tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4168189250330282813..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Gratitude for 2016Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87614634130084594572017-01-03T23:25:19.818-05:002017-01-03T23:25:19.818-05:00Could have fooled me.
Well, I tell you what I th...<i>Could have fooled me. </i><br /><br />Well, I tell you what I think about the True, the Right, and the Beautiful. But that doesn't mean I expect you to agree with me. I'm just reporting how it looks from my station. I welcome other reports, from others who are seriously interested in the questions.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2912340228905303412017-01-03T19:09:29.226-05:002017-01-03T19:09:29.226-05:00Could have fooled me. But this is a good list, and...Could have fooled me. But this is a good list, and I heartily endorse it. (Not that anyone should care). Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-80298499878779495202017-01-03T18:59:28.610-05:002017-01-03T18:59:28.610-05:00I usually agree with you at an 80% level.
That&#...<i>I usually agree with you at an 80% level. </i><br /><br />That's OK. I don't ask anyone to agree with me. I'm just telling you what I think, not what's True and Right. :)Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91786317630685921472017-01-03T17:58:32.589-05:002017-01-03T17:58:32.589-05:00I usually agree with you at an 80% level. This one...I usually agree with you at an 80% level. This one went to 100.<br /><br />Of course, the medieval rabbis considered unanimity a <i>bad</i> sign.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-51978824209925163812017-01-03T12:33:12.681-05:002017-01-03T12:33:12.681-05:00I concur with all of your points, especially 1, 6,...I concur with all of your points, especially 1, 6, 7, 9, and 11. Well said!Joel Leggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588696436907032078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-18351524179136705682017-01-03T12:23:31.903-05:002017-01-03T12:23:31.903-05:00I heartily agree with points 1 and 6. There is so...I heartily agree with points 1 and 6. There is some silly talk about a Trump dynasty at the fever swamp known as The_Donald at Reddit, but I am ignoring it, for now. When the time comes, Ivanka would be a non-starter for me, for the same reasons.<br /><br />There is a very ugly movement within the EU to cause chaos and then establish an EU army. This is a serious error. In my opinion, Brexit or something like it is was probably a necessary next step in molding the EU into something useful. Low trade barriers across the EP makes sense, but the current trend is bureaucratic overreaching. That said, it took us a very long time to get a Union that recognized all of our citizens, and we are now in the process of re-balancing, so I expect the process for the EU to take at least as long.<br /><br />Yeah, the openminedness of the Republican party was a cool surprise. So was their choice of candidate. They ran a person with a long history of being a small-d democratic voter against an establishment Democrat, and won. More surprising to me is the howling from the Democrats. One would have thought voters who were nominal Democrats would have been pleased. Perhaps they were.<br /><br />DJT made huge inroads in the negative impression I had of him, by his skilled handling of hecklers and his well-placed determination to quell any potential for violence from his supporters. Other Repubs did not do it, but their supporters were well-behaved, too. <br /><br />The corruption of the DNC was a shock, and my primary reason for voting against Hillary Clinton. Although I found no basis to include she was necessarily involved in the crimes, this happened on her watch, and for whatever reason, she did not put a stop to it. My hope for the Democratic Party is that it will clean house promptly. If not, they will stay out of power for an extended period of time, or be replaced by another party. I no longer care, one way or the other. If the Republican Party can see its way clear to back off of some of its social issues, I do not need the Democrats. The Libertarians will do just fine.<br /><br />I would really like to see the 10th Amendment get a little bit of love from a reconfigured Supreme Court and some able theoreticians. The time seems ripe for this.<br /><br />I have been amused by the yowling from certain quarters about the potential appointments. It sounds so thin and weak. <br /><br />Many of our Federal agencies have been ignored, and started to take on a life of their own. This is a hazard of a big government of any sort, and fortunately, we have a new regime to give them the guidance that has been missing for so long.<br /><br />I would like to see the EPA directed to its core mission, which is keeping known pollutants from harming our citizens. I would like to see NASA directed back to the study of aeronautics and aerospace research. I don't mind using satellites to gather temperature information, but that bit about Muslim outreach has no place. The IRS needs to have all of its political appointees removed. Then, the remainder needs clear instruction about application of the principles of equal rights under our laws. The VA needs a similar house-cleaning, followed by an audit. State needs an audit, and the results need to be published. Justice needs house cleaning, and re-instruction about due process, equal treatment under the laws, and procedural due process.<br /><br />All of this can happen. Much of this is the natural outgrowth of a simple change in administration, and some of it is based on the goals of the President elect.<br /><br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com