tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post693446173908950550..comments2024-03-16T22:33:57.160-07:00Comments on The Vulgar Curmudgeon: What Will You Tell Her?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-80142597198044295202013-08-15T01:03:28.484-07:002013-08-15T01:03:28.484-07:00What was freedom like? Hmm. Freedom was being able...What was freedom like? Hmm. Freedom was being able to walk into an airport terminal and walk to the gate and watch the airplanes roll up to the gate -- without a ticket or boarding pass or ID or anything! Freedom was when having your phone tapped was a big deal rather than the norm. Freedom was when I got into a fight with another kid at school and guess what, we got *detention* rather than arrested and sent to kiddie jail! And every kid at school had a pocket knife, but none of us got stabbed, imagine that! Freedom was when you could walk down the street without a cop demanding "your papers", that was something that only happened in evil Commie countries, and when police officers carried a baton and a .38 revolver and dressed in a blue suit rather than armed like commandos and dressed in full bling warfighting gear.<br /><br />And the thing is, what I remember is only 1/10th of the freedoms that my great-grandparents had. They could, for example, move out to the frontier, find a piece of land, and just FARM IT! And guess what -- the government would GIVE it to them if they did that for a certain number of years! Imagine that! <br /><br />So I guess I don't know what freedom was like after all...BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-10477677976399140362013-08-14T10:57:36.813-07:002013-08-14T10:57:36.813-07:00I'm going to cry, my immediate feeling when I ...I'm going to cry, my immediate feeling when I saw it.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359657762730149804.post-12815753816783004522013-08-14T08:47:06.244-07:002013-08-14T08:47:06.244-07:00I first saw it over at 90miles myself. Started thi...I first saw it over at 90miles myself. Started thinking of my Grandkids. Damn. Xenolithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16564452262934014420noreply@blogger.com