George Rebane
Just so that everyone understands that the ideas debated on RR are not without consequence, I want to remind everyone that I have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild - Lucy Pearl, the little darlin that you see below. What we talk about in these pages is important, and doubly so for her and her parents. I don't do this just to pound my pud. It is part of the legacy that all who contribute here leave for whatever search engines may excavate these thoughts tomorrow or generations from now. In these times, this is what we thought and said. It's good to reflect on that because you also, dear reader, have to consider your own arrows into the future. To the extent that your contributions mold and express your worldview, our chatter is not idle.
George,
Very Cute.
That is why I come to RR to put out another option of the way of looking at the world. Somewhere in the middle is where the balance can be found. I have two kids entering into adulthood and the last three to four decades borrow/ spend, military expansion, neglect of our infrastructure, privatization of the commons, and our economic/ trade policies have created a very uncertain future for all of us but especially those just coming of age and younger.
Posted by: Ben Emery | 27 October 2011 at 10:41 AM
Indeed BenE, and your reasoned expressions and analyses, no matter how disparate from mine, are therefore very welcome on these pages.
Posted by: George Rebane | 27 October 2011 at 11:22 AM
"It is part of the legacy that all who contribute here leave for whatever search engines may excavate these thoughts tomorrow or generations from now".
Interesting... "I don't do this just to pound my pud" will live on forever!
Posted by: Steve Enos | 27 October 2011 at 12:21 PM
Very cute George. It is the grandkids that keep me banging my head against the wall trying to change the world. I hope that my grandkids look back years from now and see what Grandpa wrote.
Posted by: Russ Steele | 27 October 2011 at 01:07 PM
Dr. Rebane, may your eyes never dim and may you live long enough to see and hold a quiver full of arrows.
Posted by: bill tozer | 27 October 2011 at 09:01 PM