The Unencumbered Spirit - by TWA (MPR)

 

The Unencumbered Spirit
(an Insight into Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- The Writer's Almanac, MPR (05/26/2015) -  

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." RWE

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston on May 26, 1803. He came from a family of Unitarian ministers ... went off to Harvard Divinity School, was ordained, and got married. He was happy, became senior pastor of Unitarian Church in Boston ... and two years after he got married, his wife  Ellen died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen. Emerson was devastated, he began to have doubts about the church. He took a leave of absence and went on vacation on the mountains of New Hampshire ... and by the time he returned, he decided to resign his post.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could ... some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

TPP in Essence - by Hénock Gugsa

TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) in Essence
- by Hénock Gugsa -

TPP seems to be nothing but NAFTA inflated and expanded ... yet more dangerous because of its lack of openness.

In the long run, it is very highly likely that the participating nations will regret such a pact. The rush and the secrecy behind the agreement package is a dead giveaway to the perils that lie ahead. The manipulators, i.e the puppeteers, behind TPP are big nameless corporations and financial organizations. And the first thing they focus on is their legal immunity in all matters. They even go further and and get assurance of their citizenship rights to sue governments if they feel wronged or damaged. Have you heard AIG (the ungrateful bastard of a corporation) is suing the U.S. Federal government for "its 2008 bailout of the firm violated [their] constitutional rights"?!!

Thus, it is a very scary scenario all around. Corporations are beginning to rule the world. No wonder China is not currently a member of TPP. Maybe, it is because Taiwan already is ... but that could change, of-course.

Meanwhile, the President is dismissing all convincing arguments against TPP as mere scare-based hypotheses. What does he have against hypotheses? Isn't science based on hypotheses and observations? What next ... deny science? ... deny climate change? And even going by observations alone, haven't we observed the behavior patterns of corporations right here inside America? Can you imagine let alone believe a tiger changing its stripes?!  

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News update: 

Per Huffington Post, "The House is expected to vote on fast track trade promotion authority as soon as [this coming] week. If it passes, the corporate-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a done deal -- even though it is still secret."
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/fast-track-hits-house-nex_b_7465280.html]

The probability that the fast track is going to be authorized is quite high despite vehement opposition from many democrats and even ultra-conservative groups.