[Vision2020] Weekend humor

[Joe Campbell]

Can you imagine telling someone, "That's how I am; love me or leave  
me"? It is part of the general myth that criticism is always bad.

A better phrase: "America: love it or change it!"

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On Sep 5, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu> wrote:

>
> A couple of days ago, while waiting my turn in a Moscow medical
> clinic a middle-aged, weathered-faced, man entered, wearing a dark
> red T-shirt with the message: AMERICA  LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.
>
> I felt like asking him how old that shirt was, I saw a lot of them
> during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and '70s, but I held my peace. I
> was reminded  of all the draft resisters at that time, who really did
> not want to "leave it."
>
> I was also tempted to ask him if he was off to a TEA-party, where
> that shirt would be most appropriate. But again, I kept my mouth shut.
>
> Oh yes, I had to wait for one and a half hours, since my regular
> doctor is booked up for three weeks in advance. And we're being told
> that only Canada has wait times for medical care!
>
> Ralph
>
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