Renewable Revolution

Agelbert NOTE: Cross posted form the Doomstead Diner because it applies here. 

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Also, anyone. like GO, who considers this a platform for corner bar BSing just for fun should certainly not get upset about whether or not some other member of the peanut gallery is given da bidness.

If there was no real merit in the discussions here, I would NOT BE HERE. I resent any claim that we are just BSing here to pass the time of day.

   

Well kindly forgive me Agelbert for my dimness.

Ass hole me was under the impression that the intimacies you shared with us; your career in aviation, your horrible first marriage, the pictures of your lovely blue colored home, details about your happier second marriage and descriptions of your wonderful wife, your cat and how sad you were at it's death,etc., were all part of a general form of discussion with your friends at the Diner that I, in my ignorance, would have considered bullshitting, chewing the fat, telling a little something about myself to other members as a way of getting to say this is a peek at who I am and a way of introducing your persona to other Diners. It's what I have always like about the Diner, our software set up that allows us to converse freely and personably on a open forum. To get to know one another and develop a kinship or better understanding of why we think the way we do, this is why Reddit does not appeal to me at all.

Forgive me, sorry you resented my false impression of our friendly tavern like atmosphere.  I had no idea that glimpses into your private life were matters of great merit and seriousness, sorry.

In closing  one of  scenes you described from your past comes to me, the one where your Father used to go play golf every Sunday and was too cheap to hire a caddy, and how he used to say to you, Agelbert, "YOU P I S S TOO LOUD". That one really stuck with me, your Dad must have been quite an interesting personality.                                 Regards, GO                   

         

My old man had me pegged, for sure!   

I understand your point of view. I apologize for mistaking your definition of BSing as meritless communication. I see that, it being you remember what I have posted as the sincere TRUTH of my experiences, rather than double talk and actual BULLSHIT by too many propagandists (you do remember the "new ice age" BULLSHIT from Snowleopard, don't you?), I feel rewarded because you consider me a credible source of information (and not just about my own experiences). That is the best compliment anyone can provide to my posts. 

You are right about merit in friendly and truthful conversation. I strongly disagree with you about giving free reign to propagandist bullshitters on a mission to defend profit over planet and a greed based "real world".

I appreciate your input and am always grateful to you for your excellent posts, including many pictorial displays of the sad plight of modern civilization.     

Much of what too many believe in their embrace of a nostalgia for a past time is basically a myth. I am certain you do not, or at least you should not, in good conscience, support maudlin and mendacious attempts to wish for the "good old days". People like MKing do that. That really is BULLSHIT.

I was a pretty happy kid growing up in Kansas believing in a make believe world constructed by TPTB. I grew up.

This mythical narrative is disseminated in films, on television, by the press, in churches, in universities and by the state. It is a lie. But it is a lie that works.

And it works because it is what we want. It appeals to our fantasies about ourselves:
that we are a virtuous people,
that God has blessed us above others,
that we have the highest form of civilization,
that we have been anointed to police the world and make it safe,
that we are the most powerful and righteous nation on earth,
that we are always assured of victory,
that we have a right to kill in the name of nationalist values—values determined by our naked self-interest and that we conveniently define as universal. - Chris Hedges

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_real_enemy_is_within_20150906