We Americans are a contentious lot. It matters not a whit whether we are liberal, conservative, black, white or light green we must find something to argue about. That's one reason we blog.
In the paper today George Will wrote about three liberals in three Priuses and only one parking spot at a local Whole Foods. Pity the poor security guard at that store. We like to fuss and the ones with the most seem to fuss the loudest. We are the most blessed nation on earth but we do enjoy our "attitude".
I hear a good friend calling out "stop sniveling and get to the point".
Here it is. The world views The United States of America still as a place of hope and dreams and the one country whose leader can use "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
Columnist Robert Naiman said that "anyone who thinks this award is unprecedented hasn't been paying attention''.
"The Nobel committee gave South African bishop Desmond Tutu the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his leadership of efforts to abolish apartheid in South Africa. Apartheid wasn't fully abolished in South Africa until 1994,''
But still we will fuss. We profess "all are equal" and "life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness"--Come on-- we are the good guys but we prefer John Wayne in Rio Bravo to Gary Cooper in High Noon. We like Cain and Chuck Norris better than The Dali Lama and Gandhi. We like action. There it is.
Others in this world take a different view of us and what we could do. Is it possible that they want us to walk the walk as well as talk the talk as far as our ideals go? Maybe we should speak a bit softer and threaten less with our big sticks so we can hear them.
Be Well
A Journeyman Citizen
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