Who’s your hero?
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When I was in elementary school, the teacher in my small-town Saskatchewan classroom asked us who our heroes were. I answered John F Kennedy.
I was only 7, and he had died just a few years before, but I knew who he was because my parents had a book about him that I liked to flip through. It had pictures. He looked like a nice, friendly man and he looked like a good leader. That’s really all I knew at the time except for the fact that so many people had cried so much when he died.
Things are simple when you’re a child.
In 1992, I was able to visit Dallas and stood on the grassy knoll all those years later. I took a few moments to shed some tears of my own.
Hey, you didn’t say it had to be anyone famous… 🙂
My father-in-law is my hero for several reasons:
Can’t get much better than that… 🙂
Okay, if it has to be someone famous, I’d pick Michael J. Fox, both for the work he’s done for Parkinson’s research and for living on the East Coast away from the Hollywood party scene…
Along the theme of “nobody famous”, my Dad – he & Mom met at age 14, married at 23 & 24 respectively, and stayed married until his death at age 84, just a week shy of his 85th birthday. He was a wonderful father and an even better husband. He & Mom gave me & my daughters a goal as to what a wonderful marriage could be. He’s been gone for 2 years and almost 6 months – I miss him more than words can convey.
I heard Bucky speak twice at the UND, Grand Forks, ND. Can’t remember when anymore, but;
The first time, my brain could not simultaneously receive and understand his concepts. In other words he was running three or four paragraphs ahead of my processing ability. That has never happened to me with any speaker before or since.
The second time he was 84? and just as fascinating, but I could at least keep up.
Why is he my hero, well, for a start see Bucky
Have you read the book “The Soul of Money” by Lynne Twist? I just finished it. Great book! He was her hero too.
No. I was not familiar with The Soul of Money, so thanks for the heads up.
Here lately it’s been the Absinthe lady that has the soft alluring smile when the page appears. Not so much a hero, I guess as a ‘roll model’…but I’ve always been a dreamer.
Hey now, don’t go starting another G%&*D@#$ed pie fight! And in Catnip’s thread, no less, LOL!
How quickly we forget… ;-D
Do you often play with matches near gasoline?
a Chicken Hawk, an SOB and he has not fear. He speaks the truth and doesn’t fear his words will come back to bite him.
Cindy Sheehan. I know she has been a bit of a controversy, but my God she lost her son and she has nothing else to lose. She is the voice of the anti war movement and pro peace movement. She also isn’t afraid, she started to ball.
Rosa Parks. She had no fear. She had nothing to lose. She said NO to the foolish establishment and changed our lives forever. She gave dreams to every child of color and proves “All men are created equal” and “don’t fuck with a tired woman”
FDR- who said. “We have nothing to fear, but fear its self.”
My Mom. She raised 4 kids all alone, she was an only child and her own mother died when my mom was only 36. She didn’t give up and did the best with what she had. She is still alive and still works. Enron raped her of her nest egg, her pension plan, 85% of her life savings for retirement gone and she is not bitter. She still has to work at age 73 because of it, but she still works and keeps a smile on her face, enjoys the grandkids and always says…”It’s always the darkest before the dawn” She is my Rosa Parks. I wish every child could have a mom like mine.
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PM Yitzhak Rabin who had signed the 2nd Oslo Agreements.
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Same as what happened with Egypt’s President Sadat, perpetrated by Al Zawahri’s Islam Brotherhood – recognize the name?
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ETERNAL FLAME – BURNING HOPE
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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Oui – you’re always so good with the pictures! Would you mind putting this comment (amplified if you want) as a diary on ET – I’d like to do a front page story on that anniversary, so if you already have the materials, I’d like to take advantage of it!
Thanks a lot.
Definitely a worthy choice for a hero.
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No news.
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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Sorry, I somehow missed it. I take it as a good sign that I do not manage to read everything on ET anymore!
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UNESCO tonight
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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You never know what will attract readers or not. But this one HAD to be posted, even if it does not get many comments.
My mother, who raised 4 kids in the most wonderful way, under the most horrible circumstances. That woman is my rock, always has been and always will be. (Even though she swears that it’s the opposite!)
My Husband, for showing me that I am the person that I wanted to be when I grew up and for helping me realize that I am not as crazy as I thought I was. 😉
Y’all made me cry. Wonderful heros all!
A year ago I would have said Howard Dean was my hero and I still have a lot of respect for him. My current heros are the people who haven’t given up, many inspired by Dean’s words “You have the power.” It would have been easy to get so discouraged by the way things are in this country that one just stopped fighting. So my heros are the progressive bloggers, and letters-to-the-editor-writers, and congresspeople-callers, and feet-in-the-streeters, and voter- registerers, and no-longer-keeping-silent-at-the- water-coolerers. If this grand democracy is to heal itself, it will be due to them (you.)
Also, being a labor person I think Andy Stern rocks!
My personal hero is my tata and namesake. He died ten years ago of pancreatic cancer and suffered deeply. Throughout his last five months he showed our family what it was like to love and suffer with dignity. As his body deteriorated, his spirit grew strong, and it was enough to make a lasting impression on each of us that lasts to this day.
Politically, my hero is Cesar Chavez. I would go into details as to why, but it really deserves its own diary, perhaps another day when it’s not 3:19 in the morning.
Peace to you all, I’ve enjoyed reading your stories.
Looking forward to a Chavez diary.
The women that have been role models for me would be my heroes.
Personally – my mother. She was quiet and strong when her marriage went way wrong…and then finished raising 4 kids with patience and love on her own.
Politically – Barbara Boxer. I’ve watched her grow from a committed and novice county supervisor to a powerful and committed Senator leading our nation. She stumbled in her early years but learned and grew.
So many heros, so little time.
But for this moment, I’d have to say Paul and Sheila Wellstone. Probably ‘nuf said with this crowd. But I still miss them so much. Our local PBS station just ran a documentary on their lives last week. I cried all over again at our loss, but was also inspirired to carry on his work.
At the end of the documentary they were talking about his vote AGAINST the Iraq war. He was up for relection soon and knew that if he voted against it – he would likely loose. So he talked to one of his staff about it, worrying that all of them would loose their jobs. This staff person said to him, “Thats why we chose to work for you in the first place.”
Two extremely intelligent men come to mind. The first would be JFK. I was 11 years old when he was shot down. I believe that is when I first started paying attention to politics. I cried for days and often wonder what could have been if he had lived.
The second one is my son. This magnificent young man has taught me so much over the years. I was only 18 when he was born. We more or less grew up together. He has seen me at my worst when I was in full blown alcoholism and never stopped loving me. His loyalty and unconditional love, patience and understanding have gotten me through some of the worst times of my life. He is a wonderful husband and especially outstanding father. Watching him put himself(of course with his fabulous wife’s help) through college and then UCLA law school filled me not with pride but with so much admiration. I know I sound like a gushing mom but he truly is one hell of a man.
My hero is my son, the active boran2 boy. Anyone who can do so well with my parenting style really deserves such praise.