Quote of the day

Watch this video, listen to the artist's words and see if this doesn't still apply to America today and our war in Afghanistan. Rest in peace Phil Ochs.

Quote of the day--on war--and peace

"Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has quarrel with mine, though I have not quarreled with him?"  --Blaise Pascal  (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Physicist, 1623-1662)

Quote of the day--on war

"A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves." --German Proverb

1967 to today--not enough has changed

It was 1967 when Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. endured a hurricane of criticism when he came out publicly against the war in Vietnam and called the United States government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”


Fact is, he hadn't seen anything near what we've become in that respect.


Sick.


And we're still not analyzing that any.  


Not really.  


Not yet.


Link to original post:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/opinion/25herbert.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general

Quote of the day--on peace

"...peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings."   —President John F. Kennedy




Are we not still the people who desire and work for peace?


If not, why not?


If we are, what are we doing to get us out of these wars?


Think good thoughts, folks.

And enjoy your beautiful Sunday.