Leadership or Anti-Leadership

October 23, 2012October 23, 2012 Paul Sposite Election, Founding Fathers, leadership, Politics america, American, Americas, Anti, attention, constitution, decision, direction, election, fathers, History, laws, leader, leaders, leadership, Many, mockery, Nation, November, obama, office, presidency, President, pride, role, roles, Romney, Self, status, truth, woman

U.S. Presidential flag, 1960-present (not usually called a "standard" in official U.S. government terminology). It is defined in Executive Order 10860. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) With the November election upon us, I think it’s a time to talk about leadership, what a leader is and is not. The qualities of a leader and the qualities of … Continue reading Leadership or Anti-Leadership

My Detroit

May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 Paul Sposite History, Just for Fun, Michigan accomplishments, actions, advantage, alliance, allies, American, Anne, Anthony, Antoine, apostles, architecture, area, areas, Augustus, auto, Avenue, avenues, Érie, Battle, beginnings, Belestre, Belle, Berry, better, Boulevard, boulevards, Bréhant, brick, Britain, british, Cadillac, Canada, Canadians, Capital, Cars, Carver, Casson, cathedral, Catholic, Center, century, Charles, Chicago, Chief, chimneys, church, Circus, Clair, COLLECTION, Commander, Commerce, consumption, context, Cream, culture, Davison, Death, deception, destruction, detroit, Detroiter, Diamond, District, Dollier, Drugs, Edison, emblems, encouragement, Encyclopedia, Enfant, expedition, expressway, Fair, Falls, fame, father, Faygo, feet, Flag, fort, forts, François, France, freeway, French, From, frontier, Gabriel, Galinée, General, goal, Gogh, Gordy, Gothic, government, Grand, great, Greenville, Griffon, heart, Hemisphere, Hennepin, heritage, Hispanic, Historic, History, hotel, Huron, idol, immigrants, Indian, Indians, industry, innovation, Institute, Island, Isle, James, Jefferson, Jonathan, journal, justice, kids, lake, lakes, leader, Life, location, Louis, Made, Main, Major, mansions, Many, Marie, Marine, Marriott, McNichols, michigan, midwest, Mile, minister, Mission, missionary, Model, Montreal, Mothe, Motown, motto, Murder, Nation, National, Nations, Native, news, newspaper, North, Northwest, notes, November, numbers, office, officer, oldest, Orleans, Ottawa, outpost, Paris, parish, park, parks, path, Picoté, pieces, Pierre, places, Ponchartrain, Pontchartrain, Pontiac, Portrait, Potato, pride, priest, Proclamation, rail, Rangers, Rape, rebellion, region, Register, Renaissance, René, response, restrictions, revitalization, revival, revolution, Richard, River, road, roads, Robert, Rogers, Roman, Royal, sales, Salle, Sanders, Sault, Self, settlement, settlers, Several, Siege, soda, Soldiers, State, Statue, strait, streets, Stroh, Sulpician, system, territories, territory, theater, Thomas, thoroughfares, three, Timbers, traffic, transportation, tree, trees, tribes, Tunnel, Twelve, Vernor, Vernors, Vincent, warehouse, Warren, Washington, Waterworks, Wayne, weapons, West, Westcott, Western, Wikipedia, Windsor, Woodward, world

Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque styled radial avenues and Grand Circus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m a Detroiter, I was born in the city, and I love the city. I no longer live in Detroit, I now live about 30 minutes outside of the city, but still consider myself a Detroiter. … Continue reading My Detroit

The Three Types of Change

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Paul Sposite Change, Education, History, Improvement, Life, life coach, Self, selfhelp Abraham, accomplices, accomplishment, action, advice, Again, agents, america, American, army, assassination, attention, author, Backward, Baker, band, Beck, Bill, boat, Booth, bullet, cape, celebrations, Change, Civil, clues, Constitutional, contentment, convention, correction, creative, Date, Delaware, Detective, difference, direction, disease, divine, Ellen, ends, events, example, executions, fact, factor, failures, farmer, father, February, figures, fits, flaws, forces, Ford, Forge, Forward, friends, fugitive, Gelb, General, generation, genius, George, Glenn, goal, government, greatest, growth, gunshot, hardship, heart, Heroism, History, Horses, human, Indispensable, industry, inspiration, intelligence, John, junction, Lafayette, leadership, learn, Leonardo, lessons, Life, Lincoln, management, manager, manner, mary, Michael, midst, Morley, motivation, move, movement, Moyer, narrative, Nation, nature, neither, Neutral, notebooks, November, occupations, Patrick, person, post, President, Principles, Problem, Providence, publication, ranks, readers, relationships, republic, resignation, Return, Robert, Saga, Self, senses, September, series, Seven, significance, situation, skills, sloth, Some, stay, Step, steps, Surratt, Take, Theatre, think, three, thriller, Through, times, tree, trenches, truth, Undo, Unimaginable, Union, Valley, victories, Victory, Vinci, Vincian, Washington, Wilkes, winter, woman, world, York, Yorktown

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow Being interested in and involved in the “Change” industry, I found this quote to be dead on, All too often we tend to think that if we are changing, it must be a positive thing, that we must be growing is some … Continue reading The Three Types of Change

Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 Paul Sposite Called by God, Catholic, church, Faith, Lent, Life, Media, Politics, Prayer, Religon actions, afraid, baptism, Benedict, boat, Catholic, Catholics, christ, christian, Christians, Come, courage, coverage, depths, disciples, discourse, example, Faith, father, Galilee, ghost, government, health, Jesus, lake, Lenten, Life, Lord, matthew, meditation, Mission, news, November, opinion, Peter, pope, pray, priest, prophet, salvation, session, Soldier, Take, times, truth, Victory, waters, words

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter … Continue reading Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

An Equal and Fair America

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Image via Wikipedia What is fair? What would you consider fair? That is the big question, and it seems Obama is going to use that as his campaign theme. No longer is Hope and Change the charge, but now Fairness. But really, what is fair? fair /fɛər/ [fair] adjective, fair·er, fair·est, adverb, fair·er, fair·est, noun, … Continue reading An Equal and Fair America

Could Boys Town work today? And other thoughts on Charity and Social Justice.

January 19, 2012January 19, 2012 Paul Sposite Catholic, Change, church, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, conservative, Conservative Catholics, Control, Election, Faith, Family, Founding Fathers, History, Improvement, liberal, Liberal Catholics, Life, Media, Politics, Religon, selfhelp, social justice, Tax affairs, African, Albert, Allen, america, American, Americans, Angeles, Appeal, Archbishop, Arcus, army, Arthur, article, articles, author, benevolence, Bill, Bishops, Boko, book, Both, brother, California, Call, Canterbury, Catholic, Center, Character, children, church, Citizenry, coach, coalition, college, Comment, concept, concepts, constitution, Cool, Cosby, Could, creative, Deal, Declaration, deeds, Defend, definition, depend, dependency, depressions, discussion, documents, donations, dreams, Effective, effort, efforts, Egyptian, Equal, example, extremists, fact, Faith, Faithfunder, father, fathers, Federal, Finalist, Flanagan, forces, foundation, freedom, friends, Fund, generation, generations, government, governments, great, Gross, handouts, Haram, Harold, heritage, human, independence, individuals, inspiration, January, John, justice, Kennedy, leadership, letter, Life, Link, Look, manner, Market, memory, million, Mobile, Mobilize, money, moneys, Movements, Nation, National, nature, needs, Negroes, neighbors, North, November, obligation, obligations, Occupy, oppression, organization, paperwork, path, Paul, performance, person, Philadelphia, Philanthropist, President, Principles, Prior, Private, provider, PRWEB, racism, recessions, redistribution, redistributionist, regulations, reliance, responsibilities, revolution, Richard, rights, role, salvation, Self, services, Short, Should, social, Socialism, souls, Specifics, sticks, student, study, Successful, system, talent, talks, thoughts, times, Town, treasures, True, truth, Tyranny, unit, Urgent, Vatican, victims, Walter, weapon, Weird, welfare, West, Wikipedia, Williams, words, workers, world, worth

Cover of Boys Town ‎"What’s “just” has been debated for centuries, but let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then, tell me how much of what I earn “belongs” to you -- and why?" -- Walter Williams Williams … Continue reading Could Boys Town work today? And other thoughts on Charity and Social Justice.

Tenured… So now I don’t have to care

June 10, 2011June 10, 2011 Paul Sposite conservative, Election, GOP, Media, Politics, Union article, articles, aspect, baggage, bias, Bill, Boost, children, citizen, Come, Commencement, ConnCAN, corporation, Council, decisions, Demand, Doesn, Education, employees, environment, evaluation, factor, four, Governor, Governorship, graduation, great, groundwork, guts, Hammond, Here, Hire, Hmmm, house, huffingtonpost, ideas, Illinois, impact, income, items, Just, language, Layoffs, Legislation, letter, Levy, Linda, loop, Mayor, method, Mich, michigan, needs, November, office, Over, Paul, people, performance, period, personnel, placement, Politian, politician, politics, preaprez, President, Prevent, probation, read, Reform, Reich, Rick, rights, Robert, Ruiz, school, Side, signs, slogan, Snyder, Solutions, spark, speeches, State, students, system, systems, Taxes, teacher, Teachers, tenure, victim, voters, Where

Image by wmrice via Flickr In the Great State of Michigan we are going through a lot of growing pains as of late. In November we elected a new Governor, Rick Snyder. He won the Governorship overwhelmingly by stating exactly what needs to happen in this state to fix it. Cut corporate taxes, share the … Continue reading Tenured… So now I don’t have to care

American short term memory loss

February 22, 2011 Paul Sposite conservative, Election, GOP, History, liberal, Life, Media, Politics, Tax Abayomi, action, African, america, American, Americans, Anthony, articles, Azikiwe, benefits, Blogs, Budget, BusinessWeek, Carmelo, Carter, Christchurch, Civil, Commission, competition, convictions, court, CPAC, dandelionsalad, decisions, democracy, Democrats, detroit, dollars, dream, Earthquake, effort, elections, exemptions, Fair, Farruggio, free, friends, Gaddafi, Google, government, Governor, health, Hispanics, hollywood, Homos, hotair, house, hypocrites, industry, juice, justice, KNICKS, lawn, Libya, LITTLE, location, longer, Lower, Lund, members, memory, Mich, michigan, money, Muammar, Nation, needs, nerd, news, November, nwsource, nytimes, option, Partner, path, Paul, pensions, Peter, Philip, Pick, Pleas, proposals, Reagan, REMOVAL, revolution, Rick, ronald, Round, salary, salon, Same, schism, seattletimes, Self, Send, service, Snyder, social, Socialism, stand, State, Still, Supreme, system, Taxes, Taxpayer, tendency, Toward, Wisconsin, word, workers, world, York, Zealand

Image by wmrice via Flickr The American people have a tendency to forget quickly…. This past November we held local, state and national elections all over our great nation. Overwhelmingly we voted for conservatives, we told the powers that that be that we no longer wanted our government to spend our money freely, that we … Continue reading American short term memory loss

Approval of Obama

February 10, 2011February 10, 2011 Paul Sposite conservative, Election, GOP, liberal, Media, Politics, Tax Airlines, america, American, Americans, Amtrak, Angeles, Approval, Barack, billion, Charitable, Chicago, Conservative, cost, Delta, destinations, detroit, digits, Europe, foot, gallon, generation, government, High, house, ideas, January, Last, losses, miles, modes, money, needs, November, numbers, obama, operator, Orleans, Over, park, passenger, percentage, person, policies, President, rail, Republicans, RINOS, Some, subsidies, subsidy, Subsidyscope, Sunset, system, systems, taxpayers, ticket, times, Uncle, Whit, white, world

With Obama half way through his first (and I hope and pray Last) term as President, lets see how well he is going Over all its 46% approve and 44% disapprove, basically a tie… But looking at the party lines, I think we see more of the picture, only 14% of republicans approve of Mr. … Continue reading Approval of Obama

Giving from your Poverty

November 22, 2010November 22, 2010 Paul Sposite Change, Faith abundance, Account, christmas, COLLECTION, Death, DePaul, donation, food, Funny, gift, gifts, hour, Jesus, Just, Luke, money, November, pain, planner, saint, session, think, treasury, truth, Vincent, volunteer, week

Luke 21: 1 – 4 1 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; 4 for they all contributed … Continue reading Giving from your Poverty

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