[ Production note: The following is the first in the series encompassing many of the ideas already present on Pathetic Rhetoric. Part 1 introduces the key players and forms the basic conflict. Admittedly, I wrote it in under the spell of the creative moment. I apologize for not considering your perspective, but I [...]
People say that a picture is worth a thousand words and that talk is cheap. These days, it’s also worth billions of dollars in endorsement contracts.
For just a dollar a day, says the white man in the African village, you can provide food, medicine and an education to one of these children. [...]
Actually, they aren’t your sponsors. The advertisers don’t give you any money. They work on behalf who want to take your money. Therefore, they or the companies they represent have nothing to do with me or the content here at Pathetic Rhetoric. I don’t want anything from you.
At no point should any reader assume that [...]
When Earnest was a young boy, his father said, “Son, I wanna tell you the secret to happiness, but it’s in here.” The rapidly aging, already grizzled- at 35 - man raised a red-white-and-blue can with fancy lettering to his lips for a long moment then returned it to his knee. “Aahh! That’s it, son. [...]
