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What’s going on..?

09/27/2007 by Don

As we ramp up to yet another war. Here is one of my favorite ballads by one of the greatest voices in Motown history. Suppose they gave a war and no one came. Imagine the day when universal health care is fully funded and the Pentagon has to hold bake sales to build bombs.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ35qNXmRJE]

Counter to God’s law?

09/27/2007 by Don

“We need to be very precise then, about what I said wearing my stars and being very conscious of it,” he added. “And that is, very simply, that we should respect those who want to serve the nation but not through the law of the land, condone activity that, in my upbringing, is counter to God’s law.”–General Peter Pace.

I want to know where in God’s law it says that killing your fellow man is moral.

Trapped in the nest?

09/26/2007 by Don

I think that all of us are like eagles who have forgotten that we know how to fly. The teachings are reminding us who we are and what we can do. They help us notice that we’re in a nest with a lot of old food and old diaries, excrement and stale air. From when … Read more

Which petty and cruel dictator…?

09/26/2007 by Don

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been in New York City for a couple of days and he’s been labeled everything but the anti-Christ. To be sure he’s different and ignorant, but we have our own supply of ignorant and different people here in the United States and elsewhere.

War pigs

09/23/2007 by Don

I’ve seen this video in the last six months and it is powerful as we prepare for yet another war. We are the War pigs. We love war. We talk of Jesus and the Ten Commandments, but we condemn anyone who stands in the way of our wars.

We like war

09/22/2007 by Don

Now that we’re getting ready to bomb Iran I thought it would be useful and entertaining to hear from one of my favorite comedians who doesn’t pull any punches. I read today that Senators Kyl and Lieberman are ratcheting up the rhetoric for attacking Iran. We love war here in America. We celebrate it. It’s … Read more

Passenger flight

09/22/2007 by Don

Last night after work I took my boss for an airplane ride. He’d never been up in a small plane before and I’m sure he was hesitant to go, but at the same time possessed enough curiosity to carry through with the plan.