tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post2433066112720685757..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: Do genes make the man? JDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-53279663204779115012014-01-13T12:12:50.830-05:002014-01-13T12:12:50.830-05:00If there is one thing I have learned in my life it...If there is one thing I have learned in my life it's that "Life IS Politics". There is no escaping politics in any area of life - not even genealogy. Ignoring this fact is simply a form of denial and leads to the kind of politics we're now experiencing. To those who inform themselves and then speak out on the politics of life - whatever that might be - I say "Bravo!"Barbara T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-85533920973249004752014-01-13T09:31:18.102-05:002014-01-13T09:31:18.102-05:00This really is based on your measure of success. T...This really is based on your measure of success. The richest man I know will always be poor in the world's eyes.Lynne Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949439636162415551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-89718273942607774192014-01-13T08:57:29.511-05:002014-01-13T08:57:29.511-05:00Yes John. This is important information for geneal...Yes John. This is important information for genealogists to understand. It's not just a ho-hum issue, or even just a current one.<br /><br />“Samuel Smith, a member of Parliament who helped Louisa Birt found the Liverpool Sheltering Home, wrote in 1883 of England as lingering on the edge of a volcano, and of the poor as ‘foul sewage’ stagnating beneath ‘our social fabric,’ certain if turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257591323835458147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-51880595201580689732014-01-13T08:40:59.298-05:002014-01-13T08:40:59.298-05:00I have thought for a long time that attitude plays...I have thought for a long time that attitude plays a large part. My mother's family had middle class attitudes even when they had little cash in hand. "Even when I only had one skirt and blouse it was clean and pressed." Immigrants to North America and other places arrive with the expectation and purpose of bettering themselves, but more importantly they expect to better their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-89634395598642129852014-01-13T08:33:07.126-05:002014-01-13T08:33:07.126-05:00I think you're just trying to stir the pot wit...I think you're just trying to stir the pot with this article. And no, I'm nowhere near the top of the heap. People have ALWAYS thought they were better than others. This is NEWS??? <br /><br />I am however, tired of hearing political crap when I expect to read genealogy.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006166857807072917noreply@blogger.com