Thanks Juan. This reminds me of a poem by Gary Synder:
Bedrock (for Masa) By Gary Synder
Snowmelt pond warm granite
we make camp,
no thought of finding more.
and nap
and leave our minds to the wind.
on the bedrock, gently tilting,
sky and stone,
teach me to be tender.
the touch that nearly misses—
brush of glances—
tiny steps—
that finally cover worlds
of hard terrain.
cloud wisps and mists
gathered into slate blue
bolts of summer rain.
Tea together in the purple starry eve;
New moon soon to set,
Why does it take so
Long to learn to
love,
we laugh
and grieve.
This is excellent, Juan. It is disheartening that Gingrich was the most coherent and spoke with more confidence and authority and was declared the winner immediately afterwards when he was so inaccurate, arrogant, pandering, dangerous and inhumane.
The OWS movement may not address the problem but it does shine a light on it. It is a pity that Obama's actions speak much differently than his rhetoric. Where is his community organizer spirit now?
This is the trickle down theory that refuses to die. Banks are often too big to fail; individuals are never too big to fail -- unless multi-billionaire captains of industry. Fail as an individual = foreclosure and worse. Fail as a business leader = bailout and golden parachute. Our growth driven economy eats up the world plowing people under foot as it rumbles on.
Rules? There are no rules in a knife fight!
Thanks Juan. This reminds me of a poem by Gary Synder:
Bedrock (for Masa) By Gary Synder
Snowmelt pond warm granite
we make camp,
no thought of finding more.
and nap
and leave our minds to the wind.
on the bedrock, gently tilting,
sky and stone,
teach me to be tender.
the touch that nearly misses—
brush of glances—
tiny steps—
that finally cover worlds
of hard terrain.
cloud wisps and mists
gathered into slate blue
bolts of summer rain.
Tea together in the purple starry eve;
New moon soon to set,
Why does it take so
Long to learn to
love,
we laugh
and grieve.
This is excellent, Juan. It is disheartening that Gingrich was the most coherent and spoke with more confidence and authority and was declared the winner immediately afterwards when he was so inaccurate, arrogant, pandering, dangerous and inhumane.
The OWS movement may not address the problem but it does shine a light on it. It is a pity that Obama's actions speak much differently than his rhetoric. Where is his community organizer spirit now?
This is the trickle down theory that refuses to die. Banks are often too big to fail; individuals are never too big to fail -- unless multi-billionaire captains of industry. Fail as an individual = foreclosure and worse. Fail as a business leader = bailout and golden parachute. Our growth driven economy eats up the world plowing people under foot as it rumbles on.
You can make this up and at least a good part of this story was. How much of the news is made up by the media because of a slow news day?