Comments on: Peggy Noonan: We’re governed by callous children http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/10/peggy-noonan-were-governed-by-callous-children/ Observations from a conservative in a blue state. With a little help from my friends! Sat, 26 May 2012 16:59:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mustang6502http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/10/peggy-noonan-were-governed-by-callous-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12730 Mustang6502 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:28:08 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=12079#comment-12730 “The great oak tree…had stood there for hundreds of years, and he thought it would always stand there. Its roots clutched the hill like a fist with fingers sunk deep into the soil... He felt safe in the oak tree’s presence; it was a thing that nothing could change or threaten; it was his greatest symbol of strength. One night, lightning struck the oak tree... It lay broken in half, and he looked into its trunk as into the mouth of a black tunnel. The trunk was only an empty shell; its heart had rotted away long ago; there was nothing inside – just a thin gray dust that was being dispersed by the whim of the faintest wind. The living power had gone, and the shape it left had not been able to stand without it.” “The great oak tree…had stood there for hundreds of years, and he thought it would always stand there. Its roots clutched the hill like a fist with fingers sunk deep into the soil… He felt safe in the oak tree’s presence; it was a thing that nothing could change or threaten; it was his greatest symbol of strength.
One night, lightning struck the oak tree… It lay broken in half, and he looked into its trunk as into the mouth of a black tunnel. The trunk was only an empty shell; its heart had rotted away long ago; there was nothing inside – just a thin gray dust that was being dispersed by the whim of the faintest wind. The living power had gone, and the shape it left had not been able to stand without it.”

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]]> By: James Shotthttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/10/peggy-noonan-were-governed-by-callous-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12728 James Shott Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:06 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=12079#comment-12728 She nailed that one. Good piece. She nailed that one. Good piece.

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]]> By: ZORROhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/10/peggy-noonan-were-governed-by-callous-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12724 ZORRO Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:55:14 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=12079#comment-12724 Nice to see that Peggy is back to having some lucid intervals. Let's just hope that it isn't too temporary. Nice to see that Peggy is back to having some lucid intervals. Let’s just hope that it isn’t too temporary.

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]]> By: Liberty 5-3000http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/10/peggy-noonan-were-governed-by-callous-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12717 Liberty 5-3000 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:45:35 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=12079#comment-12717 Hoo-ah! PEACE PRIZE!! was that the best thing I've read in months, or WHAT? "They are stupid and they are callous" SHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER. Gosh, I feel great. Thanks for sharing that one, LC! HIGH FIVE! Hoo-ah! PEACE PRIZE!!

was that the best thing I’ve read in months, or WHAT?

“They are stupid and they are callous” SHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER. Gosh, I feel great. Thanks for sharing that one, LC! HIGH FIVE!

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