3.14.2010

THE BOOK, IF TAKEN TO HEART, WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HITLER AND WWII !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Wrecking Crew:
How Conservatives [ARE RuinING] Government,
Enrich[ING] Themselves, and Beggar[ING] the Nation
(Paperback)

If there had been the equivalent of Thomas Frank's book, in 1930 Germany, EXACTLY 80 YEARS AGO,
AND IF IT HAD BEEN READ, AND TAKEN TO HEART, you and I would not know the
name Hitler, or the words THIRD REICH.

But if there was such a book, IT WAS NOT TAKEN HEART, and the rest is history.

WE ARE 1930 GERMANY, 80 YEARS LATER - TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The following I've just put up, with more to follow. THEY ARE NOT A
SUBSTITUTE for the book. GET IT. READ IT. SHARE IT. SEND OUT COPIES.

But in the hours before you get and read the book, these might help:

Rachel Maddow - Thomas Frank, The Wrecking Crew

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7 hours ago

Bill Moyers - Thomas Frank, Whats the Matter with Kansas July 9, 2004 - PBS_1

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Bill Moyers - Thomas Frank, Whats the Matter with Kansas July 9, 2004 - PBS_2

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Bill Moyers: Thomas Frank, Pr. Obama's Inheritance (1)

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Bill Moyers: Thomas Frank, Pr. Obama's Inheritance (2)

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Thomas Frank, GritTV, The Wrecking Crew_1

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Thomas Frank, GritTV, The Wrecking Crew_2

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8 hours ago

While we snipe at and pillory this great man, this brother TO us, HE REFUSES TO BE DIVERTED FROM DEVOTION TO OUR LIVES. God damn us. BarackObama.com . JUST DO IT.

Pr. Obama: OVERHAUL "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"

The President discusses his blueprint for an updated Elementary
and Secondary Education Act to overhaul No Child Left Behind,
the latest step from his Administration to encourage change and
success in Americas schools at the local level.

While we snipe at and pillory this great man,
this brother TO us, HE REFUSES TO BE DIVERTED FROM
DEVOTION TO OUR LIVES.

God damn us.

BarackObama.com . JUST DO IT.

"I'm learning to maniacally stay out of others' business so that I can more fully mind my own." SL

"I'm learning to maniacally stay out of others' business
so that I can more fully mind my own.

I am NOT responsible for what ANYONE ELSE DOES, EVER.
BUT I AM TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I DO, ALWAYS,
EVERY SECOND; and if find that minding my own business RESPONSIBLY
takes every second of my time and every ounce of my energy, to do so well.

I know this is central to why I can be sooooooo difficult to
deal with. Sorry." SL

3.13.2010

Ellen's house, a Godsend to my work; becoming even more of a Miracle?

When I started this work in DC, years ago now, I didn't expect to survive
more than a few months. I was, and remain ENTIRELY, AND TOTALLY unwilling
to divert energy, ANY OF MY ENERGY, from the neediest of Our Family, to my
own survival. But here I am. Thomas was the first to reach out, years ago,
with sandwiches he placed on the bench where I'd sleep sitting up all night
on vigil for Darfur. There they'd be when I awoke. :-|

Then he, with Ellen's approval, brought me in to their base of operations so there would
be a roof over my work for Darfur.

Even after Thomas' passing I've been blessed by Ellen,
and another benefactor of the house, with a bed
and a public space where I can sleep and work when not on my daily
shifts at the White House vigil. I'll do my work living in the streets when
that is what Our Father wants, but my productivity certainly has been
infinitely higher in the space I've had in Ellen's house.

BUT MAYBE NOW MY PRODUCTIVITY WAS JUST PROVIDED A MASSIVE ADDED
BOOST!!!! At least for the moment I've just been afforded a more secluded
room in the house. The house is busy, circumstances are such that
there are frequent interruptions so far in this room... but in the last week I've had two 5 hour
or so uninterrupted blocks of solitude for my work. MY STRESS LEVEL HAS
GONE DOWN BY HALF, IT SEEMS. This room supports a 2nd computer, so
I just purchased one on CraigsList, a 2004 $85 job, but it works. With
it and the laptop Ellen and the other benefactor provided me, by keeping both
loaded down with my video processing, etc, MAJOR BOTTLENECKS
ON MY YOUTUBE WORK HAVE BEEN LIFTED! I feel like one feels when they've
maybe had emphysema, didn't know they had it, but were just put on
OXYGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life!

I never count on something like this lasting, not for an hour, not for a second.
That is Our Father's business, not mine. But oh my Goodness, the two glimpses of
solitude, space and technical capacity I've had since this recent room change ARE OF AN EVEN
GREATER GOD-SEND. Maybe. We'll see.

SL dying in prison - Starts this Monday in Federal Court?

I am not worried or concerned. Our Father's Will be done. But you few
I've copied, I feel I owe such a "heads up," as this.

The several premonitions I've had like this before have come to pass -
For 5 years or so now it has seemed inevitable to me that I will die
in prison. This doesn't trouble me. It has never been a nightmare for
me, literally; never a cold sweat; never an elevated pulse (hmmmm, except
the adrenalin from an expected conflict). I suspect it will come to pass in time,
but maybe it is just an acute clarity of how society's ways and mine are anti-matter
and matter - mutually annihilating. Some of you have personally encountered
how stubborn I can be on what seems Important. :-) :-( Standing as close
to the Truth as I do now will likely get me killed, one way, or another - exposure,
starvation, prison, murder.... He certainly does NOT want me by natural causes
just yet, having saved me from two near, might have been fatal near-car hit's last week -
neither my fault. What am I rambling about? This essay grasps the macro-physics-
reality that seems to have me (thank God) and society (thanks to unopposed
Satan / Evil / dEvil), in its grasp:

THE MEANING OF THIS HOUR, ABRAHAM J. HESCHEL
The single most sacred essay I've ever encountered.

Monday, I've been subpoenad to appear in FEDERAL court. No, nothing I've done,
yet. As a witness. Late fall, early winter, as I ever sooooooooooooo
vvvvvaaggguuueeeellllllyyyyyyyy recall, upon returning about 11pm from
my evening shift in the Park, in front of Ellen's house was a police cruiser(s),
group of officers, and someone being arrested (I'm pretty sure, I never
looked to see, as I recall). There was a fence slat missing that I'd not
noticed missing before and a police woman, seeing me approach the house
asked if I lived there. I said I did - I respect, and cooperate with the
police, IF and WHEN they operate within their job. ('The only group in this
country I have any respect for is our men and women in uniform - they are
the only group that puts their life on the line for others,' I say to folks
every day at the Park. Gandhi felt similarly.)

She explained that the person they were arresting had pulled the slat off
to attack them with, and that he (?) had done similar things ever so many
times, and that it would be a great kindness to HIM if I "witnessed" that
the slat was from the fence and it had repair worth that I set at $100 or
so. The vaguest of recollections. I DISTINCTLY recall the impression that
my "witnessing" that night WAS ABSOLUTELY THE LAST I'D HEAR OF THIS!
Last week the subpoena arrived.

I gave them my name, the only name I'm known by in DC - Start Loving.
On prior arrests - Pentagon, White House... I've thought to give my old
name as well, but this time, it absolutely never even occurred to me -
I was doing her, the officer, and the person being arrested a "favor!"

Will I be jailed for giving the Feds a "false" name tomorrow? What DID I witness
to? I gave it almost no thought at the time, so I CERTAINLY don't recall now!
I'm required to bring ID. I HAVE NO ID, refusing to have such under Bush.
What if what I can testify to now is in opposition to what I testified to
then? I'LL NOT LIE. I'll be sworn to "tell the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, so help me God." AND THIS I'LL DO. This is where I expect
they'll get me, cuz I AM IN CONTEMPT OF OUR IN-HUMANE "LEGAL" SYSTEM.
I'LL NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT REFER TO SOME OVER-PRIVILEGED WHITE GUY,
OR WHATEVER, AS "YOUR HONOR." ETC, ETC, ETC.

"Contempt of Court" - is this how the end will start for me? Cuz, I AM TOTALLY in
contempt of a system that incarcerates 2 million poor folks in this country.
Gandhi was asked - 'What do you think if Western Civilization?' He
responded - 'I think it would be a good idea.' He wasn't kidding. Neither
am I. Neither was Heschel (above).

3.11.2010

Refusing to Leave Heaven EQUALS Refusal to Leave the Neediest." SL

Refusing to Leave Heaven

EQUALS

Refusal to Leave the Neediest.

This is the Truth of Human Psychology" SL

"Living, Leading, Peace Making equals Generating Universal Love. Period." SL

"Living,
Leading,
Peace Making

EQUALS

Generating Universal Love. Period." SL

I've been working toward this evolution of clarity on
Leadership, my core interest, hope, competency
for a decade and a half now.

Hmmmm, a 15 year pregnancy is loooooonnnnggggggggggg!

3.07.2010

SL, 25 yr computer exec: "The purpose of automation is to take salaries of the poor for the rich."

SL, 25 yr computer exec:
"The purpose of automation is to take salaries of the poor for the rich."

NO! I didn't see it that way.

NO! I'm not saying it is an explicit plot. CANCER is not an explicit plot.
Both kill.

BOYCOTT AUTOMATION. PATRONIZE PLACES THAT EMPLOY PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF MACHINES OF THE RICH.

3.06.2010

"Living is inspiring Loving of the neediest." SL

3.05.2010

URGENT. Will we "see" and rist to Pr. Obama's brilliance? In time?

WATCH THIS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Faces of the Recovery Act: Sun Catalytix

With Artificial Photosynthesis, A Bottle of Water Could Produce Enough Energy To Power A House

Catholics fight to mass-murder the born, to save Fetuses

Democratic leaders working to win over abortion opponents for health-care reform
Washington Post

42,000 born die in US each year due to lack of insurance.

Did you see Da Vinci Code? The Catholic Church IS the albino; so twisted and perverted.

3.04.2010

Congressman Grayson: "GOP Weapons of Mass Distraction." Quote of the day.

Congressman Grayson:
"GOP Weapons of Mass Distraction." Quote of the day.

GRAYSON vs BACHMANN

These GOPredators guys make Hitler's Joseph Goebbles proud!

Our inaction in the face of their rabid disinformation
campaign is the height of cowardice and treason.

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK TODAY MAY WELL BE -

The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
Thomas Frank (born 1965) is an American author, journalist and columnist for the
Wall Street Journal, authoring The Tilting Yard since May, 2008.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.... READ IT. NOW.

"A no-holds-barred exegesis on the naked cynicism of conservatism in America."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Written with barbed wit and finely controlled anger, he skewers such juicy targets as libertarian strategist Grover Norquist and Michelle Malkin."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Glorious… Often brilliant… Frank's gloom is leavened by an eye for the unexpected and the absurd."—Los Angeles Times

"Well-researched and witty… Provides a powerful liberal antidote to the high-volume rantings of Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and Fox News."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Frank's gifts as a social observer are on display… His analysis of why there are so many libertarian think tanks in a country with so few libertarians is dead on. In Thomas Frank, the American left has found its own Juvenal."—The New York Times Book Review

"Frank offers one damning anecdote after another. The Wrecking Crew explains how cynical conservatives have wrested control of the government by railing against its very existence, all while using federal perches to funnel billions into the pockets of lobbyists and the corporations they represent."—Time

"Thomas Frank is back with another hunk of dynamite. The Wrecking Crew should monopolize political conversation this year. It's the first book to effectively tie the ruin and corruption of conservative governance to the conservative "movement building" of the 1970s, and, before that, the business crusade against good government going back at least to the 1890s."—Salon.com

"Tom Frank has hold of something real. The Wrecking Crew can be good, spirited fun. Frank captures a quality of exuberant bullying in those of his conservative subjects he knows well enough to identify individually, rather than categorically."—The New Yorker

"Frank's sentences inhale and unfurl with a wit and verve…"—The New York Observer

"Conservatives in office have made their share of blunders and mistakes, and Frank is at his finest in depicting some of the stunning instances of hypocrisy and idiocy in the period of Republican rule."—The New York Post

"Smart, thoroughly researched, and written with wit and panache."—The Wichita Eagle

"A welcome read. There is no doubt that Frank is helping to restore the journalistic and literary standards to political books. Elegant… The Wrecking Crew has the rhetorical power to illustrate the dire consequences of a government sold off piece by piece to the highest bidder. One finishes the book feeling as if one's political vision has been brought into focus."—The Courier-Journal

"A superb follow-up to What's The Matter with Kansas?... Thorough reporting and incisive historical analysis. With genuine outrange and blasts of polemic, but Frank never allows The Wrecking Crew to become just another seething right- or left-wing political tract preaching to the choir."—The Oregonian

"Frank brings invaluable insider perceptions, ardor, and precision to his lancing inquiry into the erosion of democracy and the enshrinement of the mighty dollar… An electrifying, well-researched analysis of 'conservatism-as-profiteering.' This staggering history of systematic greed with inject new energy into public discourse as a historical election looms."—Booklist (starred review)

SL here. Friends EXTREMELY IMPORTANT - PLS ACT NOW

I just sent a letter. Please you too. Hurry. SHARE. SL

From: "Bertha Lewis, ACORN" <newsacorn@acorn.org>
To: start_loving@yahoo.com
Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 6:15:06 AM
Subject: Re: Sting the stinger - This is just embarrassing

Demand accountability

James O'Keefe

Tell the NYT to report the truth: "They edited the tapes to meet their agenda."

Dear Start,

By now everybody knows that James O'Keefe, the anti-ACORN video stinger, is willing to lie, manipulate, and apparently break the law, in pursuit of his extremist agenda. Monday, sources inside the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, as reported by the New York Post (long hostile to ACORN) said the videos were a "heavily edited splice job".[1] The New York Daily News further reported that sources in the DA's office, which reviewed the unedited New York tapes as part of a five month investigation -- the first time anyone not associated with O'Keefe has seen unedited tapes -- said "they edited the tape to meet their agenda"![2]

As Media Matters columnist Eric Bohlert writes, "the '70s-era, blacksploitation pimp costume was a propaganda tool used to later deceive the public about the undercover operation."[3] If you watched the videos you probably thought he wore that suit inside our offices. He didn't. He dressed as a professional and presented himself as a boyfriend trying to help his girlfriend escape from an abusive pimp, something also noted in former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger's December 2009 investigation of ACORN.[4]

So why, then, does America's newspaper of record, the New York Times, insist in report after report -- as recently as March 1st -- that he presented himself as a pimp in our offices?[5] Can you send an email to the Times' Public Editor and tell him to retract the Times' erroneous reporting about O'Keefe and ACORN?

There are two critical reasons why this matters and my friend Brad Friedman of The Brad Blog lays them out nicely:

"Because O'Keefe is now facing federal felony charges and his past credibility is important to the future proceedings and because these videos, and the Times reports on them, resulted in the U.S. Congress passing legislation to deny ACORN federal funding based on what appears to be an entirely phony premise which … the Times went along with, in error, time and again." [6]

Incredibly, the New York Times' first response when challenged their reporting was to say, "If there is a correction to be made, it seems it would start with Mr. O'Keefe himself. We believe him. Therefore there is nothing for us to correct."[7]

Wow. To say that in the face of everything that's been laid out about how O'Keefe operates - lies, manipulation, even alleged illegal actions - well, that's just embarrassing.

Can you tell Clark Hoyt, The New York Times' Public Editor, that The Times needs to retract its past ACORN stories and report the truth about the anti-ACORN sting operation from now on?

The New York Times played a significant role in the breathtaking rush to judgment instigated by O'Keefe's work. As the blogger Digby said about the Times and other mainstream media, "in rushing to judgment they also failed in their journalistic duty to figure out if this story was true." [8] The Times perpetuated the idea that his videos represented what ACORN workers do all day. They do not. ACORN organizers spend their days talking with working families and helping them take action on issues like foreclosure prevention, raising the minimum wage, fighting for jobs, and working to hold the banksters accountable for their destruction of the economy.

That work, combined with our tireless efforts engaging working families and families of color in the electoral process, are the real reasons why O'Keefe and his corporate-funded backers in the attack media targeted ACORN.

The Times continues to refuse to state the obvious-that O'Keefe deceived the public, specifically by editing in "b-roll" of his absurd costume and more broadly by misrepresenting what ACORN organizers do. This despite the clear admission by O'Keefe co-conspirators Hannah Giles and Andrew Breitbart both being caught on tape saying he never wore the pimp suit in any ACORN office.[9] Despite the findings of the Harshbarger report. Despite Breitbart's admission that the pimp get-up was just a marketing gimmick. [10]

In fact, Clark Hoyt continues to profess, "I still don't see that a correction is in order, because that would require conclusive evidence that The Times was wrong, which I haven't seen." [11]

Can you help Mr. Hoyt see the conclusive evidence by sending him a letter in his role as the Public Editor of the New York Times?

With your help we can set the record straight and put America's newspaper of record on notice that we expect it to live up to its responsibility to us and to our democratic system and report the truth.

Lots of people have asked me why we don't just drop the topic of O'Keefe's video scam and move on. Believe me, no one would like to close the book on this story more than I would.. But the truth is important, and the truth is the lies that O'Keefe peddled and that news outlets that should know better continue to perpetuate, to this day, not only hurt ACORN -- they represent standing threat against anyone who empowers poor people and people of color in this country.

With your help we can help strengthen democracy in America and make sure that working families have a strong voice in 2010 and beyond.

In solidarity and strength,

Bertha Lewis
ACORN CEO and Chief Organizer

[1] Alex Ginsberg and Murray Weiss, New York Post, March 2, 2010,
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/acorn_set_up_by_vidiots_da_x16IroTf4AsXCI19nttFLL
[2] Mike Madden, Salon.com, March 1, 2010,
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/03/01/acorn_cleared
[3] Eric Bohlert, Media Matters for America, February 17, 2010,
http://mediamatters.org/columns/201002170008
[4] Report of former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger.
http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=12439&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=22649&tx_ttnews[backPid]=12340&cHash=acfa3c666a
[5] Andy Newman, The New York Times, March 1, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/nyregion/02acorn.html
[6] Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog, February 23, 2010, http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7715
[7] Greg Brock, Senior Editor of Standards for the New York Times as reported by Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog, February 23, 2010, http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7715
[8] Digby, Feb 22, 2010, http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html
and also here:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2010/02/22/acorn_muckraking_open2010/index.html
[9] Max Blumenthal, Conversation at the Conservative Political Action Convention, February, 2010,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztHmjV5134
[10] Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog, February 21, 2010, http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7710
[11] Clark Hoyt, Public Editor of the New York Times as reported by Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog, February 23, 2010, http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7715

© 2009 ACORN and ACORN logo are Registered Trademarks of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc.

ACORN is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, with over 500,000 member families organized into neighborhood chapters in 71 cities across the country. Since 1970 ACORN has taken action and won victories on issues of concern to our members. Our priorities include: better housing for first time homebuyers and tenants, living wages for low-wage workers, more investment in our communities from banks and governments, and better public schools. ACORN is an acronym, and each letter should be capitalized. ACORN stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

3.03.2010

"I'm simply your mother, like when a hoard of bullies is attacking you." SL

"I'm simply your mother, like
when a hoard of bullies is attacking you; cuz they are.
You are damn right I'm harsh, rough, aggressive, out-there;
just like she would be if she saw the same attack on you, that I do." SL

"Do you burn hot enough to start a fire?" Start

"Do you burn hot enough to start a fire?" Start

"She who would give light, must endure burning."
Eleanor Roosevelt

SL here. URGENT, FRIENDS.

Please BROADCAST, SHARE, EMAIL... this #2 THIS INSTANT.

President unveils
revised health care plan (2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfLH7YLbmLM

3.02.2010

SL here. I found my $.50 Crucifix. That beings tears toward my eyes, why?

Please don't ever assume my Love of Jesus is traditional in ANY way.
See here: http://thechristlikechurch.blogspot.com/

Around Christ-mass time one of the pleasures my suburban zombie
sisters and brothers give themselves is an annual visit to DC to
do something for the poor - their not-my-family. It does wonders to
refresh their illusions that they are not Dead. Did you know that
Washington, DC, capitol of the wealthiest country in history,
in the US is:

#1 most powerful population of elites in the world!

#1 in concentration of the top 10 richest counties as suburbs (3) !!!!!!

#1 in child poverty!!!

#1 in mortality from HIV/AID!!!!

#1 in lowest life expectancy in the country!!!!!

See here:

DN! Washington, DC - 3rd World Capital

Well, anyway, at Christ-mass time they come out from their mansions
in their gated communities with their food bags, my zombie siblings,
or whatever, for we poor. One bag I got had a simple wooden Crucifix,
on the type of faux leather thong you'd use to make something
at summer camp. My $2.50 Crucifix I wear under my clothes, always,
but this one is larger and can go over my clothes. But about 3 weeks
ago it went missing. I looked everywhere. I was sooooo sad to lose it.

What magic draws me to these Crucifixes, and those on my head? Love.

Turns out that my beloved sister Connie found it, and I got it today.
Tears of Joy and Relief came toward my eyes. Why? A $.50 Cross.
Still moves me toward tears hours later.

Reminds me of the time 5 years or so ago my little Catholic sister and
I were in Texas on a business trip. Out of Love for her I attended her
Sunday Mass with her, and we were tapped to carry the chalice and Hosts up
to the alter. I sobbed and quaked uncontrollably. Brings tears
to my eyes whenever I think of it, like now.

Hmmmmm. I do so adore our brother Jesus. I do indeed. So did Gandhi.
He Loved us so.

"'Daily Bread' IS Soul Food IS Serving the Needy. There's none other." SL

"'Daily Bread' IS Soul Food
IS Serving the Needy.
There's none other." SL

"'Zombies' no longer are fanciful creatures for me. They're but a few of us." SL

"'Zombies' no longer are fanciful creatures for me.
They're but a VERY few of us. Clinically. Really.
The living Dead. Who but Dead folks could spend
ANY time on Pleasures when so many are physically
and Spiritually destitute? Only living-Dead People. Really." SL

Teresa of Calcutta: 'The greatest poverty I've seen in
the world is the poverty of spirit in the west.'

Gandhi was asked what he thought about Western
Civilization: 'I think it would be a good idea.'

2.28.2010

"I'm a warrior," Start said to the young Sec. Svc. Officer. "Clearly you are," he replied with entusiastic admiration and approval.

"I'm a warrior," Start said to the young Sec. Svc. Officer.
"Clearly you are," he replied with enthusiastic admiration,
respect, friendship and approval.

2.27.2010

"I ship out next week. I'm a Marine. THANKS for what you do," at the Vigil tonight.

"Brother, you keep your butt safe, hear," Start replied?!!!! "The only group
in this country I have any respect for is our men and and women in uniform.
I'm TOTALLY AGAINST killing, but I TOTALLY stand for commitment, putting your life
on the line for what you believe, sacrifice for others... and you guys do that;
and everyone else is on the take. Thank you for your service.

The greatest complement I'm occasionally paid is, 'Start, were you a Marine?"

I pray with all my heart he stays safe.

"Give me a military man to fight alongside, any day.
Don't give me any cowards." Gandhi

"I consider myself a soldier." Gandhi. "Me too." SL

http://www.prop1.org

Re: Fwd: This really touched me

[by way of Angel 1st class, Beverly. No kidding.]

Psalm 55:22 -
you really need to read this.
'Friends are God's way of taking care of us.'

This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician:
I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I barely managed to coast into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turn over. Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the quickie mart building, and it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay

When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up to give it to her. It was a nickel.

At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading $4...95.

I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying 'I don't want my kids to see me crying,' so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?' That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'

I took out my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely, and while it was fueling, walked to the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the
car, who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City Her boyfriend left 2 months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan. 1, and finally in desperation had finally called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years. They lived in California and said she could come live with them and try to get on her feet there.

So she packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.
I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you like an angel or something?'

This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.'

It was so incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong.

Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings...

Psalms 55:22 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'

My instructions were to pick four people that I wanted God to bless, especially for the months left in 2009and I picked you.

Please pass this to four people you want to be blessed and a copy back to me.
Here is the prayer:

'Father, I ask You to bless my friends, relatives and email buddies reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit this very moment. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Whe re there is self doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace, In Jesus' precious name. And most important, remind them that 1. there is only one Immeidate Family - YOURS, and 2. that the only reason you have us here is to be your Angels, not for the Lesser of these, but FOR THE LEAST OF THESE. Amen.'

I know I picked more than four -- you can, too.
When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, 'Jesus, could You please get that for me.'

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2.24.2010

Rachel Corrie's family bring civil suit over her death in Gaza

The Guardian - ‎11 hours ago‎

Peace activist Rachel Corrie died while protesting in front of a bulldozer trying to destroy a Palestinian home in Rafah in March 2003.

URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT URGENT - DIANOSIS IS 95% OF THE CURE.

DIAGNOSIS IS 95% OF THE CURE - this is common, research based wisdom.

Friends, you are some of the smartest out there - me included.

WE ARE NOT "GETTING IT" FULLY, ABOUT THE TRAITORS WRECKING THE COUNTRY -
INFINITELY MORE DANGEROUS THAN AL QUIDA!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ENEMY WITHIN.

GOP:

G REEDY
O VERT
P REDATORS - happily eating you and your young.

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBJECTIVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLINICALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN THE NAME OF ALL YOU HOLD DEAR - STUDY, STUDY, STUDY, STUDY AND STUDY THE TWO
VID BELOW SET UNTIL IT SINKS IN REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL DEEP.

DN! The Wrecking Crew (1): Thomas Frank on How Conservatives Rule

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DN! The Wrecking Crew (2): Thomas Frank on How Conservatives Rule

10 views - 2 hours ago

PLEASE. !!!!!!!!!!!!! AND - STUDY, STUDY, PONDER, CONTEMPLATE THIS MUST READ ARTICLE !!!!!!

Paul Krugman: Starving the beast, Republican style
Houston Chronicle - Paul Krugman - ‎Feb 22, 2010‎
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6880141.html

SL

2.22.2010

"THE Deadly Error: Choosing Pleasure; always kills Serving the Needy, Joy, Life, Love, Truth, Peace" SL

"THE Deadly Error:
Choosing Pleasure;
always kills Serving the Needy,
Joy, Life, Love, Truth, Peace. Always.
This was my fatal error." SL

0MG: This Shero'll go to Hell unless she was a professed Christain!!!! Right?

Dad: Injured NYC worker saved my daughter

Houston Chronicle - ‎9 minutes ago‎

Mass. Native Brain Dead After NY Crash WCVB-TV

Heroic Mayoral Aide Struck by Hit and Run Driver NBC New York

New York Post - WBZ - New York Times - Ne

"THEY WILL KNOW YOU
BY HOW YOU LOVE."
CJ. PERIOD.

"Life's Fundamental Choice - Stand on the Spirit of Empire OR Universal Love." SL

"Life's Fundamental Choice -
Stand on the Spirit of Empire OR Universal Love." SL

Diane Wilson, Ann Wright, K, SC, Hope, Thomas, my dad are pretty much
the only folks I know that don't stand on the spirit of Empire.

By whatever name, the entire and only hope for Humanity is standing
on the Spirit of Universal Love.

Among my most difficult, and MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS
IS HERE:

The Map of Your Two Options -
Joy / Life / Love or
Pleasure / Hate / Death