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It's all about the basic fear

bluesplashy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:58:46 +0000

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It's all about the basic fear of not getting mine - my love, my money, my power, my place - that I "deserve". Or, losing my love, my money, my power, my place (in my society or tribe). And that is so silly when I look it in the face, just stare right at it and think about the energy I could expend on that fear. Not worth it mainly because I have enough - more then enough when I think about people that have less. But what I connected to and recognized was that FEAR and it made me think about what the tea partiers are yelling about. Behind that anger is the same FEAR I had (and will have again I'm sure). I can relate to that. It is the first of a tiny little crack of compassion I have ever felt for those nutcakes but it is a start. Still think they are dead wrong and stupid and all that but I never thought I would begin to even slightly understand them and thinking about your questions got me there. Thank you
PS. I don't know if I am yet willing to get close enough to one to talk to them - might get cooties!

Well, I was hoping she was

stillidealistic — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:55:09 +0000

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Well, I was hoping she was going to give us the big answer!

Seems like the more you try to understand, the more questions you have. But I guess no one ever said evolving was easy.

BTW, check your e-mail, and sit down before you read it...

;-) It is an amazing song,

wendy davis — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:40:03 +0000

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;-)

It is an amazing song, ennit? To get down so low, and then come back up with such intention?

I'll look forward to it. An

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:38:10 +0000

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I'll look forward to it. An ode to tube sox....ha!

Wendy, you said: "Just now

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:36:41 +0000

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Wendy, you said:

"Just now I'm fired with righteous rage, and don't want to stop to enummerate the fears. I'd rather be pissed, and write it out....."

Rage is a great energizer, my friend, as I know from personal experience. Whatever it takes to keep your remarkable research/analysis going works well for all of us.

Thanks for the song.

I'm sorry, Stlounick, that I

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:30:36 +0000

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I'm sorry, Stlounick, that I misplaced my response to Obey as one to you.
I was deeply moved by what you wrote; what you said was compassionate even in the face of a certain fatalism.

My own grandparents were fantastic role models for me. So. How can we become role models for our children and grandchildren in a meaningful way? How can we at least give them the reassurance that we did everything in our power to correct the excesses in our culture for their sakes? (I don't have grandchildren yet, but I keep hoping.)

BlueSplashy -- if you have

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:23:40 +0000

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BlueSplashy -- if you have achieved more sympathy for the nutters, please retrace your thought process so that others of us may find similar compassion or understanding of them. Really.

BobFred2: How might we

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:21:52 +0000

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BobFred2:

How might we change our goals, as a nation, to correct the problems you cite? And, because you appear to be young -- what does your generation want for its future? And what are you willing to do, or do without, to have it? How can we help you achieve that?

AMike -- To question #4, you

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:19:04 +0000

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AMike --
To question #4, you said:
"....various groups in the country are deliberately isolating themselves from one another. The substance of this is dispersion into low density-highly mobile communities with homogeneous populations -- "relovilles" as one of my favorite books has it. We are unwilling to make capital sacrifices for communities where we expect to live only a short time and we if we can avoid "the other" we don't have to know who they are, what they contribute, or what they need from us. The end result is a lot of boredom and addiction to sensationalism as a remedy, and minimal civic engagement....."

I agree, absolutely. This inherent planning flaw will now be exacerbated by all the foreclosures that result from people being laid off, and by the rising cost of gasoline with few suburbs connected to urban centers by public transportation.
Question: from an urban planning point of view, what's the long-term solution? Is it to let the suburbs die as a bad idea? Or to target some of them that are the furthest outliers from a population hub for loss and demolition? Or to build public transport connectors so that people can still live in them without being bankrupted by transportation costs?

To question #5 you said:
"The wrong kind of globalism. Globalism of "stuff"....... I'd like more globalism of people--not forced migrations but free migrations....."
What can we do, as American citizens, to stop the war against immigration, as well as soften the impediments to emigration?

Kali? If those are your

wwstaebler — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:58:59 +0000

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Kali? If those are your fears, may I commend you for the time, effort and passion you devote to your blogs? Because it takes a person of courage and commitment to continue to participate, to look for and recommend courses of corrective action, if he or she really believes that all is already lost.