tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post7056195564758956032..comments2023-06-20T03:37:03.186-06:00Comments on Santiago Dreaming: Happy New Year, 2017!la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-89112873444847474572017-01-03T16:22:01.739-07:002017-01-03T16:22:01.739-07:00Great picture. The world seems upside down, or may...Great picture. The world seems upside down, or maybe it's flat again. colleenhttp://looseleafnotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-52538942886652586142017-01-03T11:45:05.527-07:002017-01-03T11:45:05.527-07:00Most people live in bubbles and hence they know th...Most people live in bubbles and hence they know those like themselves. It happens also with the entertainment/media/etc. that we are most comfortable taking into ourselves. It's why so many on the left think all Trump voters are evil and likewise those on the right think the same about Clinton voters. I have a very nice, long-time, Jewish friend, who was totally in shock when I told him I Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-81241852922778843922017-01-01T16:46:03.630-07:002017-01-01T16:46:03.630-07:00Agree about culture being a pendulum and have said...Agree about culture being a pendulum and have said the same thing but sometimes the swing is so far outside what normally happens that it is unfathomable. Trump winning was one of those outside the norm events so it was unexpected for a lot of people including me. la peregrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-79064833344401841082017-01-01T09:30:42.537-07:002017-01-01T09:30:42.537-07:00I think cultures go so far one direction and then ...I think cultures go so far one direction and then reverse themselves and we're seeing that. It is by nature chaotic and who knows if people will want the reverse direction. I read though it's extremely rare for one party to control the Presidency through three terms; so Trump winning was not the unexpected event that some claimed. Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-91918136095633391652017-01-01T09:25:54.578-07:002017-01-01T09:25:54.578-07:00Happy New Year to you, too, and, yes, the world ha...Happy New Year to you, too, and, yes, the world has gone mad. Seems as if the world goes mad every once in awhile. Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes.(Sigh)<br /><br />la peregrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-85524082755364496622017-01-01T09:00:58.146-07:002017-01-01T09:00:58.146-07:00Yes, here too... and just wait until the French an...Yes, here too... and just wait until the French and German elections.<br /><br />The world's gone mad I tell you - still it'll make interesting blogging...<br /><br />Happy New Year.Blue Witchhttp://blue-witch.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com