Comments on: Finding a Place

By: Irritable Farmer

Irritable Farmer — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:13:02 +0000

Most refreshing, thank you!

By: jerry casey

jerry casey — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:28:46 +0000

Nice one Mr Roberts….you are the real deal…as the red man would say ‘there is a white man who tells the truth but he is as rare as a grain of salt in a bag of flour’….Im Irish by birth but many years ago I had the experience when visiting an American Indian exhibition of having some major resonance with the ‘noble savage’,when i walked into it on the wooden floor with my cowboy boots clunking on it with american threadbare corded coat i had bought in Portobello road for a fiver- the famous street market in London, I had no inkling.But Lord above there were three major experiences as i revisited it.You are speaking with great honesty and clarity.The Great Spirit is wide awake and in control. Best rgrds Jerry Casey

By: LA

LA — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:36:10 +0000

Great Story!

By: Paul Welch, PhD

Paul Welch, PhD — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:27:08 +0000

Enjoyed that Dr. Paul
In my earlier days I lived with Don Eagle, and the Iroquois in Canada. Don Eagle at that time was the top wrestler in America. I was 19 yoa.

By: tom miller

tom miller — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:25:28 +0000

Great story Dr. Roberts!

By: James de Laurier

James de Laurier — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:47:08 +0000

Dr.Paul Craig Roberts, 2/27/2012
My wife and I live in the Hi-Desert in the State of California. This is the time of the year to get out and enjoy her mystic and beauty.The desert is a unique part of life. Dry,yet teaming with life and no shelter to protect yourself from the intense heat during the Summer months. I have held various positions in the past,one of which was driving trucks – Over the Road (OTR). And when I drove through the desert, I often wondered and marvelled – how people survived living in the desert.? The Native Americans did and were very skilful using nature and the vegetation the desert produced.
I enjoyed your article “Finding a Place” – the right place,too.
Keep up the good work -
Thanking you for this opportunity to comment
James M. de Laurier #4

By: IPE

IPE — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:17:47 +0000

If you look in the right column under categories, then you will find text that reads western stories (4). This means that you can access three more stories by clinking on that text.
Thank you for your kind words.

-IPE

By: AETHERMAN

AETHERMAN — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:01:49 +0000

EXCELLENT ARTICLE Dr. Roberts!
I heard the following humorous story many years ago:

*** “TOILET PAPER” ***

A Indian Chief goes to a White Man’s Trading Post with 3 Beaver Pelts wanting to
trade them for much needed toilet paper for his Reservation.

The Trading Post guy offers the Chief 2 options:

(A) 1 box containing 24 rolls of Delsy Brand,
OR
(B) 6 boxes having 48 rolls each of “No Name” brand.

The Chief thought about it and said he would trade for the 6 boxes of “No Name” brand.

Three days later, the Chief came back to the Trading Post with 6 empty boxes and said -
“These “No Name” toilet paper are “NO GOOD! Me have new name for “No Name” toilet paper.
Me say should be called “John Wayne Toilet Paper”, ’cause “It’s Rough and it’s Tough and
it don’t take No Shit from No Indian”!

By: Ken Ashley

Ken Ashley — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:56:25 +0000

These would pass as a sequel to Karl May’s Winnetou, with Old Shatterhand, written in the early 70′s of the 19th century.

By: Nels

Nels — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:53:51 +0000

EXCELLENT – more, MORE, MORE!

By: Thomas McKeown

Thomas McKeown — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:02:19 +0000

Dr. Roberts,

Enjoyed this piece of writing. Originally from back East, now living in the small town (Pop. 456) of Idaho City in the Boise Mountains and having traveled extensively throughout the West, I can easily envision the scene you portrayed and didn’t know you wrote Westerns.

One of the great movies about the West is “How The West was Won” portraying the hopes, challenges and dreams of the American pioneer moving through the Great Plains, Rivers and Mountains of this vast Country. My father and I saw it when I was 6 years old and it left an indelible impression on me as a young boy. The frontier is place a where dreams are made. a place where a man can be free and start anew away from the masses and poverty of the cities back East.

As a second generation Irishman, despite our complaints about government today, corruption and outright thievery among the financial money changers; I believe the American Myth of “Go West young Man!” still exists. There is tremendous beauty in this Country, much of the opportunity is gone, but the beauty and renewal is still there for those who have the courage to change.

By: John Voll

John Voll — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:24:27 +0000

Hello Mr Roberts

Enjoyed your western stories and learned from them as well.

J Voll
Philippines
US