You might want to ponder the possibility that GP
Posted By: is not alone in her common sense reckoning...sm on 2008-11-02
In Reply to: Oh, gourdpainter....sm - ms
of the situation.
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Some things to ponder....
From Dreams of My Father:'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
From Dreams of My Father:'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
From Dreams of My Father:'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
And FINALLY the Most Damning one of ALL of them!!!
From Audacity of Hope:'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
Points to ponder......
1. Why are so soon old and so late smart? (Amish saying.)
2. Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
3. You cannot make the poor rich by making the rich poor.
4. Life is not a zero-sum game. Abundance is not a finite pie. If I have a slice of it, that does not reduce your portion. It has always been said: Invest in land; they ain’t making any more of it. True. But wealth is something that is created. If you want a bigger piece, you can make your own pie. The raw ingredients are all around you.
5. Traits of those who succeed in life: Flexibility, assertiveness, tenacity, optimism, intelligence, distancing ability, group consciousness, ability to assimilate knowledge, capacity to find meaning in life, courage. William Helmreich in a study of survivors.
6. Why are we punishing these traits? Isn’t this very bad for our gene pool?
7. Why are we rewarding laziness, foolish behavior and dishonesty? Isn’t this even worse for our gene pool?
8. Why has the distinction between a hand up and a handout been lost?
9. I have done fairly well in life and will voluntarily help those who truly are in need. Sometimes I will even share with those who have caused their own problems. But if you force me to do this it is called robbery.
10. There is a reason why, with all the billions of dollars’ worth of humanitarian aid we have sent to third-world countries, nothing much ever changes. We feed a few starving people just enough to produce even more starving smaller people. Human life is not supportable in some of these places. In others, centuries-old cultural patterns and hostilities exist that cause wars and genocides. Do we think we are going to change any of this with some food and medicine? If we step in to try to halt it, our motives are questioned. If we do not, our motives are still questioned.
I will never be a captain of industry and I know it. But I am a really good worker bee and always have been. I have grown a thick skin and do not take much personally. I try for excellence and I do more than expected and sometimes I come up with great ideas. I’ve always been the go-to gal for my bosses and they come to rely to me. But I do not have the will or the drive to run my own company.
However, I do not begrudge those who have the necessary traits - and are willing to take the risks - their success! I do not envy their corner offices. My nose is not put out of joint because they have bigger houses and drive better cars and take vacations to exotic places. I realize that there (but for a complete lack of ambition) go I.
I also do not envy their 60-hour work weeks, the myriad business decisions they have to make: Hiring, firing, generating new business, figuring how their companies will survive in this weird economy. I just do my job, then I get to clock out. Cool!
I have always landed on my feet through some pretty severe reversals and I have no doubt that I will again. It is sad that so many Americans have truly lost the can-do attitude that built this country. Instead, they are waiting for somebody to fill their gas tank, pay their mortgage, feed them, heal them and kiss every boo-boo. Our founding fathers would not recognize their descendents.
or the possibility of change for the worse
Not all change is good, you know??
As long as there is even the remotest possibility that
she is eyeing the 2012 prize, she will remain fair game every single time she or her family gets thrust into the middle of a real-live (as opposed to imagined) scandal.
Yes - they're already talking about the possibility
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This possibility exists, but also as McCain as president...sm
so let's try a different approach with President-elect Barak Obama.
Therefore the majority voted for Obama.
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