Thoughts on “How Would You Like to Work Here?” (In Congress)
Submitted by livfully on Tue, 08/20/2013–13:11
The following is from another writer with the pen name Lionheart. He’s talked about his views with me for a couple of years. This is a quick summary from a morning call…the overall idea is that patriarchal stories and laws have left women out of the loop for too many centuries, and have furthermore, factored into wars and the creation of the bomb, all without the consent of women and children and more good men on the planet.
These are crucial ideas, even if shared in a way that are challenging to many with traditional beliefs.. In the end, the sentiment is one that more people need to work together for the common good of people and the planet, and not keep fighting over religions of old or new..
About 15 years ago, in an article called ‘How Would You Like to Work Here?” 29 out of 535 US Congress people were charged with Spousal Abuse.
Most men, according to one 95-year-old, are ‘basically dishonest because they are not very bright.” If you want proof of that, consider the Old Testament which was written by ‘village elders’ who were educated enough to write. They wrote fables since that is how man communicated, first from days as a cave man, related to the chimpanzee.
Before writing, they would sit around a camp fire and talk about whatever popped into their minds. Soon the village elders developed stories. One such story that came along was that men were created by God.
After making men, God pulled a rib out of a man and created woman. That’s where all this problem began..in the Garden of Eden fairy tale..that women were created from men in this manner, as formed from the rib of Adam.
The suggestion is that woman is inferior. Why couldn’t God create man and woman alike at the same time? Ever since then, women have been looked down upon by men.
If you were in England in the 19th century (the 1800s) and you were a woman who wanted to write a book, then you could not due to the laws. The incident in the Garden of Eden continued to define women as something inferior to men. Women were viewed since then as here on earth for men’s pleasure. The men likely have a deep insecurity they aim to appease by making women uncomfortable.
Another manifestation of man’s limited capacity. The male of the species is basically physically. A book The Anti-Intellectualism in the US in the 20th century was written by Hochstetter. The author asserts that when men try to use their brains, according to the author’s research, they don’t succeed. Because men are primarily physical, they are not keen on thinking matters through, they are prone toward being confrontational. An intelligent man Abraham Lincoln came along and was not well-respected.
He was shot by a man. Have you ever heard of many women killing a man other than in self-defense? Who invented the nuclear bomb that can destroy this planet? Is there anything more stupid than that? A collective stupidity that comes up with confrontational, violent inventions and ideas is more alarming than one or two particularly powerful and dangerous people.
The most intelligent woman I ever met was my mother, Sophie. She was born in 1886. She grew up on a chicken farm in Hungary and was limited in the opportunities she had. She was raised to cook, sew, and care for children and farm animals. My grandmother said to Sophie at age 14 that she was going to marry her off to a man who was 39. She packed up and left to stay with a friend in the village. Soon she migrated to the United States.
My mother was the most remarkable woman I ever met. She showered me with affection constantly. I grew up in an environment in which I was truly educated. She did not care for my father who was not present. He simple man, very uneducated, in the country. Instead of spending time with his family,he spent his time with friends. Not uncommon. She loved pictures. She would take me to the museums and that’s how I became an artist.
When I was 12, I went to art lessons at the Educational Alliance in NYC. There was no tuition if you had enough talent. It was a much county then it is now. I was born in 1918. The Alliance was a cultural center. I learned to draw from a model. A friend Julius who was 15 was ‘an absolute’ wizard. When I got out of the WWII after 4 years from 1941–45 of service, I was on the GI Bill.
The government paid for my tuition. I went to the famous art school on W 57th St in NYC, Art Students League. I did do a water color of that street and put the school in it. Right down the street is was Carnegie. There were ballet studios in that area also. That was the cultural pulse of this country at that time. We were then at peace, with no talk of nuclear bombs. We already had Hitler. Before Hitler is was very nice and inexpensive.
As a teenager, when I began dating, I would take a date to the Chinese restaurant. In this case it was up a set of stairs. The dinner was 85 cents and they’d play music for you. So if I had two dollars, I could take a date to a restaurant and a movie. If it’s changed that much, that could tell us we are not very bright.
As of today at age 95, I would like to run up score of living 100 years. That is some sort of landmark, some kind of achievement. It takes understanding nature’s laws to reach 100. Somewhere along the line we pick up bad habits of smoking, drinking, having too much of anything, yes that too. For every person that reaches 100,she or he represents 185,000 who did not reach 100.
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Thinkin’ About Abe Lincoln
Wed, 05/07/2014–15:40 — livfully
Another favorite topic Lionheart has expounded upon over the years is President Abraham Lincoln and his the lovely woman Mary Todd who was his wife and main support. He contends US history would not be the same without their partnership, not only his Presidency.
Lionheart (whose in good health still and enjoying life at almost 96) credits her with getting him into politics with her family connections. I’ll have him fill in much more, but wanted to say he enjoyed the recent movie on Lincoln and felt it did justice to the man. When I spoke with an re-enactor who was at a Historical Festival in our small town of Falls Village on the Town Hall steps , when I raised the question of the challenge of politics keeping progress from happening for the majority (this was over 10 years ago, at the turn of 2000, he shared the motto “E Pluribus Unum” — out of the many, one.)
That has resonated with me over the years as I envision our states and population making more meaningful supportive, caring networks to help people ‘get on track or back on track and grow in healthy ways’ to prevent downward spirals of crisis.
I’ll write more about the vision of Acorns to Oaks Team Outreach, A-2020 which promotes ‘caring and sharing as well as growing in wisdom, kindness, health, talent and friendship for individuals and groups and the greater good’. A-2020 could happen for each country, state and hometown to help people feel supported and connected with practical ideas and resources as well as forums to share creatively, logically and effectively.
Sharing the load on the road with transportation not only of people but of ideas and resources (more team efforts in getting basic needs for living and learning met with PLANS — people living, learning and loving with agreements and networking through schools, society and socializing). We can go with the healthy flow of life when we respect natural rhythms and groupings of people to make sure all feel cared for, supported and encouraged to give a sincere effort to achieving ‘enough’ for each day, week, month and year and doing that again to live fulfiling lives.
Time in nature and in modes of healing and relaxation can bring balance to work and other basic needs. Learning in groups and in experiential as well as cultural and academic ways can keep people inspired and ready to meet challenges and opportunities with optimism and follow-through over time, again as individuals and groups, which can promote sustainability and other efforts such as permaculture (ways of living with nature and others in ecological ways as well as other applications). Ciao for now! Enjoy the day whether relaxin’ or thinkin’ like Lincoln!
