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"The reasonable man adapts to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. All progress therefore depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw, playwright, essayist, satirist, political activist, lecturer, novelist and philosopher
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Hi! I'm El_Keh.
"fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care"excerpted from "Foolish Games" by Jewel
I signed up on 09/04/97 and I am constantly in the process of expanding and improving my pages. My interests are:
Music, Travel, World Affairs, Love & Whatever Strikes My Fancy.
Come and visit Central America's Belize!
My Island Retreat currently contains:
A little information about me,
A little poetry (mine) ... please complete my survey,
A little more poetry (my niece's and mine)
A tribute to an inspirational artist,
A Brazilian dedication,
A burgeoning commentary section, and
As always, ongoing renovation and much, much more!
For additional information and options, please refer to the S I T E . I N D E X which is linked at the top of each page.
"Foolish Games" (poetry & music) by Jewel ... El_Keh gives it the thumb ... 2 thumbs in fact ... way up!
Discover the other Jewel! The island gem known as the Pearl of the Caribbean!
C O M M E N T A R Y
Please make a little time to read my friend Rosebud's insightful words.
"Less than fifteen percent of people do any original thinking on any subject. ... The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think." - Luther Burbank, horticulturist
"The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein, physicist and thinker!
So ... what is wrong with this reality? Did you know that the combined worth of the 500 richest men and women in the world exceeds that of the poorest 2 billion people on the planet? Please let me know what you think!
"Private charity can't be a foundation for the human right to an adequate standard of living because it is voluntary, unpredictable, unable to meet a national crisis, and contributors can cut charity off." - Sandy Cameron, from an unpublished letter, as quoted by Jean Swanson, author of 'Poor-Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion'
For those of us who believe that 'what we don't know CAN hurt us' ...
please join me on a voyage of discovery!...Now boarding for ...
d i s i n f o r m a t i o n
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"The truth must be repeated again and again because error is constantly being preached around us not only by isolated individuals but by the majority! In the newspapers and encyclopedias, in the schools and universities, everywhere error is dominant, securely and comfortably ensconced in public opinion which is on its side." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, late 18th & early 19th century German author, journalist, critic, theatre manager, painter, statesman, educator, natural philosopher
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to teach him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently." - Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher
In this light, ponder the frightening scenario depicted by the following quotations:
- "The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance:
- 1) the growth of democracy;
- 2) the growth of corporate power; and
- 3) the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy."
- - Alex Carey, Australian social scientist
"It is interesting that the corporate think-tanks promote the idea that people on welfare have an obligation to work but don't talk about a corresponding obligation of the corporations to provide decent jobs or life-supporting wages. When companies don't meet their obligations to supply jobs, where workfare programs are in place, workfare workers are forced to displace ordinary workers at much lower wages. As a result, labour is cheapened for all workers at the lower end of the scale, and poverty increases." - Jean Swanson, author, past-president of the National Anti-Poverty Organization, Canada
"... the powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences." - Dr. Carroll Quigley, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and college mentor of President Clinton
"As a teenager, I heard John Kennedy's summons to citizenship. And then, as a student, I heard that call clarified by a professor I had named Carroll Quigley." - President Clinton, in his acceptance speech for the Democratic Party's nomination for president, July 16, 1992
So why is it important for us to be open to alternative thoughts, ideas and values?
And if we hold less conventional beliefs, then why is it equally or more important for us to act?
The following books and web sites begin to answer these questions (at least in part):
SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE THOUGHT! Canadian Dimension Magazine
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke, lawyer, writer and politician
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead, anthropologist
"War" is all around us!
The frightening scenario described below doesn't even require military involvement!
Excerpted from a magazine ad placed by CEASEFIRE:
Louis Taylor (not his real name) hid his .357 Magnum so well, it took his son 6 years to find it.
Louis Taylor kept his handgun unloaded in a locked case. The bullets were kept hidden in another part of the house. How did his six year old son, Ron, end up dead? Like every child there was nothing in his house he didn't know about. If you think you can keep your handgun out of the hands of your children ... please, think again.
10 CHILDREN ARE KILLED BY A HANDGUN EVERYDAY.
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And, it's also sad but true that:
More citizens die in handgun fire in just two days in the U.S. than in one year in Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden, and Australia combined.
SOURCE: Embassies and foreign crime reporting agencies / FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1992.
On a lighter note, after a lengthy absence, I've returned to THE HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE! If you enjoy movies and want to have a bit of fun, then join me in trying to earn a few HSX Dollars (the exchange starts you off with $2M of them). See you there!
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Take care. See ya.
"In The End Only Kindness Matters" - Jewel Kilcher, musician, poet, humanitarian
"And in the end,
the love you take is equal to
the love you make!" - The Beatles (at their end)
excerpted from "The End" at the end of their LP, "Abbey Road"
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