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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Me, myself, I said nothing against Mother Theresa. My point was obvious--it's rare, if not impossible, to find a perfect legacy. Everybody is free to focus wherever they want on the spectrum of individual imperfection.
Klytus is comin' with the thorazine!
You risk becoming part of THE ONSLAUGHT...whatever the heck that is.
I dunno? Better ask Odonnell the hun, whatever it is, it don't sound like much fun!
It's being going on for months now. There are very dangeous developments in south-east Europe which require an awful lot more than canonising the Kennedys. When I read a lot of books about that family I was totally disillusioned, particularly about the man who made all the money, Joseph Patrick Kennedy. Of course, I wanted to believe in them, considering my nationality, but a person's ethnic background means nothing to me if I discover that the person is a hypocrite.
You're so concerned about the state of the world, and you do so much about it in your strange little bubble world.
My last words on this OFF-topic topic. Don't forget, please, that you're the one who brought the Kennedy's into an article thread about Michelle Obama's speech.
I am an American, and around 3/4 Irish in my heritage, and proud of that. I, too, have read extensively about the Kennedy's. I, too, was disheartened by many things I read, saw, heard.
You wrote: "Of course, I wanted to believe in them, considering my nationality, but a person's ethnic background means nothing to me if I discover that the person is a hypocrite."
That's logical. You drew your line in the sand that you could not cross, in your own conscience.
As for myself, I will not discredit the good that has been done by several Kennedy's, and certainly not only the most famous three brothers. I do not canonize. And now I return to my original point: no legacy is perfect. No person is perfect. I do not necessarily condone if I forgive. I hesitate to finish with this, but maybe all the good that's been done can be reckoned as doing penance or paying back?
I wonder how many poor third-world Indian children she had to kill to get it that tight.
Rock it, gurl.
You are it seems perfect if you're severely dellusional, hence the reason why maureen is certifiably institutional.
All the right wing, neo-con, and racists folks are doing everything they can to remain in denial and the people who listen to them. It's not terrorists that are a threat to the US. This culture of denial will do it in.
Everything that goes around comes around and there's no escaping it. And your fear is the knowing that your time of reckoning can NOT be avoided.
But the speech was dangerous to the McCain camp because it kills them that the Obama's actually grew up like most Americans....
So they try to ignore and deny.
As I said on another post:
It worked so well because Cindy McCain could NEVER have given this speech.
The McCains are children of privelege.
I think you should have said "EVEN if delusional..."
maureen odonnell is a risky danger to herself, hence the reason why she lives in a comfortably padded cell.
We haven't seen a savvy, beautiful woman in the white house since Jackie O. Michelle possesses beauty, brains and poise. It's possible but not probable that she could bless us by having a baby boy in the White House. What JOY !
You're right, I'm actually your mom. You should go upstairs and talk to me more. Is my J.D. too bootylicious for you notimpressed?
Michelle is very refreshing, funny how a few find that just a little distressing.
I'm rocking the Obama ticket. From the time Barack was elected to the Senate, interviews, reading bios/book, to what he has done within his own state...I don't know what's going to happen. It's pretty exciting to witness what could perhaps be a defining moment in US history, what could be a change in direction and where it takes us. I like his candor and I like his intentions. Whether he can, will or be allowed to follow through on them will be determined. However, I like that he seems to understand his strengths and weaknesses in order to invite Biden onto the ticket to counter and balance. You know what else I like...his wife who is magnificent in her own right. Damn, I like that she represents a person who seemed to be a superwoman but in reality is a woman who has made choices in terms of what's most important to her individually. I like her wit and honest charm. She's not here for herself, her agenda. Her Husband felt that he may make a difference, and as his partner she supports him and his goals without relinquishing her own. I like the fact that despite her own achievements, at the end of the day she is simply a person who loves her spouse, her kids, her life, friends/family, and her career. That she has concerns about alot of the same issues as other Americans and can relate. I like that kindness and an approachable demeanor doesn't mean she's a doormat, but rather someone who walks softly but carries a big stick.
Firstly, thank you to the poster who defended me from being catagorised as a troll.
As to cecilbeanie's post, if you had cared to read just three words after the name Ron Paul, you'd have seen that I qualified my grudging consent to some of his ideas (his anti-government ones), with out-and-out hatred of his pro-market, anti-exploited people, insane and potentially devastating notions concerning economics. I have no love for him, or the majority of his jungle capitalist supporters, but at least he's for SOME of the things I believe in. I'd never vote for him though. Anyway, you needn't worry because I'm in Australia and can't vote anyway, so I won't muddy the waters.
And to dissidenz, I'm saying that it isn't enough. This system is not enough. Why must we compromise again and again and hope that we can at least migitate the damage? How many times must we get screwed before we realise that it doesn't matter who is driving the tank that's crushing us? You're saying the best we can do is choose someone who is hopefully less of a screw-up than the last guy. I'm saying it doesn't have to be that way. Things are not set in stone. Human history is always changing. There are alternatives. I'm not talking fascism, or communism. I'm just talking decentralisation, across the board. Self-empowerment, self-organisation, self-responsibilty. Never before have we all been so educated, so technologically free, so culturally diverese, so interconnected, so accepting. We're not perfect, nothing we ever create will be perfect, but we can do better. We have it within ourselves to be greater. Not forever in a happy fairy land of truth and justice, but greater than this. That's all I think. I'm truly sorry if I offended some people here, but I was just speaking my mind. If indeed you do view me as a troll, then just ignore me. I'm not going to get worked up about it, after all, it's only the internet. :)
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