FOXY...

Nice words, high ideals, unfortunately human nature being what it is, nothing will change. The strong get stronger, the weak - well the weak will be consumed, unless they cast aside high ideals, and nice words and toughen up !

Happy New Year To All.
I read the first 2 posts from NathanJ and Foxy and they give hope for the future that there are enough 'men of goodwill' in this world to overcome the impossible and achieve the ideals as outlined in the Prayer for the World as quoted by Rabbi Williamson and reproduced by Foxy.
Then Hasbeen chimed in, and one realises what a struggle we face to overcome such blind opposition.
o sung wu, with some justification you highlight the pessimistic view of man and his world. The battle is a long one, and the war even longer, but lets all aspire for a better world.

Reality is the enemy of all lefties, particularly for dills like Paul.

Hassy, there are few honours one can receive on this forum, but a Hasbeen Dill Award is indeed an honour, Thank you!
As an old lefty once said to me "Son...while they (Hasbeen types) disagree with you, you don't have a problem, its when they start agreeing, then you're in trouble!"

Happy New Year Everyone!

Dear O Sung Wu,

It was Jonas Salk who told us that -

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the
courage of those who dare to make dreams into
reality."

At the same time Rabbi Williamson points out that -

"We are experiencing a crisis of leadership now,
not so much because people lack the qualities
necessary for it, but because we systemically invalidate
such qualities. It is hard in today's world for a person
to stand up in excellence and power within the public
realm. There are myriad forces marshaled against doing so,
causing a massive brain and spirit drain from the realms
of wordly power."

"Let us support the possibility of greatness in anyone
at any time. We must re-think our attitudes about leaders,
or at the rate we're going we will soon have none. We must
create the fertile ground for leadership in order to
prepare the way for great leaders..."

Dear Hassie,

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight
but no vision."
(Helen Keller).

Dear Paul,

You might enjoy this quote:

"The left-wing forces will be stopped
dead in their tracks upon direct orders from
the Fuhrer..."