Light/Breezes

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SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

UP AGAINST IT

     THE CONSTANT FLOW

    It provokes an endless fascination and probably always has.  It reminds us of power
and puts us in the context of forces larger than us.  It reminds me of something
Paul Krugman wrote recently.  Economic forces are playing out that are larger than
the United States. Others make similar notes.  We matter less.
     Are this nation's best days behind us?  How can a nation be a super power and 
be a laggard in employment, the intellectual simulation and growth of our youth, creative
expression and economic security?  They are incompatible.  
     National Security and the well being of citizens are kindred.  Leadership
demands the proof of capability. Creative entrepreneurs, the bright bulbs in the
information, computing and personal communication sectors as well as those in
intelligent transportation and energy, food and resource sciences offer the potential for a leadership the US could and should demonstrate. 
     Banking, finance and procurement have put us up against forces they unleashed and
are incapable of controlling.  The constancy of the surf works against even the
rock. And new ideas are a kind of wave.  The kind with power.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT

In case you missed this, from the Shanghai Expo.  Over the top indeed, but a fascinating
calling card.  



     
    

2 comments:

  1. Now, that is beeeeeee-zaaaaahhhhhrrrr!

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  2. Hi Tom! I'm hoping I'm chatting with who I think you are. My grandfather was Floyd Langenberg and I think you and Lana lived next door to him on Washington Street for a while. He died in 1980 - and the people who owned the property east of the place you rented - and I'm thinking probably the house you rented - bought Grandpa's place, too, so the whole block still looks the same. My mom (Grandpa's daughter) is still living in the house we grew up in. She turned 90 in April. I got your info thru a WCHS alumni page on Facebook - and comments by Jim Cahill. Glad to see you are continuing in journalism - hope you are doing well! Sharon (Armbruster) Clark

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