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Why does the American government meddle in everything?
Arrogance and ambition prevents healthy thinking... people have died because of the American government's ambition... however humanity is still silent.
Is there a solution for this?
Luke Hobbs
Nov 27 2012: Probably because America, like many Western cultures, do not have governments but tribes running them. The basic child mentality, in my opinion, is basic: a child says "Me" and an adult says "Us". I think it makes sense gentically, since adults were meant to be the overseers of a village, and his/her ability to live was held in high esteem by younger folk trying to survive. The young warriors have always been driven by reward from overseers, be it through trophies, social status etc. but unless they are taught the difference between childhood and adult responsibilities, the child mentality just stays within the person. You then end up with Governments who are made up of children in adults bodies, still seeking the feeling of reward from power, trophies and status, rather than from the reward of building a better society.
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Nov 27 2012: Simple and elegant. The best explanation I have ever seen for our childish government.Nov 27 2012: "Probably because America, like many Western cultures, do not have governments but tribes running them. The basic child mentality, in my opinion, is basic: a child says "Me" and an adult says "Us"."
No, it's not that simple: some form of imperialism is often necessary to maintain the high standard of living the population of the major power is used to, since that standard often relies on foreign natural resources and when it's not necessary the population still chooses to democratically reject alternatives that seem complicated or are slightly more expensive than war. For example all the recent mucking around in the Middle East by the West is about securing oil for the homelands because a majority of the populations of the most powerful Western countries (primarily the US) has rejected the alternative of going all in on renewable energy and cutting energy consumption. It's not just leaders behaving like children: politicians who advocate alternatives often don't get elected by the people, so the people share some of the blame.
Nov 27 2012: "some form of imperialism is often necessary to maintain the high standard of living the population of the major power is used to"
With that, you have justified Hitler.
Or, we could just trade. It always works better.
Nov 28 2012: "With that, you have justified Hitler."
I made no value judgment: I did not say the population of a major power has a natural right to a higher standard of living than people in other countries. I'm merely observing that these populations don't want to lose their privileges and therefore support imperialist actions by their governments. In fact not having colonies in the third world (unlike all the other powers of the time) was actually one of the excuses Nazi Germany had for occupying Europe: they knew they needed more natural resources to compete with the other powers.
"Or, we could just trade. It always works better."
Why pay full price to a salesman and compete over him with another power when you can easily depose him and replace him by one of your stooges who'll only sell to you and a very cheap price? Why allow the salesman to develop to the point where he figures out he's better off keeping more of the goods to himself when you can keep him in the bronze age, oblivious to the possibilities he would have if he used the resources under his feet for himself instead of selling it?Nov 27 2012: Hi John, thanks for the response. My aim wasn't to blame any certain group or walk of life, but the child mentality vs the adult mentality of the human race. I am an advocate in believing that all things start from a simple base note, like growing an oak tree from a simple seed so to speak, and if we can change that core element in our society as a whole, then we can establish a much wiser society.
Gail .
Nov 24 2012: Military industrial complex (the war machine) and the financiers who finance wars find wars very profitable. These mega corporations are so large that they people of the USA have no voice in world affairs, and even when they think that they do, it's only because Fox news tells its viewers to BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID. They never look behind the headlines at the real problems. As Fox news is the most widely viewed network in the US, this leaves many Americans functionally uneducated.
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You can also add the extremist christian religions to the mix. They cry out BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID. (Most are Fox news viewers). They have a lot of political power in the USA. But let's see what the next election will bring. There is growing consensus in Republican circles that these people (the Tea Party) cost them the most recent election.
These people who live in fear (that their god is not really in control), are quick to find fault with any person or any nation that is not just like them. They are ready fodder for the military industrial complex. (The USA has changed considerably in the last 20 years thanks to the ascent of the religious fundamentalists of the political right.)
Nov 24 2012: I agree completely that the US has changed considerably. According to you, since 1992 there has been an "ascent of the religious fudamentalists of the political right". You include the Tea Party in that sweeping generalization. Can you name the Tea Party candidates who have been elected during this "ascent" of power? Also, can you provide a couple of examples where FOX News has broadcast fraudulent, or false information? I think your dislike for FOX is their choice of which stories to cover, not that they lie or deliberately distort facts. They talk about the Benghazi scandal while the NY Times, Wahington Post and Huffington Post virtually ignore it. The world according to you is decaying because the Christians, the Conservatives, and the Masters of War have all, or most, of the power and the peace-loving, enlightened, well-informed Liberals sit helplessly by watching the inevitable disintegration. That is fantasy. You, sir, could not be more wrong. FACT: During the last 20 years your two Liberal Presidents have ordered military troops into conflict more than the one conservative President. Everything is not the fault of Christians, Conservatives, and FOX news. Don't hold yourself blameless.
Nov 24 2012: Taken from RationalWiki...
A December 2010 University of Maryland study showed Fox News viewers aren't merely the most uninformed, but the most misinformed.
A November 2011 Fairleigh Dickinson University study found similar results, that people who watched no news were better informed than those who watched Fox News. Fox viewers were much more likely "to believe false information about politics."The study also revealed Fox News fans had a poor grasp of situations in the Middle East.
Fox News was the first to inform us that Barack Obama is a Muslim sleeper, trained in a radical Islamic madrasa, a co-conspirator of terrorist Bill Ayers, who salutes his wife with a "terrorist fist jab." Fox is still awaiting a Pulitzer for these notable revelations
Fox invented the technique of showing one thing on the screen while commenting upon the opposite, such as Sean Hannity repeatedly asserting Rudy Giuliani was winning the 2008 Republican debates, while live polls showed Ron Paul winning
In lieu of sourcing, Fox News uses phrases like "some say…" or "someone asked…" to obscure editorial manipulation and opinion-casting. 'Some' have called it (wink) empty calories of journalism
Fox News exploits the mathematical illiteracy of the public by using graphs distorted beyond what mere incompetence could explain. In many cases, their figures don't add up and in others, numbers are graphically misrepresented - as people rarely read the numbers when a graph is given.
In April of 2009, Media Matters began documenting Fox Nation's false and blatantly biased stories. After one year, their laundry list of the most extreme examples contained approximately 350 entries
Nov 24 2012: RE: "I agree with russell. . ."
It's good to see you two agree. Too bad it isn't about something more important than my ignorance of US history abroad. Your slant on things is quite inventive. Profoundly at variance with truth, but inventive. Anything on topic?
Gail .
Nov 25 2012: If you don't know that the Tea Party cost Republicans the senate and the presidency, you are not paying attention. As to your question of who these Tea Party members are that caused the ascent:
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Michelle Bachman is the chair of the Tea Party Caucus. Its members are:
Sandy Adams, Florida
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Chair
Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland
Joe Barton, Texas
Gus Bilirakis, Florida
Rob Bishop, Utah
Diane Black, Tennessee
Michael C. Burgess, Texas
Paul Broun, Georgia
Dan Burton, Indiana
John Carter, Texas
Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
Howard Coble, North Carolina
Mike Coffman, Colorado
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
John Culberson, Texas
Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
Blake Farenthold, Texas
Stephen Fincher, Tennessee
John Fleming, Louisiana
Trent Franks, Arizona
Phil Gingrey, Georgia
Louie Gohmert, Texas
Vicky Hartzler, Missouri
Wally Herger, California
Tim Huelskamp, Kansas
Lynn Jenkins, Kansas
Steve King, Iowa
Doug Lamborn, Colorado
Jeff Landry, Louisiana
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri
Kenny Marchant, Texas
Tom McClintock, California
David McKinley, West Virginia
Gary Miller, California
Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Rich Nugent, Florida
Steven Palazzo, Mississippi
Steve Pearce, New Mexico
Mike Pence, Indiana
Ted Poe, Texas
Tom Price, Georgia
Denny Rehberg, Montana
Phil Roe, Tennessee
Dennis Ross, Florida
Ed Royce, California
Steve Scalise, Louisiana
Tim Scott, South Carolina
Pete Sessions, Texas
Adrian Smith, Nebraska
Lamar Smith, Texas
Cliff Stearns, Florida
Tim Walberg, Michigan
Joe Walsh, Illinois
Allen West, Florida
Lynn Westmoreland, Georgia
Joe Wilson, South Carolina
You may be surprised that I was an original Tea Partier, until it was hijacked by xtians.
Nov 25 2012: The data for a conclusive, factual statement about why Obama won yet another term is not yet available. Your opinion is noted as one of many. Thank you for the list of names of people who led "the ascent of the religious fundamentalists of the political right." I wll need to confirm they were all elected with the TP's help (which was my original question). Why is the US always meddling? Is your answer that the TP and the Christians are behind all, or most of, the "meddling"?
David Steele
Nov 30 2012: I would like to expand on what Feyisayo brought up. I am not yet convinced that the United States is as much of a meddler as it's been made out to be in this forum. To be clear: I do realize that the US is involved in many foreign affairs, and my personal opinion is that we're involved in too many. However, I'm not sure that all of these should be called meddling. It seems to me that this discussion was set up with too many preconceptions, such as the assumption that the US government is arrogant and ambitious in its foreign policy. I would very much like someone to present this argument too me, as that is what this entire discussion seems to be based on.
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Secondly, a quick response to Zman. Some of those 900 military bases you mention are in Germany, but that's not to say we're meddling in Germany, or at least not in the way discussed here. We have military bases in most of the countries in the world, but the vast majority of those are of mutual consent. A very small minority are actually used for combat or other actions that might be seen as meddling. For example, we have a base in Germany that is used virtually only for emergency medical treatment of American and allied personnel in need of immediate advanced medical care who don't have time to be removed to the nation they're serving.Nov 24 2012: I am going to "assume" for the lack of response from Can that he is concerned about the arrogance and ambition of our leadership. I agree. Politics in the US has become a act of seduction. Our leadership deplores the wealthy and wants to redistribute the wealth but caters to them and their dsires to remain/get into the ego trip of power. Politicians have no respect for the very people they serve but continue to feather their bed at their expense. More specifically to the question at hand would be foreign policy. We have have none. We trade with nations happily and greedily that violate everything we stand for .... because we have, through our leadership, prostituted the American that once stood atop the world. Foreign newspapers that once lauded our leadership and spoke softly about America now openly refer to our leader as the "Prince of Fools". We are dependent upon England to intervene in foreign affairs because our State Department lacks the knowledge and diplomatic skills required in international affairs. But even Foggy Bottom cannot save a nations reputation that is self destructing. We have lost the industrial and finicial wealth that made us great.
If there were good intentions both at home and abroad then America would again be seen as a hero nation. As it is we are nothing more that a hired gun for sale with no ethic, morals, or standards ... we bow to their King and do his bidding because that is what prostitutes do.
My appoligies to prostitutes for impling that they might be politicians.
All the best. Bob.
Daryl Roche
Nov 27 2012: Interesting question coming from someone living in what is the last vestige of one of the largest empires of the region less than a hundred years gone..... Thus -
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"actually I wanted to talk about deaths in iraq, afgahanistan, palestine..."...
you used this phrase to encapsulate your question with some clarity so I invite you to seek the history of Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan before using current events to cast aspersions on American "meddling".
In fact I invite everyone to step back and review our collective histories even outside these regions to gain some perspective beyond just the adult portion of your own lives.
This might be a good starting point -
Ron Brockman
Nov 27 2012: As an over 60 American who has had the joy of meeting people from all over the world I find the average American to be clueless about other countries, religions and the ethnic history of others. This allows us to spend most of our time worrying about sports and TV personalities however our politicians feel they must force others to accept their methodology and we only check on them around election time. Most Americans don't hate anyone unless they interrupt a football game or if a news person or religious leader tells us to. We just don't understand anyone else and don't have the inclination to.
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Nov 27 2012: I'm 36 and, because my dad was an engineer, lived in 13 countries by the time I was 20. I am currently reading a great book called "Germs, Guns and Steel" (only just started) which asks why Western Europeans, when spreading across the world, were driven to global destruction, and why things like Confucianism started in the East and not the west, or why people with stone tools did not feel the urge to conquer, but those with metal tools did. I may be mis-representing the book but I am only a few pages in :)
Nov 27 2012: Googled it- Wikipedia has great article on it.-gotta have it-Thank you ! I fantasize the internet was invented so TED could exist and we could touch humanity with a keystroke then I feel good about not being in the obituary's.Nov 23 2012: Can you be more specific as to what particular actions we're talking about.Dec 6 2012: Successful countries spread their "memes". That has been almost a fact for thousands of years. The US "government" (I think) cannot be truly and fully separated from the US population. I believe we spread these ideas in hope to benefit ourselves and the world much like you or anyone spreads the ideas they feel are beneficial. "Meddling" is a negative word and I don't think anyone can automatically attribute a negative word to something without already beginning an in-depth discussion about that topic also. But to summarize...
I think we have spread our successful culture across the globe for the general benefit to the world... and each country will decide which parts of our culture they will adopt while trying to make their own original and (what they will feel) better spin on what they have taken from us. Everyone will benefit, we will gain friends (likely enough) and they will evolve their culture much like we have always been doing more or less.Nov 27 2012: In WW2 the US was the only major economy that didn't get blown to pieces as there was no military action against the mainland. This left the US as the only country in a position to rebuild its military post war. This meant that every time there was a perceived need for intervention or a need for troop deployment everyone looked to the US. They gradually became the "world police". Now they just can't break the habit. They're like those people who love to help but get carried away and just take over.
Tom Preusser
Nov 28 2012: America was isolationist going into WW2 - the world waited forever for us to "meddle". We did not "meddle" until we were attacked - the world rejoiced.
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Fast Forward and we see what most view as needless meddling in Vietnam and Iraq (2nd war). Vietnam led to stagflation of the 70's and Iraq ballooned our federal deficit. The pendulum is swinging the other way so be careful - you may get what you wish for - a US that is isolationist and does not "meddle".
Nov 29 2012: As a USA citizen, I would like us to meddle less, and more wisely. If our resources had not been tied up in the Middle East we might have been able to do something about the genocide in Rwanda.
Nov 29 2012: An intervention in Rwanda would just have led to a quagmire like those in Iraq (except the Kurdish region) and Afghanistan. There was a time when politicians understood this and that's why Iraq wasn't occupied in 1991 and why Rwanda wasn't invaded in 1994. When there is no credible group in the country in question that can bring stability and progress and at the same time there are neighboring countries who have an interest in preventing stability and progress in the country in question then it's a lost cause and it'd be better to spend your resources helping people in other, more promising countries or even at home.Nov 26 2012: "actually I wanted to talk about deaths in ıraq,afgahanistan,palestine."
I agree with others, that understanding the USA meddling in these areas must be put into a larger context. The government of the USA meddles in everything. We have regulations affecting the buttons on doll's clothing that affect our international trading partners. To the outside world, the actions of the USA government must appear insane. We inside the USA can agree, we just haven't figured out a way to make things better. Not yet.
Our involvement in the suffering in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine cannot be lumped together.
IMO, our expedition into Iraq was based on a fabricated falsehood and is indefensible. George W. Bush and others that supported this war should be tried for war crimes. The true motive for that war was probably the obvious, oil.
Our war with Al Qaeda and the Taliban has already achieved its original purpose. The continuation of our presence in Afghanistan, and our attacks in Pakistan, provide our government with an excuse to continue operating as if we were actually at war. This allows our government to suspend individual rights and operate with almost no constraints. If you have read the book 1984 by George Orwell, this should sound familiar. It also provides our military with a huge budget and a testing facility for its drone aircraft. If this seems sick, I agree and would like to change our policies.
Our support of Israel is largely due to the political influence of the USA Jewish community. As with many issues in our political system, a determined and resourceful minority can have huge influence on policy, often resulting in policies that are not in the interest of the country as a whole.
IMO, the larger context of all issues of government is the acquisition and use of power. Power, if left unused, will likely be taken by someone else. Use it or lose it. So the powerful feel compelled to use it when it is not necessary, doing needless harm.
John Smith
Nov 26 2012: "Why does the American government meddle in everything?"
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Every country does this, but the more powerful the country, the more it meddles. The United States and China are very powerful so they meddle the most, but the emerging middle power Turkey meddles as well, for example in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. It has always been that way and it will always be that way.Nov 24 2012: I would presume that this question is asking, Why does the US government meddle in everyone's affairs outside of its borders? To narrow that down even further, maybe the question could be asked, What are the US interests when it seems to be meddling in something outside its borders? I don't believe anyone is naive enough to think the US does everything with the transparent intentions it states it does. But maybe the question could be more specific as one person stated. I think it can be narrowed down to an interesting conversation starter. Thanks.
edward long
Nov 24 2012: There are many things in which Uncle Sam does not meddle. I'm not sure how many "things" there are, but I suspect there are many with which the US Govt. has absolutely nothing to do. For example: the curriculum at Bilkent University; the selection of avatars for use on websites; the death of the Aral Sea; John Galt; promoting state's rights; and there must be more. Do you have any particular "things" in mind, sir? Thank you.
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Nov 24 2012: I can guarantee you that the all knowing have nothing to do with John Galt as he has gone Galt, as he is tired of the aforementioned...
Nov 24 2012: Naw ... He just "shrugged" it off.Nov 23 2012: You have not argued convincingly that the US government meddles in 'everything'.
Can you be more elaborate?
Nov 24 2012: I think it was assumed you knew a little background info on the US, we are in something like 130 countries and we have like 900 bases placed all over the world.Dec 6 2012: I don't really know. But I agree with you Can Ulusoy whole heartedly!
We should let individual countries do whatever they want, as long as its not attacking the US.Dec 6 2012: It sounds like you think ambition is a bad quality, I say it is a virtue.
And Arrogance is just confidence gone too far, like with any good thing (too much of a good thing is bad)
It is good that America has argued, pressured, rewarded, fight, and even died for freedom of all, would you not agree.
Sadly the currently the US Government has wrongfully assumed democracy = freedom.
When in fact people can have freedom without democracy and oppression with democracy.
I'm glad you said the American "Government" because it gives me a chance point out that just like our government has checks and balances and is divided into three parts, so is America's meddling. There also the commercial sector and the American citizens, that check and balance each other. This system has allow us to limit the harm one sector can do, and be a powerful force for good throughout the world.
FYI: Looking over Wkikpedia's take on "Turkey–United States relations"
There is a 1952 U.S. Army film about turkey that is an interesting, and I recommend viewing.Nov 29 2012: Can asked "Is there a solution for this?" There has been great discussion on why we meddle in everything, which perhaps is a precursor to coming up with a solution, but... Is there a solution for this?
I believe our national debt may be the only solution to this. When Americans are paying more to fight wars over there than we are to take care of our own people here, we will hopefully vote in a new government that will stop meddling so much.
Nov 30 2012: You may be right. It would be so typically American if we started doing the right thing because we ran out of money doing the wrong thing.Nov 27 2012: and ın fact I have learned American government is right because there is not opposition and you still defend the government because you have not seen different alternatives ....republicans or democrats , afro american or white presidents there is no difference and someone still talk about history of the countries who don't have historyNov 27 2012: daryl don't worry man you must be sure I have information about history of the countries ...however you did not learn importance of humanity I INVITE YOU TO BE OBJECTIVE... Mentioned countries have a big history apart from Israel and AmericaNov 27 2012: Thank you re history I have been having a conversation for the last few weeks about how US education descriminates against any non Europeaan culture by ignoring them in the evolution of civilization. I watched a movie last night about the Chinease 1911 revolution and I was astounded by how litttle I knew of it let alone the centuries of Chinease history before it, the same is true of Middle East cultures Africain or Americain/ South Americain cultures except in regaurds to how they were destroyed by European culture.
Dec 4 2012: I'm from Canada, but as I understand it America and Canada don't differ greatly when it comes to education systems. If they're anything like us, then only a small amount of ancient history is objectively taught in mandatory classes throughout a persons education. Mostly only Western history is touched on, modern history in secondary school. But if other history courses are taken, other histories are learned. I took an ancient civilizations course, for example, which was about: Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Byzantines, Rome, Japan and Arab ancient histories. It was only a precursor course to larger courses going more indpeth in ancient, foreign history.
It's not that it's ignored, only that it's not mandatory knowledge.Nov 26 2012: "Why does the American government meddle in everything?"
Because they are the 'super-power' and they intend to remain that way. People(lobby*) who govern US(and world) have their own and specific agenda- Americans (and whole world) believe that Obama/(their respective Govs./UN haha) run this country(and world), but (in my opinion) they are totally wrong. And a clear evidence to this statement can be found observing USA's foreign policy over the past century.
Un saludo
Dan F
Nov 25 2012: The American government is the USA. Our government is not independent of our country unlike some systems of influence and power base like Islam, or for that matter Christianity. Those organiztions have their own standard of conduct which are not much open to input, or criticism or too much into choice.
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A considerable amount of "meddling" on the world stage between numerous nations is not new and subject to historical perspective and I think the USA is in relatively good standing, but not without faults. In this new era of technology and wealth things have changed. We live in a nuclear age and the world is armed to the teeth and world tensions are in evidence.
The giants have stood down to some extent, but the spread of nuclear arms continues in areas of the world that could bring about incredible destruction and suffering worldwide. The idea that just a few select individuals could deliver and trigger a nuclear devise with adequate funding and motivation is undeniable.
In terms of our recent activity, I think our going into Kuwait was defendable, but invading Iraq to remove its brutal leadership was questionable. Things have not gone the way forecasted by those advocating this involvement. Remember democracy was just waiting to happen.
You are a student at a well recognized university. The financial and personal cost over benefit for the USA going into Iraq for the results has not been encouraging. The aftermath of the Arab Spring confirms what appears to be an even more widespread failure in the democracy we were hoping for in the region. I think its time to come home, despite the heartache it may mean to many Arabs hoping for a better future.
I am not dismissing your criticism of our government. You may be surprised how much we could agree on. Sorry for the grief you are suffering.Nov 25 2012: firstly ı want to apologise because of my english level is not good,but ı try to express my minds
actually I wanted to talk about deaths in ıraq,afgahanistan,palestine...I believe to crusader mentality continues in different forms but someone still can defend US government ... I think that both of uncle sams and obamas are successful figures to hide reality... American gov. has been playing a complicated game for many years. However the biggest problem other satellite states continue to applause ... and shortly we have only an answer '' America's famous democracy feeding on innocent people's bloodNov 25 2012: This has moved outside the United States except for John Galt. All countries play the Great Game. Many play it with the United States. Almost my entire life the United States has been trying to get rid of Castro Duh he's gone now because of age in his longest reign in the history of the Western Hemispere. Look I wonder if you are not making a big deal of something that's not a big deal And internally - the big boys seem to be able to do almost anyhing they want. IS corporate bureaucracy different than govenmental bureaucracy except - they corporate bureaucracy have no real responsibility to the people. No taxation without representation I say If Paul Ryan really read van Hayek He would know the two big problems are corporations and patent law. I don't know about that - but the conservative Wiz said read that and Ann Rand. Strange Ann!Nov 24 2012: Because it has the power to do so and it is looked to by various national and transnational interests to make its power felt in a variety of places to support or oppose any given cause. But mostly because they can, ability to do something naturally impels the doing of it.
Nov 24 2012: RE: "it's astounding . . ."
Apparently you disagree with my response given specifically to Mr. Lee. Do you have anything more substantial to contribute than an arbitrary, non-specific, unsolicited, irrelevant personal assessment of my intellectual acuity? Your response adds nothing to the debate by way of enlightenment.
John Frum
Nov 24 2012: * Israel turns down American "help".
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* "Iraq was held hostage by a savage, maniac dictator who needed to be put out of a job." Savage and maniacal in whose eyes? Many have said this about Bush also. In any case, Saddam was made powerful with America's meddlesome support.
* Afghanistan and Pakistan: I agree with you -- for the current scenario. America is looking out for its own security, as it should. I still disagree with the American means of doing it. But, to start with, America and USSR ruined Afghanistan. In any case, Osama Bin Laden was made powerful with America's meddlesome support.
* Korea and Vietnam: There are many people asking for help, all the time. The American government only helps when it can spread its imperialist wings.
* The malignancy of communism is alive and well within America. It is just called by a different name.
* America is a totalitarian ruler too.
Nov 24 2012: I categorically reject everything you just said with the exception of the part where you exressed ageement with me. If you don't see a difference between President Bush and Hussein I think you are not being serious. One used poison gas on his own citizens. The other tracked him down and and turned him over to the authorities who promptly hung him. Do you know what Imperialism looks like?. . . there are colonies sworn to loyalty to the imperialist conqueror. Name the US colonies for me please. Communism may be alive in America, but it only thrives in the protective artificial atmosphere of our institutions of higher learning. America is not totalitarian.Nov 25 2012: References for my statements:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-KA-Nc3_k
2. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Iraq/Saddam_MadeInUSA.html the article has enough references of its own. Also http://usiraq.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000887
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone. I was wrong about Osama Bin Laden. The US "only" supported the mujaheddin.
4. I'll not go on about Korea and Vietnam. My own knowledge is patchy.
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKjPI6no5ng
6. http://thewarningsigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/67-year-old-man-arrested-for-minting.html or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Dollar#Legal_issues
The links I have provided are only a small sampling.
American totalitarianism is like the apocryphal frog in boiling water.
Nov 25 2012: 1) No disagreement here. Israel wants , and needs, our technology, not our troops.
2) Absolutely yes we did arm Iraq as an ally against Iran.
3) Absolutely yes we did arm the mujahideen as allies against the communists.
5) I see no relevance to this debate in this Obama rhetoric.
6) Passing off silver coins as US currency is illegal. Is prosecuting counterfeit violations meddling?
7) Evidence indicates an intent to deceive buyers about coins being official US currency.
Finally, the meaning or relevance of your remark about an "apocryphal frog" escapes me completely.Nov 25 2012: 1. I don't know what you mean by "our" technology. Technology has ceased to be the dominion of a handful of countries. Many multinationals of US and European origin who have huge research centers in Israel. If you meant weapons made by US companies, and Israel pays with their own money, the US would still not be said to be "supporting" Israel.
2 & 3. Why did you disagree with me earlier? I am completely confused.
5. Don't you think that that point of view is "communist"? The fact that Obama says it so openly, and so many Americans agree with it, and want the state to do more, indicates that communist ideologies are endemic in the US.
6. No one passed it off as US currency. The were not counterfeit: they did not pretend to be something they are not. It is currency, just thy way bitcoin is. By "US currency", do you mean "made by the US government"? The people who made Liberty Dollars hate the government. Why would they even want to pass it off as US currency? Please point me to the evidence.
US totalitarianism is happening very slowly. People's rights are being taken away in little bits. That's why most people don't notice, and think the US is still the land of the free. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
Nov 25 2012: Someday I will learn to communicate clearly in few words. Sorry for the confusion. I'll try again:
1) I was a weapons designer for several prime contractors to the Pentagon. The Israelis were often "the customer". That I know from experience. The Iron Dome is our technology. The US supports Israel, period!
2 &3) I did not disagree that we armed those two, I disagree that we knew Sadaam was a homocidal maniac when we armed him. (We KNOW he had WMD, we sold them to him, they are buried somewhere in Iraq.) The mujahadeen were enemies of our enemy, aka our strategic friend, so we armed them to impede our enemy. That's good, proven strategy!
5) I differentiate between communism and socialism. Obama is the latter as are 47% of Americans.
6) The charges state there was an affort to misrepresent the coins as US currency. Perhaps they are unfounded, but they are the basis of prosecution.
Finally, agreed, the US is becoming socialist, but that is not the same as totalitarian. We still have checks and balances which are non-existent in a dictatorship, like Egypt is about to become.
Thanks for being patient!Nov 26 2012: 2 & 3. This is exactly what most people discussing here call "meddling" :-) As for "good, proven strategy", empire building has always proven to be bad strategy, whether done by Americans or by Russians. This policy is now biting the US back.
Now, not directly related to the main topic of discussion:
5. Agreed, there is a difference between communism and socialism. But none of the "communist countries" were communist. They were all socialist.
6. Some of us, especially the free-market people, think that the existence of the federal reserve is an interference in the internal affairs.
7. I get the impression that "checks and balances" has become just eyewash. I'm not in the US, and therefore somewhat ignorant. But can you give me recent examples of where these checks and balances worked?
Nov 26 2012: Obama told the leader of Tibet recently that he wished he could circumvent Congress to achieve his purposes. That is how a check works.
EDIT: I can't find the Tibet report so I want to change the reference to a speech Barak Hussein Obama gave to Latinos recently where he siad he wished he could circumvent Congress, but added "that's not the way our Democracy (Note: the US, which he is the Chief Executive of, is not a democracy, it is a Representative Republic) works".Nov 24 2012: What has the government meddled in that affected you directly, for example, in Ankara, or in Turkey? Why did you start this question, what did you have in mind?
Nov 24 2012: I think it's a very valid question, and as a non-American living in America, i've been thinking the exact same thing.
Why does the US "meddle"? Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam....
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Nov 24 2012: Israel is a friend of America. We help our friends. Iraq was held hostage by a savage, maniac dictator who needed to be put out of a job. Afghanistan and Pakistan both harbor and aid the enemies of America which makes them strategic players. Korea and Viet Nam asked for help in the past to avoid the malignancy of Communism as it reached toward its goal of world domination. America "meddles" in the affairs of those who want, and need, her might and power to survive against those who would crush them under totalitarian rule. Why did you not mention Germany or Japan?
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Nov 24 2012: Its astounding that you can be st intelligent and well educated and yet have so little a concept of what the USA has done abroad.Nov 24 2012: I agree with russell. Your ignorance of US history abroad is astounding. The US started planning to be the world superpower even prior to its joining WWII because it knew the European powers would burn themselves out leaving a vacuum that the US would nicely slide into. It is an extension to the ridiculous notion of American Exceptionalism which after the end of the cold war began to morph into the American Empire and under George W Bush morphed again into America's interests being above the law, both international and soverign country law.


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Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with second-generation upper stage + escape stage; 8K78M
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome); NIIP-5 / launch site 31
Spacecraft Mass: c. 1,200 kg
Spacecraft Instruments: Bus: 1) solar wind detector 2) cosmic-ray detector Lander: 1) resistance thermometer 2) aneroid barometer
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Alumni Spotlight: Mel Wolfgang '93
By Meldon "Mel" Wolfgang '93
It seems a long time ago that I spent my senior year at Webb, writing my thesis and sailing on our boat, Three Sheets to the Wind. Where did 18 years go?
Well, I gave six to MIT, where I studied the hydrodynamics of fish swimming, and I earned a doctoral degree from the former Department of Ocean Engineering. At MIT in the late 1990s, most of my contemporaries were graduating, starting internet companies and making millions in months. It was easy to get excited by that — to be awakened by that level of energy around creating a business.
Before I leapt, though, I felt I really needed to learn business. So, I joined The Boston Consulting Group in 1999, and I have spent the last 12 years learning. I started out as a generalist consultant based in Boston, and within four years, I had worked on five continents in six different industries.
I am now based in Boston again, and I focus on serving manufacturing and logistics companies, and on issues of corporate strategy, commercial effectiveness, and organization design. It's a long way from boat design — I haven't had the opportunity to break out my engineering training lately, or to throw the word "athwartships" into any conversations with a CEO. But quantitative rigor, a strong work ethic, the need to sweat details, and the ability to see the bigger picture and understand systems are all skills I developed at Webb that are required in my work every day.


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1. Don Mattingly: He had the Dodgers in first place for almost the entire first half of last season - back when on most nights, his lineup included Bobby Abreu, Juan Rivera, James Loney and a third baseman du jour. So Mattingly definitely can manage.
But ownership spending $650 million or so to add Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu and J.P. Howell comes with the biggest burden of expectation in the game. Nothing less than 90-plus wins and the playoffs will be acceptable here. And it's all going to start from the get-go at Camelback Ranch.
Trouble is, for all their spending, the Dodgers' roster still is far from perfect, and therein lies the challenge for their manager - who in case you didn't know, is in the final year of his contract.
If things break right health-wise this spring, the Dodgers could have as many as eight starting pitchers, meaning one could go for help needed elsewhere - such as third base, the bench or the bullpen. But keep in mind the Dodgers finished 26th in the majors in runs, and 28th in slugging percentage in 2012, and the lineup thins considerably after the No. 6 spot.
How much will the weaknesses of Crawford and Andre Ethier against left-handed pitching hamper run production? Is Kenley Jansen OK? Can Brandon League close through a full season again? Is Luis Cruz the answer at third base? What to do with Dee Gordon? Questions, questions.
2. Josh Hamilton: For the second consecutive spring, the biggest new arrival in any camp will put down roots right off the I-10 at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Move over, Albert Pujols - and for the first time, we'll have two former MVPs back-to-back in a lineup.
Arte Moreno's spending hasn't quite been to the Dodgers' extreme, but there is no mistaking the win-now pressure it has set in motion, especially on Mike Scioscia, whose team hasn't been in the post-season since 2009. At least Scioscia - unlike Mattingly - has the security of six more years and $30 million remaining on his contract.
And you can wonder how much better the Angels are going to be record-wise after Jerry Dipoto's many moves:
Out: Torii Hunter, Zack Greinke, Dan Haren, Kendrys Morales, Ervin Santana, Jordan Walden, LaTroy Hawkins, Maicer Izturis.
In: Hamilton, Tommy Hanson, Joe Blanton, Peter Bourjos playing a more prominent role, Jason Vargas, Ryan Madson, Sean Burnett.
The lineup should be one of the game's most lethal, but how much of a run-production gain is there really going to be in swapping Hamilton and Bourjos for Hunter and Morales? Especially when Hunter's perfect fit in the No. 2 spot has been lost.
Roles throughout the roster are more settled than last spring, and the bullpen should be better. But the rotation most likely won't be.
But front and center will be Hamilton - a $125-million risk in a much-different situation than from where he came. The ending wasn't pretty in Texas, but don't forget the protective atmosphere created by the organization, especially teammates, during Hamilton's stay there. That's not to say a similar situation can't be created in Anaheim, but we'll have to wait and see if it does.
3. Aroldis Chapman: When he recorded his first save on May 21, the Reds' record was 21-19. Certainly, other factors also were involved the rest of the way, most notably a five-man rotation that stayed intact to make 161 starts. But Chapman's emergence as a dominant closer was a big key to the Reds' 97-65, NL Central-winning regular season.
So why fix it if it ain't broke? Well, because trying Chapman as a starter has been the Reds' logical-in-theory plan all along. Two-hundred quality innings are far more valuable than 60-70 overpowering ones, especially considering the way closers are used these days. It's also what Chapman always has desired.
The issues will be if he can develop an effective off-speed pitch, and hold up to a substantial innings increase, especially in light of a bout of shoulder fatigue in 2012.
At stake could be the emergence of a legitimate No. 1 starter - the kind the Reds can't otherwise afford, and possibly one of the top 5-10 in the game. It says here that will be the end result. And there is an easy-enough fallback scenario of simply putting Chapman back in the closer role if it doesn't work out.
But at risk could be an injury; just ask Neftali Feliz. No pressure on pitching coach Bryan Price, right?
4. Dayton Moore: After seven seasons in charge, and no more than 75 wins in any of them, the clock could be ticking on his stay in Kansas City.
Moore's contract runs through 2014, but he's gone all-in this season with the additions of James Shields and Wade Davis (for three top prospects including Wil Myers) and Ervin Santana, plus the re-signing of Jeremy Guthrie.
So how much better will the Royals be, and how much do they need to improve for Moore to stay put?
Say what you want about Davis, Santana and Guthrie, but around 90 starts between them should make for a solid upgrade over the Royals' 2012 rotation. Bruce Chen and Luke Hochevar were the only two who made 30-plus starts in 2012, and both had 5-plus ERAs. Twenty-eight more starts went to Will Smith (5.32 ERA) and Jonathan Sanchez (7.76 ERA).
There also is much to like about the Royals bullpen, even with Joakim Soria wearing a Rangers uniform.
The Royals finished a disappointing 12th in the AL in runs in 2012 - a drop of six spots from 2011. So a combination of Eric Hosmer's likely bounce-back, the ascending career paths of Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar, and a full season from the dynamic Salvador Perez behind the plate is needed to push the Royals' offense to middle-of-the-pack or above.
Still, thinking the Royals can challenge the Tigers is a stretch, even in a best-case scenario. But finishing above .500 needs to happen.
5. Mariano Rivera/Derek Jeter: We're not so quick here to predict the demise of the Yankees as we know them. Not when they head to camp with seven starting pitchers if Michael Pineda can make it back, and coming off an AL-leading +136 run differential.
But at 43 and coming off season-ending knee surgery, this should be Rivera's last hurrah. He says he'll be ready for Opening Day, and who's going to bet against him? Still, can he be as effective as Rafael Soriano was in 2012? That will be no easy task, even for Rivera, whose innings likely will be limited, keeping him from elite-closer status.
As for Jeter, even if he was 100 percent healthy, he would be hard-pressed to match his 2012 numbers: 216 hits were his most since 1999, and a .316 batting average, .362 OBP, .429 slugging percentage and 2.9 WAR were his highest since 2009. He's 38 and coming off a fractured ankle. So a still-very-good-but-not-2012 season seems likely.


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Rannie Paul Hampton, age 63, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.
Rannie has been Superintendent in Construction working for General Contractors in Texas, Egypt and Honduras after serving his country in the United States Marine Corps.
He is survived by his wife, Norma; and daughters, Barbara and Lauren Hampton; step daughter, Dierdre and husband Vince Harbal of Arlington; mother, Sarah R. Hampton; brothers, D. Mark and wife Jackie Hampton and Tim L. Hampton; uncle, Van and Neta Baucum, all of Sweetwater.
He was preceded in death by his father, Don L. Hampton; brother, Don J. Hampton; sister-in-law Cheryl Brown Hampton; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caucum and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hampton.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 6-8 p.m. at Wade Funeral Home, located at 4140 West Pioneer Parkway, Arlington, Texas.
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 10:30 a.m., Mass will be held at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish, at 5819 West Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington, Texas. Lunch will follow.
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Restaurant Villa Rothschild is the gastronomic centrepiece at the five-star Hotel Villa Rothschild Kempinski in the heart of the idyllic Taunus. Under head chef Christoph Rainer, the 38-cover gourmet restaurant in the light-flooded pavilion offers a heavenly culinary experience. The Michelin Guide rates it as one of the best in Hessen.
This half-timbered property, which is over 300 years old, has been owned by the Laufer family since the Second World War, and has since been run as a wine tavern, hotel and restaurant. Guests can now choose between a traditional room in the Weinhaus zum Krug and a modern, themed room in the former town hall. The restaurant serves meticulously prepared, home-spun cuisine that combines regional and seasonal ingredients with great imagination.
Head chef and culinary artiste at Tiger Restaurant in the heart of Frankfurt is Alfred Friedrich. The restaurant atmosphere is inviting – chic but informal – and positively oozes good taste. Friedrich's grande cuisine des saisons is known for its sophisticated interplay of flavours and quality ingredients. Impeccable service under the watchful eye of restaurant manager Miguel Martin together with an excellent selection of 1,000 wines make for a perfect gastronomic experience.
Michelin-starred chef Matthias Schmidt and maître d' Thierry Felden are both passionate about great food and pass on this passion, through their team, to their guests. Schmidt believes in a style of cuisine that uses almost one hundred per cent regional, seasonal produce, focuses on the essentials and elegantly inspires sensory experiences. Working with ingredients such as Japanese rose, spruce buds, beechnuts and wheatgrass oil, his interpretations are bold but well thought through.
Michelin-starred chef Patrik Kimpel presides over the gourmet restaurant at the luxurious Landhotel Kronenschlösschen in the Rheingau. Set between vineyards and the Rhine, very close to the Cistercian abbey at Eberbach, the hotel offers a number of rooms and suites, a bistro and a garden terrace in the grounds. The Kronenschlösschen also runs its own cookery school and hosts a variety of events including tastings of rare wines.
Restaurant Drei Birken in Birkenau is the gastronomic destination at the gateway to the Odenwald forest. Although the culinary standard is high, Drei Birken still feels like a well-kept secret. Karl Gassen cooks in a light, refined style with mediterranean elements and occasional echoes of Asian cuisine. Imaginative fish dishes are menu fixtures, and seasonal produce is always the focal point of the creations.
The Krone in Hetschbach, in the heart of the charming Odenwald forest, combines the relaxed feel of a family-run hotel with the excellent service of an award-winning restaurant. Here, Karl L. Wölfelschneider, whose inspirations are the New World and French/mediterranean cuisine, offers creative dishes made with regionally sourced ingredients. Sommelier Iris Wölfelschneider-Daab serves matching wines and fruit brandies from the orchard.
Award-winning cuisine in the truest sense – Patrick Bittner, a distinguished gourmet chef and master of his art, is chef de cuisine at the Français at Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof. He specialises in fine French cuisine, new interpretations of local specialities and fish dishes that are highly prized by the international clientele. Another highlight is the Français terrace, the perfect place to enjoy a meal and while away the hours with a view of the Frankfurt skyline.
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San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - Matt Cain pitched seven solid innings and San Francisco's offense backed him with three home runs, as the Giants beat the San Diego Padres, 8-3, in the finale of a three-game series.
Cain (7-2) gave up three unearned runs on seven hits while fanning nine for the Giants, who have won nine of their past 11 games. The right-hander has won six straight starts since opening the season with one win in his first five outings.
"We just had the right guy out there," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Matt's unflappable. What a job he did to overcome mistakes."
Buster Posey, Angel Pagan and Gregor Blanco each homered for San Francisco. Pagan extended his hitting streak to 15 games, while Ryan Theriot went 4-for-5 with an RBI and run scored.
Chase Headley knocked in two runs for the Padres, who lost the final two games of this series.
Jason Marquis (0-1), making his first start in a San Diego uniform, allowed four runs -- two earned -- on nine hits over six innings. Marquis, who had six strikeouts, started the season with the Minnesota Twins and made seven starts -- going 2-4 with an 8.47 earned run average -- before he was let go on May 28. He signed a minor-league deal with the Padres a day later and made one start at Double-A San Antonio in the Texas League before Thursday's call-up to the majors.
San Francisco's offense got going in the first inning. With Theriot on first and one out, Melky Cabrera hit a grounder back to Marquis. The veteran pitcher's throwing error put men on first and second. Posey followed with an RBI single up the middle. Brandon Belt added a two-out double to right, which scored Cabrera for a 2-0 lead.
The Giants tacked on another run in the second. Blanco hit a two-out double to right and crossed the plate on Theriot's base hit to right.
Posey's solo homer to left in the third made it 4-0.
But San Diego managed to get three runs back in the bottom of the frame. Marquis led off with a single and Cameron Maybin followed with a deep fly ball to center. Pagan dropped the ball, though, allowing the runners to reach second and third. Yonder Alonso then hit a grounder to second baseman Theriot, who went home with the ball. A low throw allowed a run to score. Headley followed with a two-run double off the wall in right-center field. Cain retired the next two batters to keep it 4-3.
Pagan came through with a big homer in the seventh. Brad Brach gave up a leadoff single to Cabrera, who scored on Pagan's one-out homer to right.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Then this morning I had my last long run of this training cycle. I did 17 miles and finished with a 7:42 average pace for the run. It was 22 degrees and windier than I would have liked, but I was really happy to maintain the pace I wanted despite the wind and running a hilly route. It was another run that the pace came easily and I felt really good and strong the whole way - another confidence boosting run.
Let taper begin! Two weeks until Boston. :)
Now for the "meat" of the post.
I have had two commenters recently ask, "How do you see running affecting your passion about adoption, international development, orphans, etc. I initially came to your blog because that is what you wrote a lot about. It seems like as you get more passionate about running, that stuff isn't as important?"
The short answer is that running hasn't affected my passion about adoption, international development, orphans, etc. at all. This is my running blog. I started this blog to have a place to journal and write about my running, and to connect with other runners. I share small parts of other aspects of my life and other passions, but if you are looking for me writing about adoption and orphan issues, you won't find much of that here. (Every once and a while I do. If you haven't read my post "Limits", I ask you to. I originally posted it here and then it was reposted on the Rainbowkids adoption magazine).
Several years ago I did have a very active family blog. I shared a great deal about my family, and also used the blog as a way to advocate for adoption (especially HIV+ and special needs adoptions) and used it as a way to educate others. At the time, there was literally almost no information at all available online (or anywhere else) about adopting HIV+ children and there was a huge need. Now there are countless websites, blogs, and other sources of information. I decided that I wanted more privacy for my family and have made that blog private, and now mostly use it to share more personal things with family and friends (although I have not been writing on it much lately).
At that time I felt that writing was the best way I could advocate and "do good" in the areas of adoption, etc. Now with my work I am doing different things that I think/hope are doing just as much good.
My other passions have not changed because of my running. I still work in international adoption. I still spend hours a day advocating, educating, fundraising, and being submerged in adoption, international development, orphan issues, etc. It can all be very emotionally draining, but it is what I do because I am very passionate about it and because I very much want to do good things with my life and make the world a better place in whatever small ways that I can. Running hasn't changed any of that.
Running is my release of the emotional stress of my job, of raising 12 kids, and of everything else life brings. Running is what I do to care for myself. Running, and chasing after (literally!) my running goals and dreams is the part of my life that I have carved out for me. And because of that I have more of myself to give to my husband, my children, my job, and my other passions.
For a long time all I did was give, give, give. I gave to Josh. I gave to the kids. I gave to my job. I gave much time and energy to advocating. I got burnt out emotionally. I was unhealthy physically. There was no balance. I still give, give, give (and do so happily), but I found a balance.
I don't regret what I give to others, and I don't regret my running, which is what I give to myself.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
Running is definitely one of my passions now, as is being healthy and fit, and trying to inspire and help others to achieve that for themselves since I know how amazing it feels to do that. I enjoy writing about it and want to have a written account of my journey. I answer many messages a week from people asking for advice, help, and guidance with running, eating, etc. and do so happily. I try to encourage and inspire others through our local running group. I also have found ways to combine my passions, and have run to raise money for orphans, adoption, and children living in impoverished conditions.
This is my running blog. Most of what I write about here will be about my running. Running is very important to me and is a big part of my life, but my life has much more to it than running.
I have many passions, many loves, and many blessings in a very full, rewarding, and happy life.
19 comments:
- Nikki said...
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
- April 2, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Becky at Prairie Runner said...
Great article! I admire all you do and that you do it with grace"
- April 2, 2012 at 5:04 PM
- robinbb said...
It makes me sad that you have to defend yourself, yes your passion is running but I can see your love for everything in your family and writing. I guess putting ourselves on the web opens us up to criticism.
Nice job on the runs. Can't wait to see you again less than 2 weeks! You'll have to let me know what your schedule looks like when you are here.
- April 2, 2012 at 5:37 PM
- Christy MyDirtRoadAnthem said...
Love it, so true you do need to have a passion in life that is all for you where instead of giving all the time you are allowed to take some too. Keep it up and great job with the runs!
- April 2, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- nora said...
Erin, I had been reading yoru family blog for quite a few years and hten lost track of it. I ran into your profile on Runner's World yesterday! You look amazing, happy, and so engaged in so many things. Your kiddos must be so proud of their momma. Go you!
- April 2, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- MCM Mama said...
I am always impressed at how well you balance things in your life. I think all of us have passions we don't talk a lot about on our blogs. Doesn't mean they aren't there. Just means that's not what we blog about.
Great job on the run!
- April 2, 2012 at 7:56 PM
- Ugly said...
It looks like you are ready for Boston, and for other races as well....
Training times look good....
Challenges add alittle spice to running that many joggers that don't race actually miss....
Good luck....
- April 2, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- LBTEPA said...
people are so rude. It's your blog and you write ehat you want to write. You don't have to justify yourself
- April 2, 2012 at 11:57 PM
- coach dion said...
I read your blog, because I want to hear about your running... I love telling people about you when they try and tell me they don't have time to train!!!
Now I understand about what those guys asked you, I follow a couple of blogs and there are times they talk to much about food!!! and not enough about running. Yes I love food, but I don't follow food blogs, so I just don't read those posts. I don't worry that the writers aren't running any more... Maybe I should!!!
So Run Mom Run
- April 3, 2012 at 12:36 AM
- Michelle said...
Never like when we have to "defend" what we write.
Our local newspaper contacted me about writing a monthly article as I prepared for Boston. Never in my wildest dreams did I think anyone could turn it negatively, but someone did. Bizarre to me.
Carry on, my friend! You are a picture of balance and strength!
ps--got my bracelet yesterday and absolutely LOVE it!
- April 3, 2012 at 5:41 AM
- Jessica (Pace of Me) said...
Hi Erin,
I really think this is so beautifully written and from the heart (as all of your writing is) and I truly enjoy reading about how passionate you are about your running. Your passion and your love for your family is ALWAYS evident in each of your posts, whether they are focused on that or not. I am so impressed with your dedication to your training and how you are able to balance it all with the busy life that you have. You DO inspire me - as a runner and as a mother. Keep it up! And wow what an awesome tempo run and an amazing 17 miler! Can't wait to see what you do in Boston. Oh aaaand my RW came yesterday and I turned right to your article - I smiled the entire time i read it. so proud and happy for you!!
- April 3, 2012 at 6:27 AM
- runnerwannabe said...
Your blog is wonderful. It is upsetting when your passion for your family is questioned. You handled it very well! You have a big heart. My husband hates it when I write about family issues, so generally I keep it fitness related.
- April 3, 2012 at 6:31 AM
- Mark Matthews said...
As a blogger myself, I struggled with what to focus on in my blog, especially initially. Do I talk about my writing, addiction history, family adoption issues, or running?
Adoption issues come up daily in our family, but to always blog on this would seem too personal and maybe intrusive on my daughters privacy. For example: questions from her such as "Did you kidnap me? Why can't I be from Mommy's tummy?" or our bio-daughter questioning why she has different skin than her sister. This is loaded stuff. Compartmentalizing is near impossible, and what I have found and realized is that, running sort of sucks all of these issues up into its massive whirlpool of energy, so that's where I went. I am thinking your passion for everything is reflected in your running, a physical manifestation of all your insides turned outwards.
Okay, this comment looks like word barf on the floor, so I'll stop now.
- April 3, 2012 at 7:32 AM
- Jen@runfortheboys said...
This is a GREAT comment! I think you are on to something with running being a physical manifestation of all our passions. It is NOT in conflict, but rather perfect harmony, with all that we are.
- April 3, 2012 at 10:09 AM
- natasha said...
Great article,thanx for shearing it.I really saw your passion in it.
- April 3, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- shannon said...
Wow, it seems you are one busy woman...12 children...I thought I was a busy mom with 4 children. I too am a runner but it certainly didn't come naturally I really had to work at it...I have been running now for 8 short months and am in training for my first half-marathon in September 2012. I just started a new running blog all about my journey with cancer and becoming a runner...please stop by sometime, I'd appreciate that as I'm trying to promote it. Blessings.
- April 3, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Nikki said...
I just wanted to add that I was the one who asked this question. to address everyone making comments about Erin having to defend herself, etc. that's not at all what the comment's purpose was. Not all of the comment was posted (where I told Erin what an inspiration she is and explained the question further). As I am passionate about international development, but currently grow other passions in my life, I was interested to hear from someone who was doing the same, and how she balances it. Not all questions are criticisms!! :)
- April 4, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Christina said...
Well said! One of the main reasons I started running is because I give to my family so much of me and that while I love that role and the mom/wife I am, I do need something for me. I think only "runners" get this? :-) Just because you find passion in running (or whatever one finds passion in) does not mean you don't find other parts of your life just as important. Everything has a place and a role. Good luck in Boston!
- April 4, 2012 at 7:44 PM
- i Run said...
Love your blog and inspirations! Keep on keepin' on Erin!
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