"A Gift from Long Ago" an editorial

Beach Fanatic

Nov 24, '10 · 7:22 AM328

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/opinion/23herbert.html?src=me&ref=general

You can say whatever you?d like about the Kennedy era and the ?60s in general, but there was great energy in the population then, and a willingness to reach beyond one?s self.

this sums up nicely how I feel about the politics in our country right now. I am proud to be a child of the 60s...proud to have experienced the excitement of the race to the moon and the adventure of the Peace Corps generation.

I feel sad to know that my grandchildren have never lived when this country was not at war; that my son has had to face the horrors of a conflict that never should have been; and that right now, they do not know the wonder of a country coming together to achieve something as dramatic as the Saturn project which their grandfather was an integral part of...

In spite of that, I have faith in the American will. I have to believe that somehow we will find our way out of this morass of greed and unabashed neglect of our common good...and together get back on a track of reaching for the stars without trampling over each other to get there. I have to believe that for the children.

Edited Nov 24, '10 · 7:30 AM

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SoWal Expert

Nov 24, '10 · 7:44 AM#2

I like the phrase in the excerpt- "the willingness to reach beyond one's self".

Beach FanaticAuthor

Nov 24, '10 · 8:00 AM#3

Missouri town turns out to keep Phelps clan away from soldier?s funeral | McClatchy

By 9 a.m., an hour before the funeral of Army Cpl. Jacob R. Carver, an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people, many of them waving American flags, lined nearly a half-mile of the street in front of the church, making sure Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church/family congregation were crowded out, peacefully kept far from shouting distance of the funeral.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/24/104224/missouri-town-turns-out-to-keep.html#ixzz16CylJ7OC

...it's stories such as this that keep me believing in the American spirit of decency.

Edited Nov 24, '10 · 8:01 AM

margarita brocolia

Nov 24, '10 · 12:43 PM#4

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Interesting piece regarding whether or not there is a true desire to do what is right for the country or play politics with the # one aim of making Obama a one-term president. If this path continues to be followed, I hope there is a good way to expose it to the greater public.

Unemployment: Get used to it
By Laura Conaway (newsvine.com) - Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:06 AM EST
The Federal Reserve predicts the jobless rate will stay above 9 percent for all of next year and above 8 percent for 2012. That's bad news in general for Americans, and maybe very bad news for one President Barack Obama. Ezra Klein suggests unemployment rate might be the only number that really matters.

Americans appear to favor government spending to stimulate job growth. Republican lawmakers, not so much -- and why should they? If you want to make President Obama a one-termer, as incoming House Speaker John Boehner certainly does, keep more people out of work.

And don't expect much help from the GOP while you sweat this one out. Republicans in the House have signaled that they're fine with denying an extension of unemployment benefits. "So happy I get to donate my unemployment compensation toward deficit reduction for the government on 12/4/10," writes @jae. "Thanks John."

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