http://people.bakersfield.com/home/RecentBlogComments Recent Blog Comments on Bakersfield.com en-us http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236791 I get so tired hearing how Matt changed his life for the good and how this was just an freak accident...........Take it from someone that has changed his life the first thing that I had to do was stop drinking beer and getting drunk.......The next thing I had to do was not  put myself into situations were I could kill any body....It is not ok to hit anyone...........Truth be told if Matt had... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236789 Couples who plan campaigns together, stay together. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236788 " the heathens are actually doing something about it."   Yup, strategizing their next political move. ROFL..I crack me up sometimes.   I kid you not..my spam code here is IIDEW.  How cool is that? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236786 I forgot.  The change of venue?  Not gonna happen.  Especially not based on a handful of bloggers opinions. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236784 Yup, you're right.  Fights don't happen anywhere other than Bakersfield.  Especially downtown.  We are SO backward.  And of course you're also right that older people don't know anything about life or had anything to do with fights "back in their day." Yup again..these boys  were friends.  Funny how they showed their friendship. Also funny that the... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/rightthinking/26411/#c_236780 Has anyone actually received their sample ballot or voter information guide in the mail yet? I'm not registered for an absentee ballot and haven't seen a single official notice for this election in my mailbox yet. Wondering if it's just me or more widespread. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/26470/#c_236779 I bought a pickup in Georgia last year.  I checked everything very thoroughly.  I saved $7000 after airfare by buying out of state.  The one thing I overlooked was the tinted windows.  I guess it's just a matter of time before I'm forced to change the driver side and passenger side windows.  Until then,  I'll just wait. Spam code:  OutDo http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/michele1075/26428/#c_236778 I believe that people discount the amount of torture people go through due to emotional and mental illness.  I am not an advocate of suicide, but I understand how one could be seduced by the end of suffering and eternal peace.   When a person takes their life, people think of it as a selfish act.   But it's only because they are so wrapped up with themselves that they believe that they... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236776 I know!  I'm just glad my grandmother doesn't blog or she'd come after me with a switch! Witterpitter, take those blood pressure meds and calm down!  I was only joking! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236775 I hope they give Matt a change of venue I know all the people invovled in this situation and my heart goes out to all of them. I see some of the people on here blogging are a bit older and really don't understand anything about the life Matt or Kevin or any peers lead. A fight is a fight and when it comes to Bakersfield there is always fights LOOK AT DOWN TOWN AREA!!!! this is just another... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/26469/#c_236774 Gene, according to my secret investigation with the BPW department, because Niles street runs through the poor side of town, it doesn't merit any attention whatsoever.   http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/alcoholic/26475/#c_236773 First I wouldn't give them the opportunity to go out unsupervised.  2nd, if I discovered they were drinking and driving, I'd call Northstar and have the engine disabled and then go to pick them up.  I wouldn't involve't law enforcement because they'd probably end up arresting me for being an unfit parent if my child was out partying w/o me being there.  http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/26470/#c_236772 And let's not talk about the $170 fine! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/alcoholic/26475/#c_236770 Call the police AND go look for them.. Getting arreseted will shake them and hurt a while but If they were to kill someone it would be horrible forever! I feel for you. My son also has done this kind of thing :-( http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236768 That may be. It also may be that when the Christian couples are praying for help with their marital woes, the heathens are actually doing something about it. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236767 Bada bing. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/26460/#c_236766 Thanks Gube.  That's really thoughtful of you. My son decided to make it a Mothers Day weekend.  He called Saturday morning to see if I wanted to meet them for breakfast then we went to see the Bakersfield Blaze last night and he wouldn't let me pay for anything THEN we all met for lunch at Sinaloa today and the only family member missing was my granddaughter in AZ.  She called... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236765 That's cause Conservative Christian couples divorce when the hubby hanky pankies.  Those wives have principles ya know.    The Lib couples stay together and  run for president. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236764 Et....  I've been around too long...and so have you.  LOL.  Funny..... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/alcoholic/26475/#c_236763 Id never call the police..I dont trust them any more..one of them feels like he can beat up on small petite women that fail the breath test and hes still out there.. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236762 I think it's funny that only a few of the more intelligent people on this board actually have a sense of humor. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/editorials/18044/#c_236760 I guess it depends on where you grew up.  I grew up in the city, and I automatically block out most sounds.  Including train horns, engines, and people. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236756 wheres the blog..nahh never mind ..Im an old person too ..and my blood pressure probably couldnt take it.. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236752 I know rocks smarter then those idiots!  Even a tetsi fly has a bigger brain!  I'd love to be a fly on the wall when one of them gets "old" and has to have assistance peeing!!! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236750 TOW & ET:   OH I have money market accounts but thanks to all you nice pipsqueaks - er, a, kids, I don't have to touch it!  It gets to sit and sit and get MOI' more and more money! My husband had a 401k for his retirement, but like many others the money was invested in the company he worked for and when the stock market tanked so did a lot of the 401k's.  So you see you... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236749 Trouble is witter, they think they have all the answers. Someday they may realize they didn't. I say  "may" because they aren't nearly as smart as they think. Some are so dumb they will never learn! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236748 Random is right about blue states and red states, divorce-wise. Christian couples have a higher divorce rate than non-Christian couples, too.   http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236747 Thank you Chico - so much to be said for "old" people. As opposed to the other blog that has "kids" yammering and whining. they are idiots. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/26460/#c_236745 Thanks, gube.   http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236744 Ah, the irony of asking people to be nice in such a mean-spirited fashion. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/politicsanyone/26368/#c_236742 This editor is an idiot.  How is this in anyway against motherhood.  Any member of Congress that wasted time on this should be slapped all right, by their constituents.  Code  XMPTY , no sh*t. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/michele1075/26428/#c_236740 Just to follow up on bartley, it seems the suicide due to chronic illness crowd is often the most overlooked. Often, all it would take to help them is a pain treatment plan, particularly for those with painful but non-lethal diseases. Yet it seems too many doctors are more afraid of addiction than they are of pain-induced depression and suicide. Even if the patient has a known painful disorder... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236738 Chico, Sad but true..............................sad but true................ http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236737 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyRrb2-fzs http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/26470/#c_236736 This is also NOT a "fix it" anymore.....Points on your record! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/ChicoEsquela/26473/#c_236733 "America is unfair! " ~Michelle Obama Who's pay went from $121,000 per year to $316,000 per year as soon as her husband was elected in Illinois............. (pictured above -- typical white person.........) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236731 Hey, the Eagles even came out with a new CD last year. It's a long road to eden, or so I've heard.  :D http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236729 Nice choice.  I've liked a lot of Blink 182.  There's a lot of good new stuff, too.  A lot of great stuff came out last year from a lot of bands.  2007, good year for music. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236726 RF..ok, I wasn't sure if that was what you were saying or not.  I seriously doubt you'd ever get any accurate numbers on porn watchers since it isn't something most people will admit to if asked.  On a secret blind study ......maybe.  I wasn't addressing divorce numbers although strip bars, prostitution, bi sexual liaisons, porn shops and theaters do contribute to those... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236724 I'm personally on a Nickelback thing right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dOzF4pyUfc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4y-RzVGrHg     http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236723 Such a deal Wayfarer..I like the way you think. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/26447/#c_236722 I'm jealous.   I'd do anything to have earned those kind of underdog credentials.    http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/politicsanyone/26368/#c_236721 They should have their overdue slap-fight.  http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236720 He must be well liked if the recall backers gave up.  I didn't know that you lived in his district.  And I'm more of a David Cassidy type. Spam code SAHMZ..  Stay At Home Motherz? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236719 You could compromise Nancy II and get virtual laundry, house, and flower beds.  http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236718 Ed, you may be paying for our SS but we paid for your education so it pretty much breaks even. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236715 Well hi jsab, how's it hangin. I thought that some people might be interested in hearing how and why recall's happen in the first place. Just when you begin to trust someone, this stuff happens. Denham's a good guy, he's well liked in my district, and the point is, it can happen anywhere.  Moral being.....be careful of a Piranha near you. Hey jsab, the dollface thing reminds of a Frank... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236714 That was cool ~Chico~ http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236712 I don't believe they've been asked whether they want government-controlled single-payer health care, Nancy.  And for the most part, they don't know what it *IS*, since Republicans have been trying to scare them with it for years. The government already runs one single-payer health insurance plan, and runs it better than privately-run insurers.  . No, I said that "red" states watch more... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NancyII/26455/#c_236710 Hi Nancy - what a great post!  It truly is a miracle. With more to come. When Russia comes down from the north with a vast army and sides with the Islam nations to destroy Israel -  and the United Nations and the United States will merely say,"Oh, are you coming to plunder?" (Ez. 38:13) So God Himself will miraculously intervene and the whole world will see. God has miraculously helped... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236709 Bravo Nancy! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236708 I'm just curious, dollface...  How do you think this is important to us here?  Denham's supporters misspelled Denham, too.  That tells me something about his constituency, and, it follows, the desirability of recalling Denham. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236706 My laundry, lawn, house,  and flower beds call for moderation on the computer.  Nice to see you back dcs217 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236705 I don't believe the majority of the population wants universal government controlled health care. I also don't believe that conservatives are any more fascinated with what gays and lesbians do in bed than they are with what straights do in bed.  I won't argue that conservatives seem to get caught dipping the pen in the wrong inkwell more that Libs do but that may be because Libs are more... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Linda2/26467/#c_236704 Denham recall backers give up; question will remain on the ballot /* media arrays */ var imgFiles = new Array (); var imgCaptions = new Array (); var imgBylines = new Array (); var imgHeights = new Array ();imgFiles.push("http://media.modbee.com/smedia/2008/04/11/16/101-LIVE_p0414_14b4boxlet.embedded.prod_affiliate.11.jpg");imgCaptions.push("State Sen. Jeff Denham kicked... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236698 Ray, an old retired sailor, puts on his old uniform and heads for the docks once more, for old time’s sake. He engages a prostitute and takes her up to a room. He's soon going at it as well as he can for a guy his age, but needing some reassurance, he asks, 'How am I doing?? 'The prostitute replies, 'Well Ray, old sailor, you're doing about three knots.' 'Three knots?' he asks. 'What's that... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/rightthinking/26411/#c_236697 No on both. Spam code PR MIX:  what went into MaryLee's column.  She *NEVER* bakes from scratch. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/airqualityguy/26452/#c_236696 It bears noting that VOC's are a constituent of "photochemical smog," the smog which causes our mountains to disappear.  Cows also produce greenhouse gases, but old-style smog, strangely enough, tends to offset the effects of global warming slightly through a process called "global dimming." http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236694 I must say Bartley, that you are quite the genius. :) http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236693 Welcome back.  You are right it is easy to waste too much time on the computer.  Like everything else it calls for moderation.  I also enjoyed Freethinkers post. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236691 Bah!  Horse puckey!  Regardless of what Leno may have said about how great we live, all I can think of is where is my flying car?  Where is my jet pack?  I was promised certain things from this country as a child and Leno, i-pods, and war be damned this country isn't living up to the promises it made to me at birth and I'm p/o'd as a result! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/michele1075/26428/#c_236690 Before I go off and sound all insensitive, I must say that I pro-suicide.  I think once a life has run its course, whether it's 20 years or 80, that we have the right to end it.  People can say that suicide is "the coward's way out" that inflicts undue suffering on the family, but I've also seen the reverse - I've seen people suffer unduly through illness, injury or... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NancyII/26455/#c_236688 THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT WAR FOR A LONG TIME WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWS AND THATS NOT RIGHT THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE AND WORSHIP LIKE ANYBODY ELSE,THEY'RE NOT LIKE THE AL-QUIDA WHO WANTS EVERYBODY DEAD.WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WRONG THAT MAKES OTHER PEOPLE WANT THEM DEAD? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM. WHEN I WORKED AT AN AUTOPARTS SORE A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A CAR WASH IN... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236687 I know.  Conservative Americans are the best market for those.  Check the national porn sales--highest per-capita in the Red states. . Higher divorce rates too--but the two are both effects, not causes. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236686 Makes me think of the song  "I am a Friend of GOD". http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236684 Well said Nancy!! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/naturaldoc/26463/#c_236682 A lot of people most love tina, they are always looking for her on Craigslist. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236681 witterpitters:  Were you one of those who walked to school twelve miles in the snow uphill both ways?  I think senility has finally caught up to you!  And you would have aborted me as a child - I thought the older you got the wiser you got and were against abortion?  And do you think that during those years of hard work you might have been smart enough to put some money... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236679 Our government lies to me daily? So does my girlfriend! [SMACK!] OW! Many of those who lost their houses shouldn't have bought them in the first place; they wanted to brag about being "homeowners." You reap what you sow. Random, I know what lesbians do in bed. You can rent those videos all over town... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NancyII/26455/#c_236678 I think one of the reasons Israel has been so successful a state is that it has routinely fought back against those who would have oppressed or destroyed it, much as the fledgling United States did during the Revolution & War of 1812.  I always wondered as a child how such atrocities could have been committed against the Jews and now I think I've come to the conclusion that, except for a few... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236675 I was pointing out that there are medical procedures "conservatives" have no problem placing under government control, abortion being one of them.  They also seem pruriently fascinated by what gays and lesbians do in bed, when the answer is simple:  pretty much the same thing straights do, just more of some and less of others. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236674 RF..I was talking about abortion..you're being disingenious.  But you're cute.  and I'm gone.....  zoooooooommmm. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236673 You folks probably have seen my Henny Penny comments so hopefully you understand that I don't see our future as dark and dour as some do.  Our country is like a tough old broad and will weather the storms just as she always has. Personally, my blessings are too many to count even though I have a unknown future as a senior citizen.  I'm just of the old school where things will... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236672 False logic, Nancy.  What if the American people decide they want the government to take over health insurance?  That's not a valid choice? . You're judging a hypothetical health insurance agency on the basis of Shrub's poor performance.  We can do better than Shrub did.  Heck, your hypothetical gorilla swain could do better than Shrub has.  . But "telling you... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/26427/#c_236671 Sam Chico Ron Old Blue  Nancy      were here but not enough of us left      Liberalism is winning and all we can do is sit around and complain   We live in a State that is the leader of Green Peace   Tree Huggers   No Refinery  No Cars     Illegals   No nuclear... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236670 If America is not great it's because WE allowed it.not because of what Bush has done.  Bottom line is this is supposed to be a nation where the people decide how things should be done.  If you all want the government to take care of everything up to and including your health care, then you reap what you sow.  I couldn't count the times on here that I've said letting the... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236668 Gube aint nothin like disagreeable moms on mothers day..even with the good things we are blessed with we are still complaining and Im as guilty about it as the next guy..its the worst virus we have in the world today. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236667 I hope we are in the crest of losing that apathy. If George Bush has accomplished anything, it's waking up Americans that you have to be proactive about what America is, and what it isn't. America is not great because of what he has done, it is great despite what he has done. I'm hoping the election turns out a record smashing number of voters, regardless of who they vote for. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236666 WHat he *SHOULD* say as he resigns:  Nothing at all.  Anything he says could be used against him in court. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/26460/#c_236665 Thanks, gube. As the mother of five, I really enjoy Mother's Day. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236664 Hi  Nancy ..its the content that got my interest..dont care who wrote it..its the truth and people need it shoved in their face..we have the power to make changes but we sit on our lazy spoiled bums and allow the few to make the descions for many. As long as we can go out to dinner, get our weekly paychecks, take a vacation once a year we could give a crap less about whats going on behind... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236661 aww a gratitude list always brightens up the day................ http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/dcs217/26457/#c_236660 dcs it's good to see you......I to have found the same true with my Higher Power.......... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/blognroll/26447/#c_236659 There was one singer a few years ago who was so unknown, even his own mother had never heard of him. I can't seem to recall his name... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236658 I hope to go sittin on a hilltop, watchin slick cows (slick from feed not bein unbranded) moving to water then back to fillaree, with 223 watchin for wiley coyote lurking around, hoping for that one last boiler room shot........... I'll slump forward, trigger finger still in trigger guard, wiley just having spun around for last time, buzzards starting to hover..... Basco Cowboy Bob finds me,... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236657 Hurray Nancy! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236656 LET...   IT...   GO !  It's been done and redone here.  If you have nothing to add to the reports then it's completely redundant. No one said he was a cold blooded killer and it was NOT a boxing match or a karate match.  LET...IT...GO ! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/25870/#c_236653  It's very frustrating reading how people are making Matt out to be this cold blooded killer.  He isn't.  Everyone is saying he deserves what is coming to him.  Did anyone stop to think that this was a freak accident?  Either way, it doesn't make it ok.  I understand Matt needs to be held accountable for his actions.  But knowing Matt, he doesn't fight unprovoked.  I know he walks away... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236651 By the way..Jay Leno didn't write that. http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/hitnail.asp Whenever you get something like that in email, it's best to ALWAYS check it out with www.snopes.com to see if it's true or not.  Doesn't mean it's not a good piece, just that it's attributed to the wrong person. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236650 Maggie dear, you're being redundant. Where DID you copy that from?   http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236649 Funny, I've just been posting on another blog about that very thing.  The founding fathers most likely would have been appalled at the laziness and sense of entitlement of todays people.  I can hear them saying..."If you won't do anything about it, you don't deserve it."   It reminds me of people who were born to money and never had to earn a dime.  They... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/airqualityguy/26452/#c_236648 Chorizo farts are more deadly than cyanide. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236647 Gasoline prices skyrocketing, complete and utter disbelief running rampant, food prices through the roof, electric bills exploding, job losses mounting, housing crashing, rental prices falling, neighbors/friends/family walking away from their homes, bankruptcies erupting, FDIC closing banks, complete and utter disbelief running rampant, people killing eachother for rice, Countrywide imploding,... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/26427/#c_236646 Gas prices soaring.  People complaining about it.  And NO one is willing to cut back on driving.  Slow down.  Get rid of gas guzzlers.  As long as the public demands it, the gas companies are happy to supply you with all you want..at THEIR price. Where's the spirit of the people who rebelled and made this OUR country?  Entitlement, comfort, ease, greed,... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/siouxcityranch/26456/#c_236645 One of those "what's right about America" spiels. No argument that we have alot the majority of countries in the world don't have.  We didn't get that way by lucky accident. The cause and effect of our revolution and new concept of government had alot to do with it. Some of the Founding Fathers complained about American pursuit of wealth and frivilous luxuries after we became a... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/26427/#c_236644 "rental prices falling, neighbors/friends/family walking away from their homes, bankruptcies erupting, FDIC closing banks" While it's handy to blame the country for all the housing crises, it's more realistic to blame the greed and the stupidity of the consumers who handed their lives over to more greedy lenders expecting to have NO accountability for that greed, stupidity and... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TheOldWays/26412/#c_236643 That is a good suggestion Michele, but I think it's too sad. There was an old folk's home near my dad's previous office and when I went to his office I'd usually see at least one old person trying to escape. One time, when I was getting out of my car, a woman came up to me and asked if I'd seen her father who was blind and using a walker, that made me cringe. And one time, my dad's secretary... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/26427/#c_236642 It's our dependence on computers among other things that is worrisome. Remember in "Independence Day" when they had to resort to Morse Code to save the planet. http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Wayfarer/26418/#c_236641 The only problem that I see is: without some way of presenting God in a way that we can comprehend, how can we know what God is or what we should work to attain? You write yourself that God has revealed Himself as a person.  Is that not the same thing, what I am saying?  God attempting to present Himself in a comprehensible form?  The result is the same, a simplified... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/samheath/26427/#c_236640 Heh...Starbucks.  Now there's a good example of the country going to hell in a handbasket.  People wiseing up that 5 bucks is a tad high for a cup of designer coffee.  What a revelation.  Their downfall couldn't be because there's a coffee house on every corner now and that even McD's is getting in on the action could it?