Comments on: Reading this Blog May Keep Your Brain Healthy!

By: nelliebelle1197

nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:57:21 +0000

Honestly, NPR bugs me too. I think anyone but me talking too much bugs me.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:58:13 +0000

I jiggled a synapse too much. Too bad I didn’t get the extended warrenty; I think it broke.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:10:39 +0000

Me Nellie like radio. Conservative make Nellie angry. Grrr.

Just teasing NB! I use NPR for the same purpose.

By: Darenw

Darenw — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:28:08 +0000

Those fols get labelled flip flippers and lose. Think “no new taxes” for bush1, or any of the Kerry stuff.

By: Nelliebelle1197

Nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:41:04 +0000

Or, as a sentence with verbs would read: This IS why…..

By: Nelliebelle1197

Nelliebelle1197 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:40:33 +0000

This why I sometimes listen to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:34:09 +0000

Good point Eric.

I would say that most traditional politicians don’t have the luxury of challenging their own thoughts and viewpoints. Any deeply held belief must be weighed against political realities and the fact that they were elected to represent an already stated belief.

And defending your own belief system against others is perhaps a very different way of thinking than honestly challenging your own belief system.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:13:15 +0000

So then tell me this. How come our elected leaders, all of whom have at least reached middle age, seem to be the most intractable and unthinking people on the planet, and are incapable of seeing significance in patterns and developing solutions?

By the way, this comment is not a dig at any party or elected official in particular. It’s a general observation of all of our “leaders,” regardless of their affiliation.