The Same Boat

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The Same Boat

A guide to heal the divide

The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.
– Malala Yousafzai

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
– Martin Luther King Jr.

Mike in Munich

Hi! I’m Mike. Mike Lasher. I like to use the name Mike in Munich. I’m a 55 year-old American ex-pat who has been living in Munich since 1993. After 27 years as owner and operator of the well-known Mike’s Bike Tours, I began working on The Same Boat in 2019.

The Same Boat

A book not to divide, rather unite

What ?

The Same Boat is a non-fiction book which provides an overview of the subject matter and the reasons behind the extreme political divide that the USA has been experiencing since 2016.

Premise

Almost all Americans agree on far more than the apparent state of divisiveness would suggest. When it comes to our core values, 90% of us agree on 90% of what’s most important. These core values must be brought to the forefront of the debate in order to destroy the illusion of division and keep the power in the hands of The People.

How ?

Only through education and an honest debate with open hearts and minds can we establish common ground and re-establish our foundation, based on principles, virtues, common goals, common values, common decency and common sense.

Why ?

Because America is in decline in many ways and the tide needs to turn before the consequences of this downward trajectory become virtually irreparable. We are close to the brink and it’s important that Americans come together NOW more than ever before, before it’s too late.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

-Abraham Lincoln

 

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

– John F. Kennedy

 

Latest Update

21 Feb, 2023
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Time to get real!

It’s hard to believe that my last blog entry was SEVEN MONTHS ago! Where does the time go?! Well, after working as a chauffeur-guide between 40-80 hours a week last summer, which continued until the Munich Oktoberfest ended in early  Read More »

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22 Mar, 2024
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Re-thinking the entire endeavor

I’ve decided that The Same Boat will be primarily a PowerPoint presentation for college students and a website rather than primarily a book in print form. As stated in my preface, I intended the product to remain superficial in its  Read More »

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