tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post2638589797915258088..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Borne aloft by words and dreams. Words to die for, that a dream might come true.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-89074305671561546522010-07-06T13:52:44.598-07:002010-07-06T13:52:44.598-07:00Jack,
If we put the upper tax rates for the weal...Jack, <br /><br />If we put the upper tax rates for the wealthy back to where Reagan had them and pulled all our troops out of the Middle East, we would leave our children with something better than they are dealing with now.<br /><br />Better than what our parents left us with? That would take getting rid of our standing army, ending all subsidies to Big Oil and foreign multinationals, and upping incentives for emerging technologies and clean energy research.<br /><br />The Founders were always thinking about the possibilities not holding onto the dogma of the past. <br /><br />Eli,<br /><br />It all becomes real when you see the the actual place where these "shots heard 'round the world" happened. That they happened here is extraordinarily good luck for us.sandyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953353795729444943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-81696192780894071482010-07-04T22:08:10.623-07:002010-07-04T22:08:10.623-07:00Jack: Agreed.
I remember some years ago we took a...Jack: Agreed.<br /><br />I remember some years ago we took a trip to Massachusetts. We walked across the bridge where the British and American soldiers were shooting at each other in Concord (there were the graves of a pair of British soldiers at the foot of the bridge, buried right there where they fell.) <br /><br />Later as we drove down the road the British army took as they retreated back to Boston, you could see the low stone walls all the way along the road. Those were the walls the minutemen crouched behind as they fired at the redcoats.<br /><br />It was an amazing experience. One that made me appreciate America in a much different way than I ever had before.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-2587453825298815322010-07-04T21:39:53.681-07:002010-07-04T21:39:53.681-07:00I only hope that the America we leave for our chil...I only hope that the America we leave for our children will be a better America than the one we were born into.Jack Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com