tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post2212512229271505421..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: 9/12+Terry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-21745221453841613162011-09-14T07:32:23.406-07:002011-09-14T07:32:23.406-07:00We say we want the Truth (capital T intended), but...We say we want the Truth (capital T intended), but the Truth would kill us if we saw it face to face. Moses had to be shielded and only see the passing (the "back side") of glory lest he die.<br /><br />I cannot argue with JKeys. I should very much like to. But mostly I know that there is only so much of my own sin I can stand to be aware of before I despair.<br /><br />The sins we despise are not the problem, it is the sins we love that are killing us.<br /><br />Praise be to our Lord and Savoir who has overcome the sin of the world, even my sin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-15168928976883752722011-09-14T06:35:50.387-07:002011-09-14T06:35:50.387-07:00A few days ago I watched a segment on a national n...A few days ago I watched a segment on a national news broadcast about steel pieces salvaged from the Twin Towers were being distributed all over the country for display. There was a flat bed 18 wheeler with a fragment of steel strapped to it going slowly into a city in the midwest. Along the side of the road there were observers holding up flags in solemn tribute to the carnage of that terrible day. It occurred to me that the observers were paying homage to a relic of the religion of "americanism" and their flags were icons of their devotion.JKeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11980087827714177828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-73611389561747454262011-09-13T14:03:36.480-07:002011-09-13T14:03:36.480-07:00Make that "Stockbridge, MA."Make that "Stockbridge, MA."Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-71179162679399061602011-09-13T13:58:36.918-07:002011-09-13T13:58:36.918-07:00David,
Good points.
It's not that I don'...David,<br /><br />Good points.<br /><br />It's not that I don't know my mind, for I think I do. What I often don't know is how best to express it.<br /><br />I'm not much on spectacle, and have never picked up flag or gun to be able to put them down. I'm just not the flag-waving type, and my post from back on July 4th tries to address how that was instilled in me, from the beginning.<br /><br />I do recall, however, getting misty-eyed at the exhibit showing the "Four Freedoms" at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Springfield, MA. Also, a couple of scenes from the movie "Shenandoah" will do it as well.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-72058923919651756182011-09-13T12:33:38.500-07:002011-09-13T12:33:38.500-07:00How did I get here? That is, from where I was in m...How did I get here? That is, from where I was in my youth to this place. I cannot say.<br /><br />It is a strange thing to feel that one does not know their own mind, but that others know it better.<br /><br />I cannot be quite so hard on those who know of no other way to honor the dead but with spectacle. I was, I am, one of them.<br /><br />Though I read all these articles I am met with a better mind than the one that usually occupies my logisoi, I am still not ready to put down the flag or the gun or Ben Franklin's "where liberty is, there is my country."<br /><br />I've watched too many episodes of Andy Griffith. Boy Scouts still lingers in my mind. And walking through the Reagan Presidential library, well... I was surprised that my heart still honors what I believed he was (and actually was to some large extent).<br /><br />Perhaps it is all a fantasy. I suppose it is in the Christian sense. But it is a very real fantasy, the sort of fantasy that gets men killed (even if it cannot bring them back from the dead).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-40419110469223122302011-09-12T19:14:32.054-07:002011-09-12T19:14:32.054-07:00The Bacevich article was wonderful, as always. Wit...The Bacevich article was wonderful, as always. With the passing of Kennan he is our single outstanding foreign policy thinker.Milton T. Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063079657696373189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-27870803743659067662011-09-12T17:38:03.169-07:002011-09-12T17:38:03.169-07:00That was me, by the way.That was me, by the way.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01476843985466115492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-73662981293171481222011-09-12T17:37:31.963-07:002011-09-12T17:37:31.963-07:00Here's another good article that attempts to a...Here's another good article that attempts to answer the question, "Are we safe enough?"<br /><br />http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2011/09/safe-enough.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com