tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288543195027095111.post4941563474041766040..comments2023-03-29T08:19:45.508-05:00Comments on ride the boogie.: i speak for the treestiny ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147440731556345563noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288543195027095111.post-51768852252853891972007-12-12T11:25:00.000-06:002007-12-12T11:25:00.000-06:00Erin, Phil only talks like that to you.Erin, Phil only talks like that to you.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438591281630293844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288543195027095111.post-30335455379276955832007-12-12T08:43:00.000-06:002007-12-12T08:43:00.000-06:00You raise an excellent point that I completely fai...You raise an excellent point that I completely failed to address, and I apologize. My beef (and I suspect the meat of most complaints against the US) is with the state, and not the people.<BR/><BR/>The people, like all people, are wonderful, friendly, beautiful trees in a scary, dark, evil wood.<BR/><BR/>And too often we mistake a person for their nationality, and presume a representation of their state (or race, or religion, or sexual orientation) that simply does not exist. This is called prejudice and I am (and I think we all are) guilty of it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks once again for shining a light on the dark things that need changing.Cool Ranch Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893737124521598811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288543195027095111.post-79045689078806093402007-12-11T07:12:00.000-06:002007-12-11T07:12:00.000-06:00Thanks for this Erin. Good to remember. The US is ...Thanks for this Erin. Good to remember. The US is an amazing country that is being ill-served by its government. After all, America is the country that, immediately after 9-11, saw sales of the Koran hit the roof. Bush drove the possibilities for peace and understanding into the ground. That is unfortunate. But I have faith in a country that can produce such people as Pete Seeger, Noam Chomsky, Gloria Steinem and Serena Williams. Oh, and you too. ;-)<BR/>Hey, your mom rocks!!Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438591281630293844noreply@blogger.com