Here’s a tidbit younger folks won’t recall: it wasn’t Ronald Reagan who first used the phrase in his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter “are you better off now than you were four years ago?” It was Jimmy Carter, in his 1976 debate with Gerald Ford.
You are so right there Sharon. I talk to my wife about that on a regular basis but as I've learned, it's very soothing to be IN the choir even if you're singing the same song. The trick is to stay tuned for the dissonance. And, Thanks for your two cents and more.
"Residing in warm dirty places" made me smile for the gentle application of language to the reality.
And you made me smile as well - riding with that eloquence - thanks and Happy Holidays to you and yours
Here’s a tidbit younger folks won’t recall: it wasn’t Ronald Reagan who first used the phrase in his 1980 debate with Jimmy Carter “are you better off now than you were four years ago?” It was Jimmy Carter, in his 1976 debate with Gerald Ford.
Very interesting indeed. So, Jimmy sure got knocked off his pedestal BUT he was young and just a politician then. Thanks Steve.
Pulling out all the stops here, Mark! Now... let's hope people are listening - I mean, besides the people who are already in the choir.
You are so right there Sharon. I talk to my wife about that on a regular basis but as I've learned, it's very soothing to be IN the choir even if you're singing the same song. The trick is to stay tuned for the dissonance. And, Thanks for your two cents and more.
Amen.
Living in a rural area of the global South has a way of tuning up perspectives.
Thanks for the reminder, Mark.
I was thinking you lived in Idaho ? ? ?
Now. But not most of my adult life. And the places I lived weren’t the happy or comfortable places.
That I also gathered - a storied life indeed