Well said. On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think the mind-boggling is more nuanced: > > (1.) The awesome thing about America that 2008 proved is that anyone can > be President. We don't discriminate for race or gender. > > (2.) The horrific thing about America is that we've proven to fear one > thing over all others: inconvenience. Americans just seem to be unwilling > to compromise on current-self even if it's better for future self. And > we've become deluded into thinking each one us has the right answers to the > exclusion of all other points of view. > > (3.) Our aspirational leaders have created an unsustainable management > system based on this core dysfunction. When faced with our own collective > failures we become even MORE exclusive, rather than inclusive of other > viewpoints and opinions. > > Right now we're like the flight crew that pulled back the yoke, stalled > the airplane, is plummeting towards the ground, but keeps pulling more into > the stall. > > If we don't come to terms with the fact that individually we have the > wrong answers but collectively we have the right ones, we're gonna eat high > speed dirt. > > > > On Dec 11, 2011, at 3:41 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I find it mind boggling that any of these men could be the next US > > President. Truly boggling and frightening. > > > > I understand the latest extreme statement was him calling the > Palestinians > > an "invented" people. I suppose this was to win him the Jewish vote. > > > > On 10 December 2011 13:57, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Looks like he is surging in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Romney > >> and Ron Paul are tied but well behind. > >> > >> > >> > http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/12/06/143195478/gingrich-talkes-lead-in-new-iowa-poll > >> > >> Gingrich still faces a bunch of questions about leadership style, the > >> number of marriages under his belt, etc., but clearly he has the upper > hand > >> now. If he slides, will Paul be able to take the lead, or is he always > the > >> dark horse and Romney wins the nomination if Gingrich doesn't. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
