tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post8295061027392312511..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: a positive lifeRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-11264694003585987842017-02-05T07:54:04.158-08:002017-02-05T07:54:04.158-08:00One thing about those political blogs where they w...One thing about those political blogs where they were moved. It's not about me being angry at them. It's about not wanting to deal with the negativity. It's a tough time and I need places to go where I can be uplifted. My own blog needs to be one of them.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-43934786930144626362017-02-05T06:26:52.276-08:002017-02-05T06:26:52.276-08:00A lot of what Trump says is humor as he sees it bu...A lot of what Trump says is humor as he sees it but is taken as serious. I am quite sure he didn't mean that one literally. You know the funny part about him is the various descriptions of who he is. Many who have known him for years say he's one way and then we read all these other stories. I have no idea who he is. <br /><br />What concerns me right now is all the attacks on Trump as a person, attacks encouraging violence. I read that Howard Stern felt Trump wanted to be loved and this hate constantly bombarding him could make him physically sick-- which some like Bill Maher would love (karma isn't something he probably believes in). My concern though for the personal attacks is that if he's not emotionally stable, it will make it worse and who could possibly want that in someone with so much power. I think attacking on issues is better and leads to real debates which insults and ugly comparisons do not. It ends the subject.<br /><br />We took out a membership in Sierra Club right after the election and donated two other places that we felt would need more help in a more austere environment-- but then learned Sierra Club has some time back gone very social. I might not mind that in some ares like supporting gay marriage, but it dilutes what they do. I think we'll try Wilderness Society next. That's the problem with the organizations that are set up to defend certain issues, they don't always stick to their main issue and some of the other stuff, for someone like me, is unlikely to make me happy.<br /><br />The main thing about staying calm is not to help Trump or conservatives. It's for a person's own good. It doesn't do any good to stay in a rage. Work on what you can but let the results go. Also remember for eight years, half the country felt like you do. That is the irony of this time Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-12873412243026035212017-02-05T01:36:57.557-08:002017-02-05T01:36:57.557-08:00I am a fiscal moderate and a social liberal. I a...I am a fiscal moderate and a social liberal. I am afraid being calm is not going to ease my deep concerns. I do not blame the press as they get at least three different versions of something from the White House person. They also find it difficult to define what is actually being said when complicated issues are defined in very simple talk. If Obama had said that he could walk down 5th Avenue and shoot someone and his voters would still support him, I can guarantee that those voters would set him straight in no time. Those voters believe in laws and courts that argue those laws and co-equal powers. I do thank you for trying to find some balance in bloggers and I will look at your list and certainly read any reasonable arguments from the conservative side as I know that there is much common ground outside of the circus of politics.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-60921899421653568492017-02-04T14:29:07.426-08:002017-02-04T14:29:07.426-08:00Thank you, Brig. Sonoran Christmas has a 60 year o...Thank you, Brig. Sonoran Christmas has a 60 year old heroine but it's historical as is Rose's Gift both novellas set in Arizona. I definitely plan to write more with older heroines. Oh and Where Dreams Go had a 40 something heroine who has an unexpected romance but again it's historical but set in Oregon.<br />Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-44044808968035729902017-02-04T09:13:59.928-08:002017-02-04T09:13:59.928-08:00Well said and pretty much how I feel. I have quit ...Well said and pretty much how I feel. I have quit reading or linking the bloggers that have gone off the rails this last year with ranting and raving, without doing any hard due diligence. A positive life is much more productive, to my way of thinking.<br /> <br />Thanks for the book recommendation, I will check it out.<br /><br />Just finished Red Hawk Christmas, enjoyed it!!! Nice to have a book about older women, hope there will be more along those lines. Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.com