If you've posted in forums you might remember writing some decent responses. I usually spend a lot of time polishing my discussion forum responses depending on the subject or who I am talking to. Often I want to remember what I said about something, but finding the original post can be difficult. So it makes sense to capture the better responses for later review. Welcome to Clint's Reposts.Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Your Next Life
Someone trying to make it to the US of A said:
"Soldiers in the border? That won't stop me. I'll swim the river and jump the wall.
I'm going to arrive in the United States"
Most who live in this country don't have a clue of what forces motivate a person to make a statement like that. For the bulk of US natives it's: "like my icemaker is broken and whaz up with all these foreigners trying to git into MY country?"
Their cerebral cortex produces spoon fed cable TV regurgitation of "how it ought to be". Their daily experience reinforces the notion, since voices chime out everywhere in angst about the invaders. Cosmic currents that direct the movement of people on the planet mystify them.
Place these same good 'ole' natives in the same conditions that cause people to strive for something better in the USA and--whoa--guess what--they, too join the water flowing under the protected bridge. Surprise, surprise. But, but...it just ain't right say they. Those border crossers are messing us up!
In their next life, the newly placed must swim the river and jump the wall. Finally their soul understands, at last.
-C
"Soldiers in the border? That won't stop me. I'll swim the river and jump the wall.
I'm going to arrive in the United States"
Most who live in this country don't have a clue of what forces motivate a person to make a statement like that. For the bulk of US natives it's: "like my icemaker is broken and whaz up with all these foreigners trying to git into MY country?"
Their cerebral cortex produces spoon fed cable TV regurgitation of "how it ought to be". Their daily experience reinforces the notion, since voices chime out everywhere in angst about the invaders. Cosmic currents that direct the movement of people on the planet mystify them.
Place these same good 'ole' natives in the same conditions that cause people to strive for something better in the USA and--whoa--guess what--they, too join the water flowing under the protected bridge. Surprise, surprise. But, but...it just ain't right say they. Those border crossers are messing us up!
In their next life, the newly placed must swim the river and jump the wall. Finally their soul understands, at last.
-C
