Comments on: Dodd’s Despair Matches My Own!

By: David G

David G — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:44:52 +0000

Denise, the thinking person must be pragmatic and flexible, must put survival ahead of trying to change things that perhaps, because of human nature, are difficult, perhaps even impossible, to change.

I’ve been battling against the status quo for years. To do so requires periods of self-rejuvenation.

Grace, we each have to take responsibility for ourselves, try to survive as best we can while doing what we can to improve our world. Being black or white about things is a recipe for failure!

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:01:31 +0000

I agree with Denise, David. Your response was outside the box and refreshing. I hadn’t responded becasue I found myself meditating on the words. I left it up on my page all day so I could reflect on it. Thanks for the affirmation that it’s ok to live the dream. I beleve that one person can Be a revolution and inspire others. It is small scale change, but it can evolve into something bigger. Especially if everyone is living their dreams… At least it might free up a few more people after seeing it modeled.

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:37:17 +0000

I appreciate, David, how you are willing to say, “…it might be better for us to live our dream, one we construct for ourselves, rather than to try to change the world.” – even though it contradicts your statement on DC’s header. A refreshing change from black and white, “rational” discourse – which usually ignores the complexities and contradictions of the real world.

Bravo!

By: David G

David G — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:52:13 +0000

Grace, it might be better for us to live our dream, one we construct for ourselves, rather than to try to change the world.

History shows us that even if we managed to get rid of all the corrupt, evil people in the world, immediately another group of them would quickly grab the reins of power.

Sometimes, accepting and living with the harsh reality of the world and human beings is the most difficult thing we have to do!

By: David G

David G — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:46:39 +0000

Morocco, I have been blogging for many years. If I thought there was no hope of making the world a better place I wouldn’t bother. But, in common with most people, while I manage to be upbeat and hopeful much of the time (and, on occasions, even manage to inject a bit of humour into DC) there are times when the world’s problems seems so big, the forces of Evil so massive, that I feel daunted, even crushed by them.

This is quite normal for thinking humans, especially those who, foolishly perhaps, involve themselves in the affairs of the world. I blog to try to make sense of a senseless world and to communicate and work with others who want change!

How to achieve the change is the difficult, frustrating question.

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:18 +0000

As a person with a young kid, I cannot give into despair – even if I may sense doom, like trouble at the edge of town. Of course the trouble we speak of is nuclear annhilation! I spent my youth, waiting to get nuked. When I was 18, i could’t get out of bed. Reagan had his finger on the button and was talking shit everyday. Having survived that!, I had to make a decision to live and act as if things will continue, somehow, someway.

My son comes out with ideas like: putting platinum in smokestacks to decrease pollution escaping from smokestacks. Things like that – give me some hope.

If I could start a school, I would. I think it is great to have a dream like that and to work to make it reality.

There are my two bits. Oh, and I feel like I have death hanging on my back – in the form of a tumor that no surgeon will remove. So, I have to overcome within myself a looming sense of doom. We are all going to die anyway. We might as well try to live our dreams. Peace.

By: Morocco Bama

Morocco Bama — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:45:16 +0000

Morocco, while I find your urgings to give up on ‘actors’ and embrace principles, values and ideals interesting, in a greed-driven world where PVIs are in very short supply, how are they to be instilled into the hedonistic, ‘put-me-first’ population?

That’s an excellent question, David, and one to which I don’t have an answer. All I can say is let’s build it and see if they come. I’m addressing the individuals who appear to see some light and therefore are dissenters, or potential dissenters. In order for dissent to be even remotely effective, the dissenters have to be on the same page….or at least the same book.

While I accept that your idea about the Montessori School is a good start, its impact will be very small and very slow and the world is moving quickly towards extinction (nuclear war, climate change, over population, etc).

When I first introduced my intentions in regards to the school, I acknowledged what you have written above, David, but we still feel compelled to do something, and this is the most effective strategy considering the options. We prefer not to fly a plane into an IRS building, shoot our coworkers, shoot Pentagon security officers, assassinate a puppet president, immolate ourselves in protest, or gather in a free speech zone and sing Kumbaya.

So, laugh at us, if you will, but at least we’re not Feeding The Beast.

I will ask you this, though, David. If you feel as you do, then why did you bother undergoing the agony of Chemotherapy to eradicate your cancer? Seriously, if you feel the situation is as hopeless as your reply to my positive intentions indicates, then why attempt to survive only to perish in a destined nuclear conflagration?

I understand misanthropy….really, I do. I’m a cynic, and any cynic worth their weight has undertones and overtones of misanthropy….but the cynic is hopeful at heart and really doesn’t hate life or humanity…..we just are dismayed at watching wasted, misdirected potential. Plus, wouldn’t life be rather dull without all this Dangerous Creation? What would you blog about? Try not to be an Archibald Beechcroft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXx9HjnuCeQ

By: David G

David G — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:07:18 +0000

Jeannie, the system is geared towards the rich getting richer. They wouldn’t have it any other way! I guess when people are homeless and starving, the peasants may start to revolt. That may be the only way that real change will happen!

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:14:11 +0000

San Francisco used to be a small Mexican outpost with dirt roads and one of the most amazing Estuaries on the Planet. Gold was discovered. The land of oak, was turned into Oakland, an urban desert, as the city was built and became part of the American states. The estuary has been nearly decimated. Remember this was once the most lush land and now we kill sea lions because they are eating the last of the salmon!!! Thank God we are not Mexico anymore! I love this land. That is the bottom line for me. I hope China doesn’t take over. Republicans wasnt to drain every last little bit of Resources (trees, ocean, air) and then what, move back to Texas? Or they will all go to Cost Rica when the shit comes down. No, I will stay here and write letters. There are parts of California that are owned by the locals. No Feds or state police can penetrate. Now, that is my idea of a good time. I am all about the 50 Autonomous States.

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:01:46 +0000

Alcohol isn’t the problem, it’s the solution.

Yes, alcohol can blur the lines, but this night out between Dodd and Kennedy sounded like a regular night out for those two.
I don’t recall, nor have I been told that I ever assaulted someone when I was drunk.