tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post1428028419730225397..comments2024-03-15T13:43:53.439-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: "Tee Hee! I Like to Travel!"Captain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-16203230126006429342014-05-04T13:55:07.025-07:002014-05-04T13:55:07.025-07:00Camino de Santiago.
Aurora Borealis.
If you'...Camino de Santiago.<br /><br />Aurora Borealis.<br /><br />If you're not already sick of hearing about them both, you will be soon.<br /><br />I guarantee it.Wilkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-36826815699344636502014-05-03T20:49:35.379-07:002014-05-03T20:49:35.379-07:00It's obnoxiously trite, but a passport is not ...It's obnoxiously trite, but a passport is not a substitute for a personality.<br /><br />So what do you like so much about travel? "Oh you know, experiencing other cultures, it really makes you appreciate what you have."<br /><br />Amazing.<br /><br />You mean that secular Western democracies with free(er) market economies are generally preferable to third world kleptocracies? Who knew?! Well that was definitely worth the $5-10K.<br /><br />Don't get me started on the food safaris and/or orphan hugging. I mean really, REALLY? I can get first-class Ethiopian food down the road without the up-front cost of an airfare. And if you're so hell-bent on "helping" people, I'm sure you find someone in need locally.<br /><br />Or perhaps you're insinuating that the impoverished brown peoples of the world are incapable of self-improvement without the assistance (interference) of middle-class white chicks?<br /><br />Ugh, it churns my stomach.<br /><br />I have more respect for Australians who to travel to Bali and get obnoxiously drunk - at least they're under no illusions about the significance of what they're doing.Wilkonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-27464748095949477552014-05-03T12:15:39.177-07:002014-05-03T12:15:39.177-07:00American women - the young ones and the middle-age...American women - the young ones and the middle-aged ones - travel in hives for booze and sex. Can you say, "Amanda Knox?" She was at least explicit in saying that a principal objective of her trip to Italy was sex. Oh yes - and a program of self-directed study at a great American "university." Meredith Kercher, who did not survive the encounter, seems on the other hand to have been a genuine student, following a realistic study program.<br /><br />I have met American women my age (70) and older for whom I have (or had, for those deceased) a great deal of respect. For the younger ones. piss on them.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com