tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post8610271697766694638..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: And there you have it ...SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-31601093935505885052008-09-08T18:40:00.000-07:002008-09-08T18:40:00.000-07:00I've met a lot of community organizers in my South...I've met a lot of community organizers in my Southern CA suburb. <BR/><BR/>People who work tirelessly to help raise funds to build a park or a playground.<BR/><BR/>People who work to prevent needless development, and who promote the neighborhood and its values.<BR/><BR/>People who volunteer for school foundations and raise money for things that schools can't otherwise afford, like music classes IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-8697687864336667282008-09-08T15:43:00.000-07:002008-09-08T15:43:00.000-07:00Ronf, I guess your cryptic remarks are commenting ...Ronf, I guess your cryptic remarks are commenting on my remarks, so thanks for enlightening me about reality. Your expertise in all matters theological and political is beyond compare.<BR/><BR/>An income of $75,000 a year falls into the top 0.82% of incomes worldwide. A 1700 square-foot dwelling in a suburb is a castle to most of the world’s (and America’s) population. If you have never met a uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/04432061902786176407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-16077057307561232102008-09-08T14:20:00.000-07:002008-09-08T14:20:00.000-07:00I think maybe we have to show that community organ...I think maybe we have to show that community organizers are everywhere and sometimes you are one and don't even know it. The PTA group who organizes support for their local school to get funding for X program, the local group who organizes to get a park or a dog park in their community, etc. etc.pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09617543360314022225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-61259278006872134292008-09-08T14:00:00.000-07:002008-09-08T14:00:00.000-07:00Please, RonF, I admit I don't read science fiction...Please, RonF,<BR/><BR/> I admit I don't read science fiction very much, so who is this well known scifi writer you quote and how much of your entry belongs in quotes?<BR/><BR/>Thankssusan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-50052658086065686052008-09-08T13:36:00.000-07:002008-09-08T13:36:00.000-07:00Well, from my own experience; I do not live in a g...Well, from my own experience; I do not live in a gated community with $5,000,000 annual incomes. I live in a 1700 square foot split-level home in a Chicago suburb next to some high-tension lines and near a river that floods every so often. I make less than $100,000 a year. But I have never run into a community organizer, nor have I heard about one operating in my area.<BR/><BR/>At least, not RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-70702393006566633462008-09-08T12:58:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:58:00.000-07:00Community organizers are American heroes. They wor...Community organizers are American heroes. They work in church basements, synagogues and mosques to empower their communities and make life better for millions of working people across the country.<BR/><BR/>Because community organizers have taken on these "actual responsibilities," we have them to thank for the 8-hour workday, integrated swimming pools, public transportation, health care for uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/04432061902786176407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-52430608859311211632008-09-08T07:06:00.000-07:002008-09-08T07:06:00.000-07:00Here is another view of community organizer, from ...Here is another view of community organizer, from a well-known science fiction writer:<BR/><BR/>Will someone please correct me if I am wrong? Is not a community organizer a person who teaches others how to be victims and get on the dole or otherwise claim public benefits? Is not his clientele the people most of us wish would organize to strike and withhold their services to the community RonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533867151466876449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41128270323474910192008-09-07T19:28:00.000-07:002008-09-07T19:28:00.000-07:00I love it!!I love it!!Kay & Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244257765709660605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-72445263467432814652008-09-07T17:15:00.000-07:002008-09-07T17:15:00.000-07:00I really respect Ralph Nader, and I am so apprecia...I really respect Ralph Nader, and I am so appreciative of the work that he has done to raise issues, however, I would have to quibble with the assertion that he is "always positive"...if that is the reason you're voting for him, it seems a bit of a reach...<BR/><BR/>...if you are in support of his views, his experience, and how you believe he would be as president, I applaud your vote! (even if Peter Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006134824557299678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-9105633723936476822008-09-07T13:37:00.000-07:002008-09-07T13:37:00.000-07:00Love the MLK picture. As Roberta says, it's perfec...Love the MLK picture. As Roberta says, it's perfect.<BR/><BR/>Jim, I have a friend who says "vote for the consequences." Nader will never get elected. <BR/>Don't throw away your vote.susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-38389559179534237272008-09-07T06:18:00.000-07:002008-09-07T06:18:00.000-07:00Dear Rev. Russell: Here in Michigan (a so-called ...Dear Rev. Russell:<BR/><BR/> Here in Michigan (a so-called battleground state) we are being bombarded by McCain and Obama commercials. Not one of the commercials on either side give one reason why we should vote FOR the candidate.<BR/> It is all on the negative.<BR/> Ralph Nader is on our ballot, he is currently my choice because he is the only one offering reasons why someone should vote FOR Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-3606865535949980192008-09-06T23:15:00.000-07:002008-09-06T23:15:00.000-07:00perfect!perfect!ROBERTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130103117335080071noreply@blogger.com