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You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Post Is About You…

RJ Walters

This is a continuation of last Friday’s post about why I blog and why I have been around longer than many of my blogging friends. The above title with a slight modification is from a song from Carly Simon in the early seventies.  I am not really taunting you here it is just that like so many of my blogging buddies have been doing lately I sometimes wonder if I should go on with this blog or just hang it up? Last Friday I mentioned some of the reasons that I blog.  I thought I would finish the thought with … Continue reading You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Post Is About You…

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Never Take An Active Part…

RJ Walters

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. –A Thomas Jefferson Letter, 11 June 1823, to President James Monroe Thomas Jefferson just didn’t trust government very much. He was always skeptical that they would get us involved in things we had no business being involved in. The constant wars in Europe were one … Continue reading Never Take An Active Part…

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Capitalism – A Dirty Word…

RJ Walters

I have been accused by some who have come to this site primarily in the antagonist mode to be anti-capitalism.  I hope that is not the general persona that I put forth.  It is true that I don’t think that unfettered capitalism is a good thing. If left to its own capitalism would morph into a survival of the fittest mode or something even worse. But I don’t think those beliefs make me against capitalism. I thoroughly recognize that capitalism is the primary driver that has made the U.S. and much of the industrialized world what it is today.  Without … Continue reading Capitalism – A Dirty Word…

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All About Coveting…

RJ Walters

When I think of the word covet I think of the tenth commandment. Here is what that says “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” I know covet is an old word so let’s be sure of the meaning. Covet – wish, long, or crave for So this last commandment means you should not wish for or crave anything that your neighbor has. But isn’t craving things that others have kind of foundational … Continue reading All About Coveting…

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Having All The Answers….

RJ Walters

This Sunday post is going to take a personal drift.  Some of my antagonists over the years say that I have a smug attitude about Christianity and that I proclaim to be the only one who has all the answers. I hope these views are an exception rather than a rule for most who read my Sunday posts. But just in case I want to tell you what I think about that view of my words. First of all it hurts me that anyone would take that as my message about being a follower of Christ. If you are one … Continue reading Having All The Answers….

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11 Reasons Men Leave Their Marriages

RJ Walters

1. When he got tired of her outbursts. 2. When the trust was gone. 3. When his wife became a glorified roommate. 4. When the math didn’t add up. 5. When he was suffering from depression and she laughed it off. 6. When he realized she didn’t believe in his dreams. 7. When he disagreed with her on how they’d raise their future children. 8. When he became indifferent to the cheating. 9. When he decided to put his daughter first. 10. When he realized that having hobbies of his own was off-limits. 11. When he had the commute from … Continue reading 11 Reasons Men Leave Their Marriages

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The Prolific Will…

RJ Walters

He wrote a short column nearly every weekday from 1926 to 1935. Rogers, who had been writing a weekly column for several years before, SOURCE:  Facebook. I am quickly approaching 2,000 posts here on RJsCorner. Some of my readers seem to be amazed by this number. I guess in this, among other things, I have much in common with my hero Will Rogers. As stated above he was a very prolific writer. Just the column above resulted in 26,000 posts. This is in addition to his radio shows and movies.  Mr. Rogers was indeed a prolific person. One of my … Continue reading The Prolific Will…

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Is It Worth It???

RJ Walters

If it were challenged by Russia, how important is Estonia’s sovereignty to you? Would you kill and die for it? Send your children to do so? Would you risk the nuclear annihilation of your civilization? Is your gratitude for use of Estonia’s airspace during the war on terror that great? SOURCE: Don’t save Ukraine – The Week. The publication “The Week” is becoming a favorite of mine. It is from a British organization so it lends a different viewpoint than most traditional U.S. sources.  It seems to have the same contrarian philosophy as me. When we take away all the … Continue reading Is It Worth It???