be understanding instead of angry because he's "our man" and no on likes the taste of humble pie. I believe anger is essential to enacting the "change" Obama repeatedly fails to deliver. That's why I love this St Augustine quote (it's almost like he's talking specifically about the Obama administration).<br /><br />“Hope has two beautiful daughters: their names are anger and courage. Anger that things are the way they are, and courage to make them the way they ought to be.”<br /><br />You're right, we shouldn't simply become immersed in anger, but anger channeled correctly is far better than the complacency I've seen from bloggers since Obama took office.Manila Rycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996903887498101484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-2187619528633146692009-04-19T22:37:00.000-05:002009-04-19T22:37:00.000-05:00I take for my koan: A full glass may be stirred, w...I take for my koan: A full glass may be stirred, while an empty glass can only clatter.The Young Swellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260530245605641223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-27923960256689520702009-04-19T21:18:00.000-05:002009-04-19T21:18:00.000-05:00Pissed, I know you well enough to know that's not ...Pissed, I know you well enough to know that's not a backhanded insult. Those who believe differently from me find their own ways to stay alert and not get distracted by emotion. That's not my opinion-- I know many non-believers for whom it is true.Fran / Blue Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-75021364708016913412009-04-19T20:06:00.000-05:002009-04-19T20:06:00.000-05:00Um, and what do those of us who do not believe in ...Um, and what do those of us who do not believe in the power of prayer do? Must add, that now I am beginning to understand why people get solace from prayer.pissed in NYChttp://icantbelieveitsnotademocracy.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-7486064808470012932009-04-19T13:39:00.000-05:002009-04-19T13:39:00.000-05:00Usually I meditate, do a little yoga, chanting unt...Usually I meditate, do a little yoga, chanting until I feel balanced.<br /><br />But then I saw "W" on the morning tube doing his China venture capitalist star turn (not to mention Dick Armee, Newt and even DeLay starting up the lying again in the MSM), and that old nauseated feeling began to creep back in.<br /><br />Thanks for the soft words, BG. And soothing music.<br /><br />We need that.Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.com