http://www.kbgressitt.com/2008/12/07/politics/lying-cheating-and-stealing-everybody%e2%80%99s-doing-it/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kbgressitt.com/2008/12/07/politics/lying-cheating-and-stealing-everybody%e2%80%99s-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jennifer De La Cruz Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:42:37 +0000 http://www.kbgressitt.com/?p=1248#comment-82 I thought of this essay when I heard an excellent commentary on NPR by Daniel Shore. It was called “An Erroneous Presumption Of Regularity”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98408013 Shore said, “The culture of corruption extends beyond government to what we call the private sector.” He provided well-publicized examples from both realms. I wondered if he expects too much when he said, “For President-elect Barack Obama, perhaps the greatest challenge he faces is restoring confidence, not only in government but in each other.” From my own experience with being punished as a child for dishonesty, I conclude that the lesson described in "Lying, Cheating and Stealing: Everybody’s Doing It" is most easily learned in one's youth. It is never too late, though. And to Shore's comment about Obama, I say it does not fall to the country's President alone. The entire community has a role to play, just as this essay illustrates. I thought of this essay when I heard an excellent commentary on NPR by Daniel Shore. It was called “An Erroneous Presumption Of Regularity”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98408013 Shore said, “The culture of corruption extends beyond government to what we call the private sector.” He provided well-publicized examples from both realms. I wondered if he expects too much when he said, “For President-elect Barack Obama, perhaps the greatest challenge he faces is restoring confidence, not only in government but in each other.” From my own experience with being punished as a child for dishonesty, I conclude that the lesson described in “Lying, Cheating and Stealing: Everybody’s Doing It” is most easily learned in one’s youth. It is never too late, though. And to Shore’s comment about Obama, I say it does not fall to the country’s President alone. The entire community has a role to play, just as this essay illustrates.

]]> http://www.kbgressitt.com/2008/12/07/politics/lying-cheating-and-stealing-everybody%e2%80%99s-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Robin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:36:49 +0000 http://www.kbgressitt.com/?p=1248#comment-74 I will never look at kotex the same. I will never look at kotex the same.

]]> http://www.kbgressitt.com/2008/12/07/politics/lying-cheating-and-stealing-everybody%e2%80%99s-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-73 M Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.kbgressitt.com/?p=1248#comment-73 Sounds like we have junior George Bushes in the making! Sounds like we have junior George Bushes in the making!

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