My purpose for starting this blog site has changed from telling my friends and family about the trials and tribulations of getting my book published to promoting a fair and just society where we all respect our fellow man. I started with health care reform. It might not sound like a big deal but it is to me. Do you all remember the bully in the playground? I do.
I remember him well because even though I often wasn’t the target I lived my life in constant fear. I had polio as a child and walked with braces on my legs and crutches under my arms. Often bullies didn’t pick on me because they weren’t sure whether I could hurt them with my crutches. The times a bully found out they weren’t very effective I got to experience the pain a bully can inflict. Well now we’re all grown up and there aren’t any bullies anymore, right?
Guess again. The bullies have grown and become more sophisticated. Now they aren’t just a person they can be a company or an entire industry. Any time a person or organization takes their interest over your interest or the common interest, they’re displaying all the characteristics of a bully and if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck, it’s a duck. Recently Warren Buffett the billionaire founder of the investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. asked Congress not to cut his taxes. Specifically he urged the Senate Finance Committee not to repeal the estate tax which is scheduled to come up for a vote by the Senate.
If you want to see a man who thinks like me, a man who believes in a fair and just society and is willing to do something about it click on this link http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3869458&page=1 .
If this video doesn’t make you angry, then get out of the playground because we don’t want your kind here.
I remember him well because even though I often wasn’t the target I lived my life in constant fear. I had polio as a child and walked with braces on my legs and crutches under my arms. Often bullies didn’t pick on me because they weren’t sure whether I could hurt them with my crutches. The times a bully found out they weren’t very effective I got to experience the pain a bully can inflict. Well now we’re all grown up and there aren’t any bullies anymore, right?
Guess again. The bullies have grown and become more sophisticated. Now they aren’t just a person they can be a company or an entire industry. Any time a person or organization takes their interest over your interest or the common interest, they’re displaying all the characteristics of a bully and if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck, it’s a duck. Recently Warren Buffett the billionaire founder of the investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. asked Congress not to cut his taxes. Specifically he urged the Senate Finance Committee not to repeal the estate tax which is scheduled to come up for a vote by the Senate.
If you want to see a man who thinks like me, a man who believes in a fair and just society and is willing to do something about it click on this link http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3869458&page=1 .
If this video doesn’t make you angry, then get out of the playground because we don’t want your kind here.
2 comments:
Well Gig you just admitted to everyone that there were bullies in your life. I’m proud of you. Aren’t you glad I never told anyone how to get you crutches away from you? So do we also get to take on workman comp insurance when we have a good start on this? You know the people who sit in an office and can refuse treatment that a doctor wants you to have. The specialist verses the desk guy.
Yes there were bullies and my sister was the worest of the lot. We take 'em all on. So did you watch the video????
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