I've been wanting to reply to this, but I don't think I can edit my thoughts down far enough to make for good reading. There's just too much in my head to put here. In a nutshell... Since GW Bush became president, and since I've spent years of my life travelling the world, I've found myself more and more disgusted with my own country, and much more in the past 2 years. I just can't align myself with many of the things that we Americans do and value, like ultra consumerism, behaving like an empire that thinks our 200 year old democracy is better then 4000 year old cultures, our ability to kill the planet rather then make changes because it will hurt the economy, and the amazing divide between the ultra rich and the vast majority of people like me that make a decent wage and are happy with it. Honestly, I can't live my life with the desire to live in a McMansion, drive a $100,000 car that does the same thing my VW Beetle does, or buy into the disposable nature of our culture. Everything we build now is designed to be obselete and quickly replaceable. I'm only going to be here for perhaps 80 years, and I can't take what I've acquired with me when it's over, so I cherish the things and people in my life whlle i'm living it, without becoming bogged down with the desire for more. I've also been dealing lately with my own personal stuggle with a serious dental problem, and it sickens me that our country doesn't put a priority on the simplicity of being healthy rather then spend millions of dollars every month to fight a war that was completely unneeded. And GW doesn't want to take care of childrens health, despite the fact that a vast majority of us tax payers would want to see that become reality. We have really lost our way in America, and I wonder if we will ever recover from our own arrogance and excesses.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "2fine4u" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's the problem with journalists, when they get TOO close, to those > they are supposed to investigate! You've lost me to Gwen Ifill > forever! To look at Gwen, right off, you'd say, oh, an > African-American! Wrong! She's from the Caribbean and not African > American in the truest sense! Just as all whites aren't from England, > the same goes for Blacks, as was the case with Colin Powell, whose > parentage is also from the West Indies. Things just aren't what they > seem. In the fight for civil rights, Gwen and Colin were absent on > the picket lines, but take advantage of any gains American Blacks have > achieved. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John > <jerseyshorejohn@> wrote: > > > > Except for Gwen "My Dinners with Condi" Ifill. > > > > "AMY GOODMAN: You also write about Gwen Ifill and Condoleezza Rice. > > ERIC BOEHLERT: Right, they are good friends. Condoleezza Rice said at > > a function, talked about how they'd had dinner together, and Gwen > > Ifill was such a great cook, and this was right at the time when > > Condoleezza Rice was in -- got in trouble for not being up to speed, > > not reading an entire N.I.E. report. This was the whole Joe Wilson, > > aluminum tubes from Africa, and her explanation at the time was, > > `well, I didn't read the whole report,' but within weeks she had told > > Gwen Ifill two completely different explanations. But Gwen Ifill > > didn't ask her the obvious follow-up question: `Did you read the > > report or did you not?' And again, the fact that they're buddies and > > have a close social friendship, maybe it explains it. I don't know > > what else explains the sort of timidity that we've seen." > > > > http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/07/1420203 > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 2, 2007, at 4:30 PM, MarioAPNJ@ wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 11/2/2007 1:38:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > > traderdube@ writes: > > > Is anybody else sick to death of the complete and utter bullshit being > > > heaped upon America this election season? > > > > > > THIS election season? Since 24/7 cable news lured people from > > > newspapers, all election seasons are hellish. Tabloid TV. Gotcha > > > gobbledygook. > > > > > > Breathless (Wolfe) Blitzer and his clones turn everything into a > > > crisis. And the season is now interminable, 365 days of every year. > > > > > > Remember when there were only 2 or 3 debates? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My vote for sane TV reporting: PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
