Tuesday, November 22, 2011

I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner....



Thank you, sir.

2 comments:

Steve Bates said...

Superbly well-said. Count me among those who cried at several points.

I am the beneficiary of those wealthy people of earlier generations who saw it as their duty to make sure nonwealthy but bright and energetic Americans got an opportunity. I attended truly excellent schools... public schools... at no cost to me or my parents. I was admitted to and attended a genuinely highfalutin' university, which went to the trouble of finding me scholarships for each of the five years I spent earning my professional Masters. I had wonderful teachers, public school and university. I had public libraries (and later, of course, university libraries) available to me, the public libraries at no personal cost to me. I had loving parents who gave a damn what I did in life.

No one... no one... ever accomplishes any significant thing alone. We build and sustain the commons to our own great advantage, or we neglect it at our own personal peril.

ellroon said...

Nicely said, Steve. I, too, benefited by good schools built by those who believed in helping the younger generations. I just don't understand those who declare themselves as Christian but also believe in not sharing, not supporting a diverse community, not helping their neighbor. Jesus's admonition to love thy neighbor no longer applies I guess...