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March 25, 2008 at 09:25:52
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Birds of a Feather Like I sometimes need to do in order to jump start my aging brain in the early AM, I went to my local hole in the wall (hole in the wall eatery’s are the best food) restaurant for breakfast. As is usually the case the morning newspapers were on the counter ready for any interested reader. Front page of New Jersey’s The Star Ledger (Somerset/Hunterdon County edition) had the headline, “More troops dying for a nation not their own”. The article is the sad account of how over one hundred service members have received American citizenship as a function of being a KIA in the middle east. A gut wrenching story revealing how usurious and desperate America is for soldiers, and how desperate and used those people seeking to become Americans via military commitment truly are. Actually, by the numbers provided in the paper there have been fewer non citizen troops killed than I would have anticipated. Of the four thousand KIA, one in four hundred are of the non US citizen category. Surprised or not, it was a depressing read that had my stomach in a knot when my french (I do not capitalize french or france, they are unworthy of uppercase status.) toast arrived. But then…
…I also had to face the reality that the article simply reinforces what I have known for decades…the why we wage wars, and why we use people and cast them aside like litter.
Truth to follow...spoiled American baby boomers and subsequent generatrions read at your own risk.
For at least half of America, the other half is considered refuse. I justify that statement because the article about non citizen soldiers finished on page 8, and on page nine was a bold ad for DIVORCE $299! In America, we like things to be easy. Not willing to compromise to and for your spouse? No problemo…$299 shall set your selfish ass free. You see, Americans are creatures of convenience. If it ain’t easy, especially for the spoiled rotten baby boomer generation…we simply find a way to make it go away.
We like to posture ourselves as being “modern”, “educated”, “superior”, “progressive”…I mean after all, we have hammers and wheelbarrows, cell phones and the internet. Hell, we’ve even been to the moon. (Yes, for all of your conspiracy types, mankind actually has stepped foot on the moon.) We like to think of ourselves as being more than what our behavior proves different. Divorce, the need for the dissolution of a marriage lives in that same area of our flawed human character which facilitates shooting wars. Hell, some marriage’s are dissolve literally as a shooting war, too many actually.
Is it any wonder why mankind is perpetually at war? We in the “civilized” i.e., commercialized cultures, live in bubbles. We get to peacefully go to breakfast at little hole in the wall restaurants and read articles that tell us about how the rest of the world is falling about at the seams…well, I think you know how this ends.
If you have divorced your spouse, you have those character traits/flaws that cause “civilizations” to go to war. You want it your way…and you will godamn have it your way even if it means destroying the life of the person that you “promised” to love forever. Civilizations think in the same terms. We are a youthful and OH SOOOO primitive species.
I guess breakfast worked. Good for me, bad for divorcee’s.
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The main thrust
of your article- that Americans often trivialize their relationships- is a true one. Some divorces are for good reasons, as are some fights: such as the one many of us wage against our current War Policy in lieu of foreign policy. Truly we should all use care when we pick our battles or our mates. by Laudyms (0 articles, 1142 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 708 comments [138 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:35:27 PM  (0+)
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Reply: Nicely stated
Nicely stated<<<it was worth saying again. by James Strait (39 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 193 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:21:04 PM (0+)
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People have never been moral actors...just moralizers
Nobody has ever been able to figure out marriage - let alone divorce. Marriage is an institution in which two become one and one becomes nothing. by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1762 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:15:00 PM (0+)
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Reply: Became something
Had it not been for my wife of thiry years, I would have been a mercenary Benjamin Lawless type wandering the globe aimlessly. For me, marriage turned a zero into one half of a great team. by James Strait (39 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 193 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:08:00 PM (0+)
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Divorce?
Divorce = no more secret service protection for former first lady. She will never give that up. by Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 990 comments [34 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:11:56 PM (0+)
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Like, if we DIVORCED the Republican party!
As someone who struggled to make a marriage work for 7 long years, I can tell you there IS a place for divorce, and sometimes it's the best thing for everyone involved. ...Like, if we DIVORCED the Republican party! by Bia Winter (1 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 169 comments) on Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:15:56 AM (0+)
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Reply: Marriage ain't for sissies...and most men are sissies.
I agree, that in a marriage without children, that because of our species wide spanning all cultures immaturity, divorce can be a reasonable course of action. However, regardelss of culture, when children have been produced, I can offer no sympathy to the "adult" miscreants that destroy young lives because of their selfish inability to compromise. And working marriages ARE about compromise. But divorce damages children...hugely. And the damage to the kids is irreversable, and thus unforgivable. IF people only THOUGHT prior to marriage. IF men were not slaves to their erections. IF women did not fall for the lies that men will put forth as the male slavishly complies with the demands of their erections...IF love were not confused with lust(back to that being thoughtful thing)...then it would be a better world. Bottom line...Marriage ain't for sissies...and most American males ARE sissies. Now that still leaves many millions that are not sissies. Many millions are well rounded emotionally secure strait shooters, and it is no coincidence that the vast majority of those fellows are still married. BUT MOST males, as it relates to a responsible marriage... are sissies. by James Strait (39 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 193 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:33:42 AM (0+)
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Serving Divorce Papers to the Republican Party
Remember Debra Craig's wonderful missive? Headlined on 2/8/08: by Debra Craig Page 1 of 1 page(s) by Bia Winter (1 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 169 comments) on Wednesday, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:20:27 AM (0+)
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