The symbolic often carries more weight than the actual.
I am grateful for the opportunity to take Philosophy courses and read
Heinlein.
I don't always remember to practice what I've learned, but am happy to
know that
even if the front of the house I see might be Yellowish ferrous
brick
the side might be Salmon colored bricks, and
the back Cedar siding.
Thanks to folks like Al and Karen who help me read between the lines and
anticipate the dangers beneath the surface of our local icebergs.
And thanks to Wilma, whose memories reveal the real.
Thanks also to someone who sent me a forward that made me LOL, and speaks
to problems with perception.
If you don't read me, or don't read forwards, you might miss something
that might brighten and enlighten your day.
:-)
Begin forwarded message:
I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to
exchange, so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank.
Short line.
Just one guy in front of me . . . an Asian guy who was
trying to exchange yen for dollars and he was a little irritated . ..
He asked the teller, "Why it change?? Yestoday, I get
two hunat dolla fo yen. Today I get hunat eighty?? Why it change?"
The teller shrugged his shoulders and said,
"Fluctuations".
The Asian guy says, "Fluc you white people, too!"
Best!
Liz
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:46:07 -0400 KAREN ALLEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Whether Penn, UCD or some combination charges the City no rent, market
rent, subsidized rent, or whatever, that doesn't give UCD the right to
assert authority, whether actual or symbolic, over the personnel and
functions of the Philadelphia Police Department. One is a non-profit
organization, the other is a branch of municipal government. To take
this chain of logic to its conclusion is to state or suggest state that
the independence of a branch of municipal government can be redirected to
a private entity merely by providing free or subsidized rent.
