-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Quote Of The Day
June 27th, 2012
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Problem Is STILL Demand, ctd...
August 4th, 2011
We need a new WPA. It really is quite simple. Yet, the whole of legislative government seems willfully dismissive. Richard D. Wolff adds his voice to those pleading for a little common sense and takes aim at both parties:
"Neither party dares to return taxes on corporations and the rich to what they were. Neither party dares to advocate that government hire the unemployed to rebuild the US, to spend their government-job wages on maintaining their mortgages (reviving the housing industry) and thereby stimulate the whole economy from the bottom up. Above all, neither party dares admit that so long as production remains in the hands of tiny groups of rich shareholders and boards of directors, they will keep looting the system."
We need a new WPA. It really is quite simple. Yet, the whole of legislative government seems willfully dismissive. Richard D. Wolff adds his voice to those pleading for a little common sense and takes aim at both parties:
"Neither party dares to return taxes on corporations and the rich to what they were. Neither party dares to advocate that government hire the unemployed to rebuild the US, to spend their government-job wages on maintaining their mortgages (reviving the housing industry) and thereby stimulate the whole economy from the bottom up. Above all, neither party dares admit that so long as production remains in the hands of tiny groups of rich shareholders and boards of directors, they will keep looting the system."
The country we were all born into, with its vibrant middle class, is effectively in limbo and the prospects for an American 21st Century are increasingly slim. The fact that this is all avoidable renders the current situation tragic in the literal sense of the word.
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Words That Help Define US
Jan 14th, 2011
To be fair, there were many important moments this week. There were statements of hope and those of genuine solemnity. There was, on full display to the American people, great decency.
There were, to put it politely, other instances too. As we leave events of the last seven days behind us, we would be wise to remember that the most important people are still the dead and wounded in Arizona. However, as the rest of us gradually return to normalcy, there will be two statements from America's current and would-be leaders that will have a lasting impact. There was Sarah Palin's. And then there was the good and decent and positive one. Here is the latter in it's entirety. The full prepared text of President Oabam's speech follows the video.
There were, to put it politely, other instances too. As we leave events of the last seven days behind us, we would be wise to remember that the most important people are still the dead and wounded in Arizona. However, as the rest of us gradually return to normalcy, there will be two statements from America's current and would-be leaders that will have a lasting impact. There was Sarah Palin's. And then there was the good and decent and positive one. Here is the latter in it's entirety. The full prepared text of President Oabam's speech follows the video.
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