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| The Third Depression Paul Krugman - "We are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression. It will probably look more like the Long Depression than the much more severe Great Depression. .. And this third depression will be primarily a failure of policy. Around the world — most recently at last weekend’s deeply discouraging G-20 meeting — governments are obsessing about inflation when the real threat is deflation, preaching the need for belt-tightening when the real problem is inadequate spending." Read More Toxic Exposure - Depleted Uranium |
Event Reminders: This Republican just a bit 'antsy'Friday, 07/09/2010 "Boehner's jaw-dropping observation that President Obama's financial regulatory reform legislation is "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon" has gladdened the hearts of Democratic political operatives from coast to coast." By Eugene Robinson - Washington Post. Chuck Lowery Swearing-In Ceremony DFA Campaign Academy in San Bernardino Escondido Democratic Club Meeting Bob Filner to speak at Mesa Dem. Club Class on Creating a Water-wise Garden Beginning Wildlife Tracking Class Buena Vista Creek Valley Restoration Work Session No. Co. groups to march in giant SD PRIDE Parade Bakeoff contest for Democratic BIG BLUE BBQ Big Blue North County San Diego BBQ This 'N ThatWar would end if the dead could return.- Stanley Baldwin If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility. The real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of earth. In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all. We are going to have to find ways of organizing ourselves cooperatively,sanely, scientifically, harmonically and in regenerative spontaneity with the rest of humanity around the earth.... We are not going to be able to operate our spaceship earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contibute the best that they have and all that they are. Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace. We must be the change we wish to see. Justice is truth in action. Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things. Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. Nobody realizes that some people expend a tremendous amount of energy merely to be normal. The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered paradise. Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war. It is reasonable that every one who asks justice should do justice. Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is. The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?" If you live alone, whose feet will you wash? All we ask, God, is to be safe from the rain, just warm enough in winter to watch the snow with a smile, have enough to eat so that our hunger will not turn us to angry beasts, and sanity enough to make justice that will not kill our love of life. When the people fear the government you have tyranny...when the government fears the people you have liberty. The ultimate measure of a person is not where one stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where one stands in times of challenge and controversy. | Articles & News: Oceanside: Chuck Lowery finally declared winner News Lowery seals win; ready to take council seat. Read article in North County Times. Former bakery owner Charles "Chuck" Lowery will be Oceanside's next councilman, besting second-place finisher Lloyd Prosser who, after three weeks of waiting for the final ballots to be tallied, conceded the race on Monday and said he would not seek a recount. Lowery, 59, is scheduled to be sworn in July 6, the same day elections officials are required by law to certify the ballot count as final. Afghanistan War: Why Are We Doing It? What will artificial intel do with archaic humans? Fiorina wrecked HP, then took $100 million List of Democratic events in San Diego County Congrats to Preserve Calavera on their Award! BP Oil Spill Song - Drill, Baby, Drill BP Oil Official Public Apology Sen. Robert Byrd's prophetic speech against War Hiroshima: A criminal act on epic scale, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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