tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post7039290966974284125..comments2024-03-28T09:04:42.135-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: The Morning After In America!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-38824426133405714982016-11-10T00:51:16.864-05:002016-11-10T00:51:16.864-05:00Trump will pass. They all do. I'm now twelve P...Trump will pass. They all do. I'm now twelve Presidents come and soon enough go. Many were fine men, a few were real assholes. Need I say more. Be strong. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-56287380786060693252016-11-10T00:49:30.839-05:002016-11-10T00:49:30.839-05:00I'm finding myself laughing a lot as I already...I'm finding myself laughing a lot as I already hear the Republicans backing up the train as they realize the extremism that's been bandied about is now actually thought by some to be done. Trump has never been the problem, it's the folks who normalize his behavior and stand aside while he pushes over yet one more norm. Now that he's at the top of the heap, I suspect he'll learn that his footing is very unstable and he'll loathe the constant pressures of the job pretty quickly. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-59406610590553234412016-11-10T00:46:10.998-05:002016-11-10T00:46:10.998-05:00Respect the office, even if you don't respect ...Respect the office, even if you don't respect the office holder. That makes sense to me, I'm a chain-of-command guy myself. That requires trust and loyalty though at some basic level and I've had bosses who didn't have those traits, and we now have a national leader who truly doesn't have the personal qualities to leader, but he is. Maybe he'll get better now that the weight of responsibility is on him and his shooting from the hip style will cause all sorts of mayhem. Maybe. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-11919972932869406052016-11-09T14:40:00.612-05:002016-11-09T14:40:00.612-05:00Utterly stunned. I can’t even get my head around t...Utterly stunned. I can’t even get my head around this yet…Sort of feels like when Bush/Cheney won reelection in 2004 – only worse…RickMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023383661211180321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-58079561844541580552016-11-09T11:03:30.571-05:002016-11-09T11:03:30.571-05:00Not the outcome I wanted either, but I hope we don...Not the outcome I wanted either, but I hope we don't all totally disengage and retreat to our comics because of this.( I probably will need a few days away to decompress, though.) I think at the very least we can bear witness so we don't have to keep learning the same lessons. With all branches of government in one party's control, it's in their self-interest to not be overtly destructive and to perhaps even make some advances for those who elevated them (cutting corporate taxes will not work with these guys this time). In two years, an easily disappointed base could toss them out of Congress. What this indescribably weird event has done for us is to upend the fossilized establishment in both parties (one in particular) and may force them to think more about affecting peoples' lives and less about personal entrenchment. What we may have to understand is that the hate that so mightily grips our people comes, like all hate, from fear. If we face each other and try to understand without prejudice, the hate may go away. Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-23648182095167038502016-11-09T10:09:58.261-05:002016-11-09T10:09:58.261-05:00Many years ago, my dad was up for a promotion at w...Many years ago, my dad was up for a promotion at work. It came down to a choice between him and a lady named Cheryl; Cheryl got the promotion, and Dad was really upset about it. <br /><br />Cheryl was starting her new position on a Monday. That weekend, Dad was working around the house and threw out his back, really really bad. By Sunday night, he could barely move.<br /><br />On Monday morning, there was Dad at the kitchen table in his shirt and tie eating breakfast. I could tell he was in tremendous pain, but he was eating toast and drinking coffee.<br /><br />"Why are you all dressed up?" I asked.<br /><br />"I'm going to work," he said. <br /><br />He went; I think he only stayed half the day, then came home at lunch and stayed home for a couple of days until his back sorted itself out.<br /><br />Later, I asked Dad why he went to work that day. "You were hurt, you had a legitimate reason to stay home," I said, "Why put yourself through the agony of going to work?"<br /><br />Dad said, "If I didn't go to work that day, everyone would think it was because I was upset Cheryl got the job and I didn't. I'm not going to let people think I'm petty like that."<br /><br />That was an important lesson to me: there are times when you don't get your way... but those are the times you have to put aside your anger and disappointment and keep moving forward. <br /><br />I'm disappointed with how the Election went. I dread what could happen during a Trump presidency. Nonetheless, I will support my government, my nation, and my president to the best of my ability, because that's what Americans do. We're not called the "United" States for nothing.Monchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132341373842481242noreply@blogger.com