February 2009 Blog Posts (532)

I grew up with prejudice!

Since I grew up in a time when it was ok for people to harrass and ridicule the others of different color or status,I have learned how to be more then compassionate to the others who have been in the situation that I have been in!

I chose not to pass this on to my own children and have allowed them to decide who they want to be around!I DID NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM!!

HUMANITY is what this and other countries lack,

for one another(This includes their own people)and for all of… Continue

Added by Gordon WIlliams on February 2, 2009 at 7:54pm — No Comments

Israeli Voices for Peace

Israeli Voices for Peace

by Amy Goodman

Democracy Now

January 07, 2009

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2009/1/7/amy_goodmans_new_column_israeli_voices_for_peace

Israel’s assault on Gaza, by air, sea and now land, has killed (at the time of this writing) more than 600 Palestinians, with more than 2,700 injured. Ten Israelis have been killed, three of… Continue

Added by rspwan on February 2, 2009 at 7:49pm — No Comments

Please take a look at this discusion and let me know what you think,thank you!

Below is a conversation that I have been having with a gentleman on myspace about Israel and the Palestinians conflict!He is so much into supporting the Israeli's that he condones the killing of childtren(said it to me in an earlier corospondence)!If you start from the bottom and work your way up,that is the starting of the whole conversations.

As for my questions about the weapons getting into Gaza,he never responded,only keeps talking about Israel andthe Bible!The first paragraph is the… Continue

Added by Gordon WIlliams on February 2, 2009 at 7:20pm — No Comments

ONE.org: Thank President Obama

ONE.org: Thank President Obama

Dear James,

More than 100,000 ONE members signed our petition to Barack Obama, asking him to make a strong statement about global poverty in his inaugural address. And he did exactly that, saying:

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no… Continue

Added by reality on February 2, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Security Theater

I'm standing in a line. People in front of me pull off their jewelry, drop their belts, unlace their shoes.

I'm waiting for the security check at LAX airport. Thinking how I'm not in the mood to undress myself in front of this TSA dude (TSA=Transportation Security Administration). Then a guy in his late thirties and trendy pink turban walks through the detector. Beep. The TSA guy gives him instructions. Guy with turban doesn't understand. The TSA guy repeats. Still communication is… Continue

Added by Ernst on February 2, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Are we how we are due to what we learned from our parents?

I just wrote a little observation in the story group about how I was as a young girl. Does it hold true with each and every adult that we are as we are due to what we learned at a young age? How much of our character really was formed from our very eary years? Would some of this hold true even now, when looking at world events and trying to understand our enormous differences between people of different nations??

Added by Stephanie on February 2, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Bahavioral change & dialogue culture studies center Bahavioral change & dialogue culture studies center (B.C.D.C.C.) We are happy to provide the following information on the Center: 1 - Introductio…

Bahavioral change & dialogue culture studies center

Bahavioral change & dialogue culture studies center

(B.C.D.C.C.)

We are happy to provide the following information on the Center:

1 - Introduction

2 - Objectives

3 - means

4 - Membership

** Introduction:

Center is a non-governmental organization, was created by a group of persons of academics, businessmen and intellectuals who have a common vision is that in developing… Continue

Added by osama elnur abdelsaeed on February 2, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments

At Boddhgaya 10 000 lamas came from all other for a gathering for Peace....they are praying everyday for ten days and I hope it will have as much impact on the world as it had on me A Boddhgaya 10 0…

At Boddhgaya 10 000 lamas came from all other for a gathering for Peace....they are praying everyday for ten days

and I hope it will have as much impact on the world as it had on me

A Boddhgaya 10 000 lamas se reunissent pour prier pour la paix dans le monde et j'espere que cette force de priere aura autant d'impact dans le monde qu'elle en a eu sur moi…

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Added by FRANCOISE on February 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

The Rohingya people have the ‘right to exist’ in Arakan, illegitimate SPDC has no authority to decide their fate‏

ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION

ARAKAN, BURMA

Press Release

1st February 2009

The Rohingya people have the 'right to exist' in Arakan, illegitimate SPDC has no authority to decide their fate

It is terrible that State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) again starts making false and concocted propaganda against the Rohingya people's 'right to exist' in Arakan, a clear sign of 'ethnic cleansing'. The regime… Continue

Added by Faisal Alam on February 2, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

If I'm not around for a while (volcano)

During the 1989 - 1990 eruption. (taken from a safe distance up the shore)

This was taken about 10 miles inland, I'm 3 miles inland.

We have many volcano's near where I live, this one is on the other side of the Cook Inlet from me.

Current information can be found here:

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/volcanoes/volcinfo.php?volcname=Redoubt

In event of ash cloud I will be… Continue

Added by Tree Thunderchild on February 2, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

you really can do something...

Sometimes its easy to feel overwhelmed by the bad things in everyday life. Its easy to do. But instead of sitting back and feeling sorry for someone just do something small. I used to regret that I am not able to send a lot of money to charities, or go overseas and actually help in person. But there are many things a person can do without even really trying.

Here are some ideas Ive recently experienced:

If you dont litter, cheers to you. If you do, stop!

Take an extra moment if… Continue

Added by Cindy on February 2, 2009 at 4:18am — 6 Comments

The Intent of the Soul

"The energy that is you seeks the purpose of every linear life that it creates. We often are asked the purpose behind the creation of one's physical self. The intent of existence [is] often lost amongst the multiple confusing dramas created by the ego of the physical.

The muddled energy behind all these dramas sends mixed messages to the conscious self creating… Continue

Added by Goddess Lily Seymour on February 2, 2009 at 12:32am — No Comments

Combatants for peace - a moving documentary

Combatants for Peace is a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were actively involved in the cycle of violence in the region.

The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation.

They all used weapons against one another, and looked at each other only through weapon sights; however today they cooperate and commit themselves to…

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Added by Andrew Sampson on February 1, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Ex IRA Leader turned Politician Jerry Adams, talks about George Mitchells visit to the Middle East

Jerry Adams

Courtesy of the Guardian

George Mitchell and the Middle East

The senator will need all the skill and patience he brought to the Northern Irish peace process. But Hamas must be at the table

In the crowds of Washington's Union Station last week, I bumped into George Mitchell. We were both in the… Continue

Added by Andrew Sampson on February 1, 2009 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments

Healing Wisdom 01 February

"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another."

~ Thomas Merton

"All human beings are interconnected, one with all other elements in creation."

~ Henry Reed

A connection between the essential quality of each being in nature creates a vibrant and significant link through… Continue

Added by Humanity Healing Foundation on February 1, 2009 at 8:09pm — No Comments

Our mind as a Drug - המח שלנו כסם

Our Mind as a Drug

We want to feel the world,

If it's Happiness, Joy, Love and Peace,

And if it's Fear, Anger, Hatred and Jealousy.

Our nature is to feel what is happening,

Our nature is to be in the emotion when it arises.

The amount of energy which arises is infinite

And yet…

We learn from an early age to suppress certain emotions,

We learn from an early age to suppress the emotions

Which our society declares and… Continue

Added by Uriel on February 1, 2009 at 7:44pm — 3 Comments

Looking for Peace

What is PEACE? Is it something that exists and we have to find it? Is it something that is within us and we have to tap it? If so, how do we then relate to the peace that lies within others? What is a "peacemaker". These peacemakers, people who work for word peace, are awarded annually with a Nobel Peace Prize. Yet, even they are many times not considered "perfect" when it comes to Peace and how others see them as people in a real world. Ghandi once said: "There is no way to Peace, Peace is the… Continue

Added by Hanne Billowitz on February 1, 2009 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

Thank you

Added by Susie Fairbrother on February 1, 2009 at 7:19pm — No Comments

Paper and (Th)inks

Never be fearful to express your thoughts freely

For the world grows richer with such acts of bravery

Clasp your pen firmly and scribe away as the muse

Helps to enable you to reveal all your views

Regrets are for leaving in lines on the sand

When all that they taught us we can understand

We must always step forwards to travel through life

As to linger or retreat will hold us in strife

So bring forth your feelings in words or in paint

By… Continue

Added by Dave, aka Rhumour on February 1, 2009 at 6:46pm — 2 Comments

Sign-on letter to stop $50B in nuclear pork

Sign-on letter to stop $50B in nuclear pork

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

LET'S STOP THE NUCLEAR PORK IN THE STIMULUS PACKAGE!

January 30, 2009

Dear Friend,

As you probably know by now, the economic stimulus package approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee includes up to $50 Billion in new taxpayer loan guarantees that can be used for construction of new nuclear reactors and "clean coal" plants (an oxymoron if there ever was one...). We need to… Continue

Added by reality on February 1, 2009 at 6:07pm — No Comments