New YouTube Favorites for me today
Age of Nefarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rslqQlF6BH8
Funny but sad.
Reminds me of “Bring Out Your Dead” healthcare system
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs&feature=fvw
I know, I know, you think I am ill mannered. Speaking of ill mannered:
here is Doug Giles recent note. http://townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles
Recently I have been pondering a story I read from a really old book by William H Davenport.
In the early days of the Abolition movement in the United States two men went out preaching; one, a sage old Quaker, brave and calm; the other, a very fervid young man. When the Quaker lectured, the audience were all attention, and his arguments met with very general concurrence. But when it came to the young man’s turn, a tumult invariably ensued, and he was pelted off the platform. Surprised by their different receptions, the young man ” interviewed” the Quaker to ascertain the reason. ” Friend,” he said, ” you and I are on the same mission, we preach the same things ; how is it that while you are received so cordially, yet I get nothing but abuse ?” ” I will tell thee,” replied the Quaker; ” thee says, ‘ If you do so and so, you shall be punished,’ and I say, ‘ My friends, if you will not do so and so, you shall not be punished.’ ” It is not what we say, but how we say it; not the opinion, but the manner in which it is conveyed.
Perhaps I should consider “the manner” as I reach my 50th birthday. It will not be as much fun but perhaps the hearers will not be shut off by the delivery if I focus more on the manner of delivery. I do enjoy being contrariwise, but perhaps I can be contrarian and be more effective in gaining “general concurrence” if I look to the old Quaker.
My mother would undoubtedly agree
What say ye?
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