{"id":2802,"date":"2014-01-19T01:53:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T06:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2014-01-19T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T14:22:13","slug":"meat-sticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=2802","title":{"rendered":"meat sticks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"liver-and-onions\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When I was a child, my mother had this ingenious idea.\u00a0 Knowing none of her children were too fond of liver and onions, she would quietly take the vitamin-rich meat, slice it into very thin strips, crisp it up in the frying pan, and then enthusiastically present it as \u2014 ta-da!<\/i> \u2014 \u201cmeat strips.\u201d\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 we loved meat strips.\u00a0 Couldn\u2019t stand liver… but my brothers and I loved \u201cmeat strips.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now with all due respect to each of my parents, my mother\u2019s desire was simple.\u00a0 Here were 3 young children who didn\u2019t know any better, where she had decided what was best for us.\u00a0 Granted, she knew best; we were children.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 We needed someone to teach and train us in the way we should go.<\/p>\n

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As the Intramuralist sees it, one of our culture\u2019s current challenges is that we have men and women who believe they know best, and they have decided that they know what\u2019s best for the rest of us \u2014 even though the rest of us aren\u2019t children; we don\u2019t need someone to teach and train us in the way we should go.\u00a0 That\u2019s not someone else\u2019s job.\u00a0 Government should never be confused as our parent.<\/p>\n

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I shuddered this week when listening to the United Nations Climate Chief.\u00a0 Yes, I know that climate change is a hot button issue… yes, I know it\u2019s going to become a bigger issue (… especially, again, at least in part to take attention off of the negative ramifications of Obamacare)…<\/i> and yes, I know that several among us passionately believe that man is responsible for changes to the Earth.\u00a0 The Intramuralist\u2019s position on climate change remains steadfast:\u00a0 man\u2019s role in any perceived earthly changes cannot be fully evaluated without an acknowledgement of<\/i> and a submission to<\/i> the one who actually created the Earth.<\/p>\n

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Lest I digress…<\/p>\n

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When UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres interviewed with Bloomberg News late last week, the perceived world spokesman on global warming\/climate change said that China, the top emitter of greenhouse gases, is the country that\u2019s \u201cdoing it right\u201d when it comes to addressing the issue.\u00a0 Figueres added that the American system of government is \u201cvery detrimental\u201d to the fight against global warming.<\/p>\n

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Friends, my concern today centers not on the validity of global warming.\u00a0 My concern is that a global spokesman publicly praised an oppressive means of decision-making.\u00a0 Not only did she praise the decision-making of a communist government, she criticized the decision-making of a democracy.\u00a0 She has decided what is best, and in order to achieve that, she believes an authoritarian dictatorship is more effective in accomplishing the end goal.\u00a0 She advocates for the removal of decision-making by the people; in my opinion, she thus advocates for treating adults like children.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m concerned that because many agree with her end goal, they, too, will embrace an oppressive means of decision-making.\u00a0 They will embrace not allowing diverse input when making decisions.\u00a0 They feel so passionately (and arguably arrogantly)<\/i> justified about their position, they don\u2019t believe a diverse democracy should enter into the equation.\u00a0 In other words \u2014 with all due respect to my mother \u2014 they\u2019re ok with serving \u201cmeat sticks\u201d to adults.<\/p>\n

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Just for the record, last week I baked sweet potatoes for my own kids.\u00a0 I cut them up into very thin strips, baked them to the point of ideal crispiness in the oven, and then enthusiastically presented them as \u2014 ta-da!<\/i> \u2014 \u201csweet fries.\u201d\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 my kids loved \u201csweet fries.\u201d\u00a0 Can\u2019t stand sweet potatoes… but loved the fries.<\/p>\n

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But then, my kids are kids \u2014not adults from whom it\u2019s necessary nor wise nor appropriate to remove the decision-making.<\/p>\n

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Respectfully,<\/p>\n

AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was a child, my mother had this ingenious idea.\u00a0 Knowing none of her children were too fond of liver and onions, she would quietly take the vitamin-rich meat, slice it into very thin strips, crisp it up in the frying pan, and then enthusiastically present it as \u2014 ta-da! \u2014 \u201cmeat strips.\u201d\u00a0 Note:\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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