Comments on: Why Gratitude Is Appropriate http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8177.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: david foster http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8177.html/comment-page-1#comment-325112 david foster Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:43:41 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8177#comment-325112 The following line purportedly comes from Hawaiian traditional religion: "A monster cannot survive in an atmosphere of gratitude" The complement of this statement is also true: monsters absolutely thrive in an atmosphere in which gratitude does not exist. The following line purportedly comes from Hawaiian traditional religion:

“A monster cannot survive in an atmosphere of gratitude”

The complement of this statement is also true: monsters absolutely thrive in an atmosphere in which gratitude does not exist.

]]> By: Bill Waddell http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8177.html/comment-page-1#comment-325101 Bill Waddell Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:39:31 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8177#comment-325101 Do you mean something like the utter lack of gratitude Obama showed when he stated that the Cambridge Policeman "acted stupidly", eben though Obama acknowledged that "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played," simply because a black, liberal friend of Obama claimed vicitm status. Is that lack of gratitude for the entire law enforcement community who have a long tradition of putting their lives on the line for America every day the sort of thing you had in mind? Do you mean something like the utter lack of gratitude Obama showed when he stated that the Cambridge Policeman “acted stupidly”, eben though Obama acknowledged that “I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played,” simply because a black, liberal friend of Obama claimed vicitm status. Is that lack of gratitude for the entire law enforcement community who have a long tradition of putting their lives on the line for America every day the sort of thing you had in mind?

]]> By: renminbi http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/8177.html/comment-page-1#comment-325100 renminbi Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:54:37 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=8177#comment-325100 What struck me in reading the Great One's memoir was the utter and complete ingratitude.He, and the media and political eliehave no appreciation or gratitude to the ountry htat gave them, unwisely, what they have. What struck me in reading the Great One’s memoir was the utter and complete ingratitude.He, and the media and political eliehave no appreciation or gratitude to the ountry htat gave them, unwisely, what they have.

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