Our founding fathers are spinning in their graves at how quickly their dream of a self governed America is unraveling. They fought against British rule and the inequity of taxation without representation. However in this very county today we are being ruled by a group of people who have as much disdain for us as England had for the colonies. We are no longer being “represented” by our elected officials. Our constitution is on its death bed and yet, how many American’s can you talk to today who blithely state, “I hate politics, I don’t vote, and they all lie anyway”? This attitude is one that is deeply troubling and must be reversed.
If we don’t feel that our government leaders are honest, it is WE who are to blame. If you can’t manage to get your head out of the TV set long enough to write a letter to your representative or make a phone call to a senator and let them know you are watching and what you expect of them, how can you expect that they will NOT become corrupt? We have let the government “run itself” for so long that the machine now thinks it can decide for itself what is best for the people.
If “We the People,” do not care enough to collectively rise up and put the government machine back into its place it is ourselves that will pay the price. What is it going to take for YOU to get off your ass and turn off the TV? Your children’s blood will be running in the street as they give their lives to take back by force what you gave away out of apathy and laziness.
Read, get informed, write a letter, give money, talk to people, demand the truth, Vote, organize, resist, don’t give your rights away; pick something and get it done this month! Just because you cannot do everything is not an excuse to do nothing and even though you are only one person, if you do what you can, it will be enough.
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war. Show all posts
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Holy Wars... What are they good for?
When you consider the state of the world today you can clearly see that the need for people to be “right” about their religion is leading us to war, hatred and evil.
As I look around the world I see nothing but diversity. There a millions of different types of animals and plants. If you look at just a small group of ants, you see that each one is different and unique. There is no one way to breath, more than one way to eat, more than one way to grow, more than one way to build. Nothing in the universe exists in only one “true” way. It would be stupid for us to take a dolphin out of the ocean and tell it that it is breathing wrong and has to breathe exactly like we do because we know the “TRUTH” of breathing.
Why would a God who created such unique, diverse and individual ways to be for each and every living thing on this planet suddenly loose all imagination when it comes to religion? If each of us could truly accept that other people can have a different but equally valid experience of the divine how much better our world would be. If you could say to your neighbor, “this is what I have experienced, would you like to see? Can you teach me what you have known of God”?
Instead of bashing each other over the head saying stop breathing the wrong way, we could be sharing in the wonderful diversity that God gave us to experience his/hers/their/it’s ecstasy.
It is stupid to argue over what can be measured… just take out the measuring device and measure. It is also equally stupid to argue over what can not be measured… since there is no measuring device; there is no way to know.
God is unknowable… let there be peace.
As I look around the world I see nothing but diversity. There a millions of different types of animals and plants. If you look at just a small group of ants, you see that each one is different and unique. There is no one way to breath, more than one way to eat, more than one way to grow, more than one way to build. Nothing in the universe exists in only one “true” way. It would be stupid for us to take a dolphin out of the ocean and tell it that it is breathing wrong and has to breathe exactly like we do because we know the “TRUTH” of breathing.
Why would a God who created such unique, diverse and individual ways to be for each and every living thing on this planet suddenly loose all imagination when it comes to religion? If each of us could truly accept that other people can have a different but equally valid experience of the divine how much better our world would be. If you could say to your neighbor, “this is what I have experienced, would you like to see? Can you teach me what you have known of God”?
Instead of bashing each other over the head saying stop breathing the wrong way, we could be sharing in the wonderful diversity that God gave us to experience his/hers/their/it’s ecstasy.
It is stupid to argue over what can be measured… just take out the measuring device and measure. It is also equally stupid to argue over what can not be measured… since there is no measuring device; there is no way to know.
God is unknowable… let there be peace.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Granny can’t get her medication but Paris can keep her tax cut.
"Cutting the deficit during a time of war requires us to restrain spending in other areas," Mr Bush said in his weekly radio address.
Mr Bush said the budget for the year starting in October 2007 would underline the need to tighten spending on domestic programs - including on education, energy and health.
The Washington Post newspaper said domestic spending would increase by 1% - less than inflation.
What this means is that the middle class working people of America (i.e. YOU unless you make several million dollars a year) will continue to bare the brunt of this “war on terror”. We will continue to see the cost of our everyday necessities go up in order to fund the brutal illegal war in Iraq.
What really makes me angry with this whole thing is that the “media” is complicit in the raping and pillaging of our nation. The average American will not see the connection between the war, the profits for the elite few, and the tax cuts for millionaires that are bought with the blood and backs of our middle class workers.
WE are the soldiers in the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan. WE are the people working 2 and 3 jobs just to maintain the standard of living we had 10 years ago. WE are the ones who will be choosing this next year between diapers for the baby or glasses for our 8 year old. WE are the ones PAYING for Bush’s “tax cuts” for the RICH.
Does Paris Hilton REALLY need to keep a tax cut when the rest of us are paying for it?
Am I the only one who sees the problem with this picture?
Mr Bush said the budget for the year starting in October 2007 would underline the need to tighten spending on domestic programs - including on education, energy and health.
The Washington Post newspaper said domestic spending would increase by 1% - less than inflation.
What this means is that the middle class working people of America (i.e. YOU unless you make several million dollars a year) will continue to bare the brunt of this “war on terror”. We will continue to see the cost of our everyday necessities go up in order to fund the brutal illegal war in Iraq.
What really makes me angry with this whole thing is that the “media” is complicit in the raping and pillaging of our nation. The average American will not see the connection between the war, the profits for the elite few, and the tax cuts for millionaires that are bought with the blood and backs of our middle class workers.
WE are the soldiers in the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan. WE are the people working 2 and 3 jobs just to maintain the standard of living we had 10 years ago. WE are the ones who will be choosing this next year between diapers for the baby or glasses for our 8 year old. WE are the ones PAYING for Bush’s “tax cuts” for the RICH.
Does Paris Hilton REALLY need to keep a tax cut when the rest of us are paying for it?
Am I the only one who sees the problem with this picture?
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
By the People
What I had once supposed was the right of passage for hippies in the 1960's.. had become for me a trial of hope. Were we only a few.. "left wing moon bats", not informed about the "reality" of the war? Or was I on the side of good, the side of sanity?
As the day built, more and more people came.. the news media, of course, maintains that there were less than 100,000 people there. But I know better. Everywhere you looked there were people. Their ages ranged from 6 months to 90 years old from all walks of life.
What struck me most about this march was the unity in calling for an end to this horrible war, and the knowledge that our government has become corrupt. The level of anger, frustration and contempt for our current president was obvious, as was the deep sense of love for our country. This was not a group of people trying to "change" America.. this was a large group of Patriots reclaiming what has been lost in the last 6 years.... A government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
These were people that had "skin in the game". They were loved ones of soldiers in Iraq or of soldiers killed there. They were soldiers themselves, and others who are being ground down under the weight of the debt.This "peace" movement is about so much more than peace, it so much more than it was in the 60's.
It's not about love and peace this time... it's about fighting for our country from domestic enemies and restoring our place in the world as the example of goodness and democracy.It's time to turn off the TVs folks.. it's time to get to the streets. This country of ours is not a reality show.... it is all we have really to pass onto our kids. Let us pass on something worth having.
As the day built, more and more people came.. the news media, of course, maintains that there were less than 100,000 people there. But I know better. Everywhere you looked there were people. Their ages ranged from 6 months to 90 years old from all walks of life.
What struck me most about this march was the unity in calling for an end to this horrible war, and the knowledge that our government has become corrupt. The level of anger, frustration and contempt for our current president was obvious, as was the deep sense of love for our country. This was not a group of people trying to "change" America.. this was a large group of Patriots reclaiming what has been lost in the last 6 years.... A government OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
These were people that had "skin in the game". They were loved ones of soldiers in Iraq or of soldiers killed there. They were soldiers themselves, and others who are being ground down under the weight of the debt.This "peace" movement is about so much more than peace, it so much more than it was in the 60's.
It's not about love and peace this time... it's about fighting for our country from domestic enemies and restoring our place in the world as the example of goodness and democracy.It's time to turn off the TVs folks.. it's time to get to the streets. This country of ours is not a reality show.... it is all we have really to pass onto our kids. Let us pass on something worth having.
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