tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post8259892315047379540..comments2024-02-23T15:59:49.280-07:00Comments on Mobile Kodgers: KODGER KING KEEPS KOOL ON THE KOASTRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-75572342125973644392010-10-27T11:33:15.065-06:002010-10-27T11:33:15.065-06:00good post!!!
the thing that disturbs me is that t...good post!!!<br /><br />the thing that disturbs me is that the religious part of my own family has gotten more and more intolerant as they distance themselves from others for sillier and sillier reasons. And they are raising lots of children.mimi torchia boothby watercolorshttp://mimitabby.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-73486615784663177252010-09-29T17:02:13.204-06:002010-09-29T17:02:13.204-06:00Jim: All I can add to that comment is WOW! --well...Jim: All I can add to that comment is WOW! --well said. And thanks for focusing your mind on the subject.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-77866054468703972722010-09-28T16:51:13.069-06:002010-09-28T16:51:13.069-06:00==========
" . . . INTERDEPENDENCE and INDEPE...==========<br />" . . . INTERDEPENDENCE and INDEPENDENCE. Stress one of these and you're probably a democrat--the other and you're likely a republican."<br />===========<br />That's an interesting comparison -- especially when one considers that independence is widely regarded (in professional mental health circles) as a juvenile mindset. It's the teenager who won't acknowledge he needs help. "I can do it MYSELF!" Only the more mature; the more actualized among us (and it's hardly a coincidence they always have higher IQs and intellectual capacity too) come to realize that we ALL need each other: more than we'll ever know -- more than we may ever fully accept. Interdependence is a sign of maturity and intellectual evolution to a much higher state of mind.<br />==========<br />For the religious wing-nuts who claim to know ANYTHING for sure? They can't possibly know anything with that level of certainty. How do I know? Because *I* don't know. And they don't know either. Their supposed faith mirrors nothing so much as their desperate inability to accept that mysteries of the universe exist . . . and they were NOT created by their invisible sky god to confuse us.<br />==========Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585969582693570200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-12958351777880298702010-09-23T08:26:11.480-06:002010-09-23T08:26:11.480-06:00Rob, Bushman, Michael, Louise, Dixie---WOW! Very t...Rob, Bushman, Michael, Louise, Dixie---WOW! Very thoughtful comments. Thanks. Bushman--re: change and the rv lifestyle--I find my rving style evolving constantly--in very tiny ways--electronics is the biggest change--air card for internet access has re ordered much of my time--have mixed feelings about it.<br /><br />Michael, Louise, Dixie--I think you've nailed the major problems. (especially like: "out of control capitalism") Here's my suggested solution: A British style dole that is just enough to live off. Millions need not work--If they can live frugally--Artist can do art--adventurers can adventure etc. It will soon become a respectable and viable choice. It strikes me as the most effective way to spread the fruits of the industrial revolution without undercutting creative initiative. Those who value expensive toys would just have to work for them--and the get-up-and-go personalities would be rewarded for their contributions. Their taxes would be no higher than now--I speculate. The next thing I would do is digitize money and eliminate the underground economy with transparency. Finally I would make an appropriate Death tax that would recirculate some portion of accumulated vast fortunes.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-23752709948752313862010-09-22T21:35:56.512-06:002010-09-22T21:35:56.512-06:00Randy,
I wonder if these elected officials and CEO...Randy,<br />I wonder if these elected officials and CEO's who are worth millions/billions understand that they can't take it with them. They are checking out just like they checked in - so how much do they need? They are dependent on us to make them the millions/billions and we are dependent on their products and services. I don't produce much of anything I'm a consumer like most of us, and use almost everything for daily existance that someone or something made for me, like gasoline, vehicles, clothes, food, etc. I'm more dependent than interdependent for sure. The 6 democrat Senators I mentioned were the richest in 2008 according to this NY times article. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/your-senator-is-probably-a-millionaire/<br />Aren't these democrat Senators supposed to care about the working class and not fill their huge bank accounts off the sweat and tears of the little guy?<br />I am a little guy and I think you are as well. I am not political, but it really upsets me to think about the image these senators sell to the American public. Do you think they can ever empathize with us or is it just a game to them and we are their pawns?<br /><br />As I see it the only way to find common ground is tell the truth and live an honest lifestyle. <br />When the gangster lifestyle and easy money (drugs and crime) lying to get some kinda gain (medical/social security/political/welfare/corporate fraud), ignoring laws and encouraging others to do the same (illegal immigration) are allowed in our society, common ground will never be found. These are wrong and these things are undermining our society. When we denounce as loud as we can these abuses then we will find common ground and live like we should. Truth is what will bring us together. Is that too simple?Michael and Louisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-55168806933700946122010-09-22T19:16:16.559-06:002010-09-22T19:16:16.559-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-24013407438378699582010-09-22T19:15:31.243-06:002010-09-22T19:15:31.243-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-35283022942733589642010-09-22T19:15:09.219-06:002010-09-22T19:15:09.219-06:00Our nation has become so Polerized, its becoming t...Our nation has become so Polerized, its becoming taboo to even try to talk politics. I have voted for everything over the years from Democrats, Reps, Libertarian, Independent, Green..You name it, looking for---SOMEONE who really cares more about the issue than the fame or the money, & power. I am not in favor of out of control capitalism which is not working around the world--not just here!! <br />Our country is under a corporate coop and has been for some time..(fascism is where we are now! Corporations are calling the shots in DC) MONEY is not the answer and half the problems of the world are not even being addressed!! CLEAN & Plentiful Water is the most important issue facing Humans..yet we spend more money to elect Politicians? We debate abortion rights while half the children in the world have no clean water or food to nourish themselves...IT'S SO Backasswards!! <br />This system is NOT working its HUGE & Ugly and BLoated with bureaucracy & corruption, & too much power is given to Consultants who are in the background pulling the strings, special interest etc.. The question is how can we cut Govt back without cutting the legs off half the citizens? It will take a Catasthropy of some kind to make the broad change we need. (hopefully it wont be war, famine, hopefully it will be an enlightment that comes naturally) NOW there is this Tea Party, OMG they have no brians, or policy--Sara Palin's oil policy was Drill Baby Drill? My opinion is they are opportunistic GRANDSTANDERS, and they want power!<br />I think the answer to your question is Education! WE have an uneducated society--the majority, the Middle class had a good run of high paying jobs for skilled workers, (high shcool, technicians, manufacturing, etc) but now those jobs are gone, so there goes the middle class!!! Now those once Independent are becoming dependent-they paid their dues now they want the just rewards of a system that was promised them...<br />We have not fully embraced the power of knowledge in this country! I'm talking knowledge of how to be Independent...we have raised a society that "depends" on the government to led & show and stopped encouraging people to think outside the box!! THE GRID is TIGHTLY WOVEN... the "part of the team" mentality has killed independent & critical thinking!! IF you try to one up the boss or color outside the lines in the corporate led job market you get canned and suddenly you are DEPENDENT on the safety net that we have all been led to believe is there to catch us.<br />Sorry for the length of this comment!Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-7665234817039116252010-09-21T16:52:09.705-06:002010-09-21T16:52:09.705-06:00Michael--Louise: Didn't know that about the D...Michael--Louise: Didn't know that about the Dem senators. Not sure what it proves. Arguments like this--even if true-- do not address the central question (as I see it)of how to balance the twin philosophical impulses underlying our economy and our nation--INTERDEPENDENCE and INDEPENDENCE. Stress one of these and you're probably a democrat--the other and you're likely a republican. Your argument while interesting is not useful--I call it Pot Shot argumentation--each side shoots at the other---no headway is made. <br />Suppose you sincerely wanted to get at the truth or find common ground (if possible)--How would you go about it. I'm asking for advice!Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-38607879418549489362010-09-21T11:24:23.890-06:002010-09-21T11:24:23.890-06:00Sorry I posted this in your last post - should hav...Sorry I posted this in your last post - should have posted in this most recent one.<br />Randy,<br />I think it's great that you talk about politics, that defines you, and your experiences. <br />Randy, based on your experiences and understanding of the democratic pary what do you think about the 6 richest US Senators in 2008 were Democrats? <br />1.Kohl<br />2.Warner<br />3.Kerry<br />4.Rockefeller<br />5.Lautenburg<br />6.Feinstein<br />and why have all the major wars in the 20th century (tens of thousands died) WW1 - Wilson, WW2 - Roosevelt, Korea - Truman, Vietnam - Johnson occurred under democrats? Do you have an opinion on all those US solders deaths during democratic presidencies? <br />Not a flame - just curiousMichael and Louisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-69763640917466216592010-09-20T17:26:01.619-06:002010-09-20T17:26:01.619-06:00As one who does believe in god, I've noticed i...As one who does believe in god, I've noticed it hard to stop at not getting all sorts of things from it;god is god, after all.<br />Messages, intuitions, revelations...which I think is OK as long as I keep it to myself. (This comment is an exception)<br />It is private.<br />On the other hand, there is "public". In Ben Franklin's autobiography he writes about Virtue, and was big on Frugality, Temperance, many under the generalized subject of Diligence, all together 13 Traits - he always capitalized - broadcasting this publically, to 18th Century America with his Almanac and news paper.<br />With the coming catasthropy these three habits will come in very handy, if fact all of them will; this is public, moral, and would be progress. (Religion doen't enter as far as I can tell)<br />A Catasthropy presents a necessary change which can be a progress, or a regress. (The uptick in Haiti of Voodoo after the earth quake is a regress, in my opinion) The one thing that can't happen is that things maintain, that conditions stay the same.<br />Do you have ideas on how this will affect you as an RVer? <br />BushmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-50520352910819737822010-09-19T23:32:59.153-06:002010-09-19T23:32:59.153-06:00The religious man does know, he has no doubts. You...The religious man does know, he has no doubts. You have a different belief system, is it any better or worse than any other man's belief system? I think not, just different.<br /><br />I like Tillamook, great cheese at the factory (some I have never seen before) a great way to show you how the cheese is made and the town of Tillamook has an excellent farmers market.<br /><br />Our last trip down the coast we stopped at all the farmers markets we came to. Fresh local food is hard to beat.<br />I found a web site that listed farmers markets, if was something to look for as we went down the coast.<br /><br />Randy, that one place you stopped for the view looked like an old Coast Guard Light Station judging by the colors of the building.<br /><br />On a nice day there is nothing like the Oregon coast... and as you have mentioned if the weather is not right for you just go inland a bit.Robnoreply@blogger.com