Failing Up

The cause of road rage is not really a mystical secret.  It is simply that people do not want to share!  Share their toys, or share the road.  It then carries over into many other areas, shopping cart rage, parking lot rage, fast food rage political rage.  

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As we approach this election cycle and candidates have declared they are running, age has become an issue. The two most likely nominees for each party are four years apart in age. Late 70's and early 80's,  Some people like Nikki Haley are even predicting President Biden will not make it to 86?  How the hell do they know this?  Most people thought Keith Richards would not make it to 30!  He is rocking strong with the Stones in his late 70's!  Age is no longer an issue, people reinvent themselves all the time, ( I have) and some are at their best!  Is this profiling that all people over 70 are not longer able to function?  Yes.  The issues are the issues, not age!  

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Back in the 1970's when I was in my impressionable teens, the pickup truck was used by those as part of their profession.  They had tool boxes, dirty beds, a cab for two and sometimes people riding in the open back.  Today they have evolved into these huge monster vehicles speeding down the highways with lights glaring into our rearview mirror.  They are clean polished, sporty wheels taking over parking lots and passing lanes.  They are not the truck of my father. 

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With the one day purging of two prominent cable television personalities  from networks that are on the opposite side of the news spectrum; I feel a small glimmer of hope that news will become the story and not those reporting it.  In one case with Tucker Carlson lies, and hate for money, ego, and influence, and in other corner, with Don Lemon, he wanted to be the story and the news was just a means to that end. They could not be more different, and yet in some ways the same.  "Stuck in the middle with you."

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Instead of looking to "leaders" with self serving agendas, where the boundaries of lies and truth have been torn down, where certain media promote lies for profit, it is the voices of our youth that  will promote the  change we so dearly need.  Just like in the 1960's it was the youth that opened eyes, supported and fueled by music and art.  The answers are in the young hungry creative minds with perspectives that have not yet been tainted. 

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CNN continues to struggle with their morning Diva, Don Lemon.  No matter the story Don makes the news about him.  His charm barley masks his frustration with the fact that he must share the spotlight with two outstanding  journalist who are clearly heads and shoulders above him in preparation and subject knowledge.  Like a child seeking attention his need to take focus is fueled by emotion and ego.  Like the Indy 500 some people watch the race for the crashes.  I watch CNN morning to see Don's latest meltdown, not his fashion.  I miss the news!  

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The phase "All Politics is Local" is attributed to the former Speaker of the House, the late Tip O'Neill.  To go along with that concept, all change is local.  Looking for others to invoke change is like waiting for someone else to change the dirty diaper.  Small voices, become loud voices.  No matter status, or location; one voice full of courage and passion  starts the ripple of change.  

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On an early June evening in 1977, at a small high school in a small town named Marcellus, in Upstate, New York a sports banquette was being held in the cafeteria.  The menu consisted of spaghetti  with canned sauce, with white bread, and pint containers of chocolate and white milk, dessert a small square of some type of cake.  The speaker in the cafeteria that evening was the new head coach of Syracuse University basketball, Jim Boeheim.  Before he was an icon, before he was a Hall of Fame coach, he spoke at this small school, in a small town, not unlike the one he came from 40 miles west down the Thruway.  I was a senior that night when he started, and now a senior citizen when he stopped.  Thank you coach, what a ride! for us both. 

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I miss the days when the news was the story and not the drama and need for attention those delivering it crave.  Last week,  the morning "news" host on CNN, Don Lemon wore an outfit that craved attention.  Attention, he received in jest by Stephen Colbert.  Lemon took offense and then showed the outfits he has worn over two weeks, and describing the outfit he was wearing that day!  In a time when accurate news is being criticized like never before, we don't need those reporting who crave attention making themselves the focus to gain ratings.  Go to fashion network. 

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I am really interested in the "Foodie" phenomenon.  So many people these days identify themselves as, "Foodies".  I guess that means they like to eat food, or should I say special dishes.  Which is all good.  Then I realized I am a "Foodie', but I fall into the category of "Blue Collar Foodie".   This time of year my pallet craves the  cuisine of comfort,  give me some fish sticks a good pot pie, some old oven crinkle fries and call it a day!   I take a hot dog over steak on the grill, and a slice of pizza over anything. So I guess I am a "Foodie" too. 

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