Dude! Will you stop it already with the ice cream analogies? Not only are you making me feel guilty about my own midnight ice cream habit, you've got the words to Spoonful running through my head. Not only that, but in the original song Willie Dixon sings about his "forty-five", whatever that is, although it sounds like a violent metaphor to me. Eric Clapton sings "your forty-five" which doesn't make any sense, and the Allman brothers version says "fortifies" which must be a mondegreen.
Willie Dixon: It could be a spoonful of water To save you from the desert sand But one spoon of love from my forty-five Will save you from another man Men lie about that spoonful Some cry about that spoonful Some die about that spoonful Everybody fight about a spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful That spoon, that spoon, that spoonful Eric Clapton: Could fill spoons full of water, Save them from the desert sands. But a little spoon of your forty-five Saved you from another man. Allman Brothers: Could be a spoonful of water Searching from the desert sand But just a spoon of that fortifies Saved you from another man On 5/14/07, KAREN ALLEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I still don't think you understand, which is why we need leadership who >does. I don't think there's any disagreement between us that leadership is needed to deal with these issues. I think our only disagreement on that score is who the best leader would be. >In the end, I think we want the same things. Absolutely. But my point is that a problem of this magnitude has to be fought from both ends. It can't only be a "leader" doing what amounts to throwing money at the problem and telling people what they want to hear. Because unless self destructive behavior is recognized and changed internally, nothing anyone does externally is going to make a whit of difference. To use my ice cream analogy, the leader could open up all of the Fit Gyms and Bally's Total Fitnesses he or she wanted, but as long as I'm continuing my nightly ice cream binges while simultaneously telling myself that it's Ben and Jerry's fault that I'm overweight and that going to the gym is "acting white", guess what? A real leader would say: "I'm going to do my part and open up the gyms. You're going to have to do your part and put down that spoon and go to the gym". Whether I wanted to hear it or not. Karen >From: "S. Sharrieff Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "S. Sharrieff Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Margie Politzer'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'University City >listserv'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [UC] The future of our City is in Jeopardy >Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:04:27 -0400 > >> >S > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Margie Politzer >Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:49 AM >To: University City listserv >Subject: Re: [UC] The future of our City is in Jeopardy > > >> From: "S. Sharrieff Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "'KAREN ALLEN'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]> > >> Subject: RE: [UC] The future of our City is in Jeopardy > >> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:06:25 -0400 > >> > >> Karen, you obviously don't understand the environmental > >> and economic influences on the poor, no matter what race. > >> Many people are trapped in a very warped reality. > >> S > > > > Sharrieff, > > Please don't talk down to me. > > > > I understand why those things exist. But understanding why these >problems > > exist is not the same thing as turning a blind eye to them, making >excuses > > for them, or criticising the people who point them out. > > > > I understand that if I eat a tub of ice cream before bed every night, >I'm > > going to be overweight. But until I confront the issue and choose to >stop > > doing that, no "understanding" or any other excuse in the world is >going to > > make me one ounce lighter. > > > > I repeat, Nothing Is Ever Going To Change as long as self destructive > > attitudes prevail, however or wherever they originated from. And >until > > those ideas are challenged, not coddled or "understood", they will >continue > > to prevail. > > > > Karen > > > >Well said Karen! > >Margie > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > > > >---- >You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the >list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see ><http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
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