tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post8096383099299879412..comments2024-03-29T12:05:09.910+07:00Comments on <b>Postcards from the End of [the] America[n Empire]</b>: Postcard from the End of America: Ashley, PALinh Dinhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-51920682696085915812015-07-12T17:28:20.316+07:002015-07-12T17:28:20.316+07:00NYT is a tad less propagandistic covering that nec...NYT is a tad less propagandistic covering that neck of the woods than the Moscow Times btw but not much.Ian Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-62070673710839555802015-07-12T05:17:20.752+07:002015-07-12T05:17:20.752+07:00Wonderful postcard Chuck.. enjoyed the reflection ...Wonderful postcard Chuck.. enjoyed the reflection on Swedenborg.Ian Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-86497322571810169932015-07-12T04:27:06.333+07:002015-07-12T04:27:06.333+07:00P.S. And thanks to Anonymous for compliment! Thank...P.S. And thanks to Anonymous for compliment! Thanks, too, to Elizabeth!Linh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-6960806086324286562015-07-12T04:21:56.738+07:002015-07-12T04:21:56.738+07:00Yo Chuck,
Next time, we'll bring Father Vinny...Yo Chuck,<br /><br />Next time, we'll bring Father Vinny a case of Yuengling.<br /><br />Joking aside, Ashley is a very charming town. One of these days, we should find a cheap bar there and sit in it forever.<br /><br /><br />LinhLinh Dinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328959360983573810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-62508973322230052372015-07-12T04:15:00.041+07:002015-07-12T04:15:00.041+07:00Linh: As you probably know, no mystery, I sincere...Linh: As you probably know, no mystery, I sincerely brought you to St. Leo's Church in order for you to partake in the "Living Water." Maybe next time father Vinny will offer double-Yuenglings, and we'll stay longer. <br /><br />I liked Ashley Postcard very much, learned a lot, but it was very hard to look at myself... in the stilted mustard seed flesh. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07804858204655663574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-3672099854973213432015-07-12T03:00:55.666+07:002015-07-12T03:00:55.666+07:00Ian: Impossible for me to go toe-to-toe with your...Ian: Impossible for me to go toe-to-toe with your knowledge of current events, but when I could afford purchasing the N.Y.T., I did. Their reporter assigned to Russia regularly covered V. Putin's intriguing tilt to Russian Orthodox Church . Until I read your comment above, I had no idea how much the relationship proliferated, and what's more, I'm rather surprised Putin and Pope Francis met earlier this year (?). <br /><br />One more (debatable) matter? All institutions are subject to corruption, and sometimes historical leaders made hard choices; "picked their poison," either Caesar (state) or Papal (clerical). The west calls it Caesaro-Papism, and it seems to me, for now, President Putin partakes in Patriarchal-Tsarism. Let me know what you think... and also about Linh's latest Postcard too? Thank you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07804858204655663574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-78029960350283133142015-07-12T01:46:27.946+07:002015-07-12T01:46:27.946+07:00Putin has grand plans to double the number of Orth...Putin has grand plans to double the number of Orthodox churches and is encountering resistance from the townsfolk.<br /><br />“It's illegal to build anything in parks. If they build a church here, it will require infrastructure such as access roads and the park will disappear,” one of the residents involved in the campaign against the construction, Artur Makarov, wrote on his LiveJournal blog Tuesday.<br /><br />“There is another church not far from here. The northeast administrative district has a total of 63 of them; we actually have fewer doctors' offices in the area than churches,” he complained."<br /><br />http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/residents-orthodox-activists-face-off-over-plans-to-build-church-in-moscow-park/524340.html<br /><br />If he always wanted in on the 'opiate of the masses' tactic he learned in the KGB it can always backfire as the pious already have meeting place to turn on him, more so when a post-Soviet public is already questioning the state's clerical power.Ian Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-56114430214537028712015-07-11T14:41:06.010+07:002015-07-11T14:41:06.010+07:00(This blog's whacked. It ate my comment. Let&#...(This blog's whacked. It ate my comment. Let's try this again.)<br /><br />Great account of the real world, angels and all. Full employment is on its way??? Once I was on a road trip and the morning newspaper said that soon we'll be able to live to 200. What I wanna know is how that's going to work out given all the worry about population explosion. <br /><br />I do love the Catholics, and this account of your Jesus day is so beautiful. Linh, you make my heart sing! Chuck too, and Chuck's wife and son and everybody in this Postcard. I love especially the open, somewhat dirty-minded Catholics, and the lapsed one as long as they aren't bitter about it. <br /><br />I've had many occasions to bring that Chinatown scene to mind myself, so I just feel so sympatico. BTW, when they finally found my mother, she was in that liquified state too. <br /><br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531522350931746879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284893230469697578.post-3425023918645758152015-07-11T08:14:42.470+07:002015-07-11T08:14:42.470+07:00Some of the best writing on the internet. Some of the best writing on the internet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com