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Post by jaysun on Mar 23, 2017 3:20:10 GMT
We are back. We were off the grid, so to speak, until today. Franklin D Roosevelt state park is an awesome place! We hiked, paddled, swam, geocached, cooked meat on an open fire, fished, made primitive weapons (spears) and avoided contact with the real world. It was awesome. All we need is a bigger camper. I'll be back in the swing of things tomorrow. We went to the "Little White House" in Warm Springs, GA. It is on Pine Mtn and is the place that FDR died in April 1945. It is a great place. It made me realize that in our modern era, we do not have great leaders anymore. FDR was a great president. We no longer have leaders that put the "greater good" before themselves or money. I'm usually fairly silent when it comes to politics and espousing viewpoints here, but after seeing and experiencing how FDR changed, healed and bettered our nation, I can honestly say that today's politicians are $4!+. Oh well...all I can do is cast a vote that rings true to my conscience...and do semi-heavy cleans or snatches.
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Post by TM79 on Mar 26, 2017 0:52:56 GMT
Sounds like a great time. Getting off the grid is very important and that sounds like a great place. I truly think that if I didn't have to work, I would probably not be online that much and would likely go back to a house phone or old school flip phone. It's funny, I wasn't online barely at all this week either and it felt great.
As for politics, I respect your opinion. FDR was president in a wild time in this country and I think he did his best to try and correct things and I believe his intentions were pure, unlike many of today's politicians... Still, I feel that in basic economic and political theory, large government programs are a terrible waste of our hard earned money. That is the absolute truth. Keep the government limited. Empower them only to provide protection, infrastructure and foster a free-market, capitalistic/competition based economy that provides consumers with the best products/services achievable at the lowest possible cost, with minimal intervention. From talking to people firsthand, it is pathetic how wasteful our government is...
Anyway, like I said, I respect your opinion and definitely agree with you that most of today's politicians are in it for themselves and the companies/people that bankroll them. Politicians back in FDR's day (and earlier) were truer to what our democracy was intended to do.
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