Comments on: Suddenly, it’s 2015! https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: George https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859559 Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:32:51 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859559 I heard that announcers voice a zillion times as a kid I think it was George Fenneman, the announcer on Groucho’s show, but (talk about fading memories) it has now been so long I wouldn’t care to make a wager on it.

]]> By: OldTexan https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859449 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:00:05 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859449 Wow, is it 2015 already? When i was in high school my first car I shared with my mom. it was a 1960 Chevy Impala hardtop with a 348 cu. in. engine that was her grocery getter and my drag racing car car on a marked off 1/4 mile stretch of paved country road a few miles out of our small town. By 1960 they were making some nice cars with good transmissions, am radio and air-conditioning and huge front and back bench seats about the size of a twin bed.

By the time I was 18 in 1963 I could not imagine why anyone would want to live past 30 years age and I felt indestructible. I read enough science fiction to know that by the year 2,000 we would all have bubble cars that could fly and a bunch of stuff like that. However I don’t recall at all thinking about myself as a happy grandfather with great kids and grandkids and years passing by extremely fast.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year, especially Neo-neocon for her thoughtful web site and nice collection of commenters, may all of you have a blessed new year. My personal hope is to be thankful for what I do have and as my years run themselves on out, ever so fast, enjoy all of the good stuff that seems to continue to come my way. We might as well smile every time we have the chance because the pay is the same either way.

]]> By: Clarityseeker https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859405 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:37:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859405 Thanks to each of you who participate in this blog.
I wish for you a wonderful (healthy, fun, prosperous) new year.
I wish for you that you share your valuable wisdom with others in “real” life (you know what I mean) as you do in this format.
I wish that each of you contribute to the effort to elevate the morale of this country, as it is such a needed and necessary element to the survival of America.
I wish that each of you inspire the youth in this country to reach beyond their grasp. And to question just what it is that they value in life—and why.
God Bless.

]]> By: Clarityseeker https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859404 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:24:16 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859404 Neo,
Words can hardly address the impact your third paragraph had on me. It is because I have unwittingly processed time and events with similar, contorted perspective.
Thank you for sharing that. It almost leaves me with the notion that I may not be as “whacked” (Boston term) as originally suspected.
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Because you broached the subject of cars, I thought you might appreciate this relevant and juicy bit of news. “Relevant” because it represents a radical change in this market. Related to your reference to automobile commercial in 1960.
“Juicy”, because it reveals just how much politics has affected this market. And it peels back the veneer of lies, misrepresentation, and wasted resources we’ve been subjected as a result of the narrative of those who’ve boarded this train…

A great article:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/can-tesla-survive-collapsing-gas-prices/ar-BBhoh7x

“Subsidizing rich people’s toys…”. Now that is a motto for the ages.

Government SUBSIDIES are huge on this product/company.

I would love to see it fail if only for that reason.

Oh wait, there is another reason:

The carbon footprint for this vehicle is much greater than for gas-powered vehicles. Producing the battery alone is huge in toxicity and environmental damage. Then to operate the vehicle with coal-powered energy. The fact remains—no amount of windmills and solar panels would ever be sufficient to keep Tesla vehicles running on the highways and byways. Period. At least not on the scale Tesla would like to see its product succeed at.

As the analyst says in the video. “…but, we can’t talk about that…”.

Not with, or to, the customers of Tesla, the ideologues who support Tesla, or the politicians who’ve aided and abetted the project.

If Progressives had their way, this would be their, “Suddenly it’s 1960” moment in the future of automobiles.

]]> By: M J R https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859322 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:52:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859322 Matthew, 7:57 pm — “My Dad’s hoping the Cubs win the the World Series like in Back to the Future II.”

As a Baltimore Orioles fan, I’m amenable to that — provided, of course, that my O’s don’t make it to the Series the same year. If they don’t, best wishes; if they do, we’ll be mortal enemies [ smile ]!

]]> By: Joe https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859311 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 04:44:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859311 Matthew M. at 5:19 is definitely onto something.
I understand what you mean, Neo, in the post (and I’m old enough to remember Jack Parr advertising Chryslers with a diamond kaleidoscope background). But it’s not going feel like the future to me until I’m driving my own flying car.

Stanley Kubrick got close to imagining Skype. But he was more wrong than right in his predictions. See Yogi Berra.

]]> By: J.J. https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859309 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 04:36:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859309 Average male life expectancy in the U.S. is 76.5 years. When a man is 82 he has beat the averages and has a further life expectancy of 7 years. However, that assumes no diseases of aging (cancer, cardiovascular, alzheimers, etc.) are present in advanced form. Each year the odds of death increase. You can read about it in an actuarial table. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html

Each year of my dotage is an opportunity to learn more and try to stay involved in life – even as my physical prowess wanes. At my age my grandfather on my father’s side had a bad short term memory, but he could remember details of his childhood very clearly. I’m not at that point yet, but find myself spending quite a lot of time reflecting on memories of the past and trying to put it in perspective.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859290 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:53:04 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859290 Gringo:

82 is too young to die. At least, it feels that way to me as I inch closer.

]]> By: NeoConScum https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859284 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:07:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859284 …1950 Ford…Dad bought new…’55 Ford… Same …’58 Ford…Same…. ’64…Ford…Same… Coolest Luxury Vehicle I ever rode in…EVER… was Uncle Tom’s white ’53 Buick Roadmaster Coupe…O*M*G*!! Red & Black leather…. What a set’a wheels,’Yo.

]]> By: Gringo https://thenewneo.com/2015/01/01/suddenly-its-2015/#comment-859282 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:40:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=45578#comment-859282 Beverly: and Cuomo’s death is already recorded in Wikipedia. My immediate reaction was that he was rather young to die- and found out he was 82.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Cuomo

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