Oh, good, I have my own civil rights group. I never realized that. I think I’ll ask them to picket my doctor’s office. Ya see, at six-one, two-fifty, he calls me really obese. Now when I look at myself in a full-length mirror (ego does that to ya, ya know), I don’t think I compare [...]
Archive for the ‘Diversity’ Category
On becoming part of a whole
Posted in Accountability, Altruisim, America, Beauty, Crime, Diversity, Family, Giving thanks, Goal setting, God, History, Holidays, Honor, Human behavior, Integrity, Law & Justice, Life, Love, My Beloved Country, Opinions, People, Personal, Philosophy, Politics, Racism, Religion, Senior citizen, Stupidity, Team building, Terrorism, Trust, Values, Vegetables on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Say what?
Posted in America, Diversity, Opinions, People, The English language on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If it is what it is, that must mean that it was what it was but now, could be was what it is or perhaps it is what it was. Is this a conundrum? Is it a Catch-22? Or maybe, just maybe, it’s meant to confuse the hell out of you. The nonsensical grammatical rule [...]
Let’s grow a pair
Posted in Diversity, Education, History, Holidays, Human behavior, My Beloved Country, Personal, Philosophy on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea Let’s go to press.” It was the way the legendary Walter Winchell opened each of his radio programs back in the thirties. One of the greatest problems to plague Winchell was his penchant for both [...]
Who’s the real racist?
Posted in Diversity, Hate, Human behavior, Opinions, Personal, Racism on August 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Since this article was written, the “beer summit” has taken place and the final report has been released regarding the incident that indicates both men could have behaved more appropriately. This does not alter my opinion that Henry Louis Gates, just like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and many other prominent Blacks are just as racist [...]
What is diversity?
Posted in Diversity, Opinions on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Diversity: difference; otherness; distinctness; contrast; the condition of being different…but what does it really mean? Ask some college athlete who didn’t get a scholarship and he might say, “It means that women’s teams have to get the same number of scholarships as men’s teams…and it’s why I didn’t get a free ride.” In this [...]