The Boys Are Back In Town |
|
Favorite Line(s): | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
I said the boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
The boys are back in town | |
(The boys are back in town) | |
[Congratulations to President Joe Biden and to our first female (“MVP” – Madam VP) Vice-President Kamala Harris. We are praying for you and your new Administration. We do not expect you to SAVE us. We expect you to LEAD us. We don’t believe you’ll make life easy for us. We just hope you’ll be able to make it a little bit easier. Now, let’s get to work!! — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2020 | Posting As A Continual Exercise |
2019 | Border Security – Yes, Border Wall – No |
2018 | Supporting Survival Values |
2017 | Inauguration Day 2017 [Sometimes, I hate it when I’m right! — KMAB] |
2016 | Or A Pot Of Gold After The Storm |
2015 | One, Two, Three… |
2014 | Lend Your Hand |
2013 | Amnesty, n. |
2012 | Best Resolv’d |
The Clock Is Running | |
2011 | Magic |
Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Inauguration Day 2021
Posted in Faith, Included Video, Leadership, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged American Politics, Faith, Favorite Lines, Inauguration Day 2021, Included Video, Leadership, MVP, Philosophy, President Biden, Quotes, The Boys Are Back In Town -- music video, Thin Lizzy, Vice-President Harris, YouTube on January 20, 2021| 1 Comment »
Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Alligator Wrestling, American Politics, Brains, Harold Washington, Leadership, Patience, Philosophy, Problems, Quotes, Swamps on January 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Most of our problems can be solved. Some of them will take brains, and some of them will take patience, but all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in the swamp. | |
— Harold Washington | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Burden Of Faith |
On To Superbowl LIV (54)!! | |
2019 | Are Your Dogs Barking? |
Dangerous Waistcoats | |
2018 | And 40+ Years Later? |
2017 | He Is Alone |
2016 | Compensation |
2015 | Charlie Redux |
2014 | The Crux |
2013 | Erosion And Rechannelling |
Alliance, n. | |
2012 | How Many Thought… (One I Know Of) |
Choices And Decisions | |
2011 | Speed Spoils |
Simply Intended | |
2010 | A Second 4 Hour Jog |
The Honor Is To Serve…
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Freedom, Leadership, Philosophy, Power, Quotes on January 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everyone!! | |
If you have a chance, please be of service to someone today. It doesn’t matter how trivial the service may seem. Even a smile can change someone’s day and alter their life. | |
Start a vibration in the universe!! | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2020 | Each Meaning |
2019 | The Deep End |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening? | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
Only So Long
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Freedom, Leadership, Philosophy, Power, Quotes on January 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again. | |
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2020 | Each Meaning |
2019 | The Deep End |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening? | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
Making Potential Come True
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Human Potential, Leadership, Love, Man's Search for Meaning, Philosophy, Quotes, Viktor E. Frankl on September 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true. | |
― Viktor E. Frankl | |
From his book: “Man’s Search for Meaning“ | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Duration Unknown |
Day 6: Almost There | |
2018 | Just Trying To Be Me |
Day 39: Half This Game Is 90% Mental | |
2017 | A Letter To 45 |
Some Small Place | |
2016 | REDs |
2015 | Cities |
2014 | Still |
2013 | Dare = Hope |
2012 | Check My Math |
2011 | Just Asking |
The Responsibility Side Is On The Right
Posted in Health, Leadership, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Boldness, Compassion, COVID-19, Dignity, Freedom, Health & Safety, http://meditationsinmotion.wordpress.com, Leadership, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Politics, Public Safety, Quotes, Responsibility, Strength, Weakness, Wearing A Mask, Wise Choices on August 21, 2020| 3 Comments »
Yes, in this country we have freedom, we have rights, but our rights end when they infringe on the health and safety of others. | |
We have rights, but we also have responsibilities. When did we forget the responsibility side of the equation? | |
Our love of freedom causes us to make wise choices to keep each other safe. | |
Our freedom engenders concern and compassion. Our freedom gives us strength, not weakness. Our freedom makes us bold. Our freedom gives us dignity. Our freedom causes us to protect the most vulnerable among us. Our freedom generates in us the desire to do the right thing. | |
Our freedom prompts us to wear a mask. | |
From the site: Meditations in Motion | |
Located at: https://meditationsinmotion.wordpress.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://meditationsinmotion.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/wearing-the-masks-of-freedom-and-love/ | |
[Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Define Your Life… |
2018 | It Is No Secret |
Day 25: When 4 or 5 equals 2 | |
2017 | Cowardly Defamation |
2016 | With No Allowance For Chance? |
2015 | Details |
2014 | Here’s One… |
2013 | Non-Fungible Commodities |
2012 | Hope And Tears |
2011 | Just Long Enough |
Meaningful Thoughts | |
A Destructive Mistake
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Civil Disobedience, Leadership, Mayhem, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Rep. John Robert Lewis, Rioting, Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement on August 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Rioting is not a movement. It is not an act of civil disobedience. I think it is a mistake for people to consider disorganized action, mayhem, and attacks on other people and property as an extension of any kind of movement. It is not. It is simply an explosion of emotion. That’s all. There is nothing constructive about it. It is destructive. | |
― John Robert Lewis | |
From his book: “Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement“ | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | And #IncompetentTrump Is A Failure At Both |
2018 | To Excel At Your Craft |
Day 12: Waiting | |
2017 | Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You |
2016 | Holding Fast |
2015 | Alms Or Balms |
2014 | A Day At The Beach |
2013 | Pillows |
Steppin’ | |
2012 | Invincible Summer |
2011 | Being Objective |
2010 | First Things First… |
Northwest Passages – Intro | |
Northwest Passages – Day One | |
Northwest Passages – Poetry | |
Northwest Passages – Evening One | |
Northwest Passages – Morning Two | |
Too High For #45
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, Humility, John J. McCloy, Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, Self-Respect on August 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Humility leads to strength and not weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. | |
— John J. McCloy | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Little Things… |
2018 | Have Thee Paid Yet? |
Day 9: Fingertips | |
2017 | Hopefully, I’m Good Company |
2016 | Maybe Not Most |
2015 | Differences That Matter |
2014 | But Sometimes It Takes A Village |
2013 | Laughter > Grief |
2012 | Pioneers |
2011 | It Is Free |
A Humbling Learning Process
Posted in Education, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Dr. Anthony Fauci, Humility, Leadership, Learning, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, New Data, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science on August 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
As a scientist, the thing you must always do is to be humble enough to know that when you get additional information, even information that might conflict what was felt earlier on, you then change your viewpoint and you change your recommendations based on the data. That’s what science is all about. Science is a learning process. | |
— Dr. Anthony Fauci | |
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Another Thought On #45’s Poor Education |
2018 | As Long As You Survive Each Experience |
WordPress to Facebook Test… | |
Day 7: Oh, Yeah! | |
2017 | A Good Habit |
2016 | The Minds Of Trumpism |
2015 | Expressing Nonsense |
2014 | A Real Fight |
2013 | Unravelling |
2012 | I Resolve |
2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
2009 | Phoenix Trip (July ’09) |
Michigan Countdown
Posted in Leadership, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Ann Arbor MI, Election 2020, Elie Wiesel, I Didn't Have My Glasses On, Injustice, Leadership, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Politics, Protest, Quotes on July 27, 2020| 2 Comments »
day 1, 99 to go. |
|
— | |
“there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. “ |
|
— elie wiesel | |
[The text / quote above is a portion of a post which as been copied from one of the sites I follow: I didn’t have my glasses on…. | |
This specific post was titled: “Peaceful.” and the specific link to the post is: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2020/07/27/peace-for-all/ | |
The site is mostly about family and life in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan. (And occasionally about politics.) I encourage any of my readers with a spare moment to visit the site. I think you’ll find it time well spent. — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Speak Up / Call Out |
2018 | Does Smiling Count? |
2017 | Giving Much |
2016 | Sounds Like Class |
2015 | Inert Ideas |
2014 | Worth Anything? |
2013 | Bruises Before Bed (Or Why You Didn’t Answer) |
Revealed Riches | |
2012 | Extra Gears |
2011 | Say What? |
2010 | Hello Frogs… |
The Spirit Of A Fighter, The Heart Of A Saint
Posted in History, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America, Change, Commitment To Change, Evil, Georgia, Good, History, Leadership, Light, Love, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, RIP - John R. Lewis, Speak Up, Truth, U.S. Representative John Lewis on July 18, 2020| 2 Comments »
Rest In Peace: John R. Lewis | |
U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district | |
21 February 1940 – July 17, 2020 | |
You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself. | |
― John Lewis | |
Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. | |
Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world. | |
― John Lewis | |
Both quotes are from his book: “Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America“ | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Most Hire |
Just The Three Of Us | |
2018 | Sounds Like #45’s White House |
2017 | Have We Started Winning Yet? |
2016 | Still Springy |
2015 | Well Concealed |
2014 | The History Of Warriors |
2013 | A Cult Of Ignorance |
2012 | Counting Valor |
Understanding Faith | |
2011 | I Can Hear You Now |
2010 | Inception |
Stay Gentle
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Gentleness, Leadership, Mahatma Gandhi, Philosophy, Quotes on June 30, 2020| 2 Comments »
In a gentle way, you can shake the world. | |
— Mahatma Gandhi | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Immoral #45 |
2018 | From My Soapbox |
2017 | The Single Most Effective Thing For Health |
2016 | A Trumpet Solo |
2015 | Potential Is A Heavy Burden |
2014 | Fear Not, Weep Not |
2013 | Half Way There |
2012 | Sacrificed Any Lately? |
2011 | The Value Of One’s Character |
2010 | Intervals |
On Being Human | |
Non-predictive Emergence | |
Events | |
Bodily Functions | |
Standing Thoughts | |
Sent Home Is Better Than Fixed | |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part II)
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Admiral Mike Mullen (Ret.), African Americans, Battle Spaces, I Cannot Remain Silent, Lafayette Square, Leadership, National Guard, Politics, President Trump, Quotes, St. John's Church, The Atlantic on June 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I Cannot Remain Silent | |
June 2, 2020 | |
It sickened me yesterday to see security personnel — including members of the National Guard — forcibly and violently clear a path through Lafayette Square to accommodate the president’s visit outside St. John’s Church. I have to date been reticent to speak out on issues surrounding President Trump’s leadership, but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past few weeks have made it impossible to remain silent. | |
Whatever Trump’s goal in conducting his visit, he laid bare his disdain for the rights of peaceful protest in this country, gave succor to the leaders of other countries who take comfort in our domestic strife, and risked further politicizing the men and women of our armed forces. | |
There was little good in the stunt. | |
While no one should ever condone the violence, vandalism, and looting that has exploded across our city streets, neither should anyone lose sight of the larger and deeper concerns about institutional racism that have ignited this rage. | |
As a white man, I cannot claim perfect understanding of the fear and anger that African Americans feel today. But as someone who has been around for a while, I know enough — and I’ve seen enough — to understand that those feelings are real and that they are all too painfully founded. | |
We must, as citizens, address head-on the issue of police brutality and sustained injustices against the African American community. We must, as citizens, support and defend the right — indeed, the solemn obligation — to peacefully assemble and to be heard. These are not mutually exclusive pursuits. | |
And neither of these pursuits will be made easier or safer by an overly aggressive use of our military, active duty or National Guard. The United States has a long and, to be fair, sometimes troubled history of using the armed forces to enforce domestic laws. The issue for us today is not whether this authority exists, but whether it will be wisely administered. | |
I remain confident in the professionalism of our men and women in uniform. They will serve with skill and with compassion. They will obey lawful orders. But I am less confident in the soundness of the orders they will be given by this commander in chief, and I am not convinced that the conditions on our streets, as bad as they are, have risen to the level that justifies a heavy reliance on military troops. Certainly, we have not crossed the threshold that would make it appropriate to invoke the provisions of the Insurrection Act. | |
Furthermore, I am deeply worried that as they execute their orders, the members of our military will be co-opted for political purposes. | |
Even in the midst of the carnage we are witnessing, we must endeavor to see American cities and towns as our homes and our neighborhoods. They are not “battle spaces” to be dominated, and must never become so. | |
We must ensure that African Americans — indeed, all Americans — are given the same rights under the Constitution, the same justice under the law, and the same consideration we give to members of our own family. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy, and must never become so. | |
Too many foreign and domestic policy choices have become militarized; too many military missions have become politicized. | |
This is not the time for stunts. This is the time for leadership. | |
The above is an opinion piece appearing in: “The Atlantic“ | |
The original can be found on-line at: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/american-cities-are-not-battlespaces/612553/ | |
The editorial was written by: Mike Mullen | |
Mr. Mullen is a retired admiral from the U.S. Navy and was the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. | |
[The above editorial is the opinion of Adm. Mullen (Ret.) and the property of “The Atlantic“. No claim of ownership is implied or intended by me. Please subscribe to and support a REAL news site if you are financially able to do so. — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part I)
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Battlespace, Equal Justice Under Law, Federalist 14, James Mattis, Lafayette Square, Leadership, Politics, Quotes, The Atlantic, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington D.C. on June 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
In Union There Is Strength | |
I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand — one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values — our values as people and our values as a nation. | |
When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens — much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside. | |
We must reject any thinking of our cities as a “battlespace” that our uniformed military is called upon to “dominate.” At home, we should use our military only when requested to do so, on very rare occasions, by state governors. Militarizing our response, as we witnessed in Washington, D.C., sets up a conflict — a false conflict— between the military and civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect, and of which they themselves are a part. | |
Keeping public order rests with civilian state and local leaders who best understand their communities and are answerable to them. | |
James Madison wrote in Federalist 14 that “America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.” We do not need to militarize our response to protests. We need to unite around a common purpose. And it starts by guaranteeing that all of us are equal before the law. | |
Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that “The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.'” We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis — confident that we are better than our politics. | |
Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children. | |
We can come through this trying time stronger, and with a renewed sense of purpose and respect for one another. The pandemic has shown us that it is not only our troops who are willing to offer the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of the community. Americans in hospitals, grocery stores, post offices, and elsewhere have put their lives on the line in order to serve their fellow citizens and their country. We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square. We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution. At the same time, we must remember Lincoln’s “better angels,” and listen to them, as we work to unite. | |
Only by adopting a new path — which means, in truth, returning to the original path of our founding ideals — will we again be a country admired and respected at home and abroad. | |
James Mattis | |
[James Mattis is a retired general who served in the United States Marine Corps. He also served under President Trump as Secretary of Defense. Gen. Mattis resigned his position after a disagreement with President Trump about the treatment / support of our Kurdish allies in Syria. | |
This statement will be appearing in an upcoming issue of “The Atlantic” and appears (in full) in multiple locations on the internet including here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/ . Note: the link is to an article about the General’s statement. The article also includes the entire statement. | |
No claim of ownership is implied or intended by my posting on this site. Please support legitimate news site if you are financially able to do so. — KMAB] | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Weaker, Sicker And Poorer
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, President Abraham Lincoln, Quotes on May 9, 2020| 4 Comments »
Mourning In America |
|
You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. | |
— President Abraham Lincoln | |
. | |
On This Day In: | |
2019 | Don’t Be Small |
2018 | Persistence |
2017 | Are You A Loser? |
2016 | Constitution And Conscience |
2015 | Separate, Fearful And Imprisoned |
2014 | Something Worth Making |
2013 | Absolutely |
2012 | Can Do |
2011 | Wise Criticism |