"Barbara O’Brien’s wide-ranging account of Zen history is conveyed with a master storyteller’s ability to keep the forest from getting lost in a myriad of trees. Wearing her scholarship lightly, she blends just the right amount of skepticism about her hagiographic sources with a deep appreciation for the Dharma." — Barry Magid, author of
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Ending the Pursuit of Happiness Order here!
Has there been a politician in recent history who loved being in front of a crowd more?
And who was better at it?
OT – and on a sad note, Mongo is dead.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Alex-Karras-death-kidney-failure-los-angeles-101012/?ocid=ansfox11
Alex Karras has died, at 77.
GREAT football player, terrific announcer, good actor.
Bye, Mongo!
Sorta OT for this post, but maybe not. Has a lot to do with presidential charisma and the ability to make friggin’ eye contact, Mitt. Found this on HuffPo:
So much going on there. First: how does one “mistakenly” attend a Christmas party (especially if one is Mittens)? Second: thank you, Barbara Doherty, for your son’s service, and I am so very very sorry for your loss. Third: What. A. Smarm. Mittens is pure evil. Fourth: perhaps after he loses the election, Mittens will have time to enroll in the William J. Clinton Smarm-to-Charm School of Edumacation. Bill sure as heck would remember people he’d just met a few minutes earlier.
It broke my heart 🙂
Mitt is so considerate…
A Romney aide told ABC News today that the Republican candidate will respect Mrs. Doherty’s wish and stop telling the story on campaign stops about how he met Doherty a few years ago.
Why doesn’t Mitt get a couple of his campaign ghouls to run down to Arlington National Cemetery and dig up Audie Murphy so Mitt can have a photo op session that might help gain the veteran/military vote.
Aside from all the insensitivity to the family, what is that anecdote supposed to tell us about Mitt? That his heart only breaks when people he’s actually met die tragically? Why does it matter that he accidentally met this guy once? Is that supposed to mean they have a special connection?
Are we supposed to think that his heart didn’t break for the other guys, since he hadn’t accosted them at a party to which he wasn’t invited?
Like so many of Mitt’s stories, this one just further convinces me that he doesn’t actually understand other humans or their emotions.
Aside from all the insensitivity to the family, what is that anecdote supposed to tell us about Mitt?
That he’s a sociopath who wants to be like everybody else. It’s like his Cranbrook episode, he knows he did something wrong because everybody says he did, but he doesn’t know why he did what he did was wrong. He’s perplexed because his emotions are damaged.
Last time I got a psychiatric evaluation the doctor concluded his report with the sentence.”. He knows the difference between right and wrong and is able to adhere to the right.”
That’s the point of departure for a guy like Mitt… that missing element that makes us normal.
I still can’t get past “mistakenly” attending a Christmas party… which means Mitt crashed it?
dig up Audie Murphy so Mitt can have a photo op
Eeyew! And you know Mitt would if he could.