Today, I am following your advice and avoiding the daily urgency of the news, and am making an effort to be consciously grateful as I go through my day. At the same time, I am saving this edition of the daily report so that I can listen and read all of the great resources you have listed in part one. At noon, I meet with the Beloved Community to continue our weekly conversation about local social justice and poverty projects in Greensboro, NC. This afternoon, I will leave my daily phone messages at the offices of our two Republican senators as instructed by “Carry Water.” Thank you for everything.
I must object to your comparison between Benedict Arnold and Gym Jordan. It is grossly unfair--to Benedict Arnold. Arnold was a complex figure, at once heroic and cowardly, patriotic, egotistical, self-serving and self-pitying. Until his treason he was probably the best general on the American side--he may well have made the difference at Saratoga, the decisive battle of the Revolution. He was a much bigger man than Jordan could ever hope to be. (Perhaps the best picture of Arnold comes in Kenneth Roberts' historical novels from the 1930s: Arundel, Rabble in Arms and Oliver Wiswell. If you can still find them.
Sent out yesterday 104 letters to 140 "active registered Democrats" and emails to 38 more to start a network to insure 100% of 1200 registered Democrats,voters in my precinct, vote in 2022 and 2024.
Today, I am following your advice and avoiding the daily urgency of the news, and am making an effort to be consciously grateful as I go through my day. At the same time, I am saving this edition of the daily report so that I can listen and read all of the great resources you have listed in part one. At noon, I meet with the Beloved Community to continue our weekly conversation about local social justice and poverty projects in Greensboro, NC. This afternoon, I will leave my daily phone messages at the offices of our two Republican senators as instructed by “Carry Water.” Thank you for everything.
I must object to your comparison between Benedict Arnold and Gym Jordan. It is grossly unfair--to Benedict Arnold. Arnold was a complex figure, at once heroic and cowardly, patriotic, egotistical, self-serving and self-pitying. Until his treason he was probably the best general on the American side--he may well have made the difference at Saratoga, the decisive battle of the Revolution. He was a much bigger man than Jordan could ever hope to be. (Perhaps the best picture of Arnold comes in Kenneth Roberts' historical novels from the 1930s: Arundel, Rabble in Arms and Oliver Wiswell. If you can still find them.
Sent out yesterday 104 letters to 140 "active registered Democrats" and emails to 38 more to start a network to insure 100% of 1200 registered Democrats,voters in my precinct, vote in 2022 and 2024.