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| Manning: Rich Man's War, Poor (Gay) Man's Fight Pvt. Bradley Manning vs. the evil Darth Cheney forces: "A poor, young gay man from the rural South joins the U.S. Army under pressure from his father, and because it's the only way left to pay for a college education. He is sent to Iraq, where he is tormented by fellow soldiers who entertain themselves watching "war porn" videos of drone and helicopter attacks on civilians. He is accused of leaking documents to Wikileaks and placed in solitary confinement, where he has been held for more than a year awaiting a military trial.: By Larry Goldsmith Read More |
Event Reminders: Signatures on Referendum deadline is June 23!Thursday, 06/23/2011 Has Oceanside Gone Crazy? by Chuck Lowery. Editor's Note: The signature deadline of June 23 is for a Referendum Petition to overturn the Oceanside City Council's repeal of Oceanside's affordable housing ordinance, which had been in place by law for around 30 years!-Nina Hall Fallbrook's Writers Read Adobe Days at Rancho Guajome Adobe Esondido Democratic Club meets Sat. June 11 Lake San Marcos Dem Club Meets Dan Connor at Coyote Bar and Grill Death of A Salesman Opens on NVA Stage KPBS to air 'OUT in America' on Sunday at 8:00PM List of Democratic events in San Diego County To read the best progressive newsletter west of the Mississippi, click on Jellison's EZINE here SDVP Peace Bannering RSVP-Campout in the Dawson/Los Monos Reserve Dan Connor at the Folkey Monkey Death of a Salesman staging in Carlsbad Birding Hike in the Buena Vista Creek Valley Progressive Dem No. Democratic Club meeting ASD Election of Board Members Last Film Showing of Company at UltraStar LGBT fun BBQ on Oceanside Beach Free Monthly E-Waste Collection in Encinitas Honey Bee and Other Pollinators Festival Campout in the Dawson/Los Monos Reserve NC Film Club wraps season with Get Low List of Democratic events in San Diego County To read the best progressive newsletter west of the Mississippi, click on Jellison's EZINE here Special Film Showing at UltraStar: Company! This 'N ThatWhat all men fear, I too must fear - how barren and pointless a thought!- Tao Te Ching All social life is essentially practical. All mysterious which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of the practice. I'd like someone to mention the day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. I'd like somebody to say that day, that Martin Luther King tried to love somebody. I want you to say that day, that I tried to be right on the war question. I want you to be able to say that day, that I did try to feed the hungry . . . I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity. Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness . . . I want to leave a committed life behind. A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and at that moment the circumstances of all our lives were the same. All of us occupied the same space, the men behind the desk no less than those about to be questioned. What distinguished each of us was only our inner attitude. The Bible has a very meaningful expression: The Spirit makes all things new. We are those who grow old, and we want everything done to our aged standards. The Spirit is never old; the Spirit is always young. Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do. Respectful dialogue, in the interest of searching for more complete truth, is considerably more productive than arguing for the purity of position. At all the times you can, The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies God grant me the courage to change the things I can, the patience to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference. Bless your persecutors; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have the same attitude toward all. Put away ambitious thoughts and associate with those who are lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Never repay injury with injury. See that your conduct is honorable in the eyes of all. If possible, live peacefully with everyone. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves; leave that to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay," says the Lord. But "If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; by doing this you will heap burning coals upon their heads." Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good. A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God's eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed . . . I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other. | Articles & News: US security spending has bankrupted country Article National Priorities Project revealed the United States has spent more than $7.6 trillion on defense and homeland security since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Total homeland security spending since September 11, 2001 is $635.9 billion. Where Netanyahu fails himself and Israel Why all the super tornado activity? Tennessee law: Can't say 'gay' in TN schools.
A pending law in the Tennessee legislature would prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in the classroom, the so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill. So Star Trek actor George Takei is helpfully offering Tennesseans who might feel constricted by such a law to use his name instead. "Any time you need to say the word 'gay,' you can just say the word 'Takei,'"” he says. For example, you could just say "Takei marriage." You can march in a "Takei pride parade." "Even homophobic slurs don't seem as hurtful if someone says 'that is so Takei'", says George. War corporations use tax dollars to lobby Congress
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calling on President Obama to stop corporations like Halliburton and Lockheed-Martin that get most of their money from taxpayers from backing candidates for office and lobbying Congress. 3 arrested, accused of illegally feeding homeless Video Israel Doesn't Want You to See
The calloused brutality of Israeli invasion of Gaza. Released Jun 18, 2006 during Gaza War. Israeli military embarrassed that this got out on Israeli TV. Reporters were not allowed in Gaza during the war. Apple's iOS 5 Leaves Facebook In The Cold Court addresses Prop 8 decision on June 13 Cartoons of the Week Gov. Walker wants the whole cow!GOP: You're gonna love voucherized Medicare!Romney thinks he's the frontrunner!Unions & the Middle ClassObama plays poker with GOP Ted Olson Interview With Fox News Chris Wallace
Wallace, insinuating that Gay Marriage is judicial activism, asks where is it in the Constitution that permits gay mariage. "Where is the right to interracial marriage in the Constitution" asked Ted Olsen of Wallace. Brilliant arguments by Olson. When Wallace insists the voters have the right to outlaw gay marriage, Olson asks if it would be constitutional for the voters to force blacks to drink at separate water fountains. Manning Video:American troops slaughter civilians
Army intel analyst Bradley Manning faces decades in prison for allegedly leaking this video of a U.S. helicopter attack killing 11 civilians and wounding two children in Baghdad, Iraq. The Army covered up the evidence and declared the war crime "justified". Now they say that exposing the massacre is criminal. INFO CLICK HERE: Incedible balance of The Mobile Dancer
For pure aesthetic enjoyment: A truly unique dance by a male dancer who assembles a very complex mobile over his head in a spiritual dance. Lost Generation, Will it go forward or backward?
This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen...forward and backward. This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old. Cartoons of the Week Gov. Walker wants the whole cow!Japan aftershocks dramatically rattle USANewt bumper stickerUnions & the Middle ClassObama plays poker with GOP Hiroshima: A criminal act on epic scale
The US dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima.
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a criminal act on an epic scale. It was premeditated mass murder that unleashed a weapon of intrinsic criminality. For this reason its apologists have sought refuge in the mythology of the ultimate "good war", whose "ethical bath", as Richard Drayton called it, has allowed the west not only to expiate its bloody imperial past but to promote 60 years of rapacious war, always beneath the shadow of The Bomb. By John Pilger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Independence Day, July 4. View this short film. Remember our dead from the two present wars. Please honor the living vets. Invite one out to dinner. At least thank one for their service. May there be no more wars.
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