Saturday, September 06, 2008

Enneagram Test Result

This is me. (Ironic, after the rant in the previous entry.) :P

Nine With a 1 Wing

Tend to have been "model children." Instinctively worked to please their parents by being virtuous, orderly, and little trouble. When awakened, they have great moral authority plus good-hearted peacemaking tendencies. Often have a sense of mission, public or private, that involves working hard for the welfare of everyone they are committed to. Principled expression of love. Desire to contribute, do little harm. May be well-liked, modest, endearing, gentle yet firm. Some have great grace and composure with bursts of spontaneity and sweetness. Elegant simplicity. When entranced, they tend to be self-neglectful. May go passively dead and operate from a dubious, fractured morality. Dutiful to what they shouldn't be. Play the good child, disappear into contexts, settle for being overlooked or just partly recognized. Passive tolerance of absurd or damaging situations. One-sided relationships where the Nine gives too much. Rationalize, minimize, tell themselves they had a great childhood, everything's fine. Placid numbness creeps over them. Intolerance of their own emotions. Gradually deaden their soul.

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Not liking the sound of that last bit. Is Jessie a Four, Dad?

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US Political Snapshot

This may just be a rant. Warning: written in the heat of the moment.

Did I just hear John McCain call the Russian government 'rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power'? Rich with oil wealth? That's your attack? Good God! And corrupt? How dare they!

How does he reconcile ridiculous, emotive slander like this (no doubt true, of course, but just as accurate when speaking about the United States itself) with any notion of justice? Of respect?

How can the system allow one of the two most important people in the country to carve out his position as opposed to something he undoubtedly represents? That he is claiming the moral high ground amazes me. The good qualities must be there. Why lower yourself to this drivel? Most importantly, how has the political system evolved to reward someone who appeals to the most xenophobic, bigoted and fearful aspects of humankind?

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