Reply #22: Good On Ya... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

I've been around these environs for a long time and have always learned two things...

1.) Nobody really cares...it's fun to vent and bitch, but in the long run, DU is like the internet water cooler...the solutions in life still remain where they always have been...in the grassroots and with one-on-one contact. As Tip O'Neill so astutely said, "All politics is local".

2.) Taking things too seriously around here says you need to take a break. It's easy to sit behind the keyboard and type things you wouldn't dare say in face-to-face. The "send" button becomes a bullet...and discussions become arguments that become pissing matches that neither side wins. That's a reason I stayed out of GD-Pit...I prefer to discuss...agree to disagree and we all grow and learn.

I love Griffith Park...or going out to Santa Monica Pier. I took the movie walk...the old theaters along Broadway...a great time. While I'm in Chicago, LA is still a second home.

This is a beautiful country and there are many good people...my grandparents came here a century ago fleeing from the progroms and authoritarianism of Czarist Russia (imagine being drafter for 10 years like my grandfather faced)...and I always think of them and my parents (depression kids) who saw this country as the last great hope of the world. I can't give up yet.

I've always enjoyed your comments and discussions...glad you got away and now hope you're ready to join me in kicking some GOOP ass.

Cheers...and enjoy your holiday weekend!



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