tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post3429592685493335721..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Enjoying a Fine RecessionSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-38225894173407434952012-11-09T06:08:48.509-08:002012-11-09T06:08:48.509-08:00Getting in this a bit late but.....Yeah, people in...Getting in this a bit late but.....Yeah, people in the U. S. are getting increasingly spoiled. My sympathies for folks having real difficulties, but there are ALWAYS folks having difficulties, regardless of the time or place in history! We got it purty darn good here in the U. S. A., even in the worst of times. I think it should be required(kinda like some countries have MANDATORY military service for everyone) that all high schoolers have to go live in a 3rd world country for a month or so--mak'em appreciate home! "8% unemployment?" Hey, I thought that sounded purty good! Now 50%, or 75% unemployment might be something to worry about..... I have ZERO sympathy for the jobless whiners that have "given up" looking for jobs--do they give up EATING as well? Sure, sometimes you have to take menial crap jobs to get by, but you can ALWAYS find some kind of work, if you TRY hard enough--take it from someone who has plumbed the depths of degrading, menial labor most of his life! And yes, I do have one-a-them college eddikashunz! I have acquired more than one job going door-to-door in person and just asking if anyone needs any help--ANYTHING to feed the dogs! "Will Work For Dogfood" would be my begging ploy, if I ever stooped to begging(which I have never had to--I have poached, but I've never begged....)). For many years, a job that lasted me 3 months(before I got fired or quit--I consider all whiteman jobs temporary)) was purty average! Yet I've gotten by, been very happy(on my own time, at least), and got quite an education on people, life, and survival, while remaining peripheral to the rat race, and never becoming a slave to material goods and the little green frogskins(as Lame Deer would say). I have worked for some VERY wealthy people, too, in my long, varied, and infamous career, and I have been happier and freer by far than any of them! I don't WANT progress and development and to be "#1"! I want enough to eat to stay healthy, enough clothes(but they are necessary only in cold weather) to keep me warm--preferably in camoflouged colors, if possible-- nobody shooting at me because of my religion(or lack thereof) or ethnicity, a decent shelter, some good dogs and some forest to roam with them in. That's what's REALLY important!....L.B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-13596988926688157832012-11-08T12:38:51.405-08:002012-11-08T12:38:51.405-08:00I've had friends who have, since the '70&#...I've had friends who have, since the '70's, predicted the return of the "great depression" as a motive for self reliance: home defense, gardens, hunting, bomb shelters etc. Is it really happening now?Russ Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-89050186809544462082012-11-03T14:28:42.648-07:002012-11-03T14:28:42.648-07:00Right on, Matt! I'll be voting Tuesday, then h...Right on, Matt! I'll be voting Tuesday, then hitting the OFA phone bank for a shift, and on Wednesday finally leaving on my much-delayed bird hunting trip to MT, with four EPs and a falcon in the back of the truck. And we're damn happy to be able to do so.Daniel R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-10124239893405299682012-11-03T08:57:16.333-07:002012-11-03T08:57:16.333-07:00Things would be simpler with Alex in charge, Moro....Things would be simpler with Alex in charge, Moro. No question about it. More hunting, less politics. Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-49991478181300667102012-11-03T08:44:35.166-07:002012-11-03T08:44:35.166-07:00Most thoughtful post about this state of humans in...Most thoughtful post about this state of humans in the US. I will take from this and make myself and others a better day. We all forget to appreciate how good we really have it.<br />Karen Bodio GrahamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-67016102978903588202012-11-03T00:40:09.286-07:002012-11-03T00:40:09.286-07:00I'm voting for that hawk.I'm voting for that hawk.Moro Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170995132520805860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-12077622555564170172012-11-02T14:24:36.693-07:002012-11-02T14:24:36.693-07:00Hear-Hear for self reliance.
Jason KHear-Hear for self reliance.<br />Jason KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-14625473799110090892012-11-02T12:41:23.803-07:002012-11-02T12:41:23.803-07:00Patrick, Jim: Many thanks!Patrick, Jim: Many thanks!Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-44232920208616591302012-11-02T08:52:51.432-07:002012-11-02T08:52:51.432-07:00Thanks for that.
And PBurns: Attitude of Gratitud...Thanks for that.<br /><br />And PBurns: Attitude of Gratitude is a mantra for me. Changes everything.<br /><br />Jim Cornelius<br />www.frontierpartisans.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-31065278478226204042012-11-02T08:28:25.971-07:002012-11-02T08:28:25.971-07:00Best writing of the day or week so far. Thanks Ma...Best writing of the day or week so far. Thanks Matt. Values; get some!PBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-48956248572905154132012-11-02T08:24:49.991-07:002012-11-02T08:24:49.991-07:00Best writing this morning.
Best writing this we...Best writing this morning. <br /><br />Best writing this week.<br /><br />Thank you Matt. You said it well, and it neeed to be said.<br /><br />A country that has come out with a BEER FOR DOGS is not in too bad a shape.<br /><br />http://www.thekitchn.com/its-no-joke-bowser-beer-beer-for-dogs-173157<br /><br />People are bitching about unemployment levels that are the same as they were under Reagan, and they are whining about tax rates that are the lowest in history, and not even noting that the American car industry is roaring (largest in the world), and that the stock market is in the stratosphere even as interest rates are in the basement.<br /><br />The Internet and 24-hour television have made us a nation of Fat Perpetual Whiners with Too Many Broken Toys.<br /><br />A few floods, hurricanes and snow storms may be what we need to re-find what used to be the best part of America: an attitude of gratitude. <br /><br />As WC Handy, father of the Blues, put it: "You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry." <br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.com