Rick: Teresita has become a simple contrarian. Perhaps she feels the need to be a “devil’s advocate”, but her persistent “nyeh-nyeh” is tiresome. She must be a very unhappy person.

This is Wretchard’s blog. It’s a blog about history and current events. Its not about my happiness or what religion I believe, or where my father comes from or what gender makes me twitterpated. In fact, it’s not about me at all. I’ve got my own blog about me. This blog is about what has always worked and what is most likely to work in the future. Its about what is true and what serves to further freedom. Its about what honors America and preserves our liberty and above all its about who we protect and how we protect them.

J-Rog: Wretchard’s point about enjoying the little things while we have them mirrors the changing/enduring nature of Middle Earth in Galadriel’s “long defeat.”

This sentiment is expressed by Frodo in the first book:

“I should like to save the Shire, if I could – though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. But I don’t feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again.”

(The Fellowship of the Ring: “The Shadow of the Past,” p. 71