Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 3, 2010, at 8:05 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Which is why I said, "even here in the US." quoted here "Even here in the U.S. we have large disenfranchised populations of the uneducated (or severely under educated)." I agree George... my point was directed to our effort to fix a broken third world country, halfway around the world, with "tribal self interest and greed".... those very words, and worse, can be used to describe our own government. If we can't fix it here, we will not fix it there. but Hugh's images tell the tale without words.... Steve > > The "how" probably can be found > in truly letting go of our own self-interest. > No easy task in our consumer culture. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> On Jan 2, 2010, at 5:24 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >> >>> Education remains a wonderful ideal. >>> >>> Yet how do they (we) overcome the: >>> tribal self-interest >>> and >>> greed for wealth and power? >> >> simple fact is, this statement applies just as well to us, and our two >> major political parties. It's worse, not better. >> >> Yes, how do they (we) overcome the: tribal self interest and greed for >> wealth and power? >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> If we can't do it here, we can't do it there... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information