“Maverick” regresses into meaning “impulsive” …in the strand of W! oh the agony!!
More data to disrupt my idealism….
To quote Mr. Bill
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What about <…> don’t you understand?
Numerous friends are attempting interventions to jolt me out of my “assume the best” daze; most notable was this beautifully-worded plea from Bob: “Diane, she’s a creationist, for God’s sake!”
Like the holdouts in New Orleans, I so want this time to be different. To keep my little cave reality intact…to click my heels and be back in Kansas, where ethics and character live….
online stream of consciousness
ok ok – maybe it isn’t “conviction” ….my last post evoked images of authoritarian leaders who had great conviction…or even W…
Perhaps it is “character” then which captures the essence of a leader (person) I can support …and by that, I mean someone who is indeed willing to sacrifice image, power, personal comfort to do the “right” thing – while also willing to change his/her mind based on reasonable principles, rather than force the “right” thing to be his/her thing.
James Joyce could do stream of consciousness!