Don Lucuis' Chronicle
My take on Politics, Music, Religion, Law, History, and other Thoughts
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People Care Too Much About Personal Feelings
I love this clip because of many reasons. First, Meryl Streep and how she played then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Iron Lady was a beautiful movie (even though I’m a Social Democrat). Secondly, in the clip, she mentions, the biggest problem of our age; how people care more about “feelings”. In dealing with people day … Continue reading
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One night was searching for random movies on Hulu and found it while browsing. I watched it and entire documentary on Sister Helen amazed me on the idea of second chances and doing what is right. I also loved how real she was about everything in life and the pain she went through. The above … Continue reading
Thoughts
- @maryjblige: Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. Shared via TweetCaster
- @DonLucuis: and socialism is bad?.. sad RT @HuffingtonPost: 5yr old w/ autism denied school lunch because his parents forgot to pay http://po.st/aufiWd Shared via TweetCaster
- @wonderfulbuddha: "Where there are people, there are flies...and Buddhas." - Kobayashi Issa Shared via TweetCaster
- @wonderfulbuddha: "I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." - Leo Rosten Shared via TweetCaster
- "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." - Buddha
- Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. --Buddha
- A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. --Buddha
- We never care about other nations' laws until a "western" foreigner suffers it. We must honor the sovereignty of other nation-states. In the US, you can sue people for making coffee too hot; who's laws make no sense? Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
- We all know now politics all depend on how much $$$$ raised/earned. This ruling will give less power to the Unions and earlier rulings are a precursor to Corporations to own free speech. Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
- Where is the U.S. now? Egypt traded a Dictatorship for a Junta. Well at least Egypt isn't ruled by just one person. Egypt Military Issues Interim 'Constitutional Declaration': via HuffPost http://huff.to/MWUo0c
- Well as the saying goes, politicians say one thing before elected, another when in office, and another when out of office. So the idea of contradicting promises is expected. It's funny how people know politicians lie then complain when they lie.Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
- Things may have gotten out of hand, but why is a 15 year old doing going to a party at 1am? Anyway, it is quite simple, in my opinion. He has an image to uphold and if it gets out (thru tmz, facebook, twitter, etc.) that the teenage daughter of Creflo Dollar is a "party girl" now (even if she isnt and its a one time thing) it will hurt that image. Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
- There is no reason anyone should deny anybody equal rights in the United States. One's religious belief shouldn't dictate domestic policy, this is dictated in the 1st Amendment. The 14th Amendment enforces this; "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside [...] nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
- Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
- Selection of the Week: Billy The Kid ft. @MrJMedeiros by @ROBERTdeBORON http://soundcloud.com/mrjmedeiros/billy-the-kid-feat-mr-j
