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4A The Baytown Sun
Viewpoints
Friday
July 15, 2016
guest view God views humility with respect
DHVANI
SHUKLA
‘Hard Choices’
indeed...
After writing the review for the Donald Trump biogra-
phy and seeing the responses mentioning Hillary Clinton,
l decided to review Clinton’s book “Hard Choices.
I’ve always prided myself on being a fast reader. In ju-
nior high I could go through two books in one day and
be back in the library the next day for two more. But I
could not for the life of me get through
this book. It took me a week to space out
the pages and not become too bored. The
writing itself was fine and I enjoyed read-
ing about her travels and the difficult and
complex situations. But some of the de-
tails and experiences were just unneces-
sary. I’m not a politician or an adviser or
campaign manager. Her readers are just
regular citizens trying to get some insight
_________into her life. I don’t want to know all this
extra information. I wanted more stories with some sort
of a personal touch and character.
This book did nothing to sway my political alignment
because it didn’t show me what she truly stands for. This
book taught me nothing about Clinton herself and way
too much about the workings of world politics and eco-
nomics. Throughout the memoir we follow her around
the world as she solves problems, meets important inter-
national leaders or diplomats, and explains the reasoning
behind some of her decisions. This book was less of a
memoir and more of an encyclopedia.
What makes me more skeptical about this book though
isn’t the lack of personal touches — it’s the lingering
question I always have on the back of my mind when I
think about Mrs. Clinton; why should l believe anything
this woman tells me? Although this book hardly con-
tained any of her political stances, the ones that were
included had me weary. Hillary Clinton has never been
clear on any view or matter. Chances are if she makes a
statement one week she will make an opposing statement
the next week and then deny that she ever said the first
one at all. Her campaigning has been anything but consis-
tent throughout her years. She also has a desperate need
to appeal to youth in the most uncomfortable ways (heads
up — if we’ve reached the age to vote we won’t pick a
candidate based on their knowledge on emojis or dance
moves; we want to hear your policies and how they’ll af-
fect us). The whole feminism issue needs to be addressed
too. Feminism is not voting for the candidate due to their
gender but on how that candidate plans to help that gen-
der during their term. I’ve been a feminist my entire life
but what I won’t do is vote for a candidate simply because
she is a woman — and Hillary Clinton seems to be rely-
ing a lot on receiving votes like that.
My review before does not mean that l hate Trump and
will be voting Clinton just like my review this week does
not mean that I hate Clinton and will be voting Trump.
Just like many citizens in America this year l am unsure
and disappointed at the lack of worthy candidates this
election has offered us. This will be the first year I am
able to vote and it upsets me that I’m not able to cast my
ballot for a candidate that l truly believe in. We have gone
from picking the best candidate running to picking the
least awful one.
Dhvani Shukla was the No. 9 graduate at Ross S. Ster-
ling High School this year. She plans to attend the Uni-
versity of Texas to major in hiology/pre-med to become a
pediatrician.
God respects, honors and even
marvels at humility!
Isaiah 66:2 says, “This is the one I
esteem: he who is humble and con-
trite in spirit, and trembles at my
word.” As bad a man as Ahab was,
yet after being told by God through
the prophet Elijah that he and his
family would be severely punished
because of their lifestyle, it says
that he repented and humbled him-
self. God said to Elijah, “See how
he humbled himself before me? Be-
cause he humbled himself before me,
I will not do this in his days, but in
his son’s days.” II Kings 21:29
• As recorded in II Chronicles chap-
ters 6-7 King Solomon prayed a
beautiful prayer to God for his peo-
ple. After the prayer and their offer-
ing to God, God later appeared to
What young Americans think
on top issues facing the country
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Americans have edu-
cation and the economy at the top of their minds as they
think about this year’s presidential election. That’s ac-
cording to a GenForward poll of young adults ages 18-30.
EDUCATION
Asked to choose from a list of 22 topics driving their
choice of a political candidate this year, education emerg-
es on top for young Americans, with 31 percent listing
it among their top three issues. Education is the top is-
sue for young whites, African-Americans, Hispanics and
Asian-Americans alike, though racism and immigration
come close for young blacks and Hispanics, respectively.
The survey shows that reining in the cost of college is a
major concern for young adults.
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Nearly a quarter of young Americans put economic
growth at the top of their list of important political issues
this year. Most say they see the distribution of wealth in
the U.S. as unfair.
IMMIGRATION
The survey shows that 6 in 10 young people think im-
migrants living in the United States illegally should be
allowed to stay — but that feeling is not universal. That
view is shared by 79 percent of young Hispanics, 75 per-
cent of young Asian-Americans and 67 percent of young
African-Americans, but just 48 percent of young whites.
GUNS
Americans age 18 to 30 are closely divided on whether
it’s more important to protect Americans’ rights to own
guns (48 percent) or to control gun ownership (52 per-
cent). An overwhelming majority of young Asian-Amer-
icans — 83 percent — say controlling gun ownership is
more important, as do 58 percent of young African-Amer-
icans and 56 percent of young Hispanics. On the other
hand, 55 percent of young whites say it’s more important
to protect the rights of Americans to own guns:
| Solomon and said,
“I have heard your
I prayer... If my peo-
ple which are called
by my name will
humble themselves,
and pray, and seek
| my face ... I will
forgive their sins,
and will heal their
- land.”
In Psalms 51 King David realizing
just how sinful he was, asked God
to forgive him and said, “You do not
desire sacrifice, else would I give it;
nor do you delight in burnt offerings.
The sacrifices of God are a broken
spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
o God, you will not despise.
In Micah the sixth chapter the
Prophet Micah asks, “Will I come
HARVEY
SCHULTZ
before him with burnt offerings, with
thousands of Rams? Or ten thou-
sands of rivers of oil? Will I give my
first bom for my transgressions...
But he has shown you what is good;
and what does the Lord require of
you, but to do justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.”
In Philippians 2:5-11 after Jesus
humbled himself, Paul says, “For this
reason, God highly exalted Him, and
has given Him a name above every
name; that at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow...’ So God views
humility with respect and nothing
pleases God more that humility,
Harvey Schultz is a long time res-
ident of the Baytown area, marriea
for 54 years with two children and an
author of three books
Am I as considerate as I think I am?
Every day 1 marvel at what life is
and what I expect. I walk through
life or drive my Jeep and see the vast
skies and the many wonder-filled
things around me, and I inhale it in a
way that is truly an adventure.
1 see people around me absorbed in
their own sphere and wonder if they
“see it” too. Being the cynic that 1
am, I prejudge my fellow human, au-
tomatically demoting them and this
is probably in error. Many appear
bored and robotic. 1 have to remind
myself that many are suffering pain
or hardships.
My bride upbraids me regularly for
this skepticism and I automatically
play it down as humor on my part.
The truth is, it isn’t humor. 1 admit
my fellow humans regularly erode
my belief that we are evolving. On
a daily basis, what I see is what was
depicted in the comedic movie “Idi-
ocracy” and this is wrong of me.
In this futuristic piece, humanity
has bred itself mentally backward to
the point that stupidity is the norm.
A social retardation is so prevalent
that no one seems to notice, and they
constantly ridicule each other for be-
ing stupider than they are. To quote
the synopsis on Wikipedia: “The film
tells the story of two people who take
part in a top-secret military hiber-
nation experiment, only to awaken
500 years later in a dystopian society
wherein advertising, commercialism,
and cultural anti-intellectualism have
run rampant and dysgenic pressure
has resulted in a uniformly unthink-
ing society devoid of intellectual cu-
riosity, social responsibility, and co-
herent notions of justice and human
rights.”
I am a people watcher and, accord-
ing to my bride, someone who reads
too much into the casual behavior
of those around me. “You think too
much, honey!” I watch people and
occasionally am guilty of baiting
a subject line to see how they will
react. I resent the implication that I
BERT
MARSHALL
am a troll or a dev-
il’s advocate, but
readily acknowl-
edge that I “seed”
forums and Face-
book for opinions.
I want to know,
what people think
or believe and
then often will
challenge them to
explain what and
why they believe. Is that wrong? I’ve
always contended that anyone who
challenges you to define what you
believe is your friend.
We are all floating on the river of
life. 1 need to rediscover that balance
where instead of seeing distracted
and complacent masses, 1 once again
discover how incredible people can
be. I've become a glass half-empty
dude and that needs to change.
I have to see the humor around me
and be less critical. Now to be honest,
I base a lot of my negatives on what
people do when they drive. And to be
frank, I think the behavior specialists
will be on my side when I say this is a
very good indicator of what a person
is made of. Rude and selfish drivers
shouldn’t consider themselves kind
and caring people. They are not. If
you tailgate and dangerously zip all
over the danged place, you are the
opposite of considerate.
If a person swerves in and around
cars on the freeway, barely missing
rear-end collisions and then walk into
their job smiling and greeting every-
one, they are fooling themselves as to
what kind of person they are. They
fall into this group, “unthinking so-
ciety devoid of social responsibility,
and coherent notions of justice and
human rights.”
I would like to sit down with these
reckless drivers and have a conversa-
tion about what kind of person they
believe themselves to be and then
show them videos of their driving
“skills.” I do not want to imply that 1
am a perfect example of a driver, but
when you are behind the wheel of a
lifted Jeep with oversized tires, it’s
kind of a good idea to always imag-
ine you are driving on ice and make
deliberate signaled lane changes.
On my way back from Houston, 1
was rolling in the middle lane on 1-10
doing exactly 68 fnph on cruise con-
trol when out of the comer of my left
eye I saw what can only be described
as a black missile coming up behind
me. The bespectacled middle-aged
man crossed three lanes and my brain
registered that he was going to clip
the back driver’s side of my truck.
Now jerking the wheel on a lifted
Jeep at near 70 mph is downright
dangerous, but it was my only option
or get quartered.
I jinked and he missed by a whis-
ker and shot off ahead of me, zigging
and zagging until he was no longer
visible, with brake lights signaling
his departure. I took a couple deep
breaths and thanked God I wasn’t
lying in a twisted wreck. 1 have no
idea what this fellow’s hurry was, but
I imagine he was simply driving like
he always does.
1 think I am a considerate person
for the most part. 1 try to be. If you
come to my house, I will offer you a
cold or hot beverage and usually pret-
ty quickly. I’ll offer you a seat and try
not to dominate the conversation and
if you follow me while I’m driving, I
stop at red lights and stop signs 100
percent of the time and always signal
my intentions of a lane change. I like
to ran on cruise control either doing
a minimum of the speed limit or with
the flow of traffic.
However, I am probably a miser-
able failure in other considerate be-
havior and may need to hire on as an
extra in Idiocracy II, if they make it.
Bert Marshall is the owner ofOur-
Baytown.com and a Baytown resi-
dent since 1974. Reach Marshall at
baytownbert@gmail. com.
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1870, Georgia became the last Confederate state to
be readmitted to the Union. !
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover announced he was
slashing his own salary by 20 percent, from $75,000 to
$60,000 a year; he also cut Cabinet members’ salaries
by 15 percent, from $15,000 to $12,750 a year.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon delivered a tele-
vised address in which he announced that he had accept-
ed an invitation to visit the People’s Republic .of China.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter delivered his “mal-
aise” speech in which he lamented what he called a “cri-
sis of confidence” in America.
Thought for Today: “If you have knowledge, let oth-
ers light their candles with it.” — Margaret Fuller
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