tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post7018107739016163823..comments2024-03-28T23:56:24.570+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: from my distant observation pointSabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-74904363169999682332017-08-17T14:38:06.652+02:002017-08-17T14:38:06.652+02:00I fear you may be correct, martial law or some ver...I fear you may be correct, martial law or some version of it to outlaw protest and civil society actions may result from the coming neo nazi rallies scheduled this weekend.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-76724757287570871812017-08-17T13:14:15.433+02:002017-08-17T13:14:15.433+02:00Interesting to read this post now. Assessments p...Interesting to read this post now. Assessments pretty accurate. One important difference, I must ask does he have an agenda, whether intentional or coincidentally -- with the result of US becoming an authoritarian led state? There is a pattern of how this is accomplished and we are going down that road. In the late 1990s a book titled Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich by David Clay Large helped me understand a question that had puzzled me after the days of WWII -- how intelligent, good German people succumbed to their leader. Our leader appears to be following the same steps which makes Charlottesville so dangerous and explains his tacit cultivation of violent forces we should be wary of spreading across our country as they intend. Preventing events/violence giving our leader reason to declare martial law to establish law and order must be avoided. No coincidence he has admired Turkey's leader, and Russia's; maligns our fourth Estate; attacks those who have ideas different from his own, for example.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-23887607933438982222017-01-24T22:31:54.848+01:002017-01-24T22:31:54.848+01:00Thank you for this post.Thank you for this post.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-54925488882024253682017-01-24T12:14:38.801+01:002017-01-24T12:14:38.801+01:00There are so many thoughtful, intelligent people w...There are so many thoughtful, intelligent people who are opposed to Trump. Surely we can defeat him.Patience_Crabstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860012969550268614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-91965085748821577042017-01-24T03:02:27.550+01:002017-01-24T03:02:27.550+01:00Trump makes George W sound eloquent....Not only is...Trump makes George W sound eloquent....Not only is he a loose cannon, he's embarrassing - and I thought we coudn't be further embarrassed after Dubbya.mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-18784954342406401532017-01-23T17:10:11.009+01:002017-01-23T17:10:11.009+01:00I love this -- it's powerful and thoughtful. I...I love this -- it's powerful and thoughtful. I still think Martin Luther King Jr was correct when he said the arc of the universe bends toward justice. We may step back from time to time, but ultimately, we move forward.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-76597701142360849322017-01-23T01:09:42.604+01:002017-01-23T01:09:42.604+01:00Thanks for the quotes -- all deeply thoughtful and...Thanks for the quotes -- all deeply thoughtful and sobering. I'm of the mind that Drumpf is the beginning of the end -- not the end of the world (unless he does something particularly stupid and dangerous) but the end of a dying form of civilization. Technology and "woke" people, the millennials, etc. are changing the world as we know it. Gone is the supremacy of the white patriarchy. I honestly believe that this is the last gasp. Of course, we are at risk of being blown up and then there's the planet...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-76501571593296414502017-01-22T22:31:21.038+01:002017-01-22T22:31:21.038+01:00I like Marilynne Robinson so much.
We can but hop...I like Marilynne Robinson so much.<br /><br />We can but hope his crossing of the CIA has some very dire consequences for him, sooner rather than later!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-6065965828569810772017-01-22T21:15:21.623+01:002017-01-22T21:15:21.623+01:00Thank you for posting these quotes. I'll read ...Thank you for posting these quotes. I'll read the entire Malcolm Gladwell interview later (I'm at work) but how I hope that he's right and the Trump phenomenon is short lived and we're all okay at the end of it.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-23888048294083835042017-01-22T20:26:35.552+01:002017-01-22T20:26:35.552+01:00The marches yesterday all around the world, on eve...The marches yesterday all around the world, on every continent, gave me more hope than I've had in a long time. This beast shall not last. He is too undisciplined and makes new enemies everyday. The future will be dark and bleak for a while, but I sincerely await the light. And that's unusual for me, I'm quite the pessimist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-92091783164775463922017-01-22T18:35:00.461+01:002017-01-22T18:35:00.461+01:00I'll be watching here: http://tinyurl.com/zmnj...I'll be watching here: http://tinyurl.com/zmnjatuSabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-55496901277873551462017-01-22T18:15:41.713+01:002017-01-22T18:15:41.713+01:00I have every confidence we will vomit him out. I&#...I have every confidence we will vomit him out. I'm only worried at how long that will take to happen. <br /><br />Still, first day, we have momentum. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-24423633644182454832017-01-22T17:58:21.532+01:002017-01-22T17:58:21.532+01:00Love it! Sometimes the worst in some brings out t...Love it! Sometimes the worst in some brings out the best in others. That's what I'm waiting for.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-7838114146868574262017-01-22T17:13:10.422+01:002017-01-22T17:13:10.422+01:00Good of Gladwell to remind us of that other demago...Good of Gladwell to remind us of that other demagogue, Sen. Joe McCarthy. I wait impatiently for the ex-Judge Joseph Welch <i>de nos jours</i>:<br /><br />"Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.... Senator; you've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? I will not discuss this further with you... You have seen fit to bring [the Fisher/NLG affair] out, and if there is a God in heaven, it will do neither you nor your cause any good! I will not discuss it further... "<br /><br />Also an updated Sen. Stuart Symington of whom McCarthy said, "You're not fooling anyone." To which Symington replied: "Senator, the American people have had a look at you now for six weeks; you're not fooling anyone, either." Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-68286631283254565942017-01-22T16:03:27.101+01:002017-01-22T16:03:27.101+01:00The first quote brought to mind the worship of the...The first quote brought to mind the worship of the Golden Calf. <br />They are both hopeful, but the problem I have is that so many have always said, "enough" with this man and yet, here he is. Here he is in this position of incredible power. May it not last long. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-69602578360901780102017-01-22T13:55:20.954+01:002017-01-22T13:55:20.954+01:00Thanks for posting these thoughtful and insightful...Thanks for posting these thoughtful and insightful interviews. They are just what I needed to read this morning. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.com