Gathering of Hunters? Or the Hunted, Gather?

How many of us proudly awake early like hunters and gatherers of yore, to hunt and gather “bargains” like $8 mixers (that will likely break in 6 months) on the morning after our feasting holiday?  We thrust ourselves forward in the battle for supremacy, then come back to our modern caves with our “game” (doubly, triply, ironic, eh?) and our “gatherings,” like it was some accomplishment worthy of our homestead and our humanhoods.   

Public Servants of...

While many local leaders close pools, libraries, police and fire stations, they often build multimillion dollar new clubhouses on golf courses.  Who they really serve might be a bit obvious. 

Thoreau Explanation

"These same questions that disturb and puzzle and confound us have in their turn occurred to all the wise men; not one has been omitted; and each has answered them according to his ability, by his words and by his life."

Henry David Thoreau, "Reading," in the book Walden

Getting To Know "Them"

I say to those who rail against the “deadbeats” and “takers” and “moochers” and “dependency-heads”: How many do you PERSONALLY know?  And how well do you know them?  Do you know their story? 

Because it’s easy to be against something in the abstract.  Be specific.  And about more than just a few glaring cases.  One can’t single out a few and imply a mass problem, while ignoring the scraping many who want dignity and the chance for a livable wage in exchange for their hard work.

We rarely get to know those who we condemn.