tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258903829242617268.post5325265169623470291..comments2023-09-20T04:36:43.331-04:00Comments on Rollie's Blog: Public Matters: Rollie Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12823235385877021567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258903829242617268.post-43566434183078382232011-02-17T15:05:19.777-05:002011-02-17T15:05:19.777-05:00Thanks, Dale. I also need to think about when the...Thanks, Dale. I also need to think about when the revolution will happen in North America. Why are not our young people (supported by us old farts) taking to the streets. The Obama movement released, but let's hope not dissipated, some of that energy for true republicanism--beyond the plutocracy posing as a democracy.Rollie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823235385877021567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258903829242617268.post-22685763415468094102011-02-14T10:40:45.033-05:002011-02-14T10:40:45.033-05:00Rollie, Just read your blog note, and agree with i...Rollie, Just read your blog note, and agree with it all (as usual). Been ruminating on the same topic myself, and wondering what can be realistically done about it. Another worry is my grandkids (I'm currently looking after two of them here in Ottawa right now, while their parents are in east Africa) are so hooked on present-day technology - especially texting on Blackberries and iPhones -- could tell many stories about that happening here all the time. I wonder if they've become 'wired' to a very private, anonymous world without many constraints on personal whims and attitudes. I would like to think there is something communitarian about it, but can't detect evidence of this. Must send. Be well. Dale,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com