Comments on: A curiosity. https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:50:17 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/#comment-30446 FrankC Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:03:53 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=44393#comment-30446 somewhere between that is. In between is not on the fence. You have to wander off in either direction occasionally, but not too far. The center is always the right way. Since there is no real fence to guide you, the hard part is finding the center and staying close to it. It's easy to get lost and start eating those wild berries and chasing butterflies. somewhere between that is. In between is not on the fence. You have to wander off in either direction occasionally, but not too far. The center is always the right way.

Since there is no real fence to guide you, the hard part is finding the center and staying close to it. It’s easy to get lost and start eating those wild berries and chasing butterflies.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/#comment-30417 Jody Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:23:10 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=44393#comment-30417 If they get too huffy with you just tell them to go blow it out their ass. For real. Nobody has cornered the market on being *all that*. If they get too huffy with you just tell them to go blow it out their ass. For real. Nobody has cornered the market on being *all that*.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/#comment-30414 ER Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:29:03 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=44393#comment-30414 The Communist states that remain are either small and weak, or crazy and dysfunctional (N Korea). --- Conservatives are convinced Liberals are at best fools or dupes of foreign ideologies, or, at worst, traitors. They fantasize of returning to some idyllic, Utopian past (before the Liberals took over) when America was truly free. Liberals think Conservatives are, either mindless fanatics or cynical and opportunist hypocrites. They fantasize America as inevitably progressing to some glorious Utopian future which is being resisted and obstructed by the Conservatives. Conservatives are in love with an America that never existed, Liberals are obsessed with an America that can never be. Both blame the other for their troubles. In a way, they're both right. The truth, as always, is somewhere between the two extremes. The Communist states that remain are either small and weak, or crazy and dysfunctional (N Korea).
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Conservatives are convinced Liberals are at best fools or dupes of foreign ideologies, or, at worst, traitors. They fantasize of returning to some idyllic, Utopian past (before the Liberals took over) when America was truly free.

Liberals think Conservatives are, either mindless fanatics or cynical and opportunist hypocrites. They fantasize America as inevitably progressing to some glorious Utopian future which is being resisted and obstructed by the Conservatives.

Conservatives are in love with an America that never existed, Liberals are obsessed with an America that can never be. Both blame the other for their troubles.

In a way, they’re both right. The truth, as always, is somewhere between the two extremes.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/#comment-30413 ER Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:10:34 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=44393#comment-30413 They go back home for the health care. They go back home for the health care.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2014/04/11/a-curiosity/#comment-30412 DanS Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:57:48 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=44393#comment-30412 Well, they actually love it <em><strong>and </strong></em>leave it. I find that many retire on a Gov check to comparatively inexpensive foreign housing, some just off-shore, with cheap labor costs for housekeeping. All they need to do is visit the good ol' US of A a few times a year, and they get to remain a whining citizen. Well, they actually love it and leave it. I find that many retire on a Gov check to comparatively inexpensive foreign housing, some just off-shore, with cheap labor costs for housekeeping. All they need to do is visit the good ol’ US of A a few times a year, and they get to remain a whining citizen.

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