Comments on: The Whole http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/11/the-whole/ Highlighting the News from Florida's Central Corridor Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gordon Craig http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/11/the-whole/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Gordon Craig Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:22:56 +0000 http://www.metroi4news.com/?p=3612#comment-1350 Also, how many women today are thinking of that Capitolistic (?) myth of the white picket fence and nice house and family?  If they work hard, use sound moral judgement, etc., etc., they'll live that dream.  Yet how many women out there are actually living that dream?  Also reminds me of our church.  We belong to a middle class Lutheran Church that is largely made up of older white people living (and moving away from) in a town just south of Gary, In. that is rapidly becoming minority and most of that black.  The church, which a number of years ago was settled into a residential neighborhood of mostly if not all white people, is slowly dying.  Our excellent minister, who was only here for a few years, left to go to another church.  Now, after several months under an interim, older, uninspiring, female pastor, during which fewer and fewer people attended church, we are losing even her, with no replacement in sight.  Will our church survive?  Ok, that's all! Talk amongst yourselves..... Gordon Also, how many women today are thinking of that Capitolistic (?) myth of the white picket fence and nice house and family?  If they work hard, use sound moral judgement, etc., etc., they’ll live that dream.  Yet how many women out there are actually living that dream?  Also reminds me of our church.  We belong to a middle class Lutheran Church that is largely made up of older white people living (and moving away from) in a town just south of Gary, In. that is rapidly becoming minority and most of that black.  The church, which a number of years ago was settled into a residential neighborhood of mostly if not all white people, is slowly dying.  Our excellent minister, who was only here for a few years, left to go to another church.  Now, after several months under an interim, older, uninspiring, female pastor, during which fewer and fewer people attended church, we are losing even her, with no replacement in sight.  Will our church survive? 
Ok, that’s all! Talk amongst yourselves…..
Gordon

]]> By: Gordon Craig http://www.metroi4news.com/2009/11/the-whole/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Gordon Craig Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:12:56 +0000 http://www.metroi4news.com/?p=3612#comment-1349 Nice article, Chris.  It reminds me of how I often find myself thinking about such things too.  And the immoral (the expanded extent of the word) and the ever increasing narcicism (sp?) our society follows and engages in.  I think there is a close link between all of this and the manner in which our big business  and financial CEO's and exec's  and self serving  polititians all operate in (an aloof vacuum of greed and self indulgence).  They blow in what ever direction the winds of self preservation and indulgence are blowing, all too often voting in accordance with the lobbyists and special interests group that contribute large amounts of money and gifts to them to gain their loyalty to their cause and their vote/s.  A current example of this is the Healthcare Reform.  Our Indiana senator, Bayh (sp?), a democrat, will not support the Dem's Healthcare reform bill because his wife is a VP or in a high position with a health insurance co. that pays her $130,000/year.  Think she and/or her company doesn't have some influence as to how he votes?  And yet, it blows my mind how so many people (voters) are so blind and/or brainwashed to the GOP conservative mentality.  What's that old saying, "fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me".  Yet the business execs, the GOP, the insurance Co., Pharmeceuticals, etc. use the scare tatics to scare the heck out of the people and they continue to fall for it.  Wake up people!!!!  Pull your heads up out of the sand and look around, and even more importantly, open your minds and THINK.  But we  fail to do that.  That's too hard, causes too much energy.  It's so much easier just to let others do our thinking (and speaking) for us.  So we keep voting in the same long term yahoos that keep voting the same way and maintain the status quo, while the political gridlock only continues to get worse.  I think this current Healthcare Reform Bill is an example of how pathetic our government is.  The GOP will do anything to keep it from passing so Oboma won't have a big success story, and the conservative (Rep.'s) want to support their big business brotheren, and the more liberal Dems want complete socialism, yet 2/3's of the populace wants it, and not to mention, needs it.  Solution?  Tell the people it's going to cost them trillions of dollars, and will be paid for by taxing them and their children into the 25th century.  I'm sure our founding forefathers are turning over in their graves, covering their eyes, in horror with what we've done to our constitution that they created for a better life for all.  Gov't of the people, by the people, and for the people is a bunch of crap these days. It's more of the big business's, by the big business's, and for the big business's through their lobbyists and special interest groups buying the polititians!  In order for any real change to occur, which everyone thought they were getting from Obama, the circle must be broken and new, young, idealistic polititians, who are not obligated or "sold" to anyone, must be voted in to replace them.  But with our brain washed soceity, that'll probably never happen.  And so it goes, reaching far and wide into every juncture of our society, daily lives, church, our work, etc.  Not sure if I'm making myself clear or linking these things all together, but I know that it is happening and getting worse.  Hey, what the heck was your article about again?  lol, I think I've regressed just a tad from that.  But that's my story and I'm sticking to it!!  Ok, I'm done, stepping down from my soap box.  Have a nice day everyone! Gordon Nice article, Chris.  It reminds me of how I often find myself thinking about such things too.  And the immoral (the expanded extent of the word) and the ever increasing narcicism (sp?) our society follows and engages in.  I think there is a close link between all of this and the manner in which our big business  and financial CEO’s and exec’s  and self serving  polititians all operate in (an aloof vacuum of greed and self indulgence).  They blow in what ever direction the winds of self preservation and indulgence are blowing, all too often voting in accordance with the lobbyists and special interests group that contribute large amounts of money and gifts to them to gain their loyalty to their cause and their vote/s.  A current example of this is the Healthcare Reform.  Our Indiana senator, Bayh (sp?), a democrat, will not support the Dem’s Healthcare reform bill because his wife is a VP or in a high position with a health insurance co. that pays her $130,000/year.  Think she and/or her company doesn’t have some influence as to how he votes?  And yet, it blows my mind how so many people (voters) are so blind and/or brainwashed to the GOP conservative mentality.  What’s that old saying, “fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me”.  Yet the business execs, the GOP, the insurance Co., Pharmeceuticals, etc. use the scare tatics to scare the heck out of the people and they continue to fall for it.  Wake up people!!!!  Pull your heads up out of the sand and look around, and even more importantly, open your minds and THINK.  But we  fail to do that.  That’s too hard, causes too much energy.  It’s so much easier just to let others do our thinking (and speaking) for us.  So we keep voting in the same long term yahoos that keep voting the same way and maintain the status quo, while the political gridlock only continues to get worse.  I think this current Healthcare Reform Bill is an example of how pathetic our government is.  The GOP will do anything to keep it from passing so Oboma won’t have a big success story, and the conservative (Rep.’s) want to support their big business brotheren, and the more liberal Dems want complete socialism, yet 2/3′s of the populace wants it, and not to mention, needs it.  Solution?  Tell the people it’s going to cost them trillions of dollars, and will be paid for by taxing them and their children into the 25th century.  I’m sure our founding forefathers are turning over in their graves, covering their eyes, in horror with what we’ve done to our constitution that they created for a better life for all.  Gov’t of the people, by the people, and for the people is a bunch of crap these days. It’s more of the big business’s, by the big business’s, and for the big business’s through their lobbyists and special interest groups buying the polititians!  In order for any real change to occur, which everyone thought they were getting from Obama, the circle must be broken and new, young, idealistic polititians, who are not obligated or “sold” to anyone, must be voted in to replace them.  But with our brain washed soceity, that’ll probably never happen.  And so it goes, reaching far and wide into every juncture of our society, daily lives, church, our work, etc.  Not sure if I’m making myself clear or linking these things all together, but I know that it is happening and getting worse.  Hey, what the heck was your article about again?  lol, I think I’ve regressed just a tad from that.  But that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!  Ok, I’m done, stepping down from my soap box.  Have a nice day everyone!
Gordon

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