the worship of victimhood threatens the aspirational promise of America. How? By replacing the resiliency and imagination of optimism with the fragile passivity of victimhood.
The fallout from this thriving grievance/victimhood industry is that we are eroding two pillars of the American dream: hope and optimism. Victimhood engenders the very opposite of the “can-do” spirit that built America through impossible challenges.
n that spirit, we have a choice: Do we want America to be defined by irredeemable sins or by a relentless drive to perfect itself? If we pick the former, we will nurture a generation of resentful victims who will always be angry at America, regardless of circumstances. If we pick the latter, we will nurture a generation of can-do Americans who will renew the promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of what we can do for our country.
RTWT
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2020 5:29:06 PM
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Reply to turn in 4:
No rats in our yard, as far as I can tell. Chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, even an opossum, deer, turkeys, but no rats.
doppelganglander
10/20/2020 5:30:33 PM
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Reply to turn in 3:
Aw, cute! It's fun to use liquor names for pets.
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2020 5:35:24 PM
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Reply to doppelganglander in 7:
We (my wife) name our dogs after food. He had a few non-food names.
I named two Angus and Truffle, which work both ways. (Both long gone)
In #11 buzzsawmonkey said: There are Bad Times Just Around the Corner
Or, there are bad times just around the Corona
@PBJ3
10/20/2020 6:07:06 PM
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In #3 turn said: My youngest son’s new puppy Hennessy, shown with his other Golden Retriever Jameson. Cuteness.
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Such beautiful dogs!!! I like the names too.
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2020 6:11:14 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 12:
There are bad times just around the Corona There are cough clouds hurtling through the aisles And it's no good whining About a vaccine coming For we know our politicians won't let them come on by With a mask and a gown We'll keep our infections down And prepare for depression and doom and dead We're going to hide our symptoms so we can go outside And wait till we drop down dead
Thank you, and thanks for your kind words in last nights pub thread. Much appreciated:.)
@PBJ3
10/20/2020 6:20:27 PM
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In #16 turn said: Thank you, and thanks for your kind words in last nights pub thread. Much appreciated:.)
You're welcome.
buzzsawmonkey
10/20/2020 6:24:50 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 14:
+++++
You've got a nice start of something there!
@PBJ3
10/20/2020 6:26:12 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 14:
Bad times are right. I'm sick over the fact that our crazy governor is going to make us wait until he approves of a vaccine.. I thought perhaps I'd go to Nevada for one but their governor is worse than ours and follows us a lot.
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2020 6:27:31 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 18:
Thanks, but only a few verses are suitable. Maybe if I had a few weeks to work on it....
turn
10/20/2020 6:27:43 PM
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In #7 doppelganglander said: Aw, cute! It's fun to use liquor names for pets.
They actually hesitated on the name Hennessy because it’s a hard one to abbreviate, they are using “Henne” for him sometimes but still aren’t settled on a short nick name yet.
turn
10/20/2020 6:28:45 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:
You’re fortunate then, they are difficult pests to eradicate.
Kosh's Shadow
10/20/2020 6:30:28 PM
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In #19 @PBJ3 said: ad times are right. I'm sick over the fact that our crazy governor is going to make us wait until he approves of a vaccine.. I thought perhaps I'd go to Nevada for one but their governor is worse than ours and follows us a lot.
That was on my mind when I wrote that line. BTW, the reason I don't think this was a deliberate bioweapon release is because there is no evidence the Chinese have a vaccine or cure, and they would not have released something that could get back to the high CCP members without protection.
I think it was an accidental release of an incomplete experiment. But there is some nasty stuff in it that we aren't being told about, but that high level people in the US do know about.
turn
10/20/2020 6:31:29 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 11:
Very appropriate choice for 2020, there are bad times around every corner it seems :.(
lucius septimius
10/20/2020 6:32:45 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10:
Interesting -- I left a comment. It works better as a poem without the music -- Jimmy Page's rhythmic structure doesn't really work within the parameters of Old Icelandic verse.
There are bad times just around the corona We can all look forward to despair We can all take pity On New York City That we can't save save democracy And we don't much c If the BLM and Antifa Believe that America stinks And that world revolution is bound to spread We have to learn to be woke On the BLM Flag And wait until we drop down dead They turned the tory Land of hope and glory To where we all drop down dead
Kosh's Shadow
10/18/2020 3:19:40 PM
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