The 4AM Test

Paradoxes are best paired, actually the pairing is the paradox. This comparison of what you do with your child in the early morning. Time with the son before the sun is one way of saying it, though a partial way in this genderfied english day. Anyhow, this week we have clearly seen that what a parent does with their child will form their life view. You are your child’s first goal. This may be the clearest difference between the american poles. The Arch Conservative Momma Palin went hunting at 4AM. The Arch Activist Obama spent the 4AM hour studying. Hmm, pick up the gun, pick up the book. Learn to kill. Learn to learn. A gathering of our hunters past, or passing onto a gathering global good. Which is the dream you give your child? Which world do you want to spend your last breaths?

even tho we come from a bloody past, we do not have to paint our future with it — webionaire

My past was marked by blood so that yours doesn’t have to be– laughlin

Desk Momentoes

Atop most execu desks sit momentos and thought provokers, little chotskies from colleagues and correspondents from college or career. I’ve had a chance to see Gov Palin’s gift from George Bush, something she treasures dearly. So dearly that she carries it in her luggage on this journey to the White House. It is a small brass plaque inscribed with:

the thought stops here.. George