Every so often, I'll include a post that is not all (or maybe at all) about sports. Just a reminder of the bigger world that also deserves our attention--even though it can be infinitely more depressing than knowing Kei Igawa is only a an injury, a Ponson failure, or a Rasner melt down away from being back on the Yankee Stadium mound...
-why, at a time when humans are living longer than ever, are we in a hurry to do everything?
-why do we so quickly diagnose senior citizens with "chronic complain-itis" whenever they start a sentence with "i remember when..." or "in the old days..."? maybe it's time we start listening to them...minus the racial, ethnic, and gender bigotry!
-when are people going to learn to separate what's expected of them from what they desire?
-why do we so easily give in to the idea that kids should be in a formal schooling environment from age 5-18?
-why do we assume that if someone is unmarried by age 35, it's not by choice?
-why, in this "age of communication" are we so unable to acheive diplomacy and peace?
-when will we start to realize the social consequences of these new methods of communication: myspace, instant messenger, email, text messaging, and all the others that render face to face contact unecessary and antiquated?
-when did the "american dream" turn into "how can i make the most amount of money with the least amount of work?"
-if we want every kid to become a doctor, lawyer, business person, or any other white-collar profession (and attempt to train them for such a job in school), who's left to fill the blue-collar jobs? oh, right...the vanishing "working/middle class". good thing this country didn't prosper because of it's blue-collar work ethic. walt whitman wrote about doctors and lawers and business people in "i hear america singing" right?
-schools make the mistake of assuming every kid is capable of higher education and a white-collar job. that's no more true than saying every kid is capable of being a professional athlete.
-i find this irony striking: we're attempting to spread democracy and freedom to other parts of the world. shouldn't we establish a democracy before we spread it to other countries?
-when is someone going to "declare peace" instead?
-why aren't hundreds of thousands of americans in washington protesting the most unpopular war since vietnam?
-public transportation riders: take off the ipod, shut off the cell phone and TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. there is no form of entertainment better than people.
-want to find some commonality between humans? want to know what cuts across all religious, racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, and other divides? DEATH. we're all gonna die. how's that for equality? (thank you, william cullen bryant. "it all comes back to 'thanatopsis'".)
-our brain-washing, spin-doctoring media is the third biggest enemy in the world...right behind religion and government.
-couldn't we all use a little more truth and honesty in our lives?
-if we asked before we assumed, our perceptions of reality would be much different.
-why do we so quickly diagnose senior citizens with "chronic complain-itis" whenever they start a sentence with "i remember when..." or "in the old days..."? maybe it's time we start listening to them...minus the racial, ethnic, and gender bigotry!
-when are people going to learn to separate what's expected of them from what they desire?
-why do we so easily give in to the idea that kids should be in a formal schooling environment from age 5-18?
-why do we assume that if someone is unmarried by age 35, it's not by choice?
-why, in this "age of communication" are we so unable to acheive diplomacy and peace?
-when will we start to realize the social consequences of these new methods of communication: myspace, instant messenger, email, text messaging, and all the others that render face to face contact unecessary and antiquated?
-when did the "american dream" turn into "how can i make the most amount of money with the least amount of work?"
-if we want every kid to become a doctor, lawyer, business person, or any other white-collar profession (and attempt to train them for such a job in school), who's left to fill the blue-collar jobs? oh, right...the vanishing "working/middle class". good thing this country didn't prosper because of it's blue-collar work ethic. walt whitman wrote about doctors and lawers and business people in "i hear america singing" right?
-schools make the mistake of assuming every kid is capable of higher education and a white-collar job. that's no more true than saying every kid is capable of being a professional athlete.
-i find this irony striking: we're attempting to spread democracy and freedom to other parts of the world. shouldn't we establish a democracy before we spread it to other countries?
-when is someone going to "declare peace" instead?
-why aren't hundreds of thousands of americans in washington protesting the most unpopular war since vietnam?
-public transportation riders: take off the ipod, shut off the cell phone and TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. there is no form of entertainment better than people.
-want to find some commonality between humans? want to know what cuts across all religious, racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, and other divides? DEATH. we're all gonna die. how's that for equality? (thank you, william cullen bryant. "it all comes back to 'thanatopsis'".)
-our brain-washing, spin-doctoring media is the third biggest enemy in the world...right behind religion and government.
-couldn't we all use a little more truth and honesty in our lives?
-if we asked before we assumed, our perceptions of reality would be much different.
You can get a look at some more non-sports related blogging of mine here: http://silencedogood4279.blogspot.com/
