tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post7160446138697902962..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Back to San JackBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-87937365928862797472019-03-29T05:04:46.209-07:002019-03-29T05:04:46.209-07:00Asked a friend last week in a conversation about n...Asked a friend last week in a conversation about national politics here (here is not the US) which countries currently had good governments (she is a very well informed person who has lived in multiple countries and now has permanent residency in a country she was not born in).Between us we we had trouble naming any - tossed out New Zealand as a hopeful. I would say our criteria were: non-authoritarian, somewhat efficiently run, not in political crisis, responsive to the needs and wishes of the citizens. There were points in my life I would have said the US met these modest criteria. I say were........<br />Seems to be a worldwide thing, and I don’t think it is one side bitching about the other sides happiness.island guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159498316695030022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-34069828470796340352019-03-27T12:20:35.490-07:002019-03-27T12:20:35.490-07:00Oops, I guess the hummingbird was yesterdays headl...Oops, I guess the hummingbird was yesterdays headliner, it is still just fine.Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-87313638536710309712019-03-27T12:19:42.148-07:002019-03-27T12:19:42.148-07:00Perhaps Mueller was oversold as the messiah that w...Perhaps Mueller was oversold as the messiah that would save Democrats from the horrors of Trumpism. Perhaps this is just a reminder that Trump is the culmination of thirty years or so of rightward drift and the extremism that was inevitable as the drift right progressed. So possibly we have to put our big boy pants on and just dig in for the long slog that is needed to bring things back toward the center or even a notch or two to the left. There ain't no political savior in this picture just millions of citizens hoping to dig out of a colossal mess. Hopefully the awakening can occur before it is too late, if it is not too late already. Meanwhile, the bird snaps are delightful and the hummingbird picture on the masthead is a real winner. More birds less politics and a chicken in every pot!Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.com