tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125435810658312644.post7273463478991271570..comments2023-01-31T09:04:45.189-05:00Comments on Liberty At All Costs: As The Election Rolls To A Close...Dannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15304572506298209357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125435810658312644.post-60223465541585353672012-11-09T07:26:27.104-05:002012-11-09T07:26:27.104-05:00Hi Ruth,
Thanks for the bump! I appreciate it ve...Hi Ruth,<br /><br />Thanks for the bump! I appreciate it very much.<br /><br />I think our country would be in much better shape if ordinary people like us had better representation in Congress. The critters in office now spend waaayyy too much time oiling the squeaky wheels and not enough time figuring out what is ahead on the tracks.<br /><br />B/R,<br />DannDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304572506298209357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125435810658312644.post-55200378599969355932012-11-08T14:42:51.103-05:002012-11-08T14:42:51.103-05:00A facebook friend was talking about this election ...A facebook friend was talking about this election aftermath and I posted a link to this entry for her. Hope you don't mind, tho i figure you don't!<br /><br />Some good stuff in it. We continue to disagree about some things but if everybody, us liberals included, could look more objectively at the things we consider to be the responsibility of govt., we could get this nation into better shape. Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125435810658312644.post-72875140393066499272012-11-07T18:11:03.262-05:002012-11-07T18:11:03.262-05:00Hey Sherwood,
Thanks for stopping by. Nice to kn...Hey Sherwood,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. Nice to know that I dusted for a good reason.<br /><br />I don't think that we have the difference that you think we do. I am dead certain that we could get by with a smaller DoD budget. <br /><br />But as I see it from a post from a <a href="http://libertyatallcosts.blogspot.com/2012/08/so-what-changed.html" rel="nofollow">couple months ago</a> we have been steadily shrinking our defense spending for decades. It has been displaced by social spending. <br /><br />I've got a link in my email to a video by a guy that lays out the situation as we have enough revenue to cover SocSec, Medicare, and interest on the debt. All the other stuff...including defense....isn't covered.<br /><br />There just isn't enough money in the DoD budget to cover our current deficits.<br /><br />Sure, we could call everybody home, toss up the Wally Wall, and let the world do as it will. We wouldn't save enough money to solve our spending problems.<br /><br />The last few times we went that route, things in the world got pretty nasty. <br /><br />Of course, that doesn't even come close to covering whether or not our current combat operations are a good idea or a bad idea. I figure we know where we are on that subject well enough to know that while it would be an interesting conversation, it wouldn't change many minds.<br /><br />"Myrmidon" is one of my favorite words. I use it when talking things over in my head quite frequently.<br /><br />B/R,<br />DannDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304572506298209357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125435810658312644.post-20746459215144226452012-11-07T17:35:57.619-05:002012-11-07T17:35:57.619-05:00There's a lot to like in this post, Dann. Pre...There's a lot to like in this post, Dann. Pretty sensible advice to everybody.<br /><br />Of course I'd not be me if I didn't have some fundamental disagreements with your take on some issues. For example: "The single biggest problem we have today is spending. Government does too much of it." As I see it, the single biggest problem we have today is war. Governments do too much of it. But I suspect you and I mean different things by "we" in this context.<br /><br />Regardless. Good stuff. And I'm tickled pink to see somebody else use the term "myrmidon"!Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.com