Comments on: Expectations http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/03/expectations/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bodhipaksa http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/03/expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-184761 Bodhipaksa Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:57:45 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/10/03/expectations/#comment-184761 I very much appreciate seeing another Buddhist who's compelled to write abut political matters. One of the scariest things for me is that some of Palin's supporters are delighted that she avoided answering questions where she was out of her depth, and that she instead would simply talk about something she claimed to know something about. "It's just good debating strategy," some of them are saying, apparently unconcerned that she's unable to answer crucial questions about the economy, or even about how her ticket's administration would differ from the Bush administration's spectacular failures. Incidentally, I've been reading a lot of Buddhist blogs recently, thanks to <a href="http://chaplaindanny.blogspot.com/2008/09/list-of-great-buddhist-themedrelevant.html" rel="nofollow">Danny Fisher's list</a> and I'm struck by how few of the blogs refer to each other. I wonder if we can try to be more interconnected? I started a Google Reader account and at least skim the headlines of a dozen or more blogs. I've found half a dozen that I really like (including yours) and I'll probably whittle down my subscription over time. Perhaps that's something we all could do -- at least keep an eye on what each other are writing about -- and that could lead to more cross-commenting and more linking between stories. It's what the net's all about, after all. With metta... I very much appreciate seeing another Buddhist who’s compelled to write abut political matters. One of the scariest things for me is that some of Palin’s supporters are delighted that she avoided answering questions where she was out of her depth, and that she instead would simply talk about something she claimed to know something about. “It’s just good debating strategy,” some of them are saying, apparently unconcerned that she’s unable to answer crucial questions about the economy, or even about how her ticket’s administration would differ from the Bush administration’s spectacular failures.

Incidentally, I’ve been reading a lot of Buddhist blogs recently, thanks to Danny Fisher’s list and I’m struck by how few of the blogs refer to each other. I wonder if we can try to be more interconnected? I started a Google Reader account and at least skim the headlines of a dozen or more blogs. I’ve found half a dozen that I really like (including yours) and I’ll probably whittle down my subscription over time. Perhaps that’s something we all could do — at least keep an eye on what each other are writing about — and that could lead to more cross-commenting and more linking between stories. It’s what the net’s all about, after all.

With metta…

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