Cheer Up America...

[Peacetrain]

Problems abound, and if you are out of work, out of insurance, and out of a house.. this really can grind you down to see someone write about stuff like this. I UNDERSTAND that better than most.

But even David Gergen gets this one. There is no pulling yourself anywhere if you have no hope for the future.

That is what the Tea Party and republican party are working on 24/7. They are trying to take away all hope for the future, so people will become so despondent that they will not even vote their own best interests.

There are a few things I have issues with, with this President. One of them being his almost too too nose to reality.

Sometimes people need to see how far they have come, to keep them on the road to the their destination.





http://www.parade.com/news/backpage/david-gergen/100411-cheer-up-america.html

"Remember, too, in the 1970s, when waves of criminal violence swept over us and in big cities people were afraid to venture out after dark? Now nightlife bustles from San Francisco to Boston, Chicago to New York. Since 1993, the year before New York City introduced its innovative methodology, CompStat, grand larcenies are down more than 55%, homicides by 76%, and auto thefts by 90%.

Americans rightly worry today about jobs and about the economic ascendency of China and other Asian nations. But we still have the capacity to win out because we remain the most creative, entrepreneurial people on the globe. There are more than four Chinese people for every American, yet Americans have won 30 Nobel prizes in science and economics in the past five years, while the Chinese have been awarded one. Even though our numbers have fallen some, Americans earned 49% of new patents, the Chinese, 1%. In the most recent statistics available, the U.S. also accounted for a fourth of peer-reviewed research articles in the world and a third of research and development investments, and we continue to grant more doctorates in engineering and science than any other nation."

[Raine1967]

1. It's your insite from article like this that make me enjoy you so very much...

Thanks Peace TRain --

You and Gergen are indeed correct- I do believe you have hit a very big nail on the head.

I have always said to my husband, the day I lose hope for the future, I may as well pack it in and call it a night.

A very happy K&R.

[Towlie]

2. What is "almost too too nose to reality"? (Sorry, but I can't figure out what that means.)