News That Bites: Try A Little Kindness

Try A Little Kindness

By David L. Shadrick

Hello and welcome to Calamity Politics and “News That Bites” with David Shadrick and Calamity Clown.  Calamity has stood us up. She sent me a note scribbled on the back of a Nancy Pelosi fund raising letter telling me she intended to spend the afternoon curled up in Bernie Sanders’ lap, while he reads his “Medicare4All” plan aloud. 

It Ain’t Easy

This is probably the hardest article I have ever tried to write.  It shouldn’t be that hard to simply remind everyone that we all need to be a little bit nicer to each other.  As the world around us experiences the chaos that is existence, we need to remember to take a few extra minutes to embrace kindness, as a life choice.

Reserve Your Condemnation

When I do fundraising I often times have to remind volunteers not to become agitated or angry when someone doesn’t make a donation, or worse, is disrespectful.  I remind them that there are so many charities begging for money; and people have limited resources. I know what it’s like to be on a fund raisers platinum mailing list.

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The Paradox of Our Time

By D. S. Mitchell

Some who know the Moorehead story may object to my publication of “The Paradox of Our Time (Age)”.  Because, there is a devastatingly ugly back story about Dr. Moorehead.

Nose-dive

Moorehead was the leader of a congregation totaling more than 6,500 followers. In 1998 Moorehead was arrested in Florida for indecent exposure in a public bathroom. When his Florida arrest hit the newspapers back in Seattle, his life took a nose-dive.  It wasn’t long before 17 men came forward with allegations that the good reverend was guilty of sexual abuse. Moorehead resigned in disgrace. It appears he avoided jail time because of statute of limitation issues. However, his condemnation of modern times remains with us.

Choose Your Source

Over the years the authorship of this essay has been hotly debated.  It has been attributed to many sources, including comedienne George Carlin, an anonymous Columbine high school student and even the Dali Lama.  Carlin vehemently denied the authorship before he died. In fact, he trashed the piece calling it, “a sappy load of shit”.

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