Comments on: America: the good, the bad, and the ugly http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Seeking Wisdom, Washing Dishes Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Tipper http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22366 Tipper Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:42:40 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22366 Very neat post-and interesting comments. I like how you showed the good and the ugly-but celebrated the good and showed the ugly can still be turned into something good too! Very neat post-and interesting comments. I like how you showed the good and the ugly-but celebrated the good and showed the ugly can still be turned into something good too!

]]> By: Sheila http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22344 Sheila Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:30:22 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22344 Great post Jennifer! Oh those ants! Man!!! I'd have to kill em for sure my boys would be out there pickin' up getting eaten alive!!! I have no idea what they are but I hope the die soon :) I love your humor and those Oranges look sweet even if they are ugly! And once again, I love Rich Mullins! My all time favorite musician! Sheila Great post Jennifer! Oh those ants! Man!!! I’d have to kill em for sure my boys would be out there pickin’ up getting eaten alive!!!

I have no idea what they are but I hope the die soon :)

I love your humor and those Oranges look sweet even if they are ugly!

And once again, I love Rich Mullins! My all time favorite musician!

Sheila

]]> By: Jen http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22340 Jen Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:29:07 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22340 <b>Becky</b>, I know, I remember reading about your ants, and I thought of you! Have fun at your 4th of July celebration!! <b>Alice</b>, thanks for much for stopping by. Sorry you're missing your funky parade! I hope you found the Bonhoeffer quote you needed...he's very quotable. <b>IndianaJane</b>, what a great blog name! I really want to set those ants on fire, but I'm realizing what a fire hazard that could be, seeing as the mound is right in the midst of hundreds of dry junipers waiting to go up like the Fourth of July. Hubby says "no" to fire at the moment - we're in a high alert fire danger area... Dang it. I need to try a new poison, even after I RE-POISONED the area quite profusely, still not a dent in the ant activity. They are CRAZY. Becky, I know, I remember reading about your ants, and I thought of you! Have fun at your 4th of July celebration!!

Alice, thanks for much for stopping by. Sorry you’re missing your funky parade! I hope you found the Bonhoeffer quote you needed…he’s very quotable.

IndianaJane, what a great blog name! I really want to set those ants on fire, but I’m realizing what a fire hazard that could be, seeing as the mound is right in the midst of hundreds of dry junipers waiting to go up like the Fourth of July. Hubby says “no” to fire at the moment - we’re in a high alert fire danger area… Dang it. I need to try a new poison, even after I RE-POISONED the area quite profusely, still not a dent in the ant activity. They are CRAZY.

]]> By: IndianaJane http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22337 IndianaJane Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:32:47 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22337 I would definitely do whatever it takes to get rid of those ants! I love "farmstand season," when I can find fresh produce at little corner stands (and in my own back yard.) I would definitely do whatever it takes to get rid of those ants! I love “farmstand season,” when I can find fresh produce at little corner stands (and in my own back yard.)

]]> By: aliceb http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22327 aliceb Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:14:36 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22327 What a treat to find your blog. I'm missing the Coeur d'alene, ID crazy/kitschy parade this year (we summer in the west) and it was so fun to read your account. I found you when I was looking for a Bonhoeffer quote. Thanks for your lovely blog and your insights. What a treat to find your blog. I’m missing the Coeur d’alene, ID crazy/kitschy parade this year (we summer in the west) and it was so fun to read your account. I found you when I was looking for a Bonhoeffer quote. Thanks for your lovely blog and your insights.

]]> By: Beckynsc http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22326 Beckynsc Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:55:29 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22326 Good luck with those ants!!! I'm having a battle of my own! Love your post. My husband is a pyrotechnician, so he sets off those big fireworks displays. This is the first year I get to go. Can't wait! I hope I get pictures to display for Independence Day. Good luck with those ants!!!
I’m having a battle of my own!
Love your post. My husband is a pyrotechnician, so he sets off those big fireworks displays. This is the first year I get to go. Can’t wait! I hope I get pictures to display for Independence Day.

]]> By: Jen http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22323 Jen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:26:16 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22323 <b>MooBeeMa</b>, I do need to try fire. Maybe a stick of dynamite down the anthill? :-) <b>Halfmoon Girl</b>, ugly is sometimes better, especially in the case of oranges! <b>Sandier Pastures</b>, yeah, hope I didn't give you nightmares about the ants. They are sorta ferocious. <b>Rob</b>, I agree! They're delicious and better than imports any day! <b>Mrs. Darling</b>, I'm heading out now to check on the ants...glad you at least enjoyed the rest of the photos! <b>Jocelyn</b>, thanks, Happy Independence Day to you, too! MooBeeMa, I do need to try fire. Maybe a stick of dynamite down the anthill? :-)

Halfmoon Girl, ugly is sometimes better, especially in the case of oranges!

Sandier Pastures, yeah, hope I didn’t give you nightmares about the ants. They are sorta ferocious.

Rob, I agree! They’re delicious and better than imports any day!

Mrs. Darling, I’m heading out now to check on the ants…glad you at least enjoyed the rest of the photos!

Jocelyn, thanks, Happy Independence Day to you, too!

]]> By: Jen http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22322 Jen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:18:37 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22322 <b>Macadamia Man</b>, one can't even begin to compare the torture of American POWs in Vietnam with the "torture" fraud of the left going on at Gitmo. The American left has redefined "torture" to mean rough treatment, harshness, coercion, and even simply humiliation. The waterboarding at issue in the case of Khalid Sheik Muhhamed, a 9/11 terror suspect, responsible in part for the preparation and execution of a plot that ended with the murder of close to 3,000 Americans - what did you want them to do, serve him milk and cookies and say pretty please tell us what you know? Where the possibility clearly exists that the lives of innocent Americans are threatened by terrorist action, you want to preclude this "harsh treatment," nasty as it may be, that shouldn't even be classified as torture? Whatever you want to call it, I don't care, it's effective. It merely gives the victim (by the way, a killer who chants "death to America") a sense of drowning, which he is really not, and suddenly he's willing to talk; and in the case of KSM, his information averted further terrorist actions and further loss of life. If you'd rather see countless more lives lost at the hands of terrorists, then we are just completely on different pages here. Macadamia Man, one can’t even begin to compare the torture of American POWs in Vietnam with the “torture” fraud of the left going on at Gitmo. The American left has redefined “torture” to mean rough treatment, harshness, coercion, and even simply humiliation.

The waterboarding at issue in the case of Khalid Sheik Muhhamed, a 9/11 terror suspect, responsible in part for the preparation and execution of a plot that ended with the murder of close to 3,000 Americans - what did you want them to do, serve him milk and cookies and say pretty please tell us what you know?

Where the possibility clearly exists that the lives of innocent Americans are threatened by terrorist action, you want to preclude this “harsh treatment,” nasty as it may be, that shouldn’t even be classified as torture? Whatever you want to call it, I don’t care, it’s effective. It merely gives the victim (by the way, a killer who chants “death to America”) a sense of drowning, which he is really not, and suddenly he’s willing to talk; and in the case of KSM, his information averted further terrorist actions and further loss of life. If you’d rather see countless more lives lost at the hands of terrorists, then we are just completely on different pages here.

]]> By: Miss Jocelyn http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22321 Miss Jocelyn Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:21 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22321 Wow, thanks for sharing. I loved reading through and seeing all the photos. :) Happy 4th of July! Wow, thanks for sharing. I loved reading through and seeing all the photos. :) Happy 4th of July!

]]> By: mrs darling http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22320 mrs darling Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:21:08 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22320 This was a great post. What a unique view of america. Yikes those ants would scare me witless. I hope you get them!!! This was a great post. What a unique view of america.

Yikes those ants would scare me witless. I hope you get them!!!

]]> By: Rob at Kintropy http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22313 Rob at Kintropy Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:10:03 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22313 The oranges look great to me. The supermarket ones here are imported and tend to be dry. I'd buy those up in a quick second! The oranges look great to me. The supermarket ones here are imported and tend to be dry. I’d buy those up in a quick second!

]]> By: Sandier Pastures http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22310 Sandier Pastures Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:50:51 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22310 The ants look like those in the Indy Jones 4 movie!Advanced Happy Independence Day! The ants look like those in the Indy Jones 4 movie!Advanced Happy Independence Day!

]]> By: halfmoon girl http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22307 halfmoon girl Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:22:19 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22307 Hi there, I loved fresh local produce as well- even if sometimes it is not as "pretty". Love rodeos and parades as well, but not pesty ants! Hi there, I loved fresh local produce as well- even if sometimes it is not as “pretty”. Love rodeos and parades as well, but not pesty ants!

]]> By: MooBeeMa http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22305 MooBeeMa Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:13:43 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22305 Somebody's been to Ryan's Produce Stand!!! I say set the ants on FIRE!!! Somebody’s been to Ryan’s Produce Stand!!! I say set the ants on FIRE!!!

]]> By: macadamia man http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22303 macadamia man Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:59:47 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22303 "If you really want ugly, you can read this supposed celebrate-America-Fourth-of-July-but-really-just-leftist-propaganda editorial, for which this newspaper should be ashamed." I read it. I was amazed at their bravery. I agreed with the editorial and not you. Your luck in life is just that, and nothing to do with virtue or rewards for being good. Put the shoe on the other foot and tell me what you thought of the Vietnamese for torturing GIs while the US trashed their nation and their children's futures. What's the difference? “If you really want ugly, you can read this supposed celebrate-America-Fourth-of-July-but-really-just-leftist-propaganda editorial, for which this newspaper should be ashamed.”

I read it. I was amazed at their bravery.

I agreed with the editorial and not you. Your luck in life is just that, and nothing to do with virtue or rewards for being good.

Put the shoe on the other foot and tell me what you thought of the Vietnamese for torturing GIs while the US trashed their nation and their children’s futures. What’s the difference?

]]> By: Jen http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22300 Jen Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:30:23 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22300 <b>Julie</b>, we'd love to get together. I know I've been famous lately for not showing up at things I've been invited to, but I'll be better, I promise! Hubby keeps telling me, don't worry, it won't be so crazy once we're moved into our house... <b>Heather</b>, I know, I miss the GREEN. But beauty is all in the eye of the beholder. One of my sisters, who now lives in Washington State (green as it gets), but grew up in Arizona, tells me she is completely ANNOYED at all the green and can't wait to get back to the brown! Julie, we’d love to get together. I know I’ve been famous lately for not showing up at things I’ve been invited to, but I’ll be better, I promise! Hubby keeps telling me, don’t worry, it won’t be so crazy once we’re moved into our house…

Heather, I know, I miss the GREEN. But beauty is all in the eye of the beholder. One of my sisters, who now lives in Washington State (green as it gets), but grew up in Arizona, tells me she is completely ANNOYED at all the green and can’t wait to get back to the brown!

]]> By: Heather Young http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22297 Heather Young Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:46:52 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22297 Other than the ants, very awesome! No experience with desert areas (we live in Western PA where everything is green, green, green except for winter (black and white) and fall (multi-colored.:)) Other than the ants, very awesome! No experience with desert areas (we live in Western PA where everything is green, green, green except for winter (black and white) and fall (multi-colored.:))

]]> By: Julie http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22296 Julie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:17:27 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2008/06/29/america-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-22296 Love your reflections on America!! I also wrote in my last post a bit about Patriotism and it's waning strength in parts of our country and my admiration for the Love of Country still strong in Texas and other parts of America. So glad to see a fellow patriot!! Hey- we are home and free from July 6-11. Wanna get together?? www.runninggalinsights.blogspot.com Love your reflections on America!! I also wrote in my last post a bit about Patriotism and it’s waning strength in parts of our country and my admiration for the Love of Country still strong in Texas and other parts of America. So glad to see a fellow patriot!!

Hey- we are home and free from July 6-11. Wanna get together??

http://www.runninggalinsights.blogspot.com

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