tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post114782819529607129..comments2024-03-15T22:23:48.974-05:00Comments on Fire and Ice: View From the Soapboxmdfayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01710106591374460964noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1148306133387380362006-05-22T08:55:00.000-05:002006-05-22T08:55:00.000-05:00"The answer to America's problems in education, ho..."The answer to America's problems in education, housing, and health care lies in personal responsibility and accountability."<BR/><BR/>We need...........<BR/>Home schooling!!!!!!!!Frazzledsisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253565598756330712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1148304128148354412006-05-22T08:22:00.000-05:002006-05-22T08:22:00.000-05:00Mike,You get a link from The Scratching Post for t...Mike,<BR/><BR/>You get a link from The Scratching Post for this one.<BR/><BR/>Outstanding!<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/>K T CatK T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1148172584608023832006-05-20T19:49:00.000-05:002006-05-20T19:49:00.000-05:00Bravo MD Fay! It's so interesting what we add of o...Bravo MD Fay! It's so interesting what we add of our own to labels. I love what being a liberal means to you. By your definition I must be one too! I've always thought of myself as a conservative because I don't want to overturn what our founding fathers and those of the next several generations after them bought for us. But they were the ultimate liberals, wouldn't you say? - unselfishly giving their lives for the freedom of future generations. And freedom, it becomes more and more obvious, it what it's all about! ("...free and open cultures..." - why would that be a threat to anybody? But it makes our enemies furious! Heaven save us from those among us who aren't scared to-death of that kind of radicalism!) Thank you for being faithful to the cause of freedom, in each of the ways you are. We need you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1148063816185419572006-05-19T13:36:00.000-05:002006-05-19T13:36:00.000-05:00Narcissism is right. The rant was confined to the ...Narcissism is right. The rant was confined to the immediate material effects of a war: anxiety and debt. He didn't address the bigger picture of what happens to the mideast if we leave Iraq too soon, or what war can actually accomplish. It's breathtakingly short-sighted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147982897329471452006-05-18T15:08:00.000-05:002006-05-18T15:08:00.000-05:00"The answer to America's problems in education, ho..."The answer to America's problems in education, housing, and health care lies in personal responsibility and accountability. Plain and simple. Throwing money at these realities will never take the place of real folks stepping up to the plate and doing the right thing."<BR/><BR/>This is absolutely right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147908781519902982006-05-17T18:33:00.000-05:002006-05-17T18:33:00.000-05:00I recently posted a blog with my views concerning ...I recently posted a blog with my views concerning immigration, but I kept stepping over to my "education soapbox" (I, too, was a teacher). It is amazing how that happens especially when "personal responsibility and accountability" comes up. I enjoyed your soapbox - well said.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147898414700836662006-05-17T15:40:00.000-05:002006-05-17T15:40:00.000-05:00Thank you for standing up for the truth so eloquen...Thank you for standing up for the truth so eloquently! <BR/><BR/>I look forward to my husband working with you as a fellow combat artist (I'm Kelly -- Kris' wife). <BR/><BR/>We are proud and very honored for him to serve this great country alongside marines like you.<BR/><BR/>God Bless!Kristopher Battleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15296326754613235946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147881085424794892006-05-17T10:51:00.000-05:002006-05-17T10:51:00.000-05:00Mike,Well said as always.Money is certainly not th...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Well said as always.<BR/><BR/>Money is certainly not the most important factor in any solution to problems of humanity, it is human involvement. A price so many are not willing to pay. If people are not willing to sit down with their child for 30 minutes a day and go over their schoolwork with them, then they certainly wouldn't want to commit lives (and the money they claim isn't important) to a war that they are unwilling to understand.<BR/><BR/>I think your journey from educator to Marine is probably most interesting. Is there a chance we may be able to read it one day?<BR/><BR/>Sam<BR/>.<BR/>.Samantha Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070709037999458271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147874924431698242006-05-17T09:08:00.000-05:002006-05-17T09:08:00.000-05:00I can't say that I disagree with any of your point...I can't say that I disagree with any of your points. Especially on education, since I am an elementary education graduate student - teachers and money can't do it all. And if we lose the larger War on Terrorism, it won't matter how much we want to spend on all those other things.... We'll lose the freedom to make those choices.Miss Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05036711338399907180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147865961946674262006-05-17T06:39:00.000-05:002006-05-17T06:39:00.000-05:00Gunnutt, I still consider myself a liberal, in the...Gunnutt, I still consider myself a liberal, in the sense of the word that means "generous". It seems to me those who've latched on to this term of late, or to whom the media applies this descriptor, are in fact "stingy". Stingy as to who should benefit from the riches of democracy and freedom, limited in coming up with positive proactive responses to those who activley threaten free and open cultures (such as ours), and absolutely miserly when it comes to investing blood and treasure in anything but their own interests and agendas.mdfayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710106591374460964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147839585412323422006-05-16T23:19:00.000-05:002006-05-16T23:19:00.000-05:00Bravo Mike! I do love your soapboxes. (Are you sur...Bravo Mike! I do love your soapboxes. (Are you sure you were ever a *gasp* <I>liberal?)</I>GunnNutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204685458798319462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16461897.post-1147828654444074632006-05-16T20:17:00.000-05:002006-05-16T20:17:00.000-05:00You're right on with your stand, Sir! Thanks for ...You're right on with your stand, Sir! Thanks for sharing this. <BR/><BR/>I rarely comment here, but I love your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com