tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8098717277872292295..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: FakeryYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73771299706924233412018-08-25T15:03:19.441+01:002018-08-25T15:03:19.441+01:00Speaking of cheeky, now that I think about it, Lis...Speaking of cheeky, now that I think about it, Lisa takes the prize today.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9599667972950572702018-08-25T15:02:07.306+01:002018-08-25T15:02:07.306+01:00As far as I know, neither my cousin in Pennsylvani...As far as I know, neither my cousin in Pennsylvania nor my brother-in-law in North Carolina was gay. They are both dead now, but the former fathered three children and was married three times, and the latter was married once (for over 50 years) and fathered two children. Not that means anything, really. <br /><br />Where was it code for the person was gay? I have never heard that in my 77 years of living in this country.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-42837374460105718702018-08-24T19:22:08.810+01:002018-08-24T19:22:08.810+01:00Exemption due to flat feet during the Vietnam War ...Exemption due to flat feet during the Vietnam War was code for the person was gay. At the time that was a solid reason to not be allowed to serve.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35063292671338043332018-08-24T12:40:09.924+01:002018-08-24T12:40:09.924+01:00That is exactly what Trump would say about Kennedy...That is exactly what Trump would say about Kennedy. I think many people have somehow decided that no matter how they vote, the future of the country is out of their hands. Essentially, they think of their vote as a sort of statistically insignificant protest. So they wind up voting for Brexit and then being SHOCKED when it passes, or they vote for Trump and then have to make peace with his presidency. In the Ed Balls show (which Dave and I are watching and I have to say I am totally impressed with Ed's skills as a journalist) some people seem to be saying they don't like him much but they think he was the best option. And then there was the Mexican woman who swam the Rio Grande herself decades ago and now supports Trump. "He's not after me, he's after the criminals," she said, and I thought, no, lady, he's after YOU.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26412648839475307542018-08-24T01:55:50.694+01:002018-08-24T01:55:50.694+01:00I can not understand the blind faith people! What ...I can not understand the blind faith people! What are they thinking? they are not thinking in the larger scheme of things. They are not thinking about the country as one. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77092084536694704862018-08-23T19:46:44.097+01:002018-08-23T19:46:44.097+01:00It's like building a tower from wooden blocks....It's like building a tower from wooden blocks. You need a lot of patience, time and steady hands to get the tower to a reasonable height but it is so easy to knock such a tower down. Then you have to start again and the blocks are scattered everywhere.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16223284883468316432018-08-23T19:39:12.386+01:002018-08-23T19:39:12.386+01:00It seems like impeachment is the best we can hope ...It seems like impeachment is the best we can hope for now. However, even if the president was impeached we would still be governed by what to me is a frightening group although at least it would remove the most mentally unstable of the group. It is hard to see what is happening in our country. So many positive things we have worked for are now disappearing. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31520660230761891332018-08-23T18:59:03.275+01:002018-08-23T18:59:03.275+01:00I can feel your hurt and your despair from 3905 mi...I can feel your hurt and your despair from 3905 miles away Jennifer. What he has done to those Mexican and Guatemalan children is unforgivable... or it should be!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43676427971797434862018-08-23T17:29:15.696+01:002018-08-23T17:29:15.696+01:00The biggest reason people supported Trump in the f...The biggest reason people supported Trump in the first place was racism. There's absolutely no doubt about that. Then there's the fact that Fox News is a hideous, lying, fascist organization that tells their viewers exactly what to think about every situation, and the more divisive and hateful their rhetoric the better their viewers like it. I'm like Ms. Moon....I'm not sure I can ever reconcile the fact that so many people voted for him and continue to support him. Way back when he was still campagning and he mocked a disabled reporter on national television, I knew that the people that still gleefully supported him were a lost cause. They have no decency and no shame. Deplorable was and is an apt description. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39895644174107496822018-08-23T16:29:00.247+01:002018-08-23T16:29:00.247+01:00There are millions of decent, fair-minded and inte...There are millions of decent, fair-minded and intelligent Americans like you and Ms Moon and Rhymes with Plague too - who will be able to heal the wounds when the Trump nightmare is over.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78399291875932993532018-08-23T16:27:04.090+01:002018-08-23T16:27:04.090+01:00They backed Trump with hope. As you say, people ar...They backed Trump with hope. As you say, people are not very good at admitting they made the wrong choice - not just in relation to Trump but in various other aspects of life. You end with "Of course I could be wrong" but I do not believe that you are Alphie.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15213244462425478502018-08-23T14:47:30.411+01:002018-08-23T14:47:30.411+01:00It's absolutely frightening what is happening ...It's absolutely frightening what is happening in American leadership...and in many ways, terrifying to realize that at least a few people important in my own life are Trumpsters.<br />I believe that racism is behind it, topped with a big dose of greed. <br />Trying (and succeeding!) in setting folks against one another and calling the free press "fake" is bringing us to our knees.<br />Even if we manage to clear the White House of these preening narcissists, their rhetoric and mean spiritedness have taken root. <br />It is appalling. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646554273207942631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-958137314942881242018-08-23T14:34:00.250+01:002018-08-23T14:34:00.250+01:00I recently watched a documentary which really made...I recently watched a documentary which really made me stop and consider this thing you call blind faith or what I now perceive as a deeply entrenched personal belief. It can be about anything; people who hold these entrenched personal beliefs seem unable to grasp the idea that there might be another point of view or a way of living a life.<br /> <br />This is their belief and they are firmly fixed in that opinion groove.<br />It also made me think of Kate Adie, the British journalist, who once said we are all prisoners of our own mindset. Even though there would be howls of outrage from many if you suggested this to them. When you hold firmly to your beliefs you don't want some one to come along and suggest otherwise.<br /> <br />Politics is just one area where entrenched personal belief flies in the face of what seems illogical or unbelievable to another person. And therein lies a world wide problem.<br /><br />You could say that President Trump has deeply entrenched views, though it's an exhausting process trying to follow them on a daily basis.<br /><br />Right now, here in this country, there is a fine old to-do in the Federal Government about ousting the current PM. Ostensibly it's about his lack of leadership but in my deeply entrenched view it's about a group of back benchers in his party and their personal beliefs.<br /><br />Of course I could be wrong...<br />Alphie<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Alphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44166118952133265662018-08-23T14:25:07.657+01:002018-08-23T14:25:07.657+01:00Even from over here I worry about what comes after...Even from over here I worry about what comes after Trump and about the fractures that his presidency has created. This is not The American Dream.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-92212462009785405042018-08-23T14:20:47.178+01:002018-08-23T14:20:47.178+01:00The very idea that someone like Trump would have g...The very idea that someone like Trump would have gone to Viet Nam is laughable. Rich boys just didn't. And let's admit it- the fake news didn't start with Trump. The Viet Nam war was a perfect example of the government lying and making up facts and hiding truths. Horrible deceit. <br />I feel so beat down by it all right now that I don't even know what to do. The very fact that Trump got elected is something I will never, ever be able to reconcile. <br />The truth may all eventually come out but I am not sure this country will ever recover. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76615676509669043422018-08-23T14:06:25.470+01:002018-08-23T14:06:25.470+01:00If Trump really had bone spurs how come there was ...If Trump really had bone spurs how come there was no mention of them before or since? And how come he played American football and baseball to a pretty good standard when he was in school? He wasn't the only rich boy to dodge the draft in such a questionable manner.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62887525224248187182018-08-23T13:18:11.690+01:002018-08-23T13:18:11.690+01:00I love the newspaper.
News flash: Every state is...I love the newspaper.<br /><br />News flash: Every state is different. My cousin in Pennsylvania was exempted from military service because he had flat feet. My brother-in-law in North Carolina had flat feet too but he was accepted. I can see where New York's draft boards, having the largest pool of candidates of any state, might be more picky in their choosing and might excuse someone for having bone spurs. It could happen. Don't be so quick to pooh-pooh everything. Some things that seem far-fetched to you might actually be true (like Obama was not universally adored hereabouts, even by non-racists). Granted, Steve Bannon is not a big, cuddly, cute harmless puppy and President Trump is not a great golfer. I'll give you those.<br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.com