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I agree DT is not presidential, my choice was Jeb Bush. But he is POTUS, and therefore the leader of the Nation. The Common Man, is finding new impetus to take back his duty to participate in his country by supporting its traditions and working to improve it's faults. The renaissance of government of the people. ALL the people.Dear, God! I realize you didn't capitalize "renaissance," thus you mean it only as a synonym for "rebirth," but still....How can you put that word and "Donald Trump" in the same sentence? The man is the very opposite of everything connoted by "renaissance" as a term one'd use in association with a person.But President Donald Trump, is the embodiment of the renaissance!
To me Politics and Politicians are not people! That is a persona they adopt in order to accomplish a goal, and doesn't necessarily reflect beliefs or personality. To afford change, one must first get elected!I have a degree in Political Science, and learned how to manipulate people and results of elections. I am now of the mind that a Monarchy is superior. Not by birth, but by training!I agree.GOOD people come in all colors, shapes and sizes. It is what you DO, that defines you, not what you are born with!
Given the venue in which the comment above appears, were I to have penned it, I'd have added "political persuasions" to the list.
Do you have dark skin?I met Maya in Jacksonville, Florida in 2001, I believe it was. She was a very bitter racist person, but her writings don't show it. We were in a hotel bar, and perhaps she was drunk, or just had a bad experience.
Perhaps. She didn't come across that way when I interacted with her over the course of dinner at a charity event and some years later at a cocktail party. Maybe the settings themselves tempered her bile? I don't know. Quite frankly, she showed the same regal bearing and reserved contemplation as one of the women who, ages ago, worked in my parents' home. I found her lucid, charming and engaging as a someone with whom to chat. I sensed no bitterness. Obviously, given the briefness of our dealings, I have no way to know whether she was a racist.
Spot on! That is exactly why I posted it! Living in other cultures teaches that there are many ways to accomplish a goal. Culture is a cage, that demands compliance. Experiencing many cultures removes the bars of conviction!I understand the reference, and I don't deny its applicability when and where it is fitting. I know too that comparatively rarefied are they Americans who into a cage be born. More often, in my observation, people build their cage, move inside, lock the grate and toss the key just out of reach.I know why the caged bird sings
As a self proclaimed "realist" I think you have hit on some fairly decent points that could easily be supported with anecdotal evidence. That kind of makes one of your points right there. However, you have not recognized people like me who are genuine seekers of truth, facts and enlightenment and who refuse to have those facts (and reality) summarily ignored or discarded - regardless of how uncomfortable that truth may be.
My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.
My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.
My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.
Weird.
I've traveled the world quite a bit myself and the truth never changed for me at all.
My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.My problem is that what was true in my youth, is no longer true as I have travelled the world.
Weird.
I've traveled the world quite a bit myself and the truth never changed for me at all.
If you cling to dogmatic belief, then experience means nothing. Different cultures have different truths, and occasionally go to War to prove who's right!
If you believe that you knew the truth, when you were young, then you never grew up!
What people believe prevails over the truth.
SOPHOCLES, fragment, The Sons of Aleus
What I see today, jwoodie, is a populatThe closest thing to "truth" that we can achieve is the correct application of logic to facts as we know them.
As to religious beliefs, all we can do is speculate about the unknown. Those who think they know all of the answers merely display their own profound ignorance.
What I see today, jwoodie, is a population that knows everything, because Google told them so. That becomes their truth, and they are willing to kill those who propose another truth.The closest thing to "truth" that we can achieve is the correct application of logic to facts as we know them.
As to religious beliefs, all we can do is speculate about the unknown. Those who think they know all of the answers merely display their own profound ignorance.
Dear, God! I realize you didn't capitalize "renaissance," thus you mean it only as a synonym for "rebirth," but still....How can you put that word and "Donald Trump" in the same sentence? The man is the very opposite of everything connoted by "renaissance" as a term one'd use in association with a person.But President Donald Trump, is the embodiment of the renaissance!
Show me someone who believes the government can conceive and implement solutions that satisfy "all the people" and I'll show you a fool. One can please some people some of the time. That's it. There will always be some citizens who are made worse off by the choices a government makes.I agree DT is not presidential, my choice was Jeb Bush. But he is POTUS, and therefore the leader of the Nation. The Common Man, is finding new impetus to take back his duty to participate in his country by supporting its traditions and working to improve it's faults. The renaissance of government of the people. ALL the people.
I agree.GOOD people come in all colors, shapes and sizes. It is what you DO, that defines you, not what you are born with!
Given the venue in which the comment above appears, were I to have penned it, I'd have added "political persuasions" to the list.
To me Politics and Politicians are not people! That is a persona they adopt in order to accomplish a goal, and doesn't necessarily reflect beliefs or personality. To afford change, one must first get elected!I have a degree in Political Science, and learned how to manipulate people and results of elections. I am now of the mind that a Monarchy is superior. Not by birth, but by training!
government of the people. ALL the people.
Do you have dark skin?I met Maya in Jacksonville, Florida in 2001, I believe it was. She was a very bitter racist person, but her writings don't show it. We were in a hotel bar, and perhaps she was drunk, or just had a bad experience.
Perhaps. She didn't come across that way when I interacted with her over the course of dinner at a charity event and some years later at a cocktail party. Maybe the settings themselves tempered her bile? I don't know. Quite frankly, she showed the same regal bearing and reserved contemplation as one of the women who, ages ago, worked in my parents' home. I found her lucid, charming and engaging as a someone with whom to chat. I sensed no bitterness. Obviously, given the briefness of our dealings, I have no way to know whether she was a racist.
She was a woman of grace and culture, but seemed defensive! Perhaps it was the hour, or perhaps she wanted to be alone with her escort. It was my friend the bartender who introduced us. Many people find me threatening until they get to know me, and I don't know why.
Do you have dark skin?
I understand the reference, and I don't deny its applicability when and where it is fitting. I know too that comparatively rarefied are they Americans who into a cage be born. More often, in my observation, people build their cage, move inside, lock the grate and toss the key just out of reach.I know why the caged bird sings
I agree with you. I wish I had a dime for every time I've suggested that someone "get out more."Spot on! That is exactly why I posted it! Living in other cultures teaches that there are many ways to accomplish a goal. Culture is a cage, that demands compliance. Experiencing many cultures removes the bars of conviction!
Mr. Barnum. We all make sacrifices to live in a society.Dear, God! I realize you didn't capitalize "renaissance," thus you mean it only as a synonym for "rebirth," but still....How can you put that word and "Donald Trump" in the same sentence? The man is the very opposite of everything connoted by "renaissance" as a term one'd use in association with a person.But President Donald Trump, is the embodiment of the renaissance!
Show me someone who believes the government can conceive and implement solutions that satisfy "all the people" and I'll show you a fool. One can please some people some of the time. That's it. There will always be some citizens who are made worse off by the choices a government makes.I agree DT is not presidential, my choice was Jeb Bush. But he is POTUS, and therefore the leader of the Nation. The Common Man, is finding new impetus to take back his duty to participate in his country by supporting its traditions and working to improve it's faults. The renaissance of government of the people. ALL the people.
Very naïve. Black people speak differently to people of like color, so do Whites, Asians, Latino's and aliens. The N word is a prime example, of Black to Black communication difference.Do you have dark skin?I met Maya in Jacksonville, Florida in 2001, I believe it was. She was a very bitter racist person, but her writings don't show it. We were in a hotel bar, and perhaps she was drunk, or just had a bad experience.
Perhaps. She didn't come across that way when I interacted with her over the course of dinner at a charity event and some years later at a cocktail party. Maybe the settings themselves tempered her bile? I don't know. Quite frankly, she showed the same regal bearing and reserved contemplation as one of the women who, ages ago, worked in my parents' home. I found her lucid, charming and engaging as a someone with whom to chat. I sensed no bitterness. Obviously, given the briefness of our dealings, I have no way to know whether she was a racist.
She was a woman of grace and culture, but seemed defensive! Perhaps it was the hour, or perhaps she wanted to be alone with her escort. It was my friend the bartender who introduced us. Many people find me threatening until they get to know me, and I don't know why.Do you have dark skin?
What? I understand the question. I'm not sure it deserves an answer.
Her, yours, my and others' skin tone doesn't factor into what I might say or think of them, be my remarks positive, neutral or negative.
Dear, God! I realize you didn't capitalize "renaissance," thus you mean it only as a synonym for "rebirth," but still....How can you put that word and "Donald Trump" in the same sentence? The man is the very opposite of everything connoted by "renaissance" as a term one'd use in association with a person.But President Donald Trump, is the embodiment of the renaissance!
Show me someone who believes the government can conceive and implement solutions that satisfy "all the people" and I'll show you a fool. One can please some people some of the time. That's it. There will always be some citizens who are made worse off by the choices a government makes.I agree DT is not presidential, my choice was Jeb Bush. But he is POTUS, and therefore the leader of the Nation. The Common Man, is finding new impetus to take back his duty to participate in his country by supporting its traditions and working to improve it's faults. The renaissance of government of the people. ALL the people.
That's true. The very truth itself, however, must not be among the things anyone sacrifices.We all make sacrifices to live in a society.
