tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693485835770444406.post4980415468296824291..comments2023-06-21T10:32:56.233-05:00Comments on Spurgeon's Cigar: Why I didn't vote.....Hal Brunsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02060487022991827610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693485835770444406.post-39099999146933790722008-12-09T14:28:00.000-06:002008-12-09T14:28:00.000-06:00JMB, if you think the point of my post was to comp...JMB, if you think the point of my post was to complain about "our leaders" as you call them (though they are certainly not mine), then I think you failed to really read the post.<BR/><BR/>I'm struck by how retorts to my blogs have tended to diminish in quality to a state of name calling...my post was not meant to be intellectually void or intellectually appealing....the wisdom of man is treyburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14755584021322580437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693485835770444406.post-1272589652678147642008-12-02T22:47:00.000-06:002008-12-02T22:47:00.000-06:00Wow, the pessimism on this page is staggering. I ...Wow, the pessimism on this page is staggering. I can't believe you guys actually take pride in "sitting at home" on election day and continue regurgitating the intellectually void generalizations about how horrible our leaders are. Keep sitting back and pointing your fingers, and I'll go vote.J. Matthew Brunson, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17118104352861355482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693485835770444406.post-80909564939539569032008-12-02T16:01:00.000-06:002008-12-02T16:01:00.000-06:00Treybur, Well you did it now. I haven't read throu...Treybur, Well you did it now. I haven't read through all the (lets say responses) yet, but wanted to start with your post and say simply that I find your view point refreshing and responsible. My views differ but I must still say good for you (yes you).<BR/><BR/>MP, my stratagem is somewhat Carlinian; I vote for someone that I know will never win, that way I can complain and blame with a clear Hippie Fringehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497379570488228589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693485835770444406.post-27944778283419562452008-11-21T16:42:00.000-06:002008-11-21T16:42:00.000-06:00George Carlin had an interesting observation about...George Carlin had an interesting observation about voting too…<BR/><BR/>"You may have noticed that there's one thing I don't complain about: Politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says, "They suck". But where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. No, they come from AmericanThe Militant Pacifisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114020353418814651noreply@blogger.com