tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post1653795426210865009..comments2023-11-03T09:29:12.175-04:00Comments on Queens is the New Manhattan: "A New Renaissance"Homevalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05957126005766631576noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-56187629378285949662010-03-12T12:31:00.351-05:002010-03-12T12:31:00.351-05:00HAHA - Gigi, thanks for that. I laughed outloud.HAHA - Gigi, thanks for that. I laughed outloud.Homevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957126005766631576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-69040778431537797282010-03-11T14:05:58.655-05:002010-03-11T14:05:58.655-05:00What a great story! How annoying is Anonymous?...s...What a great story! How annoying is Anonymous?...seeing Jim Jones in this is so lame. Talk about a drag. I bet he is a "scholar" of something or other and has had his head up his ass for such a long time he wouldn't recognize a good kharma tale if it bit him.on My Name is GiGi Wigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629296345062510055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-69240050134783662172010-02-01T14:32:49.938-05:002010-02-01T14:32:49.938-05:00Thank you, Nicky P. Fan of yours as well!Thank you, Nicky P. Fan of yours as well!Homevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957126005766631576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-77857695896697451842010-01-30T10:08:20.004-05:002010-01-30T10:08:20.004-05:00Hello everyone!
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Thanks for that.<br /><br />Now get back in that cab.Nicky P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08662180952669629768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-9251691094253235152010-01-27T16:08:40.869-05:002010-01-27T16:08:40.869-05:00I can only speak for myself...but I suppose it com...I can only speak for myself...but I suppose it comes from not one, but many, nay, SO many, conversations with people all over the world, including cabbies, that ultimately revolve around them trying to find a connection with me. It's really not about being ripped off, it's about people using chance meetings to establish emotional connections with strangers, in order to make themselves feel relevant. Getting ripped off would just be a worse case scenario. <br /><br />I guess the skepticism in my case comes from experience. I do not assume everyone is out there to get over on someone, but I've been in sales long enough to know that every pitch comes with a catch. <br /><br />Also, no one likes a know it all, no one likes a bully, everyone guns for the top dog...however you want to phrase it, America is the top of the world's heap. Trust me that I use the word heap specifically, but my point is we live in the greatest country in the world. Not liking Americans and not liking American politics are two different conversations while traveling. No one likes America until they need us, then we can't do enough. I am of the opinion that it's time for us to cut off the world and stop bailing everyone else out. If we are so unwelcome and unwanted, we can just focus on ourselves. That way the world can decide if absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. <br /><br />I will personally never apologize for America, most public opinion is media formed, even hear. If the world was a better educated society, I think it would change a lot of perspective because rhetoric only serves one master, and rhetoric is the best tool to control the ignorant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-21964112917073725062010-01-27T13:37:25.603-05:002010-01-27T13:37:25.603-05:00Hmm. Sarcasm aside, Anon, methinks you sound a bi...Hmm. Sarcasm aside, Anon, methinks you sound a bit less cynical this go-round.<br /><br />To your point - I do not necessarily think travel makes you worldly. You can travel in a bubble (see: why Americans tend to have a slightly less than stellar rep abroad). I take in all I can when I travel. And then I let it sink in, and try to make sense of it. I think this gives me ample perspective.<br /><br />Which leads me to this: Kwame didn't shock my perspective... He pretty much reinforced it. It was a wonderful experience meeting a kindred spirit, and having this conversation unexpectedly. <br /><br />What I take a bit personally, I suppose, is this: why are people so skeptical? So quick to think that I was being ripped off? Have we no trust anymore?Homevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957126005766631576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-63729011777829048572010-01-27T12:58:46.740-05:002010-01-27T12:58:46.740-05:00Your sarcasm at my comment was perfect, however, y...Your sarcasm at my comment was perfect, however, you missed mine.<br /><br />Obviously, you either missed mine or took the comment too personally. Either way, I did not literally mean you were in a cab headed to Jonestown, and obviously, when your kids are grown up and on their own, I think they will be fine getting in NYC cabs...for the most part. <br /> <br />I do congratulate you on your travel, it sounds impressive. Despite it all though, a NYC cabbie from Ghana shocked your perspective in a 10 minute conversation. You can travel all over the world, but does it make you worldly?<br /><br />I guess my most literal point for you is that your cabbie wanted to help people examine themselves and find their own personal purpose in life. His intention was not for everyone to adopt his...if it was, I will circle back to my Jim Jones comment, but cement it to its literal meaning.<br /><br />The thing out there guiding your path is you, subconsciously absorbing and reacting to stimuli constantly throughout your life. Follow it, follow yourself, and enjoy the ride, otherwise what is the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-60994732881855775562010-01-27T07:09:13.169-05:002010-01-27T07:09:13.169-05:00Not to ever get in a CAB? In lower Manhattan? At...Not to ever get in a CAB? In lower Manhattan? At 3 PM in the afternoon?<br /><br />Oh, Anon. Your cynicism is a pity.<br /><br />This driver asked me for nothing. He made me think. And the values he touted? Education, service to others, spreading joy? I fail to see the sales pitch here. Be nice to people? Help them a little? Open your mind? <br /><br />Contrary to what you insinuate, I am not completely naive. I keep my wits about me. I have traveled to many cities on 5 continents of this world, thankyouverymuch. I am an optimist, is all, and I take all inspiration wherever I find it.<br /><br />So I ask: what's the harm here?<br /><br />I mean, the least I could do was give him my social, address, and credit card info after a ride like that, right?Homevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957126005766631576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29408571.post-41689621682517886862010-01-26T22:01:06.066-05:002010-01-26T22:01:06.066-05:00I think if you Wiki, "Jim Jones", his sa...I think if you Wiki, "Jim Jones", his sales pitch went the same way.<br /><br />You just fell for the adult version of taking candy from a stranger. <br /><br />At least you were able to get OUT of the car, teach your child not to ever get IN one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com