tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post3166602368730539132..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: SemanticsMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-52163760271687642802011-12-27T12:01:23.850-06:002011-12-27T12:01:23.850-06:00You know, if anyone speaks of any kind of "lo...You know, if anyone speaks of any kind of "lockbox" for any kind of wealth, they really don't understand prosperity. When I bake bread or cook something, I am (with the exception of certain vinegars, wines, and Scotch) eating the crop of the last few years. Didn't Scripture say something about not laying up treasures where moth and rust destroy?<br /><br />So really the key argument against Socialist Insecurity isn't that it's a Ponzi scheme, but rather that we're sacrificing the present to presume upon the future. And we know how that tends to end up.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-37522799008035788272011-12-27T09:12:49.059-06:002011-12-27T09:12:49.059-06:00Not too long ago I would have been peeved by how t...Not too long ago I would have been peeved by how the GOP got rolled on this. At this point, however, I find myself curiously apathetic about the tactical nipping and biting. The big picture is coming into focus so nicely that it would take a fool to miss it. We spend too much money and the folks asking for your vote are largely unwilling to be serious about the problem.<br /><br />Maybe we're just going to need to full meltdown with a special side of suffering? Maybe widespread and unavoidable pain is the only way to remember that reality demands more than a tip of the hat.W.B. Picklesworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187309512838841997noreply@blogger.com