tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.comments2020-10-04T08:37:10.674-05:00The Common VoiceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10655538402261977035noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-29891903923950990382012-11-02T13:12:18.023-05:002012-11-02T13:12:18.023-05:00Another interesting thought is Vladamir Putin'...Another interesting thought is Vladamir Putin's comment about the Obama campaign in 2008. Putin predicted the U.S.A. would break into smaller regions based on the fact that Gorbachev also ran on the same idea, "Change". Like you so eloquently stated in your piece. There are only two types of change. Changes for the better and changes for the worse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-56539654616416675202012-11-02T12:49:42.471-05:002012-11-02T12:49:42.471-05:00Hey Doug,
I also hope you are wrong. I'm con...Hey Doug,<br /><br />I also hope you are wrong. I'm concerned that the real power in the U.S. is not in to office but behind the office. Here is a piece from Chuck Baldwin that I think is also concerning. (Chuck Baldwin's words from here on to the end) The differences between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are miniscule on virtually every salient issue. They both supported TARP; they both supported Obama’s economic stimulus package; they both supported so-called assault weapons bans and other gun control measures; Obama has an “F” rating from Gun Owners of America, while Romney has a “D-” rating from GOA; neither man supports a balanced budget; neither man opposes foreign aid; they both supported the bailout of the auto industry; they both have a track record of being big spenders; they both fully support the Federal Reserve; they both oppose a full audit of the Fed; they are both supporters of universal health care; both men are showered with campaign contributions from Wall Street; neither of them wants to eliminate the IRS or the direct income tax; both men are on record as saying the TSA is doing a “great job”; they both supported the NDAA, including the indefinite detention of American citizens without due process of law; they both supported the renewal of the Patriot Act; they both believe that the President has “executive power” to assassinate and kill; both support the “free trade” agenda of the global elite; they are both soft on illegal immigration; they both support NAFTA and CAFTA; they both have a history of appointing liberal judges; they both believe the President has the authority to take the nation to war without the approval of Congress; and neither of them has any qualms about running up more public debt to the already gargantuan debt of 16 trillion dollars.<br /><br />Judge Andrew Napolitano nailed it when he said, “Barack Obama loves Big Labor; Mitt Romney loves Big Business; but they both love Big Government.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-54366421916203613672012-10-12T20:24:16.601-05:002012-10-12T20:24:16.601-05:00sooooo sweet! thanks for sharing and congrats on 2...sooooo sweet! thanks for sharing and congrats on 20 years and many many more together!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-36066305001138896492012-10-11T04:41:30.766-05:002012-10-11T04:41:30.766-05:00I really appreciate what you post. You have a new ...I really appreciate what you post. You have a new subscriber now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-12655751732096386572012-09-28T17:30:12.977-05:002012-09-28T17:30:12.977-05:00wow! i hear you, doug!wow! i hear you, doug!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-87541786515948869372012-05-22T16:08:09.782-05:002012-05-22T16:08:09.782-05:00Hmmm.... I tried to post a comment, but it disappe...Hmmm.... I tried to post a comment, but it disappeared.<br /><br />Here goes again!<br /><br />I'm really glad you and Scott were able to get together. He's a great guy and I've missed seeing him for quite a while.<br /><br />Sorry you and I weren't able to connect this time, Doug...but hopefully we will the next time you're in the area.<br /><br />Hugs/Territerrinakamurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047688875759049411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-74268628768849808202012-05-22T16:05:47.769-05:002012-05-22T16:05:47.769-05:00Wow, how fun, you guys! I'm sorry we weren'...Wow, how fun, you guys! I'm sorry we weren't able to connect this time around, Doug! But I know it'll happen again! Isn't Scott a great guy? I wish I could've joined you.<br /><br />(((HUGS)))<br />Terri<br /><br />PS. I tried to post a comment on your blog yesterday, but Blogger wouldn't let me :-(terrinakamurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047688875759049411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-44301107739607996192012-04-13T12:52:06.538-05:002012-04-13T12:52:06.538-05:00Thank you soooo much Liz. It's already made a ...Thank you soooo much Liz. It's already made a huge difference and continues to make more. There are some relationships that will just always be tricky. Figuring out how to tackle those will be next. Thank you again for the kind words! :)UberDorkGirliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102541314889892451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-17905004944598972432012-04-13T12:49:48.620-05:002012-04-13T12:49:48.620-05:00Thank you sooo much Liz. It has made a huge differ...Thank you sooo much Liz. It has made a huge difference and continues to do so. I appreciate your kind words! :)UberDorkGirliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102541314889892451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-34490717359227210912012-04-13T10:22:27.108-05:002012-04-13T10:22:27.108-05:00Very empowering post. You're going through a ...Very empowering post. You're going through a process I started a little over a year ago. Not only is it uplifting mood-wise, you receive a great deal of inner peace, making way for a clearer view of who you really are and want to be. I'm glad you're feeling better, Natali.LizGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672173793388877671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-80106894677276925182012-04-13T10:15:10.457-05:002012-04-13T10:15:10.457-05:00Hey, Doug! What happened with your son's game ...Hey, Doug! What happened with your son's game blog? I am embarassed to say that I looked once and then got wrapped up in life stuff and forgot to follow up on it.<br /><br />You probably don't want me to guest shot. If I'm writing something it's probably because I've got an opinion to spout on about. :-pSlickriptidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682962971538525840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-91276485877783767262012-04-12T13:19:27.474-05:002012-04-12T13:19:27.474-05:00You get it, Slickriptide! I tweet for me and it ma...You get it, Slickriptide! I tweet for me and it makes me happy. No games, no innuendo, I'm pretty in your face. And honest. And if someone doesn't like it they can unfollow me. :-) Funny follow up: After I tweeted about my guest blog here on Doug's blog, I was followed by @guestblogit. So I decided to follow them and what did they reward me with? An auto DM asking me to like their facebook page. LOL! I unfollowed them. ;-)Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450052253949435541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-1656384026376380242012-04-11T21:45:24.216-05:002012-04-11T21:45:24.216-05:00Thanks for the input, Slickriptide! I should have ...Thanks for the input, Slickriptide! I should have YOU do a guest post sometime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655538402261977035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-78459489787081553092012-04-11T12:49:35.047-05:002012-04-11T12:49:35.047-05:00There are no rules. The people who told you there ...There are no rules. The people who told you there were rules were confusing their own GUIDELINES with rules.<br /><br />Everyone has their own idea of "what Twitter is". There are a ton of people who think that it should be only a news service and that all personal tweets of any kind are "out of place". Those people really make me shake my head in disbelief.<br /><br />I don't tweet much any more but when I do, I still tweet about what I feel like saying. Twitter is about YOU and what you want to talk about. If you want to talk about an amazing lunch, go ahead. There is a whole network of "foodies" on Twitter, just as there is on all of the other "social networks". <br /><br />You don't have to make your content be something meaningful or deep or enlightening or "worthwile". You'll get better content in return if you do some of those things, but the point is to enjoy yourself. <br /><br />As for follow friday, I don't do it and never have. It has always been a tradition that focuses on generating big numbers of followers. I never had any aspirations to win the numbers game (and I had problems keeping up with the few hundred people that I followed) so didn't and don't compile lists of people to follow. When I recommend someone as a general "follow this person" it's because that person is interesting and worthy, not because they put my name on a list and now I'm returning the favor.<br /><br />I am wordy. That means that anyone who follows me on Twitter (or anywhere else) has to deal with that. I once had some person I had never heard of (which means he had just followed me because of someone's #FF or something, not because I had communicated with him in the past and we developed a relationship) tell me "Dude, write a blog entry. Don't spam tweets."<br /><br />Laugh at it was all I could do, heh. I politely informed him that he was welcome to unfollow me at any time that he found my content to be too onerous to endure. ;)<br /><br />That's the point in the end, really. There's not end-game that says that your goal is to acquire twenty-million followers and keep them all happy. That's losing sight of the point of the medium, which is communication. When you turn your tweetstream into a news stream and never bother actually interacting personally with your followers, in both directions, then you might as well just go do something else, in my opinion.<br /><br />Go ahead and tweet about your lunch, your kids, or your lousy day or your favorite song. If I don't like it, I'll go follow someone else. It's no big deal. Same goes for anyone who follows me. If you don't want to hear about MMORPG's or you don't like epic-length tweet streams or you don't like blips in your tweets then feel free to unfollow me. With several million twitter users out there, it's silly to make following and unfollowing into something personal or to spend your energy either dictating to others on how they should communicate, or likewise letting others dictate to you how YOU should communicate.<br /><br />The only way you're doing it wrong is when you're not having fun doing it. :-)Slickriptidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682962971538525840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-79689178156468073062012-04-11T11:32:34.404-05:002012-04-11T11:32:34.404-05:00Yehudit, I must agree with you on that!Yehudit, I must agree with you on that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655538402261977035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-90792791498750025652012-04-11T01:03:05.176-05:002012-04-11T01:03:05.176-05:00Dana, Rahel, and Jonty: thank you for your comment...Dana, Rahel, and Jonty: thank you for your comments! It was a pleasure and an honor to have RebbeSoul put up this post for Passover... blessings to you all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655538402261977035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-75518539083756399152012-04-10T11:19:56.600-05:002012-04-10T11:19:56.600-05:00Thanks for sharing!Thanks for sharing!Rahelhttp://www.rahelmusic.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-79709643730466066942012-04-10T00:39:40.399-05:002012-04-10T00:39:40.399-05:00I know RebbeSoul personally and love his music
An ...I know RebbeSoul personally and love his music<br />An amazing musician and person<br />Encourage everyone to listen,<br />JontyJontyhttp://www.onesongworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-54866732001582723632012-04-09T17:19:37.515-05:002012-04-09T17:19:37.515-05:00Nice read. I enjoyed it...PeaceNice read. I enjoyed it...PeaceDananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-31070905898569513842012-04-09T09:43:42.716-05:002012-04-09T09:43:42.716-05:00Loved your track Bruce. Made me want to get up and...Loved your track Bruce. Made me want to get up and dance. YehuditYehudit Steinberghttp://www.jewishinterfaithweddings.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-12399157284475087472012-04-09T00:04:25.908-05:002012-04-09T00:04:25.908-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed the post, Ursula... I'...I'm glad you enjoyed the post, Ursula... I'm sure you'll really like the music as well! - DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655538402261977035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-2613009457851784082012-04-08T22:53:10.043-05:002012-04-08T22:53:10.043-05:00gonna check this stuff out! I <3 new music!!
...gonna check this stuff out! I <3 new music!! <br /><br />-ursula ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-13405849536118560332012-02-29T15:14:58.807-06:002012-02-29T15:14:58.807-06:00Thank you, Doug, for saying a prayer for my friend...Thank you, Doug, for saying a prayer for my friend, David.<br /><br />I hope the next time you are in this neck of the woods, we can find share a meal, a cup of coffee or just share some time together.<br /><br />Travel safely,<br /><br />Territerrinakamurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047688875759049411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-83705188126222070032012-02-23T15:12:32.122-06:002012-02-23T15:12:32.122-06:00Gadszooks, Doug! I finally logged in via another b...Gadszooks, Doug! I finally logged in via another browser to leave a comment!<br /><br />It would be great to see you again, so give me a shout when you have an idea of when you will be in the Seattle area!<br /><br />In the meantime, good luck with your journey through the mountain passes and drive carefully!<br /><br />Cheers/Hugs/Territerrinakamurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047688875759049411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20415180.post-42733847370731297072012-02-02T19:42:46.919-06:002012-02-02T19:42:46.919-06:00I have to believe books such as those you mentione...I have to believe books such as those you mentioned won't be banned, but it is entirely possible they may someday be "out of print" — especially if Amazon has its way and everyone converts to ebook readers!terrinakamurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047688875759049411noreply@blogger.com