We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe in America. How else is the world to take America seriously, when democracy at home is daily being outraged, free speech suppressed, peaceable assemblies broken up by overbearing and brutal gangsters in uniform; when free press is curtailed and every independent opinion gagged? Verily, poor as we are in democracy, how can we give of it to the world? ~ Emma Goldman 1917
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future.”
Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina 2007
To be cool is to be influential to the point that you are emulated. To be liked to the point that you have fans. To be trusted to the point that you are sought out.
Whether a brand or a person cool is a state of being that cannot be attained through trying to be cool but rather through having the right mix of qualities coming together in such a way that the masses can connect in a meaningful way.
Your thoughts?
Hard to see but if you look closely you will see a 50 year old male CNA from the local nursing home putting on his leather chaps over his scrubs to hop on his Harley.
“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.” ~ Joel Barker
