I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Mary, that is going to become a classic! Just leave it to "Man on Dog!"

^^^ LOL  Shock and Awe was/is turmoil.  I guess every country has their "Glenn Becks" and "Rush Limbaughs" to inspire small protests here and there.

HL - that reminds me of the rationing stamps my mother had kept from WWII - kind of cool to see those.  My mother was a big fan of FDR, btw, and Adelaide Stevens.  She was in nursing school (in Canada) during the depression, but my parents decided to move to the US during the war, "for more opportunities."  One of my father's first jobs in California was to design a tower with telemetry.  He found out after the fact it was used to set off the first hydrogen bomb.  We have bombs.  My Canadian relatives have Universal Healthcare.  Pretty clear.  Sorry for the ramblings.....

Speaking of rambling and the dust bowl and so on:  I have a Rose of Sharon bush which has been blooming continuously since mid-July.  Whenever I look at it, I think of The Grapes of Wrath.  Do you know why?

My DH has grown 6 brussels sprouts plants, which are now huge.  But, it takes so, so long for the tiny BS buds to start growing in the crotch of the leaves.  Maybe by mid-November we'll have some baby sprouts! 

Kam, I, too, still have a book of ration stamps from my mother. She loved FDR, and I grew up learning of all the good he did here at home and abroad -- in the days when we could actually learn things instead of being taught to pass a test. Roosevelt, for all his faults (and he had many, as do we all) truly did save the world.



Mary, my response is, "Yep. And there is a reason for that, thank God!"



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CLC, I'm so happy you can hang out here on the weekends! I read fhe letter a few days ago and it was WONDERFUL! He did a version without the swear words (there really aren't that many) for his dad, and it is still powerful. What he said!



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keep chuckling - wanna take bets anyone on when our posts start getting "reported" - tee, hee....I know I shouldn't be amused by stooooopidity, but sometimes I succumb...

Off to enjoy this GLORIOUS New England FalL Day.

Peace to all.....

Hugs going out to Lassie's 97 years young dad, and hoping he gets to try Sun Gold tomatoes next year, if he hasn't tried them yet.  My favorites - just SO yummy, especially when you pick them off the vine, slightly warmed by the sun.

lindasa, I know the Rose of Sharon link to THE GRAPES OF WRATH! That was the name of the daughter, but they said it as Rosasharn (or something similar in the dialect.)

I'm sure the report post button has shorted out by now.

Lassie, how cool to still have your Dad at such an old age (him, not you!!) I miss both my parents...

Speaking of veggies, I'm going to roast up a huge pan of them this afternoon. No brussel sprouts in the mix, though. But eggplant, fennel, garlic, onion, red bell peppers, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, kalmata olives and cherry tomatoes. With olive oil, salt and pepper. Eat it over quinoa tonight, then cold with hummus on a tortilla for lunches. The prep work is long, but so worth the effort!!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I'm having a good day ... been busy working.  I see we have new people posting on this thread.  I just don't understand it.

I've posted in the past that I don't have anyone set to ignore, but I'm going to have to change that.

This thread isn't just about politics ... it's about friendships and support for each other that has been in place for years now.

I'm glad the others are going to go away and start their own thread on conservative politics.  More power to them and I hope they can develop the close loving friendships we have with each other.

Now ... off to work the ignore button.

hugs,

Bren

Haaaaaleeeeelooooooya... took a peek at the Active Thread to see if anyone has posted anything about "More than 5 years on a AI" - one of my interests - and found a new "thread" about Coservative Politics - Haaaalllleeeeeeeeloooooooya - NOW maybe it can be peaceful here again...

PLEASE, or puhleeeeez don't anyone feel they have to go and Defend the President of the United States, or anyone else who has a heart, and SOUL, and cares about making sure everyone has access to quality healthcare.  Please....remember "Don't Like, Don't Read" - and if you do read - PLEASE do not comment here or there.

Of course, if I went there it would just be a list of "This post is suppressed because you are ignoring" anyhow...but please, don't take anything said to heart - some of you have, ah, read, as a "guest" a long time ago some of the political "observations" on another website, so you know what you're "missing" anyhow...BE GLAD, Celebrate....please don't be drawn into a "gotcha" game - so much more important things to do in the world, like watch the leaves turn colours, listen to the crickets remind us the Autumn Solstice is almost here, and REJOICE, REJOICE in the "Friendship" of this thread, which sometimes discusses "politics" as it is SO vital we keep Obamacare for all of us.

This is SUCH GOOD NEWS!

Anne -- YES!  Her name in the book was actually Rose of Sharon (quite biblical) but it did get shortened to RosaSharon.

Steinbeck truly captured the dust bowl/depression and its ghastly but oh-so-real effects on so many, many people.  My parents lived through it, and even though they were comparatively well off, they were the ultimate reduce/re-use/recycle people, habits which stayed with them, and everybody else, the rest of their lives. 

I can understand Yorkie's feelings...but I am concerned.  I didn't think everyone here was liberal, though clearly many are.  I would hate to see the new thread be allowed to define this thread.  I thought this thread was so much more than a political narrative.  I am relatively new, and don't want to push into this, but that is my gut feeling.  That new thread has nothing to do with this one, and isn't in the same class, imho...

Eggplant, in my opinion, needs a fair bit of oil. I cut it in boat/sticks about an inch thick. Then I put it in a bowl and toss it with salt, pepper, squeezed garlic, olive oil and a splash of balsamic, turn it around and around to get well coated, then on a baking tray and in a hot oven till nicely browned.

Terrorism is alive and well.

On another note: I don't envy Romney, although his handlers are doing a bad job. They think the old Bush-Rove tricks of lying and lying until people believe you are telling the truth still works. It does for many people, but not for the media, which is of average intelligence.