tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6673724128659515845..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Why do you have to do this?Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-83663099622928266182015-12-09T20:01:26.359-05:002015-12-09T20:01:26.359-05:00Former Paul's wife
What I should of wrote was...Former Paul's wife<br /><br />What I should of wrote was Kudo's, Congrats to you both "then" now and forever! Again major respect goes out to you for what you<br />and your children endured and conquered, an injustice you didn't deserve but a Victory you earned!! You must be an amazingly strong woman and mother. I'm sure (and it breaks my heart) it was even worse than what any of us could ever imagine. Just thankful to God none of you were physically harmed, and hopefully, emotionally your completely healed and living the happiest lives ever. Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916598876575236275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-32785133222715093762015-12-08T22:09:37.771-05:002015-12-08T22:09:37.771-05:00I am Paul's former wife who went through that ...I am Paul's former wife who went through that experience with my family. There are a few points that I would add to Paul's description. The people who protested the dump came to our house every day to march when school was over, particularly to target our children. I had to leave work early to pick up them up at school an I walked them through the picket line to our house. This picketing happened only at our house, not at Paul's work. The telephone calls and messages we got were often aimed at the children, including threats against their lives. They were very young at the time, and I felt it important that they feel safe and protected through all of this. I can certainly feel for Mrs. Donovan and I applaud both Mr. and Mrs. Donovan. It is true that when a married person with a family takes on a difficult cause like this, the whole family is involved. Both of the parents deserve recognition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-69383643747338274312015-12-04T23:18:14.761-05:002015-12-04T23:18:14.761-05:00Mr. Levy-
You obviously married someone as strong ...Mr. Levy-<br />You obviously married someone as strong willed and minded as you are, your wife didn't sign up for that craziness but she most certainly didn't sign out either- stood up for you and with you. (Major respect to her for that). Because of your faith, the love for your wife and girls, your courage and convictions, commitment to your job and compassion for others- those fascist didn't win !!! So of course you're both stronger and better off because of that- Kudo's and Congrats, now and forever.Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916598876575236275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-72981783162370038002015-12-04T14:03:19.191-05:002015-12-04T14:03:19.191-05:00It is good to see that others will stand out again...It is good to see that others will stand out against tyranny. I'm doing it, although it isn't appreciated because it bucks the powers that be and shows where their loyalty lies, that's what needs to be shown. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-19195951941072738022015-12-04T11:25:26.876-05:002015-12-04T11:25:26.876-05:00Many politicians don't realize that their forc...Many politicians don't realize that their forceful statements about such issues cause people to be fearful, which can create extreme reactions. In the landfill case, politicians told folks that they did not consider the environmental reviews to be accurate, and so the story emerged that "inevitable" leakage from the landfill would pollute local water supplies and poison local children. Not true, in the least: In fact, it was hydrologically impossible in the particular setting (and protection of water supplies was one key environmental criterion.) But that fear-mongering caught fire.<br /><br />Also, people were told that it was because these towns had blue-collar workers, they were being used as a dumping ground. So, this was portrayed as an issue of environmental justice. Well, first of all, there's no way high-income Norfolk was in that category, and even Walpole is not exactly a poor town. Several other sites we had looked at were, in fact, in truly low income areas and were not chosen. But, on these issues, that facts are not persuasive. When you appeal to emotions, you get emotional responses.Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-41234764705358628282015-12-04T11:12:30.391-05:002015-12-04T11:12:30.391-05:00It's so strange what gets people that agitated...It's so strange what gets people that agitated, and how they choose to express it. I got a death threat (a letter made from magazine words cut out and pasted onto a paper) when I was trying to permit a new hotel in Coolidge Corner. It never escalated beyond that--and threatening your children's sense of safety is FAR worse--but it's so bizarre that people resort to such violent behavior and threats.<br />One nice little small world story--the police officer who came to respond to the recent break-in at my house remembered me from having worked to investigate that death threat years ago!!!!!<br />Thanks for posting.<br />Amy Schectmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216205019865667557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-49892077040928691802015-12-04T08:13:13.064-05:002015-12-04T08:13:13.064-05:00Amen, Paul. I too found the story in Bridge of Spi...Amen, Paul. I too found the story in Bridge of Spies moving for the quiet commitment and sacrifice it required of Jim Donovan and his wife. I think that few people appreciate how disruptive and frustrating it is to represent a principle that opposes convention. All the vectors line up against you and, while its a cliche, if it were easy, it would already have been accomplished. Your story about the sanitary landfill must have been frightening and a strain on your relationship with your wife. The problems we face in health care, with its entrenched perverse incentives are similar. Change is hugely difficult, and trying to effect it has a cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-2781403905028799472015-12-04T07:57:32.115-05:002015-12-04T07:57:32.115-05:00Thanks to you both.
There is a phrase in the Pirk...Thanks to you both.<br /><br />There is a phrase in the Pirkei Avot: “You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it."Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-79301353163305281492015-12-04T07:54:05.487-05:002015-12-04T07:54:05.487-05:00I often find myself advising my staff/colleagues/f...I often find myself advising my staff/colleagues/friends in stressful situations. In each life we have only a few “character defining moments”. We don’t usually choose them, and they often pop up without warning. But they are moments where, like it or not, we have to declare to ourselves and to the world, or at least our personal world, “this is who I am and this is who I will be”. This man recently faced such a moment; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11999580/Paris-terror-Hero-stranger-reveals-how-he-rescued-pregnant-woman-as-she-clung-for-life.html <br /><br />The coward who decapitated a squirrel declared who he was, and you declared who you were/are. Good for you for choosing to be who you are. Howardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-73982423090409748162015-12-03T21:10:25.811-05:002015-12-03T21:10:25.811-05:00Well, you've convinced me to watch the movie. ...Well, you've convinced me to watch the movie. Quite a bit farther down on the threat scale I resigned as a moderator on a discussion board when the board owner saw nothing wrong with characterizing all Muslims as potential terrorists. Similarly I unfriended a couple acquaintances for suggesting that middle eastern refugees are young, male opportunists exposing their families to untold dangers. My sense of justice could not allow those opinions to stand unopposed. Janet Karaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734048539257877118noreply@blogger.com