Hey Phil, now that I have a new camera it shows all the defects in my face. :) How about a video on applying makeup suitable for a camera shot drawing from your stage days? :) I could use the help.
Sadly I am of the generation that sees no hope in our current system. I do care about politics, but I also think, that nothing I do will have any real impact on the National level. So I try to "think globally, act locally." Touch individuals and forget about things that feel out of my control.
you have covered a lot of issues here, and elequently, if i may say so. i do not know why people choose to hate one another. i only know that it is passed down through the generations, and i hope it will be a distant memory someday. i think the fedral government has abused the trust of the american people, and even when they have clear indications from voters that citizens are not pleased, things do not seem to change. I think maybe this also will pass in time.
My childhood was spent partly in southern CA, partly in northern IL, and my only experience with the south during that time was one visit to Atlant, GA, in 1977. The racist comments that spewed from the mouths of those people made me fearful of them. Never begged my mother for us to go home so much in my life before or after.
As for your question, I think if we had a government run by legislators who could be trusted, then more gov't wouldn't necessarily be so bad. I go back-n-forth.
Another excellent VLOG my Friend.... I have to go take my Boat down to be worked on, but look forward to adding my two cents... Perhaps later this evening... Also liked the Global Warming Vid... With 3o years in Nuclear and Convential Power Generation I can add a few issues... Soon my Compadre... Pappy Stu mumbled it...
I really appreciate that rather than preach your own beliefs on every key issue and put forth arguments for liberalism, you give some perspective to the viewer and encourage them to make up their own mind.
I enjoy stirring up discussion. I think most points of view are right at certain times in certain circumstances. It's just that people have a hard time adjusting when circumstances change.
Constitutionally the federal government was given the authority to protect the union...period. The other issues were left to the individual states.
The government is a ravenous beast which cannot be sated. It must be fed constantly and it gets bigger as all beasts are wont to do.
We who feed the beast enjoy the freedom from personal responsibility. It has and shows no self-control and i fear the beast is too large to kill. How can you ever take back what you have given?
Nothing in this world worth having or doing is easy but that is what we have been conditioned to expect.
This government which is all about entitlements is not about caring for people but about gaining votes. If only people would grasp that...maybe they would begin to ask the right questions.
With all that being said though, the USA government has become too intrusive and is attemtping to control too much that simply is making it impractical. The track record for success of most government-backed programs, regardless of political leaning, suggests that is the case. The problem is too many people are so addicted to government intervention, it seems they would be lost without it regardless of how detrimental it has become.
I just recently finished reading "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater. If I may ask, what was your reaction to the ideas he promoted back in the day? Although he seemed to gain popularity as he aged and after he died, my guess based on speaking to people who were politically active in the '60s is that he was viewed as out of the step with the times.
I think he improved with age. When he ran for president, he was a bit cavalier on things like the use of nuclear weapons and he shot from the hip. I was not really old enough to know specifically what he ran on, but he lost in one of the largest landslides in history.
Yet, much of what he wrote in the book seems to reflect the ideals of a reduction in federal government influence on daily life and a fear for what the government has become today.
In later years Goldwater stressed his libertarian views more, which endeared him to some (including me), but neoconservatives and religious righties thought he had lost his mind.
I do agree it seems, historically, small government, was a code-phrase, to preserve racial inequality. And, I also agree that even many of those in public service who claim to endorse small government take contrary actions. I guess that's not too surprising when accounting for human nature.
Hey Phil, now that I have a new camera it shows all the defects in my face. :) How about a video on applying makeup suitable for a camera shot drawing from your stage days? :) I could use the help.
UpDownMostly 5 years ago
Sadly I am of the generation that sees no hope in our current system. I do care about politics, but I also think, that nothing I do will have any real impact on the National level. So I try to "think globally, act locally." Touch individuals and forget about things that feel out of my control.
ExperimentsinHonesty 5 years ago
you have covered a lot of issues here, and elequently, if i may say so. i do not know why people choose to hate one another. i only know that it is passed down through the generations, and i hope it will be a distant memory someday. i think the fedral government has abused the trust of the american people, and even when they have clear indications from voters that citizens are not pleased, things do not seem to change. I think maybe this also will pass in time.
AVDJ 5 years ago
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TUBEGRANNY 5 years ago
You make me moist, Granny.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
My childhood was spent partly in southern CA, partly in northern IL, and my only experience with the south during that time was one visit to Atlant, GA, in 1977. The racist comments that spewed from the mouths of those people made me fearful of them. Never begged my mother for us to go home so much in my life before or after.
As for your question, I think if we had a government run by legislators who could be trusted, then more gov't wouldn't necessarily be so bad. I go back-n-forth.
curt344 5 years ago
This is the first video I have watched of yours. Thanks Alot! Now I have to think. <g>
oneiblind30 5 years ago
Oh no!!!
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
Another excellent VLOG my Friend.... I have to go take my Boat down to be worked on, but look forward to adding my two cents... Perhaps later this evening... Also liked the Global Warming Vid... With 3o years in Nuclear and Convential Power Generation I can add a few issues... Soon my Compadre... Pappy Stu mumbled it...
stukeck 5 years ago
I am eager to hear your thoughts.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
I really appreciate that rather than preach your own beliefs on every key issue and put forth arguments for liberalism, you give some perspective to the viewer and encourage them to make up their own mind.
LivingPharaoh 5 years ago
I enjoy stirring up discussion. I think most points of view are right at certain times in certain circumstances. It's just that people have a hard time adjusting when circumstances change.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
Constitutionally the federal government was given the authority to protect the union...period. The other issues were left to the individual states.
The government is a ravenous beast which cannot be sated. It must be fed constantly and it gets bigger as all beasts are wont to do.
We who feed the beast enjoy the freedom from personal responsibility. It has and shows no self-control and i fear the beast is too large to kill. How can you ever take back what you have given?
puddysma1 5 years ago
I wish I had answers. I only know how to raise questions. Answers are just too damn hard.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
i know...
but not enough people even ask questions.
Nothing in this world worth having or doing is easy but that is what we have been conditioned to expect.
This government which is all about entitlements is not about caring for people but about gaining votes. If only people would grasp that...maybe they would begin to ask the right questions.
puddysma1 5 years ago
With all that being said though, the USA government has become too intrusive and is attemtping to control too much that simply is making it impractical. The track record for success of most government-backed programs, regardless of political leaning, suggests that is the case. The problem is too many people are so addicted to government intervention, it seems they would be lost without it regardless of how detrimental it has become.
RiverMark 5 years ago
True. That links with puddysma1's comment below about personal responsibility. Maybe they should teach more Emerson and Thoreau in the schools.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
I just recently finished reading "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater. If I may ask, what was your reaction to the ideas he promoted back in the day? Although he seemed to gain popularity as he aged and after he died, my guess based on speaking to people who were politically active in the '60s is that he was viewed as out of the step with the times.
RiverMark 5 years ago
I think he improved with age. When he ran for president, he was a bit cavalier on things like the use of nuclear weapons and he shot from the hip. I was not really old enough to know specifically what he ran on, but he lost in one of the largest landslides in history.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
Yet, much of what he wrote in the book seems to reflect the ideals of a reduction in federal government influence on daily life and a fear for what the government has become today.
RiverMark 5 years ago
In later years Goldwater stressed his libertarian views more, which endeared him to some (including me), but neoconservatives and religious righties thought he had lost his mind.
FantasticBabblings 5 years ago
I do agree it seems, historically, small government, was a code-phrase, to preserve racial inequality. And, I also agree that even many of those in public service who claim to endorse small government take contrary actions. I guess that's not too surprising when accounting for human nature.
RiverMark 5 years ago