A L O H A!
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“I like to think that the moon is there
even if I am not looking at it.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
Buddha
Oli fo'nu oko kpa ma gbaluka ebe. (Igala)"When a tree falls on a yam farm and kills the farm's owner, you don't waste time counting the numbers of yam hips ruined." (English)
Igala (Nigeria) Proverb
""Cogito ergo spud"[I think, therefore I yam]"
Herb Caen
"Progress might have been all right once,
"Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?"
Stanislaw Lee
" The major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur."
- Alfred North Whitehead
So many self-appointed social commentators and religious types seem to start from the assumption/premise that our first instinct is to do bad.
"But you and I, we've been through that
and that is not our fate.
So let us not talk falsely now
the hour is getting late."
Igala (Nigeria) Proverb
""Cogito ergo spud"[I think, therefore I yam]"
Herb Caen
"Progress might have been all right once,
but it's gone on too long."
Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
"Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?"
Stanislaw Lee
" The major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur."- Alfred North Whitehead
So many self-appointed social commentators and religious types seem to start from the assumption/premise that our first instinct is to do bad.
In fact our entire economy is supposed to be powered by avarice,
though I see avarice mostly being hoarded by the
fortunate few,
like more and more of EVERYTHING seems to be.
I believe that society actually functions
(mostly without noticing it)
because of a timeless reservoir of human goodness
and fairness.
Unfortunately, this crucial (if unappreciated) ingredient
seems to be peaking like oil, and is just as much an
imperilled resource.
Our "mind your own business & care for your family while trusting the social contract" mentality has been shaken more deeply than our spending habits. Aren't the "good guys" who play by the rules supposed to be OK in the end?
Our leaders are followers of the worst elements,
and have become deluded
that what's comfortable and usual for them
serves us all - which it abundantly doesn't.
President Obama is calling for "rules of the road"
in the "winner takes all" demolition derby
that we call our economy.
This is being accomplished in many incremental ways
which is JUST what terrorizes those
benefiting so handsomely from the status quo.
So now they are riling up and scaring the citizenry.
Don't they know that they are playing with fire?
"But you and I, we've been through that
and that is not our fate.
So let us not talk falsely now
the hour is getting late."
A L O H A!
16 comments:
Obama scares the pants of the greedy dudes because he sees right through them. I only hope these greedy folks don't destabilize what is left of our economy.
You said a mouthful, Sandy!
I hope you are right. I'm afraid I tend to be a bit cynical.
Buddha - The visionary.
Truly said which will stand forever for always.
Greed is a powerful driving force for some, so is fear. Your posts are always thought provoking Cloudia and always so interesting.
Thank you!
Way to go, Buddha :)
beautifully compiled and presented!
namaste /\
aloha!
love your first shot
I agree with you for the most part Cloudia, although I hope that the incremental approach works. I fear that things may get worse before they get better, and it might have been more painless to go for the jugular against some of these non-human "persons under the law" that seem to have become human-eating hydras. I just hope Obama is more Hawaii than Harvard.
As always, you are the best, cher!! Love the Bob Dylan. Aloha!
Oi, so much to think about so early in my morning ...
Cloudia, the two spirals in Dali's menorah were for you. :)
Love your first shot and the Einstein quote.
The hour indeed is getting late. Aloha Cloudia.
What is interesting to me is to listen to people talk about health care reform. There are two camps, it seems: those who talk about it as it relates to them and their family (nearly always against it), and those that discuss how it will help others (nearly always for). Very telling in my opinion.
I dont know how I missed my Cloudia fix yesterday but hey today I get to have a double dose .. dee-vine!
Greed--nothing new under the sun, BUT now we are called on to follow "rules of the road" by someone with a conscience, with a mind for justice and change. I tip my hat!
Nicely done, Cloudia~
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