tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post5686788563011973252..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: Family tree sprouting new branches.The Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-55657969076147352842007-08-16T16:17:00.000-04:002007-08-16T16:17:00.000-04:00I envy you sometimes, Lin, being out in the middle...I envy you sometimes, Lin, being out in the middle of nowhere. Some of the stuff that goes on around us makes me sick. Catmoves makes the point that individually we are what we should be. Collectively, we can't seem to do anything right.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-20860819543572939622007-08-16T15:44:00.000-04:002007-08-16T15:44:00.000-04:001984 seems to be running wild in the U.S.A., also....1984 seems to be running wild in the U.S.A., also. <BR/>"Senate Approves Expansion of Warrantless Surveillance<BR/><BR/>On Friday night the Senate voted to expand warrantless intelligence surveillance of international communications -- including communications between people in the United States and people abroad. The Senate measure, which could soon be passed by the House, authorizes even broader warrantless surveillance than that permitted under the warrantless surveillance program the President approved after September 11, 2001. CDT opposes the measure, which badly weakens the law protecting innocent Americans from having their privacy violated by government dragnets. <BR/>August 04, 2007"<BR/>Our governments seem to have brought this upon themselves. One cannot be all to every individual on the planet. When fear reigns supreme we all lose. <BR/>To partially answer lin, individuals are brilliant, it is people who are ignorant. Carry the torch where ever and when ever you can.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-85519188448961216392007-08-16T02:06:00.000-04:002007-08-16T02:06:00.000-04:00Just catching up on your postings now after two we...Just catching up on your postings now after two weeks of "off-the-grid" in its most primitive form. All delightfully wise observations on your part as usual. <BR/><BR/>I, too, have been blessed with new and loving family since the advent of the internet and we relished in the sleuth work which eventually connected us firmly. You will love that chase, too! <BR/><BR/>Why are people like lemmings, why can't they see the writing that history and wise men have put on the wall before them? We may never understand that leaning and perhaps we might drive ourselves mad in trying to do so. Perhaps it is better to just sigh deeply with great regret at such times for so few have minds willing to think for themselves.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100999113439449482noreply@blogger.com