tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post2560072088908922617..comments2024-03-28T05:22:09.542-07:00Comments on Record of a Baffled Spirit: The politics of saltMike Keytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-79709498181161183952012-02-20T12:17:33.354-08:002012-02-20T12:17:33.354-08:00I often think we need more salty MPs but then I re...<i>I often think we need more salty MPs but then I remember Maggie.</i> As I said, 'One man's salt is another man's poison' followed by a hollow laugh at Mark's:<br /><i>Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."</i> Mind you, didn't Maggie quote St. Francis Assissi?Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-64919292610995265602012-02-20T11:16:39.818-08:002012-02-20T11:16:39.818-08:00I like strong people with strong opinions - until ...I like strong people with strong opinions - until ego creeps in. I often think we need more salty MPs but then I remember Maggie. <br /><br />(My word verification is medical. A reminder that too much salt kills you?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-83387068279904138412012-02-20T07:07:01.718-08:002012-02-20T07:07:01.718-08:00I'm the same. I appreciate strong opinions, bu...I'm the same. I appreciate strong opinions, but they must come from a place of intelligence and reason...not from ego and stupidity. Although, those can be fun sometimes too.Renee Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142341397085289166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-45138940752462978742012-02-20T06:29:26.821-08:002012-02-20T06:29:26.821-08:00Why am I not surprised : ) Seriously though, I enj...Why am I not surprised : ) Seriously though, I enjoy strong opinions and people not afraid to express them - less so strong emotions when heat and ego clouds argumentMike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-48925671614761101862012-02-20T06:04:00.680-08:002012-02-20T06:04:00.680-08:00I love salt. I put salt on everything, even when i...I love salt. I put salt on everything, even when it doesn't need salt. Moderation? Pfft. Salty people and salty food are good things.Renee Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14142341397085289166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-55947296615372642242012-02-18T11:56:55.403-08:002012-02-18T11:56:55.403-08:00I heard someone once say, "salt is the food o...I heard someone once say, "salt is the food of the poor". Well, it's a basic ingredient in our meals, yet it's cheap. I'm not too crazy about salt. I eat it moderately. <br />Salty topic you have here, Mike :DClaudia Zurchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302024950570710809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-43439466783678609212012-02-18T05:48:10.851-08:002012-02-18T05:48:10.851-08:00Maria, I look forward to the daily salt tussle :)
...Maria, I look forward to the daily salt tussle :)<br /><br />Adam, thank you. Salt is good. Beer is better, which reminds me, did you know some unscrupulous Victorian publicans would put salt in their beer to encourage consumption, crafty devils.Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-22894319080522685922012-02-18T04:52:29.016-08:002012-02-18T04:52:29.016-08:00"I like people of strong opinions – left or t..."I like people of strong opinions – left or the right, atheist or Christian, but, like salt, in moderate amounts and a beer in between."<br /><br />That sentence is fantastic. Amen.Adam M. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174171725951187454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-23477994834136119972012-02-17T12:41:12.873-08:002012-02-17T12:41:12.873-08:00The next time your kids take the salt away from yo...The next time your kids take the salt away from you, remind them the human body can't live without salt.<br /><br />All things in moderation. Maybe it's not the salt we need, but the moderation. That one's harder to achieve.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com