Blucie Blog: Recent Comments

Comment on Plain Yogurt Taste Test

2010-01-20T03:27:20Z

Hi Blucie. While I do not share your discriminating palate and find pretty much all plain yogurt offensive, regardless of brand, I thought the soy product was particularly odious. I hesitate to describe the stuff it was so foul. I mixed it with a fruity variety that I normally buy and all it did was ruin that stuff too. However, I did manage to polish it off, funny faces and all. That's just how cheap I am.

Comment on Tales of a Bleeding-Heart Libertarian

2008-11-04T19:25:06Z

Nicely said. I miss reading more from you. Glad you got back on the blogging. Give me something to do with my sleepless nights!!!
Great points. Let's keep being heard!
Go America!

Comment on Mini-blind Operators Needed

2008-10-20T07:10:04Z

I have flawed friends and I am proud that I am part of their lives.

Comment on If Women Could Have Eggs

2007-04-06T14:47:27Z

Before I read this, I was unaware of my bucolic-idealist holdout tendencies! :)

Comment on Tales of a Bleeding-Heart Libertarian

2007-03-06T14:33:47Z

Hi Blucie. I get the "You're just selfish" comment all the time when I tell people I don't believe in government-run "charities". No, I'm actually very generous. Is it more selfish to want to do what I please with my own money or to do what I please with someone else's money? It's insane that confiscating someone's income and spending it as someone else sees fit is considered a virtue. It's a topsy-turvy world.

Is your Blue Period keeping you from writing? Remember that a lot of artists have very prolific Blue Periods. I hope it passes quickly anyway.

Roob

Comment on What I Learned from Forrest Gump

2007-02-26T20:27:21Z

Roob is funny.

Comment on My Blue Period

2007-02-26T20:24:02Z

Hi Blucie:

You can take the dog out of the fight but you can't take the fight out of the dog. Of course your hiatus was only temporary. My hunch is that you have some important mission to fulfill and that's why you were bestowed with a passion for this stuff. Policy and politics are vital to you like air or food. You might as well try to hold your breath for the rest of your life. Eventually, no matter how hard you try, you have to give in. I think we'll all be better off for it. I just can't wait to see what you end up doing. Blucie for Privatization Czar? Blucie for Governor? Blucie for President? Keep us posted.

Comment on My Blue Period

2007-02-26T14:49:12Z

It's not a bad thing that your activist monster has re-awakened. We'll all be better off for it. My frustration is that I don't know what to do or where to start; the problem in this nation seems insurmountable. So what do we do? I suppose we continue to study so we're ready to make our case, we make converts where we can, we support people and causes we believe in. The exciting thing is that political revolutions, while rare, can occur in a flash so we just have to be ready to sieze the moment when it presents itself. Don't despair! Maybe our very own Mart Lahr will show up in 2008 and sweep the electorate off their collective feet.

Comment on Superman Is Way Cool

2007-02-22T16:16:15Z

Hi Blucie. I am a recent fan of Superman myself. Watching the recently released "Superman Returns" really made me realize it. (That's a lot of "re" words.) Maybe it is a function of maturity but I was suddenly struck by his "goodness." In my youth Batman was my preferred superhero. Perhaps it was his anti-establishment attitude. It could also have been that Batman is the type that girls like to date (dangerous and rough) but Superman is the type you marry (kind and responsible). Having been the marryable type with longings to be regarded as dangerous I was probably drawn to my anti-type. Honestly it still bothers me that Superman was bestowed with half a dozen super powers (way over quota) while Batman only had what he worked hard to get; muscles, kung fu skills, expensive gadgets. That's far more American when you think about it. Nothing was handed to him on a silver platter, except the beginnings of his fortune, which helps.

Anyway, I like Superman. His highest priority is to help those who need it. The discouraging thought is that even with a thousand Supermans there are probably too many atrocities, accidents, natural disasters, monsters, and madmen out there in the world to keep up with. That's depressing. I guess the moral is that we all need to be little Superpeople where we can and look forward to the arrival of the non-fictional savior of the world who really is capable of rescuing us.

Comment on Truth, Justice and the Estonian Way

2007-02-22T14:36:17Z

When you ask, "Who's running this place anyway?" I'm afraid we're getting the government we deserve. With as many people checked out and consumed with amusement as we have in this country is it any wonder our elected officials get away with pretty much whatever they want? So the vested interests line up at the trough because they know they can get their hands on money for which they are accountable to no one. You should do an article on farm subsidies. That ticks me off!

As far as our representative government though, think about it: As a nation we have a negative savings rate, we're obsessed with entertainment and entertainers, we spend money on stuff we don't need and don't spend money on the things we ought to. There are laws dictating that 2% of any public building budget be reserved for artwork to be associated with the project. But that means our prisons have to do with 2% reduced capacity. So it's a subsidy to the arts, really, but at what expense? We just let another few monsters out because we lack room for them and they'll continue to take their toll on society. But at least we have some nice artwork on display at the prison! Ahhhhh!!!!! I need to quit before I get carried away. Good article.