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| No 'graceful exit' possible from Afghanistan DEEP INSIGHTS, By BOB HERBERT, NY Times: The military brass is just blowing smoke at Obama, giving the nation a load of double-speak that puts even Alan Greenspan to shame. "Half of all the American troop deaths in Afghanistan have occurred since Mr. Obama took office", the war is a giant roadblock in the way of efforts to deal effectively with deteriorating economic and social conditions here in the United States.. Look around at the economy, the public school system, the federal budget deficits, the fiscal conditions plaguing America’s state and local governments." Read More |
Event Reminders: Sunset Poets Reading Celebrates Recovery MonthSunday, 09/26/2010 Sunset Poets and the Addictions Ministry at Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold a poetry reading to celebrate Recovery Month at Palomar UU Fellowship in Vista. Everyone whose life has been touched by addiction should attend. Bring your non-poet friends (if you have any). There will be a featured segment focusing on addiction and recovery, and an open mike. In coming months we'll ask for your help in distributing flyers and spreading the word. By Dick Eiden. OFA phone bank in Oceanside SD candidate for Congress goes on hunger strike Issa & Bilbray: supporting corporate personhood POLL: 52% Americans now support gay marriage CB City Council Hearing-Palomar Commons/Lowe's List of Democratic events in San Diego County To read the best newsletter west of the Mississippi, click on Jellison's EZINE hereCarlsbad Music Festival Carlsbad Music Festival Carlsbad Music Festival Demcco Meeting This 'N ThatThe Holy Prophet Mohammed came into this world and taught us: 'That man is a Muslim who never hurts anyone by word or deed, but who works for the benefit and happiness of God's creatures. Belief in God is to love one's fellow men.'- Abdul Ghaffar Khann 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. . . . [T]o live not with hands clenched to grasp, to strike, to hold tight to a life that is always slipping away the more tightly we hold it, but . . . to live with the hands stretched out both to give and receive with gladness. They make a desert and call it peace. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. There have been periods of history in which episodes of terrible violence occurred but for which the word violence was never used...Violence is shrouded in justifying myths that lend it moral legitimacy, and these myths for the most part kept people from recognizing the violence for what it was. The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they though of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family. What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world. Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. We must have research for peace ... It would embrace the outstanding problems of morality. The time has come for man's intellect, his scientific method, to win over the immoral brutality and irrationality of war and militarism ... Now we are forced to eliminate from the world forever this vestige of prehistoric barbarism, this curse to the human race. The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative. The master's tools will never destroy the master's house. Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash. A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame. Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups. A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree." It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need, constantly, an advance of trust and affirmation. I expect to pass through this world but once, therefore any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not come this way again. The maxim that people should not have a right till they are ready to exercise it properly, is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Accurst be he that first invented war. Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it. Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. The two kinds of people who exist in this world [at any one time] are the decent and the indecent. Color, religion and nationality are irrelevant. Kindness, decency and behavior are what matters most. Our collective challenge, it seems, is to create a city and community where decent people of all races, ethnicities and religions can look into the faces of other decent people and see only one thing -- God's image smiling back. The law, in its majestic equality, forbids both rich and poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Only the poor knew the meaning of life; the rich and the safe had to guess. Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. If peace . . . only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. The peace process we all aim for will not necessarily be a result of the mere signing of a treaty or agreement. It must become a matter of our everyday lives, so that peace settles and lasts and becomes supported by everybody. We therefore have to give peace all the required care and preserve it and promote it. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Someday they'll give a war and nobody will come. | Articles & News: CA Dem candidates endorse gay marriage decision News Both Jerry Brown, current CA Attorney General, and Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for Atty Gen, endorse the immediate commencement of same-sex marriage in California. HARRIS: "Today, Judge Walker lifted the stay on his decision. Gay marriage has been put on stay by the 9th Circuit Court Gay marriage may not resume before December. As William Gladstone once said, 'Justice delayed is justice denied.'" No gay marriage in CA before possibly December Your Boycott BP Action is Working! Pat Tillman's mother speaks out on Gen McChrystal Dream Act:: saving students from deportation Brilliant commentary from local liberals on Prop 8 Ted Olson: Why Prop 8 is a loser's position
Constitutional lawyer, Ted Olson, in his victory over Prop 8 speech, calls this a great victory for individual and civil rights under the U.S. Constitution. A short, but great speech. Killing Prop Hate: What Republicans Fear Mexico court opens gay marriage to entire nation America's only major jobs program: US military Judge orders Gitmo detainee released Reagan's economist: GOP destroyed US economy How Issa, Bilbray voted on important bills: Busby takes up arms against enemies of Soc. Sec. Cong. candidate Ray Lutz says end the wars
San Diego Democratic candidate for US Congress, Ray Lutz, offers a clear choice against Duncan Hunger, Junior. He says we must end the wars and bring our troops home. LATE BREAKING NEWS Michael Moore Responds to Robert Gibbs
Comments from Countdown With Keith Olbermann The Makers of Loving - Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman interviews the performers from his wonderful video "Summer of Loving" which shows the similarity of the struggle today for gay marriage to the Loving V. Virginia case. The same case was used to show why Prop 8 is unconstitutional. Summer of Loving - Roy Zimmerman
Words and music by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby Roy Zimmerman is joined by Laura Love ( http://www.lauralove.net/ ), John McCutcheon ( http://folkmusic.com/homepage/ ) and Sandy O. of Emma's Revolution ( http://www.emmasrevolution.com. Please visit http://www.royzimmerman.com/
By Emma's Revolution, a satirical look at the tea bagger movement. Film Club - 4 remaining movies for Summer & Fall 90 yr old man and his wife give piano performance
An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. They've been married for 62 years and he'll be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, it's all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly do! Jews rejoice at Overturn of Gay Marriage Ban United States' new weapons of horror
The link below will open to several videos of the latest in US Military Weaponry for use by troops in the field. They bring killing to a whole new level. Not awesome, "Horrific". Film Club final movie for Summer & Fall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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