tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778932.post9193923457554038556..comments2023-09-21T01:17:00.442-07:00Comments on Death & Taxes: "The Elders" and the Rest of UsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220477228455501006noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778932.post-6504498097594927132009-01-04T09:55:00.000-08:002009-01-04T09:55:00.000-08:00meh.Holidays are good because I see my family more...meh.<BR/><BR/>Holidays are good because I see my family more, but never terribly exciting because there's little travel or adventure. <BR/><BR/>That sounds stupid doesnt it? So I take back my "meh".daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778932.post-82927506181473615442009-01-02T15:33:00.000-08:002009-01-02T15:33:00.000-08:00Dave,I know you are right on this and as my sister...Dave,<BR/><BR/>I know you are right on this and as my sister noted, many people desire and need this type of leadership. further, I do believe their intentions are honorable. yet, as you suggest, people need to start to learn how to do for themselves as well. This is huge,and I think the Obama team has it right when they ask for citizen service.<BR/><BR/>Did you have a good new year and holiday?<BR/>RAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220477228455501006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778932.post-40972972331821886372009-01-01T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-01T13:12:00.000-08:00the need to be told what to do, how to save yourse...the need to be told what to do, how to save yourself by an elder Authority, strikes me as a form of immaturity. That said, sadly, a lot of people are simply stuck in the same mode of thinking that they reached in junior high or so, and they never really get out of it.<BR/>I wish I had an answer to that, but I dont, except ones that basically involve Authority again. People just need to evolve, dammit.daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.com