i know that i have been remiss in posting. i have been taking a step back because of a variety of reasons- not the least being i hate summer but, as summer winds down- i guess i should get back into the fray. i don’t know what all of the answers are to [...]
isn’t it time?
White dove; olive branch
symbols of ideals unknown-
when will peace be real?
i guess i wonder why there are so many people on this planet willing to kill each other. it doesn’t make sense to me. isn’t it time we put aside the symbols and embraced the ideal?
tags: peace, haiku
the power of an idea
i watched v for vendetta again. folks pooh pooh the movie as a conspiracy theory and propaganda against the neo con regime but to me- it is overtly symbolic. v, himself, said that you can’t kill an idea. what stuck with me too- they can pick us off one by one- but they can’t [...]
pangs of conscience
after a full 5 days of the inlaws, i am pooped. they are truly lovely people but i am worn out. we went ramming around shopping and to surry races and movies and the spiedie fest and balloon rally here. the entire time i couldn’t help but think about all of the [...]
Tuesday post for peace
This particular post gets tougher and tougher for me to write each week because I can’t wrap my mind around why the concept is so difficult. I can’t understand greed. With all of the major religions tied up in this little hate fest- and all professing to love god and want to keep [...]
anyone seen this yet?
“In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war.”
read article here
white house release- july 17, 2007
tags: domestic terrorism
and- you want me to hope?
The House Judiciary Committee voted contempt of Congress citations Wednesday against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and President Bush’s former legal counselor, Harriet Miers.
Contempt of Congress would be a federal misdemeanor punishable by up to a $100,000 fine and a one-year prison sentence. If the citations win support in the full House, they [...]
tuesday post for peace
with all of the recent information coming out in (gasp) the msm- about corruption and executive orders- and faked al quaeda operatives, one would think that holding someone accountable and starting the pullout from iraq would be a no brainer. but no. sadly no. here we are, with the dems doing nothing. [...]
tuesday post for peace
democratically elected prime minister al-maliki told reporters recently that america can leave iraq anytime now. poll after poll of the iraqi people tells the same story- they want us to leave their country. americans want america to leave iraq. greed is not a good reason to stay at war, but i have a [...]
attachments
no- not the ones in email. i have been thinking quite a bit since live earth and the peaceswarm via the peace train. that swarm talked about american values and attitudes- as did live earth. and i thought about how unhappy we are as a nation. to quote jimmy carter,
“…But [...]
