Go make your own statue

Do any of you see the common denominator here? WE are white, and I hate filling out applications determining my origin, I personally leave it blank. I don't want to be labelled as white , I am a person, living breathing person, that's it. Until we all come to that conclusion we will get nowhere

I came across a great picture so suitable to topic and don't have a clue how to post it. It is of Gettysburg , a statue and in the grace of sunlight.

egg Said: I acknowledge the point you were making, Tim, and couldnt in good conscience even pretend to argue with it. Moving outside its arc a bit though while reflecting on a wide array of social ills we are facing (in my opinion) which only tangentially involve the discussion taking place in this thread, I have to say that one of my pet peeves is when someone, anyone, thinks that something which needs to be done is beneath him or her. Im not including you in my list of someones, either. One of the things I like most about you is that you walk the talk and you appear to me to have spent your whole life being totally hands-on.

Thats what we need. A whole nation of people willing to do the work that has to be done because it has to be done, not because it pays more or carries a higher level of social esteem. There is nothing more noble than simply doing what needs to be done, whatever that happens to be at the moment. Every new generation brings a whole new crop of people that have to be drilled in basic values. No values, no luck.

If we hope to make America great again it has to go deep. If we take an entire generation of spoiled, unprincipled, self-centered young people and give them all 80k jobs selling medical equipment, real estate, stocks, pharmaceuticals, etc. why on earth would we blather on and tell the vast majority ff the people using shovels and picks and pruning knives to go back to where they came from and leave us alone to pump our own sewage and shop in the malls for cheap Chinese goods? Everything is connected.

Agreed, well said.

One of my biggest fears in life is becoming lazy. I get up at around 4am every morning, I do something for the company 7-days a week. I don't have to get up at 4, but it reminds me not to get lazy. Yesterday I picked up a penny from the parking lot at 7-Eleven. It hurts to bend over like that, I have an artificial leg with a hydraulic knee, the other knee has a ruptured ACL and 2 torn MCLs, and constant lower back pain due to abdominal muscles torn apart in a car wreck that don't support my pelvis. And we collect our loose change in a gallon jug and give it away to a needy family at Christmastime, so the penny has no spending power for me, but picking up the pennies grounds me - reminds me that I'm not too good to pick up a penny.

Have you noticed how this conversation has progressed. It has gotten behind the attitude and down to the heart. I have so much respect for all of you, having lived and breathed with roofers for 10 years no comparision to your lifetime. Gentlemen you all deserve recognition that is rarely given. You work hard either on the roof or at a desk.

Where do you want your statue?

Very true.