Today I am feeling bold! Revolutionary!

I tend to surround myself with people who make me think, people who are unafraid to ask tough questions and demand equally well thought out answers. I thrive off of intellectual challenge and if I don't receive it I will easily become bored. I do not have to agree with someone's point of view on any given subject, but if they make me think they will at least gain my attention if not earn my respect.

Matthew's father used to say that people who preferred McDonald's hamburgers to a steak "did not like to chew." We often apply this train of thought to those who dislike having their opinions challenged and their own thoughts stimulated. So, if you don't like to "chew" you may wish to pass-by this weeks renter.....

.... but if you are like me .....Bold Contemplations is everything I love in a good blog read. It is challenging, unafraid, stimulating...provocative...

Today's question is based on this quote:

The world distrusts [America] not because we are rich and free.... They distrust us because we are deaf and blind, because we too often don't understand and make no effort to understand."

--Cardinal Francis George

Do you agree? Can the US change the way it is perceived in the global community? How? Or, has too much damage been done?

Not an easy question to ask, especially by an American, nor one that should be easily answered without serious contemplation. If you too are feeling bold click on the link provided and let Angela know your thoughts on these questions and please help us welcome her to One Old Green Bus!

Honourable mentions this week go to:

Women Diary.Net (previous renter)

A blog for women and women's issues

A Templar Knight - The Quest Begins ...

Just don't ask where the "Holy Grail" is hidden ...

From The Pot-Stirring Desk Of Sue

The standard last note on the old blog... PLEASE SUPPORT THE DREAM!

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