"An intellectually honest argument over the best policy response to the challenges of ( ) is one thing; disingenuous attempts to diminish or distort the reality of these challenges is quite another"
In a letter by PG&E’s Chief Executive Peter Darbee as the explanation for why,
"The utility yesterday quit the Chamber of Commerce, over the group’s “extreme” position on climate change."
While Mr. Darbee did say climate change, the euphemism for global warming, The sentence itself has so many other effective spaces to fill, hence the parenthesis.
( Healthcare Reform, Immigration reform, Pentagon budget reform, Foreign Policy reform, Environmental Awareness, Indigenous People Protection...)
While the sentence fragment
"disingenuous attempts to diminish or distort the reality of these challenges is quite another"
has been a strategy for dominion under the guise of natural hierarchy, to the detriment of those opposed. It is the precedent sentence fragment,
"An intellectually honest argument over the best policy response to the challenges"
which is as multi functional as the antecedent, however with better results because of its' synergistic intent.
Another Example:
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or the life of another.
—Helen Keller
It is a great loss when we underestimate the importance of our efforts in the life of another. One man, who had to spend some time in a hospital, waited day after day to receive a card or a telephone call from those who cared. Some people, who he expected to call or write, did not. Others, who the man had not felt close to, and whom he did not expect to hear from, surprised him with their concern. He came to place greater value on those who had cared enough to call or send a card.
A little act, the best we have at that moment, makes a big difference to the person on the other end. Knowing this helps us make sure that all our acts, even the smallest, are as good as we can make them, because they all make a difference.
What small acts of those around me have made a difference to me?
From Today's Gift: Daily Meditations for Families ©1985, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher.
& Another:
Source: www.americanprogress.org
As a fresh immigration reform debate gears up in Washington, D.C., a wide range of faith groups are showing a new, unexpected, and grassroots-led social activism that’s rooted in theological and moral ground. ...
& Another:
Source: www.linktv.org
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& Another:
Source: www.cultureunplugged.com
Tiki Taane (New Zealand) firstcame to prominence in the popscene as the front man for theNew Zealand reggae band ... more
& Another:
Source: mandino.blogspot.com
For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscle can split a shield and even destroy life but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of men and until I master this art I will remain no more than a peddler in the market place. ...
Substitute the word "others" for the word "men"
& Another through Antithesis:
& Another here at Home
Source: www.timegoesby.net
Time Goes By - aging and what it's really like to get older
& Another Overseas
Source: www.csmonitor.com
Nearly killed by terrorists, this rabbi dedicated himself to helping drug addicts, including Muslims
Generalities, Absolutisms, Predictabilities are befuddled by the Exception.
Sooo Lastly
Source: www.inthesetimes.com
Watching the healthcare debate unfold these days is a little like watching scenes from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”—the ones showing a collage of strung-out, deranged or otherwise incapacitated patients rotting away in a squalid psychiatric ward.
Have a great sleep,
Peter
