It Is Up To You To See Past The Facade
Here is a picture I took at a recent lunch for Houston-area political bloggers put on by Metro.
Metro is our local mass transit agency.
Metro was engaged in public relations when it put on the lunch.
There is nothing wrong with this fact. Metro has critics and should be able to respond.
I felt that Metro said some truthful and useful things at this lunch.
Though I’m sure they also left some of the bad stuff out.
But, of course, we know that so much of what we are told in life is a facade.
Above is a facade in plain view.
It is up to each of us to sift through the things we are told each day.
I can’t stress it enough—We as individuals are responsible for seeing things as they are, for our using imaginations to help us connect Point A to Point B, and for our decision to work for liberal and progressive causes.
We as individuals are responsible for making the decision to work with others for a more fair and decent society.
It is not nearly enough just to gripe.
You can attend a public meeting, attend or organize a protest, write or call an elected official, talk to friends and family, start a blog, donate money, write a letter to the editor, volunteer for candidates and causes you value, and even run for office yourself.
(Photo copyright 2011 Neil Aquino.)
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Texas Liberal is a blog of politics and political history.
My name is Neil Aquino. Here is my profile.
Additional focuses of the blog are books, art, poetry, personal relationships and, also, sea life and marine mammals.
( The picture above is of the Houston Ship Channel. A narrow channel can lead to a wide sea.)
The signature post of this blog is the Martin Luther King Reading & Reference List. This list is the best of it’s kind on the web.
Another good post is my reciting the words to the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts on Galveston Island, Texas as a ship passes behind.
I live in Houston, Texas and I do sometimes write about political issues in Houston and in Texas.
I also often write about my former hometown of Cincinnati, and about the great beach city of Galveston, Texas.
I define liberalism as a role for government in the economy to help make life more fair, and a broad acceptance of people regardless of who they are.
This is why it says “All People Matter” at the top of the blog.
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Texas Liberal began regular posting on July 25, 2006.
I also blog at the Houston Chronicle as one of eight featured political bloggers, and on Where’s The Outrage? which posts out of North Carolina.
I can be reached at naa six one eight at att dot net
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I have more than my fair share of issues with Metro.
But in this time of slashing domestic local, state, and federal budgets for infrastructure, mass transit, and anything that might benefit the masses, I’m glad that metro is taking some initiative and getting their side out there.
Mass transit is not a liberal conspiracy.
Bravo.
It does seem that much of the criticism of Metro is reflexive.
Thanks for your ongoing comments here.