This is pretty sobering stuff....from Chuck Warnock....
"I have visited countries in Asia where whole families live in barns, or chicken coops, or cardboard boxes. I have traveled in Mexico, and visited border towns, and tourist havens. I rode through Mexico City where 26-million people eke out a living amid both splendor and poverty. We expect to see grinding poverty, hunger, and homelessness in the two-thirds world. But, in America? In the most properous country in the world? This is the new America for some."
"This is the sin of a society where executives of a failed global enterprise take home millions in “bonus” earnings, passing the victims of corporate greed and criminality in their BMWs and Mercedes-Benzs. This is America. This cannot, must not, should not continue to be the only America."
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Splitting Hairs?
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There’s a line in the movie, Jerry Maguire that always intrigued me. One of
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4 comments:
11:43 am
Thanks for the quote Mark - the sentiment couldn't be more relevant or necessary.
(Pretty sure the guy's name is "Chuck" Warnock, rather than "Church") :)
6:14 pm
Thanks for the link, Mark. Actually, I've spelled my name Church many times myself. -Chuck
8:15 am
yep!!! great quote Mark ... happening here as well, eh?
11:45 am
I dont know Mark....I do know that I have two friends who have lost their good jobs...and are struggling to find work
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