tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post2879602244286049446..comments2024-03-25T05:23:41.171-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: Squeezing the BalloonBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-37680615624188275752010-10-04T14:24:52.978-04:002010-10-04T14:24:52.978-04:00I'm not squeezing anyone's balloons!I'm not squeezing anyone's balloons!KathyAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723937251892708482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-43574049913929999342010-09-29T15:13:11.094-04:002010-09-29T15:13:11.094-04:00'We can work together to squeeze the balloon f...'We can work together to squeeze the balloon from both ends.'<br /><br />This sounds like a good campaign slogan for the Bilbo for President campaign.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-53779773982413012122010-09-29T10:21:49.799-04:002010-09-29T10:21:49.799-04:00If the intelligence of the American voter is decli...If the intelligence of the American voter is declining, responsibility will have to be placed at the door of our unionized teachers, fearful schoolboards, and school administrators who buy into educational theories with no experiential basis. Only an educated populace can sustain a democracy, and if the education system turns out ignorant voters, future downfall is inevitable.<br /><br />My generation was taught in elementary and high school by returning GI's who got their degrees through the GI bill (or their wives taught us). They had risked it all for America, and they did their best to preserve its most important asset--an educated electorate. <br />Eminence GriseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-91952694539775440532010-09-29T08:36:51.205-04:002010-09-29T08:36:51.205-04:00I just say be careful how much you squeeze the bal...I just say be careful how much you squeeze the balloon for eventually it will pop.Raquel's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901679946676181304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-40597024634603354582010-09-29T06:41:23.912-04:002010-09-29T06:41:23.912-04:00In castigating the politicos for offering simplist...In castigating the politicos for offering simplistic solutions, I fear that you overlook the cause of this phenomenon: The intelligence of the average American voter. If expounding simple solutions didn't get them voted into office, then they'd start expounding the deeper ones that might actually get things fixed.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.com