God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.–Reinhold Neibuhr
Where do I get the wisdom to know the difference? Where does that come from? This has been a tough week for me. I’ve given up on American democracy. It doesn’t exist anymore.
I noted in tonight’s paper a headline that proclaimed “Democrats have to sell their new strategy to liberals.” In other words they’ve caved in to the “Decider in Chief.”
Believe it or not the White House opposes pay raises for our troops. Yeah, these are the same clowns who equate supporting the President with supporting the troops. The White House has supported tax breaks for the wealthy,
Scott Adams author of my favorite comic strip character and author of Dilbert Blog has had two consecutive great posts. Actually he’s had numerous insightful posts, but the last two seem more timely than ever.
Last week in a phone conversation with my Mother I learned of a new book by an old favorite. Lee Iacocca who along with Jimmy Carter and the U.S. Congress rescued Chrysler from bankruptcy has authored a new book. Iacocca was a breath of fresh air twenty years ago and at eighty-two years young he’s still full of vitality.
The Iraq supplemental that Congress (the American people) and the Bush Allies are haggling over will add 124 billion dollars to the cost of the Iraq War.
This bright light came to me in an email from Pace ‘e Bene non-violence service. From April 29 to May 6 in Iraq not only the rumble of bombs will be heard. A network of associations of the Iraqi civil society, belonging to different political and religious affiliations, will carry on peace initiatives on the … Read more
It’s hard to know what to say now that President Bush has vetoed the Iraq spending bill.
Bill Maher often has some truly funny monologues.
