tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post112700551862991055..comments2023-10-11T10:57:26.122-04:00Comments on Gil The Jenius: "We Have To Change First"GCSchmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07735900094879466498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-1132154050266142492005-11-16T11:14:00.000-04:002005-11-16T11:14:00.000-04:00Ah, yes, Mr. James, but you seem to be forgetting ...Ah, yes, Mr. James, but you seem to be forgetting that it is never important who can claim the copyright to such fime thoughts, but the mere essence of them and everything they imply; for a life spent in the pursuit of principles shall always be richer that that spent in the pursuit of attention or personalities...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-1127444026189020502005-09-22T22:53:00.000-04:002005-09-22T22:53:00.000-04:00I know I know *jumping up and down* The truth lay...I know I know *jumping up and down* <BR/><BR/>The truth lays in the text of your comment and Gil's post. Your voice?<BR/><BR/>You must claim it first.<BR/><BR/>I got that pathetic diatribe via email the other day, and my only response was:<BR/><BR/>"Ah, sigh, all such fine thoughts, and not a soul to claim them as their own.<BR/><BR/>The real problem is cowardice from which the author of this piece suffers along with his pueblo."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11569206.post-1127102392304177222005-09-18T23:59:00.000-04:002005-09-18T23:59:00.000-04:00If we are to believe President Abraham Lincoln, th...If we are to believe President Abraham Lincoln, then we need look no farther than his great speech after the battle of Gettysburg to realize the essence of this post. Quoting from his immortal words, we live in a: "...government OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people..." http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm<BR/><BR/>I lived near Gettysburg in Maryland, and I have walked those grounds, and the grounds of Anteitam, and of Harpers Ferry. Our challenge is to believe. We have to believe, even in the face of the everything, that we can make a difference. That just one person is enough, just one act, just one more time we have to reach out. Our challenge is to block out the potential impact of the negativity that surrounds us. We have to block it out, until usch time when we rage against the system with our money, our effort, our time, our voice, and our vote. Most everyone I have ever talked to, tell me that Luis Ferrer was well respected after he was Govenor. Didn't he have to govern these very same Puerto Ricans? Have we changed so much since then?<BR/><BR/>One thing that I read in an interview with Don Luis after he diead, was the thing that made him most sad in his later years was the sense that Puerto Ricans had lost their voice. I've struggled with this since I read it, and I share it when I can. On the one hand I understand what he meant, but on the other I see people protesting, striking, and marching ALL THE TIME. So what did he mean? And how do we reclaim that voice? I wish I knew.KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594490369469976434noreply@blogger.com