tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.comments2023-06-08T05:24:02.622-07:00oldjudgesaysThomas E. Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074239891233597277noreply@blogger.comBlogger847125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-56358228889127226262017-11-24T18:48:56.013-08:002017-11-24T18:48:56.013-08:00Devane is not Devine, and he's a jerk for jerk...Devane is not Devine, and he's a jerk for jerking the chains of those who can't understand that when the crash comes your gold won't save you. <br />A splendid expose of these manipulators.Joe Shotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943894727196130208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-74330632918613011992017-11-15T15:29:17.546-08:002017-11-15T15:29:17.546-08:00Old fellow, I certainly do not believe that a 4:36...Old fellow, I certainly do not believe that a 4:36am posting of wise words and musings, is in any way a sign of one in or approaching dotage.<br />We have a family tradition of gathering around a card table and doing puzzles, some of which were so beautiful that we glued them up and framed them.<br />But time, as we knew it in younger days was an endless continuum of thrills and challenges,and is as we now know, an extremely valued gift of our creator to be used judiciously for the betterment of those we love. <br />Maybe tuning up those diaries could also be an intellectual exercise rewarded with the joys of reminiscences for you and Polly during the upcoming gloomy months.<br />May many blessings befall you. <br /><br />Seanachai of '47https://www.blogger.com/profile/09606903003087770544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-23366569901777473452017-11-15T08:15:32.256-08:002017-11-15T08:15:32.256-08:00Even God Himself rested. Your life has been more ...Even God Himself rested. Your life has been more productive than 99% of humanity. Put your guilt away and enjoy the down time. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130813648010505533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-35494290850092677232017-11-15T05:59:11.970-08:002017-11-15T05:59:11.970-08:00Your Honor
It is always a pleasure to visit your c...Your Honor<br />It is always a pleasure to visit your club in Harbor Springs I was lucky enough to win this years PGA Senior. Thank you for the use of you awesome facility<br />Ur not wasting your time doing puzzles. It's a pleasure you need to indulge yourself with continually after all if it was all academics what fun would that be<br />God Bless you and PollyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17243549536972537006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-37125843256600813242017-10-17T10:44:32.775-07:002017-10-17T10:44:32.775-07:00Is this the same Father Coughlin who used his radi...Is this the same Father Coughlin who used his radio program for antisemitic comments and approval of some of the policies of Hitler? Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958998934114810422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-25932009817419083932017-10-17T10:43:55.571-07:002017-10-17T10:43:55.571-07:00Is this the same Father Coughlin who used his radi...Is this the same Father Coughlin who used his radio program for antisemitic comments and approval of some of the policies of Hitler? Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958998934114810422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-82695170764911443602017-10-17T05:56:19.902-07:002017-10-17T05:56:19.902-07:00Hit the nail on the head. Interesting nugget regar...Hit the nail on the head. Interesting nugget regarding Fr.Coughlin. <br />Another great priest who converted Norva McCorvey, Fr. Ed Robinson,O.P., once explained the meaning of the word "Diabolical "<br />in a Sophomore biology class. The definition is " to tear apart". Joe Shotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943894727196130208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-49330089664841779662017-10-17T04:30:36.642-07:002017-10-17T04:30:36.642-07:00It is my opinion that there are more parsimonious ...It is my opinion that there are more parsimonious explanations than positing the existence of “the Devil” which, it has always seemed to me to be a way for Man to avoid personal responsibility for his actions. After all, if the Devil made me do it.....<br />Perhaps someone set Paddock up to be the perpetrator by threatening to kill his girlfriend and brother and him unless he did as instructed. That would explain his sending the girlfriend away and giving her $ to buy a home in the PI. Evil exists in people. We do not need a Devil to explain it. In fact, faith in the concept of a Devil only strengthens evil, in my opinion. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130813648010505533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-45550842170803268352017-09-30T09:43:13.693-07:002017-09-30T09:43:13.693-07:00You hit the nail right on the head Judge!!! There ...You hit the nail right on the head Judge!!! There is a time and place to protest, but during the national anthem is not it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15144333960887709296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-4894082187061413072017-09-30T08:27:15.616-07:002017-09-30T08:27:15.616-07:00Way to go, Judge ! You're 100% right on this o...Way to go, Judge ! You're 100% right on this one, and as all the lawyers that I've ever known, never let the chance to make a buck go by.stanwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443277139997642328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-28548660615129437662017-09-30T07:41:07.238-07:002017-09-30T07:41:07.238-07:00Yes, but "we the people" are providing o...Yes, but "we the people" are providing our input into the situation that is reflecting in loss advertisement revenue, lower attendance, lowered purchases of team items (jerseys, etc.). The NFL still has yet to understand what they are doing. We'll see whether or not they will implement changes to their current courses of action.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477771189754744226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-41959835232443390882017-09-30T03:34:19.312-07:002017-09-30T03:34:19.312-07:00Judge,
Can you appreciate that your "solutio...Judge,<br /><br />Can you appreciate that your "solution" can be viewed as both naive and smugly elitist? People who are aggrieved will nevertheless wish to express themselves by refusing to inauthentically play bit roles in political pageants. And the players can afford their own lawyers. <br /><br />I recently had the pleasure of attending a very authentic local rodeo in a small town in Wyoming. Rodeos include similar patriotic pageantry. This one also included a very specifically Christian invocation that I'm sure is very much "inside the box" for Wyoming. But I'm also sure that among the many rodeo participants and their families in the stands (I and my family likely were the only outsiders) there had to be some significant percentage who were just respectfully stiffling their reservations and objections. How good and desirable is that?<br /><br />Diversity is just as "American" as any iconic pastime. <br /><br />In my opinion, the thing to do is to carefully listen to and try to appreciate the explanations being offered by the aggrieved, and NOT to ham-handedly and futilly try to shut them up. For a fee.Al Cannistrarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940035848226117137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-41301560658192315112017-09-13T13:49:33.169-07:002017-09-13T13:49:33.169-07:00Unfortunately, our 20 trillion dollar debt is lead...Unfortunately, our 20 trillion dollar debt is leading other countries to give serious consideration to abandoning the dollar as the world's reserve currency. There are some who say first moves toward that end have already been made. Paper money is rumored to be on the way out, replaced by digital currency and valued on some abstruse method created by the IMF. Should this happen, the US dollar's value would drop significantly, rapidly, and with very little warning. Trying to pay off 20 Trillion in debt with devalued dollars will impair America for a generation. I don't know if gold is the answer but Devine is definitely not wrong that the US dollar is at risk. Cowardly politicians have buried us under a mountain of debt and the federal government will face the same problems America's large democratic controlled large cities face. As my dad used to say, "money doesn't grow on trees" and eventually the time comes when you must pay the piper for all the fun you had dancing to his music. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130813648010505533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-696309386222364452017-09-13T13:20:56.213-07:002017-09-13T13:20:56.213-07:00Well said, Judge. I've had the same feeling t...Well said, Judge. I've had the same feeling toward the commercial that you mention. My experience with metals has been that there is a seller on every corner, but go out and try to find a Buyer!stanwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443277139997642328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-72697578587055912972017-09-06T19:03:49.872-07:002017-09-06T19:03:49.872-07:00So I can remember the names of the starting line u...So I can remember the names of the starting line up for the 1968 Detroit Tigers – Cash, McAuliffe, Stanley, Wert, Horton, Northrup, Kaline, Freehan, and pitchers – McLain, Lolich, and Wilson and pinchhitter Gates Brown. But I’m like you – I come home from Golf and Bill asks, “who did you play with?” and half the time I can’t even remember whom I rode with in the cart for 4 hours. Hurricane Irma heading our way, but it looks like it’s turning eastward. Hope you are well! Miss you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757686464973067752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-80623601831881385492017-09-06T12:52:13.216-07:002017-09-06T12:52:13.216-07:00Puppa, it must be hereditary! I have always had t...Puppa, it must be hereditary! I have always had trouble remembering names and have experienced those embarrassing scenarios more times than I care to admit. Thank God for my wife. She too is the keeper of the calendar...and she is never wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898091517571273832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-56531666750361176682017-09-06T11:29:19.062-07:002017-09-06T11:29:19.062-07:00I have the same problem. When I was teaching five ...I have the same problem. When I was teaching five classes with 25 or more students each, I told them on day one that it take me a couple of weeks to learn their names. And at my favorite restaurant, I let each of the new help people know that I will ask their names more than once. After a couple of times, I remember after that. So far, no one complains that I do this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477771189754744226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-53541835176408987062017-09-06T11:20:20.208-07:002017-09-06T11:20:20.208-07:00Never got hit with a bat. Still can't remembe...Never got hit with a bat. Still can't remember names. Never could. I could remember dreams patients had if I saw them on the street but not their names. I recall things about some patients well after they themselves have forgotten those things. But their names....not there. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130813648010505533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-60703368811973387542017-09-06T11:13:41.906-07:002017-09-06T11:13:41.906-07:00Judge, cops are always supposed to remember names ...Judge, cops are always supposed to remember names - period. I have your affliction and embarrassed to recount the many times while walking through the 'mall' I had to turn to Jan and say "Who is that coming toward us", her polite reply - "It's Jim and you've worked with him for about 20 years now" to which I replied "Thanks, don't need the commentary:-).... LarryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035579572802729196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-90035870519817791452017-09-06T10:34:49.496-07:002017-09-06T10:34:49.496-07:00I have a book that explains your frustration Judge...I have a book that explains your frustration Judge, "Old Age is Not For Sissies" by Peter Pauper press. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />p<br />stanwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443277139997642328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-87570324518558006082017-08-24T09:55:15.899-07:002017-08-24T09:55:15.899-07:00If, indeed, the community wants the statue removed...If, indeed, the community wants the statue removed, it will be removed. What the community wants will ultimately be reflected in the decisions of its elected officials. That's democracy. Debating what the community SHOULD want; that's freedom.Thomas E. Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074239891233597277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-3852998557456085222017-08-23T10:34:35.819-07:002017-08-23T10:34:35.819-07:00Someone worthy of being remembered is, in large pa...Someone worthy of being remembered is, in large part, because the accomplishment or attempt was honorable. We do not honor those who commit crimes, moreover, laws are written to prevent such profit. We can, however, honor someone notwithstanding other past deeds that were despicable. Oskar Schindler was recognized, supported and honored for his efforts in saving 1,200 Jews from certain death notwithstanding his membership in the Nazi party and use of slave labor in his factories. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are honored for their efforts in establishing and preserving the existence of the United States of American, notwithstanding their acquiescence to the southern colonies' demand to maintain slavery as the price of establishing this nation or their ownership of slaves. Slavery is our Nation's "original sin" and we own it. It cannot be re-written and we do not and should not honor it.<br /><br />The Civil War was treason to bring about the end of the United States of America. It was insurrection to protect profit, an attempt to preserve slavery and brought about, in part, by the desertion by military officers - what could be more repulsive; there is nothing honorable in its cause. Removing the statues from a place of public honor is not re-writing history. it is no longer honoring what might be the worst moment in our history. <br /><br />The real question is why these statues were ever erected or why they stood for so long. I suppose the answer, as you noted, is the community wanted them. That these communities no longer want to honor the Civil War and what it stood for should be equally obvious. I doubt that the removal will cause anyone to forget about the Civil War or why it was fought. All one has to do is turn of the evening news.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14342664053703682605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-30756935293806736872017-08-21T12:45:46.110-07:002017-08-21T12:45:46.110-07:00My guru son's tell me that the techniques you ...My guru son's tell me that the techniques you now enjoy with such comfort and success are primitive and will soon be replaced with voice operated instructions.<br />Now can you just imagine the joy your old secretary would have with these techniques?<br />Seanachai of '47https://www.blogger.com/profile/09606903003087770544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-72697605759951473642017-08-21T07:15:54.370-07:002017-08-21T07:15:54.370-07:00Real or fantasy, no whining from the yacht!Real or fantasy, no whining from the yacht!Tunesiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496407578098325798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226066128974181132.post-36827682140792972392017-08-12T17:35:43.525-07:002017-08-12T17:35:43.525-07:00Whether the yipes or the yips, I had a few today! ...Whether the yipes or the yips, I had a few today! Tunesiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496407578098325798noreply@blogger.com