Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Tuesday Sept. 12, 2006 - Year 4, Day 175 - one day at a time
11C/52F, sunny, last nice day for a while chilly & rain round out the week's forecast; we walked a little later than usual so Gusta had a chance to wag her tail for kids at the bus stop while I checked out the moms
small world moment yesterday; in my life I've met 2 Fins - 1 yesterday in Calgary, 1 over 35 years ago in Vancouver; it turns out they know each other well; thanks for dinner MP
thoughtful thoughts from thoughtful people tug at us, inspire us to have a deep thought, to feel something, but as I look around my community, my society, my country – it has a short shelf life, most often it is just one day at a time
on Nov. 11 each year we say ‘lest we forget’ one day at a time, but so often I think a better description would be ‘how quick we forget’
we easily remember an issue 1 day a year, substantially forgetting on the other 364 days; yesterday was an unforgettable one day at a time day, in the moment, but who recalls the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th anniversary of 9/11?
yes we know we were media blitzed with it, but it quickly fades as just another day in September, each passing one day at a time
the words ‘one day at a time’ as seen on bumper stickers, plaques on walls, in printed matter most often relate to the AA world, but they do not own the phrase, the message or the meaning
what did one day at a time mean to me yesterday?
what did it mean to you?
maybe it is my advancing years, but I can think of no better argument for the old CRTC positions on the independence we need in media in this country; now I think it can translate to cultural & political influences; our Prime Minister will today sell out Canadians on the softwood lumber deal with the same ‘single day’ of focus with which he boasted of our need to hunt terrorists in Afghanistan yesterday, spinning media & public opinion to tell us everything is fine the way it is because our government decides it for us one day at a time, one issue at a time, one election cycle at a time
the Bush White House rhetoric yesterday had far more to do with supporting Republican efforts in mid-term elections, in masking outrageous impacts on the US economy (let us not think we Canadians are not inextricably impacted by it all), in appeasing political allies & foes than it did in promoting healing, understanding or making the world a genuinely better place
yesterday began a 2 day media maze of exploitation & manipulation is a horrific display of the horrific display of what happened, of what might have been prevented, of what is likely to be repeated again & again in the history of our future as it was in the history of our past; it will wane as swiftly as the late summer daylight the moment some plane crash or a baby stuck down a well becomes the spin-du-jour, probably in a day or 3
each time a single gunshot in Yugoslavia triggers a world war or each time a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere we should be reminded that everything we all do anywhere affects everything everywhere, albeit in minor ways
one day at a time, every day, we get to influence our planet through our actions; I would like to think we can do far more for the world by spinning a different approach, one day at a time
I find it appalling to watch & read the exploitation of the grief, pain & loss of those who really lost something by those who lost nothing
lest we forget
Mark
small world moment yesterday; in my life I've met 2 Fins - 1 yesterday in Calgary, 1 over 35 years ago in Vancouver; it turns out they know each other well; thanks for dinner MP
thoughtful thoughts from thoughtful people tug at us, inspire us to have a deep thought, to feel something, but as I look around my community, my society, my country – it has a short shelf life, most often it is just one day at a time
on Nov. 11 each year we say ‘lest we forget’ one day at a time, but so often I think a better description would be ‘how quick we forget’
we easily remember an issue 1 day a year, substantially forgetting on the other 364 days; yesterday was an unforgettable one day at a time day, in the moment, but who recalls the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th anniversary of 9/11?
yes we know we were media blitzed with it, but it quickly fades as just another day in September, each passing one day at a time
the words ‘one day at a time’ as seen on bumper stickers, plaques on walls, in printed matter most often relate to the AA world, but they do not own the phrase, the message or the meaning
what did one day at a time mean to me yesterday?
what did it mean to you?
maybe it is my advancing years, but I can think of no better argument for the old CRTC positions on the independence we need in media in this country; now I think it can translate to cultural & political influences; our Prime Minister will today sell out Canadians on the softwood lumber deal with the same ‘single day’ of focus with which he boasted of our need to hunt terrorists in Afghanistan yesterday, spinning media & public opinion to tell us everything is fine the way it is because our government decides it for us one day at a time, one issue at a time, one election cycle at a time
the Bush White House rhetoric yesterday had far more to do with supporting Republican efforts in mid-term elections, in masking outrageous impacts on the US economy (let us not think we Canadians are not inextricably impacted by it all), in appeasing political allies & foes than it did in promoting healing, understanding or making the world a genuinely better place
yesterday began a 2 day media maze of exploitation & manipulation is a horrific display of the horrific display of what happened, of what might have been prevented, of what is likely to be repeated again & again in the history of our future as it was in the history of our past; it will wane as swiftly as the late summer daylight the moment some plane crash or a baby stuck down a well becomes the spin-du-jour, probably in a day or 3
each time a single gunshot in Yugoslavia triggers a world war or each time a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere we should be reminded that everything we all do anywhere affects everything everywhere, albeit in minor ways
one day at a time, every day, we get to influence our planet through our actions; I would like to think we can do far more for the world by spinning a different approach, one day at a time
I find it appalling to watch & read the exploitation of the grief, pain & loss of those who really lost something by those who lost nothing
lest we forget
Mark
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