tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post7882663530754839512..comments2023-10-31T06:01:21.781-04:00Comments on love,elizabeth: Cynicism and secret hopeElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-55304693410220332822007-10-11T18:03:00.000-04:002007-10-11T18:03:00.000-04:00Costa Rica! Oooh. They have rainforest eco resor...Costa Rica! Oooh. They have rainforest eco resorts which are actually saving a lot of rainforest. sounds good to me. Especially as winter moves in here.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-22857495030081599502007-10-11T11:03:00.000-04:002007-10-11T11:03:00.000-04:00great post. i see your point, though i must, for m...great post. i see your point, though i must, for my sanity, retain my capacity for surprise and shock over the behavior and actions taken by our public servants. <BR/><BR/>i think it's the reverse of your view, though yours, by virtue of your experience, is far better informed than mine and thus more accurate.<BR/><BR/>sigh. i think i'm moving to costa rica.BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-79634334937569509532007-10-10T17:00:00.000-04:002007-10-10T17:00:00.000-04:00red7eric: They will, they will. But it's still be...red7eric: They will, they will. But it's still better than what we have now. I remember so fondly, now, Clinton's "betrayal" of liberal values with his welfare reform package. such an innocent time.... Little did we know how the greater American values could be subverted.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-86112669630489793652007-10-10T11:28:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:28:00.000-04:00Elizabeth, I totally agree. And yet, I want to be...Elizabeth, I totally agree. And yet, I want to believe in something so badly that I have a tendency to turn all the Democrats that I agree with most often into heroes, and it really hurts when they come crashing back down to earth, because -- they're human, just like everyone else. I still support their policies, but I want to also like and respect them.<BR/><BR/>When scandals a la David Vitter and Larry Craig happen, I enjoy the schadenfreude of the moment, but am always a little wary of getting too excited, knowing that it could be a Democrat-who-did-something-stupid the next time 'round.Red Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10374428870925284956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-56489379272119981412007-10-10T08:44:00.000-04:002007-10-10T08:44:00.000-04:00Ms.Place: I hope so. it would be nice to keep one...Ms.Place: I hope so. it would be nice to keep one. Though he'd probably say something like, 'You don't need me. You only need the idea of me within you.' Still, I like having the actual him, who loves China even as they decimate his country, out there somewhere in the world.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-45543971588076369402007-10-09T18:48:00.000-04:002007-10-09T18:48:00.000-04:00I think you might have alighted on the one individ...I think you might have alighted on the one individual who we can admire and respect without fearing he will expose feet of clay.Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-33625672785328262122007-10-09T11:50:00.000-04:002007-10-09T11:50:00.000-04:00cowbell: Yes, there they go, Slap, slap. Or is th...cowbell: Yes, there they go, Slap, slap. Or is that reality slapping me in the face.... Sometimes it's a twofer.<BR/><BR/>Doralong: Some would say you're getting more realistic as you get older.<BR/><BR/>There's a Mel Brooks song that says:<BR/>Hope for the best,<BR/>Expect the worst.<BR/>Life is a play,<BR/>We're unrehearsed.<BR/><BR/>but lately my favorite quote is:<BR/>"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" (will Rogers)<BR/>I think I'm gonna get me a t-shirt with that on it.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-31403165287450921252007-10-09T10:22:00.000-04:002007-10-09T10:22:00.000-04:00I always hope for the best, but am never surprised...I always hope for the best, but am never surprised when it fails to happen..<BR/><BR/>I fear the older I get, the more cynical I'm becoming.Doralonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529026755912430796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-29292632170030410192007-10-08T17:37:00.000-04:002007-10-08T17:37:00.000-04:00Oh good -- so I'm not the only jaded Pollyanna! ...Oh good -- so I'm not the only jaded Pollyanna! I think there are lots of folks who are cynical about the media, politics, our country's institutions (health, education, transportation...) and the like. I know I am. But when it comes to individuals, that's when that blasted little Pollyanna comes in. Sometimes I can practically feel her braids slapping against my shoulders.more cowbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867825812404503048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-67181398096439655252007-10-08T16:37:00.000-04:002007-10-08T16:37:00.000-04:00Wow! Thanks for leaving the comment. I'm so glad ...Wow! Thanks for leaving the comment. I'm so glad you like reading my (usually) late-night musings. And I'll pass your lunchbox happiness on to Stephen.<BR/>All best, EElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889294120616809157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8133147170181934597.post-44333634567352193142007-10-08T09:21:00.000-04:002007-10-08T09:21:00.000-04:00Although this has nothing to do with your latest p...Although this has nothing to do with your latest post on cynicism, I just wanted to tell you that I finally received my LEFTY MUNCHLER lunch box. I love it! It is so cute. Tell your brother in law thanks for creating them. It is through researching how to order one that I happened on your blog and now I am hooked! I check it daily...Thanks for blogging. I aspire to blog myself sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com