tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6397089809966098792..comments2024-03-29T00:44:42.046+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Sufficient Unto The DayChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-88471747240824405742014-12-15T12:51:16.397+13:002014-12-15T12:51:16.397+13:00One might argue that the twentieth century was an ...One might argue that the twentieth century was an aberration, and our civilization is returning to a more normal social structure.Don Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818756364561598971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-15333057844944727462014-11-18T18:12:59.877+13:002014-11-18T18:12:59.877+13:00We are all selfish. We all refuse to give up conve...We are all selfish. We all refuse to give up convenience. We all want rental properties. We all want new bathrooms with wall mounted vanities and lifestyles worthy of The Block. Especially the educated Left. We are doomed. I realised that a while ago. I gave up. I endure our demise by finding pockets of humour and kindred spirits in good long format TV writers such as david simon and by finding solace in good pinot gris. It is as hopeless as you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-43442516575452782272014-11-18T17:04:53.560+13:002014-11-18T17:04:53.560+13:00
There are numerous reasons why nothing seems to ...<br /><br />There are numerous reasons why nothing seems to work anymore.<br /><br />But one that comes constantly to the fore is that the state has almost everywhere been decried, diminished and denuded of resources. <br /><br />Ultimately, you get what you pay for. Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12497639014188493432014-11-18T13:14:48.810+13:002014-11-18T13:14:48.810+13:00The politicians of today are a useless rightwing b...The politicians of today are a useless rightwing bunch lacking real empathy for their fellow citizens. They are adherants to the new God - globalisation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952914908453937218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-85173253050317034352014-11-18T09:31:58.563+13:002014-11-18T09:31:58.563+13:00Chris, its nice to see you comment on the twin cha...Chris, its nice to see you comment on the twin challenges of today, global warming ad resource depletion. You are a brave man to state this, because even if the message is true it will be received in anger. For any number of reasons, ranging from denial to hostility based upon hearing something that threatens personal status quo etc. In short you become Cassandra, the party pooper. You become the problem.<br /><br />I dont disagree with what you ave said, to answer the challenge would in the best of all possible worlds would be that we strengthen our civil and community institutions and plan together. Our current greed, our avarice, our egocentricity all make this impossible. Fear for the day when this becomes obvious as our primal response is blame, not rational response.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-8230450336897789002014-11-18T08:23:56.762+13:002014-11-18T08:23:56.762+13:00Chris,
"And should we not, likewise, give tha...Chris,<br />"And should we not, likewise, give thanks to the politicians and planners who made possible the great hydro-electric schemes of the twentieth century? Without their faith in the future of this little nation, the skies of its major cities would be as befouled with the smog of fossil-fuelled power generation as Beijing’s"<br /><br />And notice that they have been sold when instead they could be used to back our own dollar.<br /><br />And here is why I follow Pepe Escobar<br /><br />http://rt.com/op-edge/206083-g20-summit-brics-economy/<br /><br />Our own controlled media mindlessly joining in on the Putin bashing (Paddy "Oh he's leaving early" last night was over the top) bandwagon is just too much.<br /><br />And while on Pepe here is a interview of Thierry Meyssan (who I have not read before) by Pepe http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article40204.htm (scroll down to the video)<br /><br />And finally there were some good comments in this thread (and more than enough good links) http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/the-key-sentence-in-putins-interview.html that I only had time to quickly scan this morning.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845023343419367953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-25966392956380765062014-11-18T07:10:06.880+13:002014-11-18T07:10:06.880+13:00-"Something has gone out of us. Some vital qu...-"Something has gone out of us. Some vital quality that the human-beings who built the Parthenon, the Coliseum, Chartres Cathedral, Brooklyn Bridge, and even our own Benmore Dam, possessed in abundance."<br /> I would venture to suggest that missing something is the backbone of socialism and the bane of capitalism and its name is "the common good"pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08727942156598555852noreply@blogger.com