Absolutely
no heart from the men today. Proof that it's all about the money. All
you who were duped into it being about pride and patriotism, I feel for
you, buy it's not surprising, being most of your politics are based on
quantity mot quality, perception over reality and money over ethics. I
love the Olympics, but I'm happy for the Ukrainian X-country skier, the
US half piper who recognized those who
came (and died) before her. The Jamaicans who added levity to trying
times. I'll never get the rah rah rah stuff, because it's manufactured
now. What I realize, is WE need enemies to feel good about ourselves.
1980 was real and it was important, but now, it's all about capitalism
and commercialism and it's been made dirty. It's no longer about the
athletes and their countries, it's about the countries and their
economical power. It's an uglier world than 1980 and if you had told me
that would be the case, I'd never have believed one word.
I read this on Facebook this morning. A friend had posted it and said that every child should have to receive this. I of course read it and started to think. I immediately wondered who really wrote this, as I rarely see things like this attributed to the proper person. I immediately found it was written by Conservative Charles J. Sykes when he wrote a book about how America is dumbing down our youth. I read it twice and started to wonder how true it was. Below is a link to the actual picture I saw. So let's look at each of the rules and analyze them. Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it! - Life is not fair in that we are not all afforded the same opportunities based on race, creed, color, socio-economic background, but in general, those who are afforded the same opportunities to succeed are very often rewarded for their individual efforts. Sure there may be underlying circumstances, but hard work is proven to pay more often than not and those who strive for succ
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