tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post1018740444489094224..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: On GratitudeDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-87891944002302080772016-03-15T11:27:42.490-04:002016-03-15T11:27:42.490-04:00Nice story. By the way, I've been meaning to a...Nice story. By the way, I've been meaning to ask: any chance you could add an RSS feed to your blog? I'd like to have a way to be notified of new posts.Mike Koeneckehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12223188025296940901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-48816366205774623162016-03-15T08:42:16.817-04:002016-03-15T08:42:16.817-04:00I'm glad to have found a fellow countryman! I ...I'm glad to have found a fellow countryman! I learned to whistle tunes apropos to the situation from Looney Tunes. My favourite is when someone mentions a list, and I start in with Santa Claus is Coming to Town. No one makes the connection which makes it twice as enjoyable. Especially when Christmas is a distant memory! <br /><br />Excellent story.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-29503052303749887562016-03-13T13:10:43.808-04:002016-03-13T13:10:43.808-04:00patrickhenry...frustrating isn't it? A simple ...patrickhenry...frustrating isn't it? A simple way to understand this dynamic is: a conservative will believe something once he sees it. On the other hand, a Liberal will only see something if he believes it.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-38213206080694648112016-03-13T12:46:52.794-04:002016-03-13T12:46:52.794-04:00Totally agree with #1482 and whitewall. Why my lib...Totally agree with #1482 and whitewall. Why my liberal friends can't see the sheer drooling fascist hatred spewing from the mouths of "protesters" in shutting down the Trump rally in Chicago is truly mind-boggling. I mean, IT'S RIGHT THERE!patrickhenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197671906368657323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-57953664523496899432016-03-13T12:26:22.796-04:002016-03-13T12:26:22.796-04:00We are a little far afield from gratitude. But eve...We are a little far afield from gratitude. But events press.<br /><br />You are right, whitewall. You too, 1482. But.<br /><br />In your analogy, 1482, she wasn't just wearing too short a skirt; she had herself sexually assaulted another girl with a broom-handle.<br /><br />That's absolutely no excuse for somebody to rape her: there is no excuse, ever, full stop. But it would take super-human self-restraint to leave that fact out of the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-18391460792395895672016-03-13T08:08:54.899-04:002016-03-13T08:08:54.899-04:00The fascist veto carried the night in Chicago. Dem...The fascist veto carried the night in Chicago. Dems, as usual wear the Brown Shirts. Trump is who he is and has a right to be. The Brown shirts are who they are and have always been. They are the Dem party. Brown shirt neo Communists. Doubt it? Look at their two candidates. whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16270716377697431992016-03-13T00:34:55.292-05:002016-03-13T00:34:55.292-05:00I just can't believe that Trump's rally in...I just can't believe that Trump's rally in Chicago is shutdown by thugs, and *every* candidate on both sides of the aisle is blaming *Trump* for it.<br />Sure, Rubio and Cruz are trying to 'talk their way around it', but when it comes down to it, you either blame the victim or the blame the perpetrator.<br />This is the liberal version of "she was wearing revealing clothing.."<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-57598439681445508822016-03-12T22:44:33.241-05:002016-03-12T22:44:33.241-05:00Perhaps we need to be less generous with foreign a...Perhaps we need to be less generous with foreign aid...and more gracious about expecting little gratitude in return.Hammerli 280https://www.blogger.com/profile/14198273434960578215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32547583158024219642016-03-12T22:42:52.604-05:002016-03-12T22:42:52.604-05:00Concur on getting out of Paris...though I found th...Concur on getting out of Paris...though I found the Parisians quite hospitable in 2006, France is more than just one city. Very much more like the USA than we like to admit.Hammerli 280https://www.blogger.com/profile/14198273434960578215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-38854340820198489122016-03-12T09:41:43.206-05:002016-03-12T09:41:43.206-05:00My experience is that gratitude goes hand-in-hand ...My experience is that gratitude goes hand-in-hand with generosity. You can't find it in people who are selfish and petty (and, in Spanish, mezquinos).Faustahttp://faustasblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-15444738730789540802016-03-11T10:38:42.835-05:002016-03-11T10:38:42.835-05:00I do not have the exact numbers, but private contr...I do not have the exact numbers, but private contributions probably exceeded Marshall Plan aid, at least in Britain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352174311146177708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-43973114237227164832016-03-11T07:54:04.124-05:002016-03-11T07:54:04.124-05:00The lessons you teach are so wonderful. I learned...The lessons you teach are so wonderful. I learned gratitude watching my sweet rancher father who extended courteous and graciousness until the day he died. He was and still is the most grateful person I have ever known. I have sought to be like him...<br />I am thankful on days when our "little son" is not abroad flying missions in danger.<br />I have learned to be grateful in a pen of cattle, that I have a cane I have to use and it works for knocking the heck out of the backside of a cow or bull.<br />What I have learned most from life is to count at least five blessings each day. I have found this extends my heart even more.<br />Keep telling those stories....they kindle grace in the heart, in a time when we need that so much.<br />Blessings....East Texas Ranchereast texas rancherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908766066011097621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65170266863710396252016-03-11T07:13:22.419-05:002016-03-11T07:13:22.419-05:00Marshall Aid: that probably provoked some gratitud...Marshall Aid: that probably provoked some gratitude.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-29917387026854717622016-03-10T23:46:07.515-05:002016-03-10T23:46:07.515-05:00I remember my high school French teacher telling u...I remember my high school French teacher telling us in class one time that he was teaching us the colloquial French of the countryside, not the imperial French of Paris. He said one should always go to the countryside when visiting France. <br />He said that the reason the Parisian French don't like Americans is because they would all rather be speaking German. And the reason the countryside French liked Americans was because they remember why they AREN'T speaking German. 0007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-89862440748328204382016-03-10T19:32:30.607-05:002016-03-10T19:32:30.607-05:00For our kids, we only insist on expressing gratitu...For our kids, we only insist on expressing gratitude towards others. Definitely expecting gratitude is a recipe for disappointment, for family or otherwise. <br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-22420001155488884582016-03-10T18:51:34.918-05:002016-03-10T18:51:34.918-05:00Well Mad,
It truly is a strange world. Liked the s...Well Mad,<br />It truly is a strange world. Liked the story a lot. I don't know what to think about gratitude. If I stopped every time and gave thanks when it was due, I would do nothing else. If I could just realize 10% of the time that it was time to be grateful and was, I would be a much better person. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66223757707152412962016-03-10T17:49:51.080-05:002016-03-10T17:49:51.080-05:00Good observation about human gratitude.Good observation about human gratitude.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-52702678737923493792016-03-10T16:53:45.977-05:002016-03-10T16:53:45.977-05:00..."It led me to conclude that "gratitud......"It led me to conclude that "gratitude" is something that might be earned but should neither be expected nor sought--a useful motif for child rearing." -WLA<br /><br />Thank you for the timely reminder Lewis!<br />On Watch- Dad of a Daughter in her final teenaged year. . .<br /><br />"Let's Roll"<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-63881174566577100842016-03-10T16:38:32.954-05:002016-03-10T16:38:32.954-05:00Another fine reminiscence -- thank you for sharing...Another fine reminiscence -- thank you for sharing it with us. I had a similar reaction to my maternal grandmother, who ended up living with us in SoCal for about a decade without ever saying thank you. And like Aunt Matilda, she too complained about the treatment she was getting from her son, and more particularly, from her daughter-in-law. If we are indeed made stronger by whatever does not kill us, my family now has the strength of Atlas. As a grandfather now, I try to remind myself regularly that my grandchildren and nieces and nephews will never experience what was visited on my sibs and me.Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981706601001285694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-45956617612321946392016-03-10T11:50:55.267-05:002016-03-10T11:50:55.267-05:00Ha! I think . . . Ha! I think . . . DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59907264480535143222016-03-10T11:42:44.263-05:002016-03-10T11:42:44.263-05:00Thanks. I think.Thanks. I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64923137086932608622016-03-10T10:24:50.045-05:002016-03-10T10:24:50.045-05:00Excellent--and evocative. I would only point out t...Excellent--and evocative. I would only point out that it was General lee--not Grant--who did the enveloping pincer movements. Well, and Moltke, though not so well.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24416939198983288652016-03-10T09:03:14.143-05:002016-03-10T09:03:14.143-05:00I'd guess that after The War the US was viewed...I'd guess that after The War the US was viewed with a bit of gratitude. <br /><br />I imagine that that gratitude is spent now: vast numbers of people see the US as a bully run by arseholes. It's sad that it should have come to this. Come to think of it, the Trump phenomenon rather implies that many Americans think their country is run by arseholes. deariemenoreply@blogger.com