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If you would make a difference
So many look around the globe and say, “How can I start to help in what small way I can, and find work with a heart?” They look to spread their peace abroad, and be more well received than in … Continue reading
Emergency Petition to Save the Courts
MoveOn.org has got a petition drive going that’s worth looking in to. I did, and here’s the message I sent to my Congresspeople: Checks and balances means when one branch of the government is conservative, another is by necessity liberal. … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, balance, correspondence, democracy, governments, leadership, partisanship
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Democrats … Start Doing it for Yourselves
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Minority Leader Dear Congresswoman Pelosi: I recently received a mailer from you that included the following text: >> Dear Friend … why don’t you take the enclosed George W. Bush Disapproval Poll and use it … Continue reading
Posted in Statements
Tagged activism, change, correspondence, democracy, Democrats, George W Bush, liberalism, Nancy Pelosi, partisanship, politicians, politics
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A Moment for Peace
I’d find some peace if I just had more time; quite often now, this notion comes to me. Not as a nagging fault, but more sublime, suggesting an impossibility. But peace is built on just a second’s span and in … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged activism, excuses, inactivity, laziness, peace, responsibility, sonnet
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Activism
I’m reading tompaine.com and searching for common sense. I have said before that if you’re in a band, and you don’t think you’re at least as good as the Rolling Stones (or whoever your particular idol is), then you might … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged activism, change, Common Sense, Desmond Tutu, examples, influences, positive thinking, Tom Paine
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Peace in Action?
On one of the communities I manage, someone made a comment that it seems like all the peace-oriented communities are pretty comatose — not a lot of posting activity. This made me wonder about peace-makers, in general. To me, a … Continue reading
A Haiku
The tap left running, wasting water and money; all call it evil. they watch it dripping, blame who turned it, and cry “How wrong! How shameful!” No one moves to change the sad scene; their sole action is indignation. Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged activism, haiku, hypocrisy, indignation, Japanese verse forms, poetic forms, selfishness
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