tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post8959669294374392391..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: The Slow, Sad, Downhill Run To The End Of Days, Brought To You By Applebee's™. Applebee's™. Real Burgers For Real Heroes.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-11012487091175465112009-07-08T20:00:11.127-04:002009-07-08T20:00:11.127-04:00the only question left is whether we're too st...<i>the only question left is whether we're too stupid and too greedy to save ourselves, or whether we're not worth saving because we're so stupid and so greedy.</i><br /><br />What was the middle one?Grace Nearinghttp://scriptoids.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18978552900115227462009-07-07T23:51:02.616-04:002009-07-07T23:51:02.616-04:00Of course, this is Indiana, where the "Gawrsh...Of course, this is Indiana, where the "Gawrsh, here's a Hoosier that's famous" impulse is so strong that we claim, tout, even, not just John Dillinger, but Charlie Manson, Jimmy Hoffa, and Mark Spitz; anyone, actually, who's spent more than two nights in a hotel here. <br /><br />I'm afraid Indiana's image will always suffer in comparison with that of its Merle Jeeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37774896286279529362009-07-07T15:25:14.175-04:002009-07-07T15:25:14.175-04:00Are we the jaded get-off-my-lawn-owners just point...Are we the jaded get-off-my-lawn-owners just pointing into the wind? Or are we truly <i>gifted</i> to witness the End Times?<br /><br />Kinda makes you think, huh?<br /><br />p.s. You almost make me nostalgic for Iowan teevee types.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-28460150027497472622009-07-07T15:19:11.786-04:002009-07-07T15:19:11.786-04:00Quite seriously, when I see babies and litle kids ...Quite seriously, when I see babies and litle kids now I just feel sorry for them because of the world they are inheriting. That, and the corporatocray they will be laboring under for the rest of their natural lives; I may get to retire, they won't.StringonaSticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-24297933680937405912009-07-07T14:36:00.593-04:002009-07-07T14:36:00.593-04:00Y'know, I get no pleasure at all from saying i...<i>Y'know, I get no pleasure at all from saying it, but the only question left is whether we're too stupid and too greedy to save ourselves, or whether we're not worth saving because we're so stupid and so greedy</i><br /><br />Why, I do believe the answer is "both/and".Bill In OHnoreply@blogger.com