Tag Archives: rich

The Freedom Of A Bicycle

The Freedom Of A Bicycle My mother once said to me, looking back on it all, I guess we were poor. I never felt that way though, she said. I thought then that neither did I. A second hand bike when I was nine years old didn’t mean poor to me. When my father, andContinue reading “The Freedom Of A Bicycle”

PRIVILEGE IS PAINFUL

Privilege Is Painful It hurts like hell. We all want it until we get it only to find hell not heaven. All the glory goes to the rich, until you’re the one chosen by the universe to become rich and you realize with startling clarity that glory is painful. So often when individuals from minorContinue reading “PRIVILEGE IS PAINFUL”

GETTING IT RIGHT

GETTING IT RIGHT It’s the ‘getting it right’ most of the time that will get us to the ‘getting it right’ all the time place that most vegans want to be right now. But the world isn’t there right now, so keep buying what you can buy in veggie capsules, or fill your own withContinue reading “GETTING IT RIGHT”

People In Wasteland

Money doesn’t make you smart, neither do good looks or fame. Some of the most ignorant people are rich, famous and easy to look at. Till they open their mouths, and I wonder how they got that way. What a waste. People In Wasteland – barren – devoid of substance – shallow.  

PAUPERS AND PRIVILEGED

Many people and/or groups respect some animals and not others. Some species are preferred over others. Revered even. Other species are considered not worthy of life, except when keeping a species or a certain number of a certain species alive benefits humans in some way. The suffering that these animals within a species incur toContinue reading “PAUPERS AND PRIVILEGED”

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR POOR

There’s no such thing as a level playing field for the poor, so stop pretending that all those social programs create one – they don’t. What’s needed are opportunities, but the rich folks don’t want any poor folks in their class, so they throw programs at them, telling them they’re on their own to achieveContinue reading “LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR POOR”