Bad choices? Whose Responsiblity?

The conservatives say that the rest of us, especially those of us that are poor, make bad life choices. This is incongruous. They are the ones selling the bad choices! Example: "Drink Coke!" This isn't healthy, yet they managed to position their products into public schools to influence children. They justify this on profit. Advocates of "free markets" shouldn't be preaching about responsibility when they have a vested interest in our doing the opposite.

In Search Of The Enduring Friendship

I've been thinking lately about what makes friendships last. For all the talk about stresses and strains, what gets overlooked is the choice that people make to become, and continue to be, friends. It isn't simply the good times shared and tribulations endured-once camp ends, or after graduation, every one begins a new journey. Over time a new heritage is established, a heritage with new friends and no place for the old ones from childhood; unless a choice was made and a commitment was assiduously kept to. I have doubts about reconnecting through the typical school reunion (or Classmates.Com) and starting where we left off as if no time intervened. That would imply that there hadn't been any growth. No matter how immature some people were in school, some change does transpire.
Pick up where we left off? I don't think so.

It was long ago
Since we broke bread together
-wasting it laughing.

Copyright 2008