“Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody. Always feel that you count, always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.”
Regarding Jim Thorpe: I'm reminded of that Greek proverb: "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." The way Jim Thorpe's experience changed amateurism, exposed hypocrisy, and resulted in his restoration and the moral reckoning that went along with it is, in my opinion, a great example of that Greek proverb in application.
When I was a senior in college at a public university in Ohio, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I discovered I needed a humanities elective to graduate. The only course offering that fit my schedule was "American Indian History" as it was called then. I was the only one of 13 students in the class who was not Native American, adjacent, or had a deep lifelong interest in the subject. I learned more in that class than any other in my undergraduate studies.
I have known this about Jim Thorpe for years as he was a hero of my late husband who was himself, a pretty good athlete. As I was reading about Elizabeth Blackwell further on, I remembered that one of my late husband’s aunts as the first woman admitted to the UNC School of Medicine. She graduated and practiced medicine in Virginia Beach, Virginia for decades. I can’t begin to imagine what the few women who broke into that bastion of the elite men’s club had to go through in order to graduate. Took a lot of intestinal fortitude I’m certain.
As for the Olympics in general I have to think about the kind of poisonous atmosphere our athletes will be heading into now that this president has turned the country they’ve worked so hard to represent, into the world’s worst nightmare.
Text message from Mr. Store to Mr. Trump on Sunday, Jan. 18, 3:48 p.m.:
Dear Mr President, dear Donald – on the contact across the Atlantic – on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine – and your tariff announcement yesterday. You know our position on these issues. But we believe we all should work to take this down and de-escalate – so much is happening around us where we need to stand together. We are proposing a call with you later today – with both of us or separately – give us a hint of what you prefer! Best – Alex and Jonas
Text message from Mr. Trump to Mr. Store on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 4:15 p.m.:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT
“Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody. Always feel that you count, always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.”
– MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wow...lots I didn't know in that one Bill! Thanks!
Regarding Jim Thorpe: I'm reminded of that Greek proverb: "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." The way Jim Thorpe's experience changed amateurism, exposed hypocrisy, and resulted in his restoration and the moral reckoning that went along with it is, in my opinion, a great example of that Greek proverb in application.
When I was a senior in college at a public university in Ohio, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I discovered I needed a humanities elective to graduate. The only course offering that fit my schedule was "American Indian History" as it was called then. I was the only one of 13 students in the class who was not Native American, adjacent, or had a deep lifelong interest in the subject. I learned more in that class than any other in my undergraduate studies.
I have known this about Jim Thorpe for years as he was a hero of my late husband who was himself, a pretty good athlete. As I was reading about Elizabeth Blackwell further on, I remembered that one of my late husband’s aunts as the first woman admitted to the UNC School of Medicine. She graduated and practiced medicine in Virginia Beach, Virginia for decades. I can’t begin to imagine what the few women who broke into that bastion of the elite men’s club had to go through in order to graduate. Took a lot of intestinal fortitude I’m certain.
As for the Olympics in general I have to think about the kind of poisonous atmosphere our athletes will be heading into now that this president has turned the country they’ve worked so hard to represent, into the world’s worst nightmare.
Good stuff today Bill.
Text message from Mr. Store to Mr. Trump on Sunday, Jan. 18, 3:48 p.m.:
Dear Mr President, dear Donald – on the contact across the Atlantic – on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine – and your tariff announcement yesterday. You know our position on these issues. But we believe we all should work to take this down and de-escalate – so much is happening around us where we need to stand together. We are proposing a call with you later today – with both of us or separately – give us a hint of what you prefer! Best – Alex and Jonas
Text message from Mr. Trump to Mr. Store on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 4:15 p.m.:
Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT
What I want to say about Trump is unprintable in public…
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Oh, how nice…