tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post2513564393890962742..comments2023-08-19T07:41:24.973-07:00Comments on Darlene's Hodgepodge: Bill MoyersDarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-48342093738175926022011-02-27T01:11:09.247-07:002011-02-27T01:11:09.247-07:00*Vagabonde - Thank you for reading all of my old p...*Vagabonde - Thank you for reading all of my old posts. You are a very good friend. <br /><br />The part that was most discouraging to me was the information that studies have shown that giving facts to ideologues just makes them dig their heels in deeper. You are right; there is no use trying to have an intelligent conversation with them. I often quote the old bumper sticker, "Don't confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up."Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-55394430919715047032011-02-26T18:16:13.413-07:002011-02-26T18:16:13.413-07:00A great post Darlene, but the problem is that it i...A great post Darlene, but the problem is that it is us the people who agree with it who read it – it’s impossible to have the Conservatives or Tea Baggers to read it – they are the ones who need to read it – it’s a lost cause trying to have an intelligent conversation with them or having them read something by Bill Moyers unfortunately. Sadly this paper shows it too.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-3865570770541402952011-02-26T14:42:31.900-07:002011-02-26T14:42:31.900-07:00*Anne - Everything political is depressing now, is...*Anne - Everything political is depressing now, isn't it?Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-7975970724144232392011-02-25T09:53:05.738-07:002011-02-25T09:53:05.738-07:00A wonderful, if depressing, post.A wonderful, if depressing, post.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-89989509180568213342011-02-23T16:50:07.918-07:002011-02-23T16:50:07.918-07:00*Looking to the Stars - You're welcome. I'...*Looking to the Stars - You're welcome. I'm glad it was informative.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-21257787122184603662011-02-23T14:25:41.049-07:002011-02-23T14:25:41.049-07:00Wow, this was a great post with a great punch! Goo...Wow, this was a great post with a great punch! Good work and thank you for all the info :)Looking to the Starshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13211255507065858940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-71436095621600691542011-02-23T11:00:32.383-07:002011-02-23T11:00:32.383-07:00*Nance - Thank you for your kind words. I would s...*Nance - Thank you for your kind words. I would settle for getting Bill Moyers back.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-39881831037714532502011-02-22T19:24:12.965-07:002011-02-22T19:24:12.965-07:00Wow, Dar! A helluva post and an Anon-magnet, too! ...Wow, Dar! A helluva post and an Anon-magnet, too! I appreciate all your hard work on this.<br /><br />I liked: "an underpowered antibiotic." That metaphor is entirely apt and timely. <br /><br />Who's the next Moyers? We need him to hurry up.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-37513675777055520412011-02-21T16:58:27.805-07:002011-02-21T16:58:27.805-07:00*Xtreme English - Thank you.*Xtreme English - Thank you.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-16865325915589688122011-02-21T15:41:35.129-07:002011-02-21T15:41:35.129-07:00great post, darlene!great post, darlene!Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-65456552007956901372011-02-21T12:46:33.130-07:002011-02-21T12:46:33.130-07:00*Naomi Dagen Bloom - I am unable to attend the typ...*Naomi Dagen Bloom - I am unable to attend the type of meetings and interaction that you mention due to my hearing loss. I am sure there are such meetings in Tucson, but I haven't sought them out because I can't participate.<br /><br />*Joy Des Jardins - It's a way the loonies try to discredit his right to be president I guess. Glenn Beck and Limbaugh just spread a crazy ideas and they spread like wildflowers.<br /><br />*Joared - Unfortunately facts don't matter to the radicals. My favorite bumper sticker is "Don't confuse me with the facts my mind's made up."Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-70488981074607903952011-02-21T04:25:17.509-07:002011-02-21T04:25:17.509-07:00I, too, miss Bill Moyers on PBS. Have long been c...I, too, miss Bill Moyers on PBS. Have long been concerned with the whole Net Neutrality issue. Have been disappointed the current FCC commissioners weren't stronger, but thank heavens for the change from the previous membership. <br /><br />I think recognizing truth has become increasingly difficult for those who don't want to expend any effort to sort out fact from fiction, especially when distortions and omissions are so deliberately prevalent. <br /><br />Hope some of those with differing viewpoints take the time to read what you've written here. Finding a way to get others with disagreeing points of view to listen, then re-consider their position is the challenge.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-69227070183057481462011-02-20T22:18:20.404-07:002011-02-20T22:18:20.404-07:00I've always liked Bill Moyers too...and I miss...I've always liked Bill Moyers too...and I miss him as well. My husband watched he a lot on public tv.<br /><br />What is with this whole Obama birth certificate fiasco with some people? Geesh, give it up already.Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-39473088399103833722011-02-20T17:42:08.353-07:002011-02-20T17:42:08.353-07:00To Anonymous - Copy and paste the link into your b...To Anonymous - Copy and paste the link into your browser.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-54196469204678122172011-02-20T17:41:10.311-07:002011-02-20T17:41:10.311-07:00* Anonymous - Without spending too much time searc...* Anonymous - Without spending too much time searching for Obama's birth certificate I found a video of the Chris Matthews show in which he shows a copy of Obama's birth certificate and a copy of the birth announcement in the newspaper in Hawaii. Here's the link:<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/27/chris-matthews-and-liberal-panelists-wheres-the-birth-certificate/Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-34432477511664421272011-02-20T01:59:06.807-07:002011-02-20T01:59:06.807-07:00Missing Bill Moyers reminds me how singular his pr...Missing Bill Moyers reminds me how singular his presence was on public television. I'm sure he would have endorsed the notion of other intelligent commentators having a place in PBS. Though I support what we have, have to agree with those who have found both PBS and NPR less adventurous in programming over the last 15 years.<br /><br />On the narrow way we develop our opinions one problem is our isolation from one another in public spaces. Where have you (speaking to all out there) been recently where an idea was presented, then questions asked by an audience, followed by informal exchange among participants? I'm lucky to live in a city with an unusual bookstore where authors of newly-released books regularly appear. Wish there were more!naomi dagen bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636592739857173279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-53339370368605429242011-02-19T18:47:06.527-07:002011-02-19T18:47:06.527-07:00I miss Bill Moyers, too. He's a voice of reas...I miss Bill Moyers, too. He's a voice of reason in the asylum this country has become. <br /><br />And the quote is from Dylan Thomas -- Do not go gentle into that good night. Old ahe should rage against the fading light. <br /><br />And I think you and I do a great job of raging, don't you?Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342692190188505824.post-40320471491047969192011-02-19T17:40:15.787-07:002011-02-19T17:40:15.787-07:00"many people still believe Obama was born in ..."many people still believe Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii, as his birth certificate shows."<br />Please help put an end to all of the right wing crazies and post a copy of the President's birth certificate that the newly elected Democratic Governor of Hawaii promised he would find and share with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com