Comments on: A Valentine for America https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-valentine-for-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-valentine-for-america 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-valentine-for-america/#comment-320 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:16:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1062#comment-320 In reply to gregorylent.

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gregorylent —

The Big Red Car is going to have to do something to lighten your mood. Lighten up.

I can’t decide whether to sponsor you for charm school or rehab?

BRC
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]]> By: gregorylent https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-valentine-for-america/#comment-319 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:45:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1062#comment-319 how many countries are we bombing, just today, six? what is our propensity for meddling in the affairs of others? why do we support dictators in some countries yet use the rubric of democracy to take out others? why do we legalize bribery under the guise of “campaign donations”? why are certain subjects simply not allowed to be talked about in national political campaigns? do you ever think that america is a one-party state, with two factions giving the illusion of “choice” to keep the public pacified? why is our education system so bad? why is television so banal? what is the reason for the pressures of political correctness in thought and action, so narrow compared to the rest of the world? why is there so much fear about “terrorism”? why do we increasingly have secret laws, secret interpretations of those laws, plea bargain manipulation of the justice system … on and on

your post is sweet, and perhaps from a similar era as the big red car .. though in that era, we couldn’t even accept other races into the american club and were dropping chemicals and tons of bombs onto asians.

at this point i see some plus points for america, the freedom of information act is wonderful, even if so much is redacted, and torture is not routinely practiced in prisons, though we have the most prisoners in the world …

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-valentine-for-america/#comment-318 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:44:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1062#comment-318 In reply to pointsnfigures.

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We have created a society in which we may literally smother the American Dream. Not the idea of the American Dream but its easy application and expectation.

In its place, we will erect a dark dream of a life of dependence — not too bad a life given food stamps, welfare, unemployment, disability and taxes that pay you not to work. All led by some folks who say this is “your due” and we can just take it from the doers.

I am however optimistic that we can get it right soon. We need some growth. Old fashioned growth.

JLM
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]]> By: pointsnfigures https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-valentine-for-america/#comment-317 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:02:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1062#comment-317 too bad that several of those in power don’t actually believe and practice the words you typed. Actually, it’s more than several. It’s many. We have reached the point where government is reaching the Toqueville standards of meddling in each and every part of our life. They have figured out that they can pay themselves with welfare, and pay themselves with lifelong government jobs and pensions. Sum those two and you get way more than 47%.

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