True Healing Comes From Within Our Own Hearts

Be mindful that the evil upon which you fix your eyes does not work its way into your soul to become the evil that you inflict upon others in the name of justice. We recognize the wrongs that are committed by the few and respond in a measured and reciprocal manner, understanding that healing comes from within our own hearts, not from bringing justice to those that never had one.

Loren M. Lambert © September 11, 2012

Romney Makes Promises, But Discusses Not How

Governor Romney is now saying he would preserve some of the Obama healthcare reforms. This is a step back from his promise: "The first thing I'll do is repeal Obamacare!" He said he'll keep the provisions that disallow denials of coverage for pre-existing conditions and for dropping you if you get sick.

However, many good, smart people struggled with this issue and realized that to make it work (when you increase what's covered, you increase the expense) you have to provide a way that gets everyone insured so everyone contributes. How is he going to do that? He hasn't said “how,” has he? In fact, he hasn't said how he plans on doing lot of things.

It's so easy to make the feel-good promises to:  lower taxes, create a billion jobs, make us energy dependent, and move all the oil to our country by surreptitiously drilling a transcontinental underground pipe into everyone's oil fields and drain them. It's hard to explain “how” to carry out promises. 

Mitt is long on promises and short on well-thought-out answers on how he'll fulfill them.

Loren M. Lambert © September 10, 2012

Republican Policies

The only true principles of the current right-wing Republicans is figuring out how to get the most money to the fewest people, so they can pass it back and forth without having to dirty their hands by talking to someone outside their gated communities. The rest of the country can just fall off into some sludge-filled cesspool.

The Republicans dress their policies up in a lot of holier-than-thou hypocrisy so they can sell it to the unblinking-night-of-mind-numb-zombie social conservatives.

Loren M. Lambert © September 7, 2012

Obama Speech Outlines Agenda

I appreciated the thoughtfulness and authenticity of President Obama's speech.

I blanch at both parties’ grandiose promises.

New York Times Op-Ed columnist, David Brooks, commented that he was disappointed that there was no grand vision and Obama’s speech proposals were too incremental.

The reality is: President Obama has already laid the foundation for his proposals, and now he needs to perfect them by attacking healthcare costs, simplifying the tax codes, keeping the recovery on track, and keeping a cool head on foreign affairs.

President Clinton clearly delineated the choice between candidate Romney, a man who knows how to create personal wealth by outsourcing and banking offshore, and President Obama, who knows how to create national wealth by investing in the well-being of all Americans and bulking up our infrastructure.

Loren M. Lambert © September 6, 2012

Herb Cowan On Self-Inflicted Injuries

I told Herb Cowan (my mentor and large vegetable farmer) about my self-inflicted injury from working out, yesterday. He said, "You have the same problem that many of the young have. You shouldn't confuse the difficulty and strenuous nature of an activity with its benefits and long-term rewards. If a young buck obliterates a rival male, or makes a miraculous escape from a predator, but gets fatally gored or breaks a leg in the process, the does are not impressed. They only care if he's around when it counts." My son then piped in, "How do you know when it counts?" With a twinkle in his eye, Cowan answered,"Usually that's pretty obvious, but when it's not, knowing is what separates the boys from the men."

Loren M. Lambert © September 4, 2012

Balancing Mortality With Desire To Live Life Fully

Balancing my mortality with my desire to live life fully is often a weekly readjustment. Unable to restrain the influence of a few jump ropers in my Meisner class, I attempted to regain the finesse I once mastered doing this for exercise many years ago. This was when I could do a slew of “doubles” consecutively, along with a bunch of other tricks to make the hoodlums in the area think I could box. Currently, the mind is willing, the muscle memory remembers, but the body vehicle just says, no. How many times do I need to figure that out?

On a more fruitful note, I celebrated Labor Day by engaging in the excitement of cleaning the garage and curtilage around the house. I love a clean garage almost as much as a ride in the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Thanks, kids, for a lovely day. Can't wait for the next cleaning project on Columbus Day.

Loren M. Lambert © September 3, 2012

Thinking Apocalyptic

Whenever I start thinking apocalyptic, I console myself, knowing that people are edible. Therefore, the good, Christian people with lots of guns will survive to re-people the earth. I find further solace in the fact that a lot of liberals and progressives will be very tasty, because they can be honestly labeled organic, lean, and free-ranging.

Loren M. Lambert © September 2, 2012