Posted in FCNL, Peace, Quaker, mindfulness, prayer, tagged Peace, war, Quaker, AFSC on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
This video came from the American Friends Service Committee website and it’s very powerful. As we approach Memorial Day let us consider what other memorials there could be. War is not nor does it have to be the only memorial. There are other ways to help our fellows.
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Posted in Peace, Politics, President Bush, democracy, history, military, prayer, soldiers, tagged Iraq, Peace, prayer, President Bush, solidarity, war on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday, President Bush told a reporter that he gave up golf to be in solidarity with the parents of loved ones who had been killed in Iraq. Soldiers, Sailors, Air Force and Marines who’ve been killed in an un-necessary and illegal war can draw solace that Mr. Bush has given up golf. What a guy? [...]
Posted in Iran, Peace, Politics, mystic, tagged Hilary Clinton, Hiroshima, Iran, nuclear, war on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On April 21, 2008, Senator Hilary Clinton while appearing on Keith Olberman’s program said that if Iran were to attack Israel with nuclear weapons the United States would retaliate massively with nuclear weapons. This sort of outrageous thinking is what led to World War I. Senator Clinton’s appalling lack of perspective leaves her unfit to [...]
Posted in Peace, military, tagged Iraq, Kuwait, Peace, war on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
This week in Congress, General Petraeus, told our representatives that we have to pause on the draw down of our troops in Iraq. Iraq is not really any safer than it was a year ago when we were told that we needed to surge our troops in order to bring stability to the country. [...]
Posted in Congress, Energy Independence, Politics, President Bush, Thomas Merton, Trappist, culture, democracy, military, tagged Iraq, Thomas Merton, war, energy prices, michael moore, Quaker on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today marked the 4,000th American soldier killed in combat in Iraq. Colonel Dan Smith has a well written piece at Quakers Colonel. I also read a well written piece my Michael Moore at CommonDreams. It is more than a sad story. It is the tragic death of the American Democracy. We’re taxed to [...]
Posted in Iran, Politics, pundits, tagged Bill Maher, John McCain, Politics, war on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Be sure to check out what Bill Maher has to say from Real Time with Bill Maher. It’s not only entertaining, it’s true.
Posted in Peace, olean times herald, prayer, tagged contemplative, defense, Lent, military spending, Peace, war on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tonight’s Olean Times Herald had a front page item that proclaimed that our new federal budget will break Medicare. The Times Herald is a pretty conservative paper. They have been unabashed apologists for much of the Bush agenda. Earlier today I read that for the first time in American history the defense budget has [...]
Posted in Ahimsa, Martin Luther KIng, Peace, Satyagraha, Spiritual, military, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Marrtin Luther King, Peace, war on January 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Excerpts from a speech given at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in April of 1967, by one of the greatest prophets of my time. This man is a saint in my book, though he has never been officially recognized as one. Martin’s words ring as true today as they did then. Thank God for Martin Luther [...]
Posted in Iran, President Bush, Senate, military, tagged disaster capitalism, Israel lobby, war on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I read a well written post this morning by PlainFoolish who was and is directly effected by this war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also read that the Democratic congress caved in and sent President Bush another $189 billion of our tax dollars to fund the slaughter. We have become a one party system. [...]
