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Comment on HOME OF THE FREE- LAND OF THE COWARD?

2010-01-30T19:18:15Z

I love this blog! Thank You!

Comment on Bear Roar Where Is the Man I Voted For?

2010-01-13T15:11:35Z

Leslie, I can see how you and others could be discouraged. Try to keep in mind that Obama saved our economy from the brink of collapse, and that had to be a priority. Corruption and government will always go hand-in-hand. It is more a matter of degrees. Were votes bought or bartered for Health Care? Sure, but that is how it works. What comes to my mind is the greater good. I find it appalling that millions in this country do not have any form of health care. What we get may not be exactly what we want, but it will be a start.

Comment on Bear Roar Where Is the Man I Voted For?

2009-12-22T15:07:32Z

Thanks Damien . We seem always to see things pretty much the same way. I agree the present system is headed towards destruction. People can't seem to grasp that America is no longer a democracy. If we could restore democracy-I'm not sure at this point it would help.

Sometimes revolution is the most patriotic action.

Peace my friend,

leslie

Comment on DOWN MEXICO WAY

2009-12-22T01:25:45Z

Good post! I have a friend who - quite correctly in my view - classified mainstream Americans as (more or less) chicken-shit mice with their heads stuck in the sands. He provided a very good historical context in which he said this. Willful ignorance of history does a lot to engender such an inbred world view, and that applies here, to the issue of Mexico. It is in fact OUR problem as well. In addition to what you've lucidly and eloquently stated here, it is our problem also because regular Mexican citizens are just people who want to live their lives in peace - do we not have any empathy at all? Sadly, the older I get and the more I observe, this empathy for fellow humans is in danger of becoming extinct.

So those of us who have a clue that the other bipeds we see and hear about have actual feelings have to continue to speak!

Comment on Bear Roar Where Is the Man I Voted For?

2009-12-21T18:13:25Z

Great post! I didn't vote for Obama - in fact, I didn't vote. I just KNEW we'd get MOTS (More Of The Same), although I really wanted to be wrong. I'm not sure the current system can ever be fixed. It may all have to come down and people need to start relying on smaller communities instead of Big Brother. Ideally, that would mean we could all visit the very learned and competent village doctor who is equipped to handle serious stuff like MS and COPD despite being the "village" doctor.

Comment on BEAR ALERTS

2009-12-17T22:41:35Z

It ain't no thang! You keep on doing your funky thang, sista.

Comment on BEAR ALERTS

2009-12-17T22:29:45Z

Always knew we were 2 of a kind Damien . My abuse came in childhood-but shaped who I am and who I am becoming. Thanks so much for visiting my blog, mate.

your friend,

leslie

Comment on BEAR ALERTS

2009-12-17T17:35:20Z

I'm the same way with my disability, as well as the "bad" stuff that has happened to me. If I weren't deaf, on social security disability, abused by my ex spouse, and subsequently abused by "the system", I'm afraid to think about how ignorant I might be today. All these things are part of my path and I will use them to my advantage as life lessons, as well as try to share what I've learned with the rest of my species.

"Why me?" is always best answered with "why NOT me?".

Comment on BEAR ALERTS

2009-12-10T21:46:57Z

Thank you René. It is true that impatience is a plague on society. But most people have been trained to be that way. Propaganda broadcast to us 24/7. Vaccines, artificial sweeteners, fluoride, all chemicals designed to dumb us down. Perhaps my dis-eases have helped protect me from being dumbed down- if so I am forever glad.

peace,

leslie

Comment on BEAR ALERTS

2009-12-10T21:41:27Z

Thank you so much for your comments. I do need to clear one thing up- I'm not angry about my health. It is what it is. I get by pretty darn well, and as tired and clichéd as it may sound - I truly am a better person than I was before all of this. I could be much worse- I could be living somewhere bombs are a daily part of existence, I could be a starving little child, I could be a victim of human trafficking.

Being Buddhist I believe these things were part of my path and I know that they have enriched me, removed blinders to what is really important life.

I do however get upset with folks that can not think beyond their own self. They have an illness that is much worse than any of mine.

I appreciate your anger- let's turn it into action and change the status quo.

leslie