tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post3024563793911368137..comments2023-10-25T04:32:52.345-04:00Comments on Just Blowing Smoke...: Reverential TreatmentTimothy W Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post-53998209462340810452011-03-27T20:29:25.742-04:002011-03-27T20:29:25.742-04:00Roland,
It will remain my belief that people who ...Roland,<br /><br />It will remain my belief that people who talk about "the good old days" should be bludgeoned with one of the massive history textbooks that serve to point out their distorted perception of the past.<br /><br />Most of history involves war, death, disease, and living conditions that you get arrested for putting a complete stranger in. The few "bright spots" in the story merely serve to illuminate the pain and misery that has been the greater part. <br /><br />Romanticizing it merely allows those doing so to ignore its lessons and repeat its mistakes.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041089218060371051.post-33539369466228782642011-03-26T23:33:10.533-04:002011-03-26T23:33:10.533-04:00Mi Amigo Tim,
You have an excellent grasp of the h...Mi Amigo Tim,<br />You have an excellent grasp of the history of American government, as well of the founding fathers and American history itself.<br />Most Americans have very little knowledge of those areas but are quick to opine with little, if any, factual bases. People tend to romanticize the Founders and our early government, as they do with many other topics when addressing the "good old days" that truth be known were not all that good.<br />Thank you for a well presented realistic take on the subject in telling it as it is (or was). How I wish more people were as well informed as are you.<br />My hat is off to you.Roland Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.com