free communication

 

My answers are only for myself, and I am fairly powerless. What I can do is think, speak, interact, ask questions, look for better methods, look for the people "who are getting it done" and see if we can become a people instead of a bunch of mobs. What I don't have to do is depend on private groups with their own agenda to do my job as a citizen. We, if we are a democracy, are meant to do the work, do the educating, find and develop people with the skills and will to be real representatives with the interests of each and all of us in mind and heart.

What about you? What will you do? 

I am about ready to dive inward and forget about the rest of you. 

I kind of get Florida -- I mean after all these years of

Florida Man degradation -- but what is WRONG with

Texas?

Why do the bullies win?

Because they are happy to be violent.

We need to figure out how to prevail

while remaining ourselves.

Christian in Name Only -- CHINO

Maybe it can start with conversations

among our friends, our neighbors,

the people we live among, about what

we can and are willing to do, and for

what vision or plan.  Maybe we can

figure out among ourselves how we want

to be governed, and by who.

For the IDF, the killing of 

Palistinian women and childre is the

feature, not the flaw.  But they can't

too obviously admit that because

it is so clearly genocide.

I hate you

You hate us

We cut with words, ridicule,

demean

Is this how we resolve real issues,

experiential differences?

Is layer on layer of enmity a path

to friendly understanding, empathy,

finding common needs to explore

togetherr how to meet?

We demand our free expression.

But what about free exchange --

the freedom to listen attentively

accommodate a wider view.

Condemnation to point out bad

behavior is fine, desirable

But once those issues are clear,

condemnation becomes a distraction

from finding how to inculcate best

practices.

What is Conservative about understanding

the purpose of power to be telling others

what they may or may not do?  It does

seem more Progressive to understand the

purpose of power to be getting worthwhile

projects done.

I don't know where to start.

I had no idea you were a Putin stooge,

probably there is nothing I can say

if you are that twisted.

A god experiencing an ordinary life

in human disguise.

Exhilaration, I know your heart,

your music

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