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October 11, 2006
Divided We Fall - Reprise
For united we stand, divided we fall
And if our backs should ever be against the wall
We'll be together, together, you and I
~Brotherhood of Man
Religion, ethnicity, politics, sports teams, property, clans, socioeconmics, and countless other aspects of modern life serve to divide people. We are a culture embroiled in competition and rivalry and are programmed to pick a side from the earliest childhood games. Because of this universal fixation with “winning” and “being right,” it is natural that when people are most frightened by diminishing control of their environment, they seek divisive conflict to gain some superficial comfort.
By making our fellow citizens adversaries, we are playing right into the hands of the callous conquerors, who would like nothing more than for us to continue to scuffle over “red states” and “blue states,” rehash the 2000 and 2004 elections ad nauseum, and focus our attention on the minutiae of differences between the “parties” and philosophies while they add fuel to the bonfires of the pep rallies and beat the drums of war.
Why can’t we, instead, agree to disagree about certain issues and find common ground that will connect us in our desire to protect our nation from the constant barrage of injustices, violations, and rampant lies that are leading to the disintegration of these “United” States? There are many important issues at stake here with which we can concur such as:
- Protecting and defending the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
- Demanding accountability from our elected officials that includes fiscal, moral, legal and ethical responsibilities that they have sworn to protect and serve.
- Leaving our children and grandchildren clean air and water, a sound education system, and opportunities to be whatever they want to be.
- Questioning the practices of banks, businesses, government bodies and organizations that are siphoning and squandering our resources and wealth, and creating the greatest class divisions in our nation’s history.
- Boycotting an ineffective Press and its sponsors for disseminating vast distortions, disinformation, outright lies that serve to spread racism, sexism, chauvinism, intolerance and fear.
Their “Agenda” is to divide and conquer simultaneously at home and abroad, and they are doing a bang-up job of it with our permission, if not our blessing. We must resist this by changing our focus from the inconsequential differences between us to the greater perils of this insidious strategy. What once seemed a vital concern will soon become utterly irrelevant once we are all prisoners. There is only one hill worth dying on, and that’s the one on which we defend our freedoms.
Reminder: Throw the bums out - it's one month until election day!
Comments
Amen!
Posted by: vero | October 11, 2006 11:04 PM
Cracking piece of writing up there, Loretta.
No more needs to be said.
Good morning!
Posted by: Mgt | October 12, 2006 03:53 AM
Scott Peterson was beaten to a pulp? Good!
I'm really glad they didn't kill him. That would have released him from his suffering. We already know that he is a coward and this will certainly make the rest of his stay a living hell....just what I wanted for him.
Surely, the guards must have let this happen?!
Posted by: Mgt | October 12, 2006 04:51 AM
According to the article, sketchy at best, he was handcuffed at the time.
Posted by: vero | October 12, 2006 10:17 AM
Now he knows what it feels like to be attacked when you are defenceless!
Posted by: Mgt | October 12, 2006 11:07 AM
Re the entry:
We are so easily distracted by secondary issues, especially as they are bleated in every sort of media, that these laws get passed when we were not looking.
They offered Foley up as a sacrificial red herring while the torture bill came up before the senate? Did it pass? If so, it did it quietly.
Posted by: vero | October 12, 2006 12:00 PM
Keep your eyes on Stage Left.
We've got so many distractions around us at any given moment.
E. coli found in Spinach.
Don't eat the lettuce, or drink the carrot juice!
The Foley Scandal.
School Shootings.
Dr. Phil House.
Bradjelina!
Gunman kills 7 at Iraqi TV Station.
Jessica Simpson's newest boyfriend. Film at 11.
Posted by: Comfort Zone | October 12, 2006 04:03 PM
Hello Loretta! I am SO glad you're back! I missed my daily observations of a Misfit for several months, and decided today to see if you were back! I am happy to once again read your observations and the comments from others.
Pam
Posted by: Pamela | October 12, 2006 06:22 PM
Nice to see you Pamela!
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 12:39 AM
Good morning!
Another sunny day in Glasgow. Would you believe it..!?
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 07:44 AM
Enjoy, Mgt! Won't be too many more of them!
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 08:47 AM
What's all this I hear about a shortage of flu vaccine, due to "problems" with shipments?
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 09:21 AM
Perhaps, something else to get your eye off the ball?
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 09:29 AM
Good morning!
Has everyone had their coffee?
'Geragos Hopes Baby Murder Charges Will Be Dismissed'
There's even a slide show!
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/10045016/detail.html
Posted by: Tranquillity | October 13, 2006 09:53 AM
Well, he can hope all he wants to!
To just go out and bury a stillborn baby, as she claims happened the first time, is outrageous, and that her claim was not investigated is more so.
Having got away with it once, she became careless the second time.
There is no excuse for what she did. There are adoptive parents lined up for babies. Ashcraft's child deserved a chance at a life, even if she was unable or unwilling to provide it.
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 10:17 AM
I couldn't agree more, Vero.
It will be interesting to see how Geragos will spin this one.
Posted by: Tranquillity | October 13, 2006 10:25 AM
For a while there, it looked as if he was going to try and say it wasn't her baby; that she was not pregnant. I guess he hadn't read the discovery about the DNA.
Let's see:
Somebody came in the window, with Spidey web, and snatched her newborn, which she birthed at home with no attendants, and put it in a box by the trash dumpster.
The homeless guy who found the body killed the baby because it's crying annoyed him.
She was held prisoner by satanists who sacrificed her baby.
14 people saw her walking in the park when the police say she was giving birth.
Did she have a dog?
I must say that I think theat restricting her from being in the presence of children under 16 is a bit excessive, and misses the point. She is/was a danger to her own children, not other people's.
Did she never hear of birth control?
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 11:12 AM
The man is a victims advocate. I'm tellin' ya! LOL.
He cannot be this flawed!
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 11:27 AM
Well, we know more than one person who claims to be a "victim's advocate," but Geragreedy is in it for the money, and another can't point to a single victim for whom she has advocated.
It kind of gives the phrase a bad rep, doesn't it?
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 11:30 AM
I wish I had though a bit before writing that, Vero. The particular "victim's advocate", to which you refer, is now claiming to be one. LOL
GeraCost should join Steve Miller Band, "Take the Money and Run" (I think I got that one right?)
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 11:43 AM
Um, claiming to be a victim, that is.
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 11:44 AM
Ciao, everyone. See you 23rd!
Posted by: Mgt | October 13, 2006 11:49 AM
Have a good weekend, Mgt!
Posted by: Tranquillity | October 13, 2006 11:50 AM
"In this case, the evidence was clear at the preliminary hearing that she had no responsibility," Geragos said. "There was nothing that was done that could be considered an intentional act."
Ashcraft has been accused of concealing her pregnancy, giving birth to a live baby boy and then dumping him in a trash bin beneath her apartment. The baby was later found dead by a homeless person.
Can someone explain this spin?
Posted by: Tranquillity | October 13, 2006 11:58 AM
Rep. Ney pleads guilty in lobbying scandal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15249272/
Posted by: Tranquillity | October 13, 2006 12:19 PM
Deny, deny, deny, until you are caught red-handed!
I loathe the cynicism in politics.
Posted by: vero | October 13, 2006 12:43 PM
Friday the 13th is here, and it's no ordinary Friday the 13th!
To see why, let's add up the digits of today's date:
October 13, 2006 = 10/13/2006
1+0 + 1+3 + 2+0+0+6 = 13!
Very fortuitous for those of us lucky to be born on one.
Posted by: loretta | October 13, 2006 06:36 PM
Anybody hear from GBOO lately?
Posted by: Captain Joe | October 13, 2006 11:41 PM
Ben Fawley recently had an arm broken by a prison guard.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 13, 2006 11:44 PM
Cap'n, no, we haven't. I know she's been having some health issues, as has her sister, so we're trying not to worry.
Posted by: vero | October 14, 2006 02:42 AM
Morning everyone. I see in todays news that the SS has gone after a 14yo high school girl for threatening the president on her MySpace account. Loretta, you were right...it begins.
Posted by: TheVillageWench | October 14, 2006 12:15 PM