tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post7102979075981475412..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: I Will Only Apologize For One ThingRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-14161010097893756022010-04-18T15:36:00.916-07:002010-04-18T15:36:00.916-07:00Meems, so sorry it took me this long to respond to...Meems, so sorry it took me this long to respond to your comment...yes, this November promises to be what a lot of us hope is a turning point...can't happen fast enough for me! :)Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-62963517953949356652010-04-11T16:46:12.539-07:002010-04-11T16:46:12.539-07:00Robbyn,
You've stated my own concerns so well ...Robbyn,<br />You've stated my own concerns so well and so decisively. It is very deeply irritating and enraging to watch my freedoms being pulled out from underneath us and feeling like the majority is not even being listened to by this administration in any way. The principles by which we have lived our lives and raised our children must not change. But at the same time if we want to hold on to them, we must not be silenced due to fear or any other intimidation. Peaceful resistance! But our rights include resistance and we absolutely must. If we don't we will surely continue to be bullied. Right now the bully has the pulpit... but we must do all we can to change that in November and in 2012.<br /><br />Thank you for your bold stand and clear, concise thoughts. Always love your writings!... even about politics. Thanks for the link to the YouTube... hadn't seen that one.<br />(Pray for the peace of Israel!)<br />MeemsMeemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-25485030564694707382010-04-11T00:25:33.119-07:002010-04-11T00:25:33.119-07:00Ron, welcome! Yes, as things look different than w...Ron, welcome! Yes, as things look different than what we're used to, it's been a challenge for us to decide for the long term beginning now. Sometimes we would wait till things recovered situationally. We took a lot of personal setbacks since 2006 even before the economy tanked. I'm 44 and my hubby is 58...we don't want to "wait out" our best years to come waiting for an upturn, so it's actually going to do us some good to plan for the worst and be pleasantly surprised if not all of the worst materializes...we're seeing it as an optimistic move rather than negative, even though it's based on skepticism that anything's turning rosy soon. In the process, we're losing a lot of flotsam and jetsam and we probably needed that all along. One thing will be good ...we'll see what we're made of and get to know our real neighbors :)Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-43984614265516097902010-04-11T00:19:10.989-07:002010-04-11T00:19:10.989-07:00Jennifer and Kelly, thanks for your comments :) W...Jennifer and Kelly, thanks for your comments :) Well, hopefully that will be enough rant to do me for a while, but yes we do need to be active ASAP in whatever constructive and decisive ways possible. We're shuffling our goals around here at our house, fast forwarding some and ditching others so as to "not mess around" with things that are less relevant. Thanks for your comments!Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-57028239489720985042010-04-10T19:57:11.008-07:002010-04-10T19:57:11.008-07:00Well... got here through a friend... and thoroughl...Well... got here through a friend... and thoroughly enjoyed your rant. :)<br /><br />Yep... things ain't good. Bread and circuses are popular. That's certainly not how the country was founded. I HOPE that people will resist, throw some wrenches in those gears, slow down the rate of 'progress.' If not... dang... it don't leave us with too many good options...<br /><br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630929746033282061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-80780634368107371172010-04-10T11:18:03.246-07:002010-04-10T11:18:03.246-07:00I appreciate you posting this, and have several fr...I appreciate you posting this, and have several friends who I will forward it to. I've been looking for a way to make a stand as well, but as a teacher, even what I do in my private time can be scrutinized. I continue to look for ways to quietly set forth my own concerns. I am deeply concerned by the amount of folks sitting back and just watching things happen.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16854297659644929721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-73662892417871980832010-04-07T14:32:54.367-07:002010-04-07T14:32:54.367-07:00I am very disturbed as well about the constant ass...I am very disturbed as well about the constant assault on basic rights and freedoms we have always had in this country. I hate politics but one has to be political if they are a homesteader or small farmer these days because of all the unwanted laws being passed and shoved down people's throats that will hurt small farmers. They are trying to legislate us out of the way so big ag has no competition at all. JMO!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17664824920459341153noreply@blogger.com