tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post2606953025850745673..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: I Love America (but still periodically leave it)Ron Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-82887994381911787012008-10-29T21:21:00.000-07:002008-10-29T21:21:00.000-07:00Allen,you had me at munged together. You were waxe...Allen,<BR/>you had me at munged together. You were waxed poetic.<BR/><BR/>LH,<BR/>thanks,<BR/><BR/>cce,<BR/>I suspect that more bad policy than we know is the result of a failure of imagination. <BR/><BR/>Pinky,<BR/>I think that it's too late for anyone group to make this country their own - which is reason enough to love it.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-10382527358280894822008-10-28T20:29:00.000-07:002008-10-28T20:29:00.000-07:00Great post, Ron! You made my brain cramp a little,...Great post, Ron! You made my brain cramp a little, and I so appreciate that!! Personally, I would never say, 'love it or leave it'. I just wish that some people would not try to turn our nation into a foreign land of their choosing. My dream would be for the US to maintain her sovereignty, her liberty, her democracy. My fear is that we will fade into the landscape and no longer be the shining light that we've always been. <BR/>I do love this country. I love the polar opposites that you wrote about. That's exactly WHY I love this country. I am so incredibly blessed to be an American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-10480525716974015702008-10-28T05:19:00.000-07:002008-10-28T05:19:00.000-07:00I couldn't agree more...to love this country is to...I couldn't agree more...to love this country is to embrace this "big sprawl of diversity" yet it seems that those who really, really tout their patriotism with flags and bumper stickers and tattoos are usually those that are opposed to at least 90% of the cultural diversity that makes this nation great - please explain that one to me. I mean, you know I get it, but why don't they?ccehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867069792357056649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-63975543707990255072008-10-27T15:45:00.000-07:002008-10-27T15:45:00.000-07:00A perfect time to re-post this excellent piece of ...A perfect time to re-post this excellent piece of work!Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-72952409982108976192008-10-26T22:49:00.000-07:002008-10-26T22:49:00.000-07:00These United States of ours are truly a potpourri ...These United States of ours are truly a potpourri of ideas & feelings & passions all munged together yet somehow still unique.<BR/><BR/>It's like we all live in a huge home with millions of individual lights powered by passions providing illumination. I only hope all our passions can continue to burn brightly following the elections on November 4th, no matter which candidate gets elected to be our next President because whomever gets the keys to the White House for the next 4 years will most surely continue to need our passionate support to help light his way. The absolute last thing any of us need to do is turn out the lights. We are ALL the light.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291372921696671073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-73422880426677345502008-10-26T22:33:00.000-07:002008-10-26T22:33:00.000-07:00Scott,cheers! indeed. and to think that our family...Scott,<BR/>cheers! indeed. and to think that our family got to immigrate here twice (a mulligan?). How many can say that? <BR/><BR/>Karen,<BR/>I think that anyone with feelings about this country has mixed feelings about it. I really do love it. And it really does make me feeling like pulling my hair out at times.<BR/><BR/>Chesca,<BR/>I had hoped that turning on this comment moderation would weed out the extremist comments. If this does not pan out, I may yet return the pleasure of the instant gratification of self-publishing.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-66844027805664354252008-10-26T18:30:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:30:00.000-07:00rats, i forgot about that comment moderation.comme...rats, i forgot about that comment moderation.<BR/>comment in moderation--<BR/>is that the same as drinking in moderation?<BR/><BR/>whatever happened to the gratifying feeling of seeing your words published as soon as you hit that orange button?exskindiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116951497970094346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-20664167010740390642008-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:00i feel a post coming on....i feel a post coming on....exskindiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116951497970094346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-30280748566865240452008-10-26T06:51:00.000-07:002008-10-26T06:51:00.000-07:00I like America. Can't say I LOVE it (yet). I const...I like America. Can't say I LOVE it (yet). I constantly debate with myself on whether I should join the bandwagon (as you know - the number of siblings I have plus parents who have migrated there)<BR/><BR/>I hear many of my countrymen who live there in the USA say "there's still no place like home - meaning the Philippines" and yet continue to live in the US. So it is a question for me too - Love it and live in it? or love it but leave it?K-Kixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248202081831891328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-28363113416637918612008-10-25T11:04:00.000-07:002008-10-25T11:04:00.000-07:00Nice post Ron.At the tail end of the big campaign ...Nice post Ron.<BR/><BR/>At the tail end of the big campaign election I suppose we should also appreciate the fact that we live in a place where much can be made of lipstick and hair plugs without people being silenced. <BR/><BR/>And regarding the leaving; I am a big proponent of that. I think travel gives us new perspectives on America. -Love it, leave it, come back to it and be glad for it. <BR/><BR/>Three cheers for the big idea we have inherited!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com