tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post3859183042698039567..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: All we have to do now is take these lies and make them true somehow…Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-3713035843410523902008-01-07T09:02:00.000-06:002008-01-07T09:02:00.000-06:00YES YES YES!!!!We have been conditioned thanks to ...YES YES YES!!!!<BR/><BR/>We have been conditioned thanks to the 'christain right' to believe that if X gets elected y+z+t will equal the end of the known universe. <BR/><BR/>I for one am sick of the fear mongering..and it seems that a lot of other people are as well. <BR/><BR/>Of course you put it so eloquently!AOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664333737875522229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-13328334276980298322008-01-07T04:53:00.000-06:002008-01-07T04:53:00.000-06:00Damn! That was one of your better ones. Not that...Damn! That was one of your better ones. Not that they aren't all truly profound... From another who spent too many years waiting for some unknown something to come along before doing anything and still struggling with fear of failure. Thank you for that.Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032956305712294125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-87168699784499909392008-01-07T01:09:00.000-06:002008-01-07T01:09:00.000-06:00That is a brave and beautiful thought. Thank you, ...That is a brave and beautiful thought. Thank you, ABB.Ancrene Wiseasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02075637582360688845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-66849937584173981762008-01-06T19:53:00.000-06:002008-01-06T19:53:00.000-06:00I'm sure my attitude was defined by my working cla...I'm sure my attitude was defined by my working class background...My parents knew that the world is a dangerous place to be without money...don't take risks, keep your head down. But, child of the sixties, I rebelled!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-52172493962600595602008-01-06T00:34:00.000-06:002008-01-06T00:34:00.000-06:00This is hard for me. I was raised in a family tha...This is hard for me. I was raised in a family that taught me that I was entitled...um, equal to or better than everyone else. There's very little doubt in my genes and my kin placed that there. So, yes, it's very hard for me to reconcile that not everyone was raised that way, did not have that background. <BR/><BR/>One of the various sayings I grew up with was, "How can you succeed if you don't try?" Indeed and I exhort everyone to try. I write letters to my representatives, volunteer for various organizations and strive...This is not a nation of cowards, you're right on that. I just wonder what happened these past few decades where trying became tantamount to possibly failing.faboo mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672381991213375002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-50939402310973662132008-01-05T22:41:00.000-06:002008-01-05T22:41:00.000-06:00This post reminded me of the words of Duke Elling...This post reminded me of the <A HREF="http://www.medaloffreedom.com/DukeEllington.htm" REL="nofollow">words of Duke Ellington</A>:<BR/><BR/>"...We would like very much to mention the four major freedoms that my friend and writing-and-arranging composer, Billy Strayhorn, lived by and enjoyed.<BR/><BR/>That was freedom from hate, unconditionally; freedom from self-pity; freedom from fear of possibly doing something that may help someone else more than it would him; and freedom from the kind of pride that could make a man feel that he is better than his brother."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-680926494725624872008-01-05T20:11:00.000-06:002008-01-05T20:11:00.000-06:00It is hard for our parents who didn't feel free an...It is hard for our parents who didn't feel free and most of whom weren't raised to feel free or entitled to rear us to live and be free.<BR/><BR/>We have to take charge and step out despite the fears, cautions, etc., that they have wisely and unwisely given us.<BR/><BR/>Blogging is one way of doing that.<BR/>Breaking out of the boxes and labels that are used to define us is another way.Good and plentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561494767036818836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-11606030541943187782008-01-05T18:59:00.000-06:002008-01-05T18:59:00.000-06:00Nothing in life, including life itself, is guarent...Nothing in life, including life itself, is guarenteed. We could lose it all. If we wish to be free we have to recognize that and go on. Do what we can to be safe, but refuse to hide from the fresh air and the sunshine just because one day we could get a tornado.Maya's Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183715043200608144noreply@blogger.com