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Determining Our Fate

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate.  There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought.  No subject must be taboo.  No censor must preside at our assemblies.
    —     William O. Douglas
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Let’s Make It So

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on October 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.  As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.  We need not wait to see what others do.
    —     Mahatma Gandhi
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Keep Trying

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Say “yes” to life!  “Yes” to wonder, to joy, to despair.  “Yes” to pain, “yes” to what you don’t understand.  Try “yes.”  Try “always.”  Try “possible.”  Try “hopeful.”  Try “I will.”  And try “I can.”
    —    Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia
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We Can Save Democracy!

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on August 6, 2025| 2 Comments »

Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says ‘I’m possible!‘
    —     Audrey Hepburn
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Our Attitude

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on October 31, 2024| Leave a Comment »

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control.  Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it.
    —     Epictetus
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Sometimes It Really Is Just Hard

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on September 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Is it hard?  Not if you have the right attitudes.  It’s having the right attitudes that’s hard.
   —     Robert M. Pirsig
From:  “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values“
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Another New Year’s Resolution

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Don’t brood.  Get on with living and loving.  You don’t have forever.
    —    Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia
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Two Years Later (Now 1,004,000+ Deaths And Inflation)

Posted in Health, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I do not know which of our afflictions God intends that we overcome and which He means for us to bear.  But this is certain:  Some I have overcome, some I continue to bear.
  —  Jean Toomer
[Another (2022) COVID Update:
This update is being written on 5 June 2022 (for posting on 12 June).  There have now been:  1,003,803 total deaths;  247 average deaths per day;  84,565,697 total cases (about 1% fatality rate);  97,611 new average for daily cases;  and, 258,747,147 vaccinations (at least one dose and over 5yrs old) – for a rough 83% of the (eligible) population.  Over 90% of hospitalizations and deaths are of those who have not been vaccinated.  I have not been able to determine if the (remaining) less than 10% are fully vaccinated and current with their booster(s).
What do we know?
Surprisingly little (IMHO) at the end of 18 months…  The early prediction was a fatality number of 2.2 million in the first 18 months IF WE DID NOTHING.  We temporarily shut down a significant portion of society (NOT the economy).  We halved the total deaths to date, but not the rate of deaths per cases.  The economy (and society) are roughly back to “normal”.  Most people can (do) now work from their offices (and / or homes).  Stores and restaurants / bars are mostly opened, but business levels have not recovered.  Most importantly:  we still have little to no publicly available information about the rates or effects of “long-term” COVID, the number of folks with current boosters, or the duration of the vaccine (or booster) effectiveness.  We DO know there is a general decrease in the vaccine(s) effectiveness – hence the recommendation for boosters.  We don’t know the breakdowns by factors such as age, gender, over-all health, etc.  I’m not saying the number(s) isn’t (/ aren’t) out there somewhere or that someone, somewhere isn’t tracking this data – only that I can’t find it readily available.  And, here we are:  “Only time will tell…“
As a side note:  much is being made about the pandemic’s effect on the economy – past and current.  While we (in the U.S.) have accepted deaths and illnesses as a “cost” of returning to a “normal” economy, the world’s manufacturer (China) has not.  They continue to impose local and wide area shutdowns to prevent the spread of COVID whenever there is another surge.  Our (U.S.) demand continues to grow back to normal rates (pent up and current demand).  Goods are not being made / delivered to meet demand – so prices increase.  They will continue to do so until supply (roughly) matches demand.  No matter what the Federal Reserve does to interest rates to “cool” inflation, it will have little effect until the manufacturing / delivery conditions change.  How long will that be?  How long is a piece of string??  You never know until have it’s been finally cut (until it’s over).    —    kmab]
Original post (from 2020):
[This is an unusual post for me.  This post is being written on 28 May, three days after the Memorial Day weekend.  Yesterday, the U.S. passed 100K in deaths due to COVID-19.  We are dying at just under 1,000 lives per day.  We are engaged in a great social experiment testing whether we can open our economy without a plan to deal with the virus.  This post is scheduled to go online roughly 15 days after the holiday weekend.  If the President’s gamble was correct, the average death rate will be at or below 1,000 per day.  If his gamble (with our lives) is incorrect, the death rate will be higher – and potentially much higher.  Only time will tell.   —   kmab]
(2021) Follow Up to Last Year’s (2020) Post (115,000+):
The “post” above is from one year ago.  It is still too early to tell how good / bad a gamble President Trump took with the health of the nation.  Partly because it is still too soon to have had academia take a look at the data and partly because a number of states – mostly (but not exclusively) with Republican governors (Florida) – are using their office / administrations to hide the true / accurate numbers of illnesses and deaths for political reasons.  We do know that since the Inauguration, the vaccine count has gone from under 50 million to over 300 million.  Over 50% of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of vaccine.  Part of this success is attributable to a competent President / Administration and part to the manufacture and distribution of the various vaccines ramping up.
As for our losses, the current “rolling” weekly death average is under 500 per day.  A few weeks ago, the CDC also updated the information on their site to “confirm” that not only are the vaccinated unlikely to get seriously ill and die (still 5 – 10% chance of illness, and less than 1% chance of death), you are also unlikely to become infected and ill at all (15 – 20% illness rate once vaccine period is completed).  Again, it’s too early to KNOW the exact numbers, but in this case it’s because (it is my understanding) “illness” is being self-reported.  Still, this is “good” news and we should see the economy and society begin to return to normal.  We’ve dodged a bullet this time folks.  I am not making light of the individual losses to family members and friends, but the virus could have been a lot more lethal and we still have a considerable way to go on getting the rest of the way to herd immunity.  Let’s hope we are better prepared for the next epidemic…
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Just Chill Dude…

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on June 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Failure is nothing to get upset about.  It’s a fairly normal condition;  an inevitability in ninety-nine percent of all human undertakings.  Success is rare — that’s why people get so cranked up about it.
    —     Frank Zappa
From his book:  “The Real Frank Zappa Book“
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Looking For Solutions To Climate Change

Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on April 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
   —     William James
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Choose Possible

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on January 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Once you choose hope, anything is possible.
    —    Christopher Reeve
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So Will Persistence

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
    —     Norman R. Augustine
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Every Today

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on November 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
    ―     Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A Simple Choice, Really

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

If you’re an advocate of gentleness, you’re simplistic and naive.  If you’re an advocate of despair and hate, you’re sophisticated.
    —    Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia
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Looking Up

Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »

This is why I much prefer autumn to spring, because in autumn you look at the sky.  In spring, the earth.
    —     Søren Kierkegaard
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  https://gabrieleromano.wordpress.com/
The specific post was:  https://gabrieleromano.wordpress.com/2021/10/02/october-has-arrived/
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment…    —    kmab]
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