tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post5807988158052321335..comments2023-10-26T03:07:22.405-05:00Comments on Random Midnight Thoughts: Quick Hits...Chris the Hippiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434819898396611160noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-5685468063999584932008-07-30T10:44:00.000-05:002008-07-30T10:44:00.000-05:00I didn't realize it was possible to edit comments,...I didn't realize it was possible to edit comments, only to delete your own (those you've written or those made about something you've written). <BR/><BR/>By the way, is Anonymous your first name or last?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501031188134670656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-84048973198479449912008-07-30T05:17:00.000-05:002008-07-30T05:17:00.000-05:00Huh? Someone edited something?Huh? Someone edited something?Chris the Hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434819898396611160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-56486783276398017302008-07-29T23:47:00.000-05:002008-07-29T23:47:00.000-05:00Hmmmm....editing of comments...hmmmm....Hmmmm....editing of comments...hmmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-71365809055941094462008-07-24T09:15:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:15:00.000-05:00da is right. people don't stay young and handsome ...da is right. people don't stay young and handsome and romantically uniformed long after their wars are over and it's too damned bad if it makes him uncomfortable. Maybe more people need to be made uncomfortable.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-66830521663853636552008-07-22T18:53:00.000-05:002008-07-22T18:53:00.000-05:00Can we officially kill Garrison Keillor yet? A fr...Can we officially kill Garrison Keillor yet? A friend of mine just moved to Minnesota, and I told her, "The instant you start finding Garrison Keillor funny, we can't be friends anymore." She replied, "Who's that?" I said, "Good start."paperback readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200353078639769169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-36174147996409494012008-07-21T08:24:00.000-05:002008-07-21T08:24:00.000-05:001. Those dog owners need to be put down. 2. Congra...1. Those dog owners need to be put down. <BR/><BR/>2. Congrats on going part-time, Chris. <BR/><BR/>3. Garrison Keillor has been dead to me for over a year, thanks to some very stupid homophobic remarks. The man is mighty narrow-minded and often speaks in generalizations and stereotypes. I see he's still at it. Jerk.katrockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093885900740274727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-5507677237726896952008-07-20T10:29:00.000-05:002008-07-20T10:29:00.000-05:00People are ridiculous about their pets. I can't b...People are ridiculous about their pets. I can't believe that these dogs haven't done enough damage for the local animal control to step in and take them away.<BR/><BR/>Didn't know about Keillor - what a stupid thing to say.The Lady Who Doesn't Lunch:https://www.blogger.com/profile/16435708079953998705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-88242220739277281762008-07-19T10:33:00.000-05:002008-07-19T10:33:00.000-05:00Just Wow. I am shocked and saddened by Keillor...Just Wow. I am shocked and saddened by Keillor's rhetoric. All his creative genius could have been channeled into a positive, reallistic and ACCURATE writing. :o( Your response Chris (and D.A.) is beautiful and right on. <BR/><BR/>As for the dogs... I have to liken it to knowingly allowing a falling down drunk individual to speed through the neighborhood at will. Someone needs to take responsibility ... or call the police / animal control. Things aren't going to get better; especially now that they've tasted blood. <BR/><BR/>Hi Chris. <BR/><BR/><3sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838935957994302879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-31312352702984656062008-07-18T21:27:00.000-05:002008-07-18T21:27:00.000-05:00Mr, Keillor suffers from what I refer to as the "r...Mr, Keillor suffers from what I refer to as the "romantization" of war. The books he mentions are among a handful that belong in the same category as some late '50s, early '60's Hollywood war movies where the "good guys" always achieve their goal and maybe someone dies but it's in this incredibly heroic way, and there's no blood.<BR/><BR/>I, as most of you probably do, have many Vets in my family. From my father, who served very briefly in the Navy (avoiding service in Vietnam when it was discovered he was color blind - though he always spoke about being ready and willing to go), to my brother who helped capture Noriega in Panama in 1989, to my grandfather who served as a crew member on a bomber in late WWII and Korea before suffering severe leg injury in a crash (I don't know the details, he never speaks in detail about his service - it's too painful for him.)<BR/><BR/>While none of these individuals have embraced the "biker lifestyle", I doubt they would fit Mr. Keillors romantic vision of a veteran either. None of them have any stories of "comrads in arms" to share. <BR/><BR/>But Mr. Keillor could learn more from them then he could from the books he mentions.<BR/><BR/>Shame on you Mr. Keillor. Maybe if you'd lowerer your suspenders and taken some time to talk to these "fat men with ponytails", you'd have a realiistic view of life instead of your Lake Wobegon.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501031188134670656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-11987683699847472582008-07-18T20:33:00.000-05:002008-07-18T20:33:00.000-05:00Wow. Just... wow. What a numnut. I don't blame...Wow. Just... wow. What a numnut. I don't blame you for being irritated. Who gives <I>him</I> the right to so haughtily judge anyone else's motive and intent?Falwlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188835254714411124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-69769082421470244802008-07-18T16:35:00.000-05:002008-07-18T16:35:00.000-05:00I love dogs. Maybe there is a place for dogs like ...I love dogs. Maybe there is a place for dogs like these, but obviously your neighbors aren't handling them right. You are right on, they need to be removed before the little dog is killed or worse a little human.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard any of this from the Prairie Home guy. I don't know why he felt the need to say anything, but these statements are crazy. He should have stopped and thanked these men and women.Bluzloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258502617417342502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-3897192125651145232008-07-18T15:32:00.000-05:002008-07-18T15:32:00.000-05:00What a butt-head Keillor was! I lost respect for ...What a butt-head Keillor was! I lost respect for him also.<BR/><BR/>And, about the dogs, I think it's time for the police to step in before there is a killing.SkylersDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.com