Start, Wage, Loving: For Joy Serve Soul In Solidarity

2.02.2010

Not the Rethugs but the Lip-service Liberal citizens are destroying US

continuing a dialog with cc on this vid
Pr. Obama (1) - The Peoples Interview on YouTube.

[MLK Jr reached EXACTLY the views expressed below, 50 years ago. Hmmmm, yes,
he expressed it a bit differently.]

ENTROPY WINS BY DEFAULT!!!!!
[[[TODAYS]]] RETHUGS ARE THE PARTY OF ENTROPY!!!!
[McCain's mom disowns today's Rethugs.]

We have no excuse not to know this.

IF THE LEFT DOES NOT ACT - THE RETHUGS WIN, WIN, WIN BY DEFAULT.

!!!!! AND !!!!! THE RETHUGS ( / TEA PISSERS) ACT, AND WE DO NOT!!!!!!!

THE BLOOD IS ON OUR HANDS FOLKS. ALL OF IT.

THE RETHUGS OF TODAY ARE DUMB BEASTS - CLINICALLY; ACTUALLY; IN FACT - I'M BEING
HONEST AND ACTUAL, NOT SLANDERING OR UNKIND. They ARE my brothers and sisters.
NOTHING BUT DEATH IS TO BE EXPECTED OF THEM.

BUT WHAT OF US - WHAT OF THE LEFT?

WE ARE DESTROYING AMERICA WITH OUR INACTION.

ENTROPY WINS BY DEFAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Devote at barackobma.com now, or kiss America goodbye.

It may be too late already.

But maybe not.

[For those of you like Gandhi and me that have a profound regard for the views
of Jesus note the email to K below.]

Barack's not
quitting. Me
either.

SL

------------- email to K, a sheroic NE Lawyer serving the oppressed -----------------

RE: Hey K - when you have a second

Don't let me distract you from your fires.

>>> CLICK HERE. TRUST ME <<<

Regarding my replies this morning on your two long emails:

Was Jesus just being cute, or mean, or symbolic, or un-brotherly...
when on MANY occasions he DID NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG / NEGOTIATIONS,
responding instead with silence, departure or HARSH REBUKE????

NO!!!! It was the proper, the only constructive response to "Folly,"
"Blindness," "Evil," "Hypocrisy," "Satanic Spirit...." Pls recall the MANY
occasions that Silence or Massively Harsh Words or Departure / Ignoring
were his response. OFTEN!!!!!!

Those that worship, not Our Father, but the OTHER father ARE OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, but to treat them as though they were of Our
Father is to DO THEM INJUSTICE, AND HARM. LIKE GIVING CRACK,
OR ALCOHOL TO AN ADDICT, OR A CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO AN INFANT.

Children that have selected Satan (thinking it is Our Father) FEED
ON GENUINE ATTENTION, AND THEY USE
DECEPTION TO BLEED OUR FATHER'S CHILDREN TO DEATH.
"They will kill you and think that they do Our Father's will."

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER do I try to convince you. The Truth is between
you and Our Father. HOWEVER, when something is CLEAR to me
I'll speak accordingly.

Love you.

Start

ps: My conviction also comes from lifelong practice and study of
just this issue, as a psychologist, enterprise leader, change agent,
brother....

2.01.2010

SL here. My dad took an axe to the furnace

We lived on the edge of a many thousand acre nature preserve.
Unspeakably idyllic.

After a storm one day, 5 year old (?) Start was in the woods, heard
a rustle in the leaves, and found a baby robin that had blown out
of its nest. Robbie. All the science known at the time apparently said
that a baby robin would die away from its mother. We did not find
the nest. A shoebox is what we found and I brought Robbie home, and
it thrived, and when we taught it to fly, it came when we called,
and we'd dig worms for Robbie for supper.

Almost everyone in this most affluent of towns I grew up in was,
hmmmmm, afraid of, or put off by my dad. He was dour, profoundly
intense, entirely reserved, zero small talk, entirely focused. Yet
he was a teacher's teacher, literally, and in addition to the affluent
students that paid handsomely for him to teach them piano,
teachers from around the country flocked to our home, with his studio
attached, to learn his teaching methods.

During his fall session, studio packed with teachers, alone working
with them, on a brief break he became aware of noise downstairs and
investigated. Robbie had flown down the chimney flue, entered the
furnace flue and was in the furnace. It had not yet ignited.

My dad was as smart, self reliant, clever as they come. I never asked
why there wasn't some other way, but if there were, he'd have
taken it. Now mind you, he worked from dawn till bed time, earning
money to please my mom's exorbitant tastes, and to provide what he
wanted us kids to have. And, he did this 7 days per week, 365 days per
year. Oh, we'd take a 1-4 week family vacation - but he felt we couldn't
afford for him to come, he'd stay, and teach, from dawn, till bedtime. I
recall only a few exceptions. Money, for us to have it, was real, real,
important to him - every penny.

He took an axe to the furnace, destroying it, frantically trying to save that
bird, that hadn't cost us a cent. Robbie. Must have taken him
weeks of work, or more, to pay for the replacement. He never gave it a
thought. The bird's Life is what he valued. Still makes me
weep. That's what his Love was, for the world, for us all.

"Lovingly I must be that piece of sand to the oyster. You too. Hurry." SL

"I was among the Dead, those not brought to total dedication to serve, by the needy." SL

"I was born and raised among the Dead, the all but the few of us
who are not brought to total dedication to serve, by the needy.
Ultimately, my dad's Spirit, the Spirits of Teresa of Calcutta,
King, Gandhi, Jesus..., and the teachings of Adler, Maslow, Tolstoy,
Csikszetmihalyi, Rogers, Sorokin... Saved my Life.
If I'm speaking metaphorically, that is NOT how it
feels to me. TOTALLY it feels like the difference
between Life, and Death." SL

"Start Loving or Stop Living. Its your choice. Not much time left. Agape." SC

"Start Loving or Stop Living.
Its your choice.
Not much time left.
Agape."

SC (this Beloved Sister is exactly right).

"Start Loving or Stop Living. Its your choice. Not much time left. Agape." SC

"Start Loving or Stop Living.
Its your choice.
Not much time left.
Agape."

SC (this Beloved Sister is exactly right).

"WAR IS THE ANSWER WE'LL GET, TILL TOUGH-LOVING IS THE ANSWER WE GIVE." SL

"WAR IS THE ANSWER WE'LL GET,
TILL TOUGH-LOVING IS THE ANSWER WE GIVE." SL

'The job of the citizen is to die for the common good.' Gandhi synthesis

'The job of the citizen is to die

for the common good.'
Gandhi synthesis, consequence of his reading of
"Unto This Last," by John Juskin, one
of the two books that created the
man named Gandhi.

"My non-violence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving
dear ones unprotected. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer
violence to cowardice. I can no more preach
non-violence to a coward than I can tempt
a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.
Non-violence is the summit of bravery. And in my own experience, I have
had no difficulty in demonstrating to men
trained in the school of violence the
superiority of non-violence. As a coward, which
I was for years, I harboured violence. I began to prize non-violence only
when I began to shed cowardice.... A rabbit that runs away from the bull terrier
is not particularly non-violent. The poor thing trembles at the sight of the terrier
and runs for very life. (YI, 28-5-1924, p178), M.K. Gandhi.

More here: Gandhi - Give me a military man

"Love is TOUGH, or it is not Love." SL

SL's FROM ALL HISTORY DREAM TEAM PICKS FOR 2010: 1ST - Pr. O; LAST - Today's Americans

SL's FROM ALL HISTORY DREAM TEAM PICKS FOR 2010:

1ST - Pr. O;

LAST - Today's Americans

"WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. TOUGH LOVING IS THE ANSWER." SL

"WAR, COWARDICE ARE NOT THE ANSWER, EVER.

TOUGH-LOVING IS THE ANSWER, ALWAYS"

SL

"All mean exactly the same: 'Peace-Making,' 'Non-violent Action,' 'Tough-Loving.'" SL

"All mean EXACTLY the same thing:

'Peace-Making,' 'Non-violent Action,' 'Tough-Loving.'

Wage Love, or die. No 3rd option any longer exists." SL

"'What got SL here? I grew up in a war zone. I wanted to die many nights." SL

"'What got SL here?
I grew up in a war zone.
I wanted to die many nights." SL

I Adored my mother. My poor, desperately sick
younger sister had her constantly under massive
psychological, viciously hostile, SCREAMING attack.
I totally didn't know what to do TO MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(And now I weep at the recollection.)
Violence (non-Loving) was not within me;
Nor was a REMOTELY sufficient
capacity or competence for Tough-Loving.
I just didn't know how, had not undergone the training.

I've been unwilling to remain incapable, incompetent.

My TOTAL AND COMPLETE HORROR at
war / NEEDLESS SUFFERING is ever more acute,
as is my recognition that it IS THE TOTALLY WRONG ANSWER.

Obviously my forecast was off. (Brain)-Storm not yet over. :-(

Spam bucket me, or bear with. Can't last much longer.

"NEVER 'Peace,' but rather TOUGH LOVING is the Goal; 'Peace,' the desired CONSEQUENCE." SL

"NOT 'Peace,'
but TOUGH LOVING (aka non-violence)
is the GOAL;
'Peace,' the desired CONSEQUENCE.

The GOAL was NOT the end of Crippling;
but rather the eradication of Polio.
We know the Blessed Consequence of this Goal.

Wage Love, or die, no 3rd option exists."
SL

"Peace is not the absence of Tension,
but the presence of Justice."
MLK Jr ?

"'Peace Activist,' like 'Friend, 'Surgeon,' 'Pilot...' means NOTHING self-declared." SL

"'Peace Activist,' like 'Friend, 'Surgeon,' 'Christian,' 'Pilot...'
means NOTHING (or Death) self-declared.

Character, Competence, COMMITMENT,
SECOND BY SECOND PERFORMANCE / BEHAVIOR...
IS WHERE WE MUST LOOK FOR THE TRUTH OF SUCH WORDS.

'Anyone can be great, because anyone can Serve.' MLK Jr.

'The least among you shall be the Greatest.' Jesus

Thomas. Gandhi. MLK Jr. Dave Dellinger. Phil Berrigan.
Col. Ann Wright. Mandela. Diane Wilson. Rodolfo Macias.
Liz Hourican. ClimateGroundZero...." SL

1.31.2010

"Peace Making IS the creation of MORE Peace Makers - or it is of no significance." SL

"Peace Making IS the creation of MORE Peace Makers -
or it is of no significance." SL

"The ONLY essentials for the Peace Maker: Solitude, Space, Rest." SL

"The ONLY essentials for the Peace Maker:
Solitude, "Space," and Rest.

A mark of the Peace Maker -
They will pay any personal price for
Solitude ("space") and Rest,
the only essentials of their Work.

It is widely known that Prison time,
Solitude, Space, Rest -
was ESSENTIAL
to the Development of Powers of
Mandela, Gandhi, ML King Jr, Dellinger,
Wilson, Fr. Louis, Dan Berrigan, Phil Berrigan ...." SL

"Peace Making is ENTIRELY Mental / Spiritual; that ENTIRELY Dictates External Behavior." SL

"Peace Making is ENTIRELY Mental / Spiritual;
and yes, that ENTIRELY Dictates External Behavior." SL

"Primary Slander of MLK, Gandhi, SL...: Abandoned 'Family.' EXACTLY the Opposite is True." SL

"Primary Slander of MLK, Gandhi, SL...:
Abandoned 'Family.'
EXACTLY the Opposite is True;
STOPPED Abandoning (Global) Family;
ENTIRELY the Source of their Hope, Power and Goodness." SL

"NOT the Purpose of Chemo: Making Folks Sick. But it Does, and thereby Saves." SL

"NOT the Purpose of Chemo: Making Folks Sick.
But it Does, and thereby Saves;
and so it is with Peace Making."
SL

"Peace is not the absence of tension,
but the Presence of Justice."
MLK Jr. (as I recall)

"Food, Safety, Shelter, Life, Funds, Comfort, Support - NEVER Peace Maker esentials." SL

"Food, Safety, Shelter, Life, Funds, Comfort, Support -
NEVER Peace Maker esentials." SL

My Friends - Brainstorm is ending, I think.

Yes, I've inundated you with a blizzard of my brainstorms.

I don't control the blizzards.

I CAN control sharing them.

I've chosen to share this blizzard.

I'll always hope you know how to assign me to the SPAM bucket. Seriously.

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"Holding oneself to the highest standards is the ENTIRETY of Peace Making/Leadership." SL

"Holding oneself to the highest standards
is the ENTIRETY of Peace Making/Leadership; and yes
the manifestations of this are near infinite,
but ALWAYS DICTATED by
the needs of the least of these."
SL

"Everyone can be great,
because everyone can serve."
MLK Jr.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
Gandhi

"The least among you shall be the Greatest."
Jesus

"TOUGH-LOVINGLY, NOT the HORRIBLY TRANSLATED Non-Violently, captures Gandhi." SL

"TOUGH-LOVINGLY,
NOT the HORRIBLY TRANSLATED
'Non-Violently,'
captures Gandhi."
SL (I've been working to
solve this for years. Whew!)

HELP, please. Not what I can "spare," but all I own I'm donatating. You? SL

They languish in jail FOR YOU, until you help them.

My "boots" are CVS bags over my socks under my sandals.
Duct tape is keeping my pants belt functional (so far). Point?
I spend nothing on myself.

I'm looking for sympathy? If you don't deeply envy me my life,
I'm continuing to fail you. Sorry. I owe a debt of millions,
literally, to my global poor family - that unknowingly I squandered
on myself till recently.

All that I own I'm donating to these folks (below). During the warmer
months occasionally school kids throw a buck or change into
a donation pot at the Vigil, and by tradition the vigiller takes that
to support themselves in their work. I don't by coffee, or ANYTHING with it.
I save it for my work, or, the work of real heroes, in the hopes
they would emerge, in a time of need.

All that I've accumulated these last few years I'm donating.
FINALLY THE RIGHT "CAUSE," THE RIGHT "HEROES" HAVE COME
ALONG. (4 min vid below)

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY RISKED, WHAT THEY SUFFERED,
WHAT THEY SACRIFICED FOR US? WATCH THIS. (4 min vid below)

THEY LANGUISH IN JAIL FOR YOUR KIDS, CUZ WE ARE NOT
DOING OUR PART OF THE WORK.

PLEASE HELP THEM. NOW would be a good time:

Two Heroes Languish in Jail. Crime? Fighting for your
kids, nieces, nephews....

http://www.youtube.com/StartLoving2
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FOR GOD'S SAKE SHARE THIS with friends, "family," acquaintances,
facebook, twitter, youtube..., PLEASE.

1.30.2010

"Dad Loved mom for herself. She? She Lusted for what he did for her." SL

"Dad Loved mom for herself. (Eros and Agape)
She? She Lusted for what he did for her (Eros, no Agape)." SL

"Give me an honest Repub/Conserv any day; NO Lip-service Libs." SL

"Give me an honest Republican /Conservative
to stand with any day; don't give me NO Lip-service Liberals."
SL inspired by Gandhi

MLK Jr. and Christ Jesus warned us of NOTHING so much as the hypocrites.

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SL here. URGENT. If there is anyone you love, I CAN'T OVERSTATE the importance of these

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"Respectability: Living in a way that the poor should weep in Joy, Awe, Gratitude." SL

"Respectability:

Living in a way that the
poor should [would if they fully knew]
weep in Joy, Awe, Gratitude, Wonder;
That is, Incarnating Universal Love;
BEING Immediate Family TO the least of these.
[Thomas, Jesus, King, Gandhi,
Teresa, Romero, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Pr. Obama, Michelle Obama,
Diane Wilson, Col. Ann Wright.]

Dis-Respectability:

EVERYTHING less than, EVERYTHING else besides
BEING IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO
the least of these our global brothers and sisters;
that is, NOT being Universal Love incarnate /
Immediate Family TO ALL,
ESPECIALLY the poor in
Spirit (enemy, wicked, foreigner)
and materiality." SL

4" snow, 4 degree wind ccchhhhiiiiillllll

WISH YOU WERE HERE!!!

http://hannasyalala.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/dreamland-beach-bali.jpg

Uh, I mean here! :-)

Thomas died a week ago Saturday. A rare and truly Great, truly Divine Spirit. We desperately
needed that Spirit, a gift from Our Father, and now it is gone, and forgotten. God forgive
us. http://prop1.org/thomas.htm IF YOU'VE NEVER READ HIS Biblical Wandering in the Desert,
as God is my witness, you've missed a chapter of the Gospels. Your brother, Start

1.29.2010

"There are but 2 Great Religions: 1. RESPONSIBILITY (Love); 2. UN-RESPONSIBILITY (Violence)" SL

RE: "There are but Two Great Religions: 1. RESPONSIBILITY (Love);
2. UN-RESPONSIBILITY (Violence)" SL

'Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve." MLK Jr.

Leo Tolstoy was the common cause of both Gandhi (virtually entirely),
and MLK Jr. (very substantially). The book that shaped MLK Jr., read
when he was in Crozier Seminary in Chester, PA was,
"THE LAW OF LOVE, AND THE LAW OF VIOLENCE." Love and Violence
are the only means of human existence, physically, practically,
ACTUALLY, REALLY. We survive, eat, maintain relationships, are
housed and clothed base on EITHER
1. GIVING (POWER FOR), NON-VIOLENCE / PEACE MAKING or
2. TAKING (POWER OVER), VIOLENCE / WAR MAKING.

These are the only two GREAT RELIGIONS, GREAT LAWS BY WHICH
HUMANS CAN EXIST. This is not a matter of superficial choice, but
rather the fact of, the physics of survival.

1. RESPONSIBILITY - Survival by CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELLBEING
OF THE WHOLE. This is what all healthy tissue (non-cancerous) and
all life forms EXCEPT FOR HUMANS do. Humans have "Fallen" away
from this natural, DNA ordered "religion," way of being. "Christianity,
[Judaism, Buddhism...] what a wonderful idea. What a shame no one
has tried it." CS Lewis (?) Gandhi, King, Jesus, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Gaffar Kahn, Diane Wilson, Col. Ann Wright Thomas....

2. UN-RESPONSIBILIY - SURVIVAL BY TAKING - Cancer, Parasitism,
VIOLENCE, POWER OVER OTHERS, EXPLOITATION (USUALLY COVERT).
Christianity, Peace Movement, Capitalism, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam,
American "Freedom"... as practiced these thousands of years.

1.28.2010

My understanding is that living with Gandhi was pretty much unbearable....

My understanding is that living with Gandhi was pretty much unbearable.

I guess it was just as bad living with ML King, Jr, Jesus, Romero....

I guess I knew that but I hadn't thought of it for a long while.

I've NEVER heard any suggestion that they INTENDED to be unbearable to live with;
Quite the contrary.
It just goes with the territory;
with the Call.

My father was profoundly difficult to live with.
Greatest man
I've ever personally known.
(First time I've ever thought of that.
It TOTALLY was not his intent to be so.)

"War Making = Demanding Respect. Peace Making = Earning Respect." SL

This is a HUGE epiphany for me today.
Thank you Father.

"War Making = Demanding Respect vs Peace Making = Earning Respect.

Violence vs Non-Violence;

Non-Love vs Love respectively;

aka
Authoritarian vs Authoritative."
SL

CHANGE: Where Clinton Turned Right, Obama Plowed Ahead NYT. CLINCAL DENIAL, those that don't see

Where Clinton Turned Right, Obama Plowed Ahead

New York Times

Those that don't see "Change" WANT NOT TO.

Clinical DENIAL.

1.26.2010

"Example is not the major thing in influencing people; it is the only thing." Dr. Albert Schweitzer

[Friends - I value your time as though my childrens' lives depend upon it -
because they do. I never send that which I believe is not crucial to their
lives, and yours, but I rely on you to read what strikes you as important,
and flush the rest].

Having been well stimulated by recent dialog with a few of you, and having received
substantial Violence, unintended, from two considered internationally acclaimed
"Non-violent activists" recently, who now I see to be nothing of the sort,
tragically, sadly - once again my nervous system proves to me the old adage - if
it doesn't kill you, you grow. Some of the fruits to me of this trauma, and
these dialogs, I'll share here:

"Example is not the major thing in influencing people; it is the only thing."
Dr. Albert Schweitzer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer Nobel
Peace Prize 1952 (I was 1 year old)
[Note to two friends: I know nothing of the lives of Christopher Hitchings
nor Andrew Harvey that is not profound divorce from this Truth. I do not
question their right to this Divorce, but I find them useless, no, dangerous
as a consequence.
"Nothing has so caused the needless suffering in the world as "Sages" that
Say but do not Do [I give you the Organized Religions, including Atheism, and
"Activism."] These are the Hypocrites, clinically, that Jesus centrally warned
us of." SL (Yes, they piously, sacredly killed him.)

"Technically: Violence = Non-Loving; Non-Violence = Loving." SL
"What does non-violence mean?
Uh, the love of mother for her child."
Gandhi paraphrase with liberties taken

"The Golden Rule is about Motive (Universal Love) NOT behavior." SL
"[Love] unto others as you would
have them [Love] unto you." CJ (as translated by SL)

"Why Jesus remained silent:
He would not aid and abet his sibling's violence on him." SL
"Non-cooperation with evil is every bit as much a duty as
it is to not do evil." Gandhi paraphrase

"Violence: Neglecting our Duty to Love Each as Immediate Family." SL

"Loving, like Skiing, divorced from Acting, is Nothing." SL
"Love is that which cannot remain passive in the face of suffering." Teresa of Calcutta paraphrase.

"Love EQUALS Life." SL

Your Loving brother forever, no matter what,

Start Loving

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"Technically: Violence = Non-Loving; Non-Violence = Loving." SL

"What does non-violence mean?
Uh, the love of mother for her child."
Gandhi paraphrase with liberties taken

Octogenarian DC school teacher jailed for protecting Humanitarian prisoned in Guantanimo since 2002

Re: Octogenarian DC school teacher jailed for protecting Humanitarian prisoned in Guantanimo since 2002

On January 25, 2010, Judge Lynn Liebovitz sentenced noted anti-war activist Eve Tetaz to 25 days in D.C. Jail (beginning today), another 50 days suspended, one year probation with a stay away order from all of Capitol Hill. More details and Eve's contact information will be forthcoming. Below is the sentencing statement Eve made today in court. An article about Eve by WASHINGTON POST reporter Keith Alexander will appear as a feature story within a few days.

Sentencing Statement, January 25, 2010:

Your honor, I do not question the process by which a jury of my peers found me guilty of unlawful conduct. I assume responsibility for the personal costs of my actions, which I firmly believe promote justice ad peace in the world in which we all live.

My efforts to give voice to the values which I believe are at the core of our country's leadership in world are nonviolent. I believe that nonviolent protest against government policies is, has been and will continue, to be the only authentic form of individual political action. Such action on the part of individuals does change the course of human history.

History speaks of the power of nonviolent protest that has changed the face of our social landscape in ways we now take for granted -- the civil rights movement being only the most recent example in the history of our country. Martin Luther King was right when he paraphrased the words of Theodore Parker spoken more than 150 years ago -- the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

This truth is not readily apparent -- indeed does not exist -- without the actions of individuals who are responsive to the needs of the oppressed, and recognize the trends of history.

I will continue to participate in the movement of our civilization that is committed to building structures of social justice that are rooted in peace among the nations and the citizens of the world. The 19th Century poet, Emma Wilcox said that to sin by silence is to make cowards of us all. This is the cause that is my life. This is why I am present in court today representing the victims of America's wrong doings, people such as Adel Fattough Ali Al Gazzari, an Egyptian, wounded in Afghanistan while serving with the Red Crescent Society, sold for bounty to the Americans, and detained at Guantanamo Bay since December 2002. This is why I cannot remain silent.

Thank you.

1.25.2010

"[Love] unto others as you would have them [Love] unto you." CJ (as translated by SL)

"The Golden Rule is about Motive (Universal Love) NOT behavior." SL

"[Love] unto others as you would
have them [Love] unto you." CJ (as translated by SL)

"Why Jesus remained silent: He would not aid and abet his sibling's violence on him." SL

"Why Jesus remained silent:
He would not aid and abet his sibling's violence on him." SL

"Violence: Neglecting our Duty to Love Each as Immediate Family." SL

PR. OBAMA IS OUR CEO - please seriously ponder that thought.

Subj: PR. OBAMA IS OUR CEO - please seriously ponder that thought.

Many of us work or have worked in an employer situation, that is, within
an organization that provided a means of support to us, right? Well, in
such situations, we may or may not like everything the CEO does, but we
remain loyal, because we know that if the CEO fails, we are screwed.
Right? AND WE DON'T GO LOOKING FOR, AND FOLLOWING OTHER CEO'S.
RIGHT?!?!?!!? Yet that is EXACTLY what most of us are doing with regard
to CEO Obama. If he fails, if his agenda (our agenda) fails, we are
PERMANENTLY screwed. But don't we spend 90% of our time, NOT DOING
OUR JOB WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, but rather playing as, or subscribing
to other pretend CEOs (pundits, writers, HuffPost, BuzzFlash, Olbermann,
Stewart, etc, etc)???????? Yes, we do.

We, our children, our children's children are being warred on by the Rethug
Fascist hoards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you aren't fighting with all
you've got ALONGSIDE PR. OBAMA - WE'RE SCREWED.

Please view and share this vid >>>>>>>>>>>>
Pr. Obama on Middle Class (2) Task Force Report 12 Month Report

Get to work pls on barackobama.com

Your brother,

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1.24.2010

"For ourselves we act.; for others we pray. Reverse that, or we're toast." SL

"For ourselves we act.; for others we pray.

Reverse that, or we're toast." SL

Please pray for him. Hurry.

http://www.youtube.com//RodolfosBrother

He is one of our few great people.

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SL here. I beg your assistance. URGENT. Urgent. Help.

In 5+ years full time activism in DC this is one of only 4
true Heroes I've seen here. His life is on the line. Yesterday,
had I not helped him stabilize, he'd have been in the ER.

PLEASE view, *****, COMMENT and SHARE.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RodolfosBrother
http://www.youtube.com/user/RodolfosBrother
http://www.youtube.com/user/RodolfosBrother

Your support in this way may keep this Hero safe,
out of jail, and from deportation.

Thank you.

Your brother,

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1.22.2010

"BE WILLING TO FAIL. Be unwilling to not attempt." SL

"BE WILLING TO FAIL.
Be unwilling to not attempt,
should it cost you your life." SL

1.21.2010

God and the FoxSpews-Republicans (DON'T MISS!!!)

http://salemsage.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/21/3786471-republican-jesus

1.19.2010

How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr. -by Melissa Harris-Lacewell

How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr. -by Melissa Harris-Lacewell

The Wise built on Rock, NOT SAND. The LEFT is Sand. The RIGHT's the Devil. Hmmm.

I, Start, remain a fool, but, hmmm, I'm learning, sooooooo slowly.

Einstein was a man. Jesus was a man. Einstein was our guru to date of macro physics.
Jesus is our Einstein to date of how to Live, individually, and collectively. His teaching?
"Love as I have loved... laying down my life for the least of these Our Family."

Jesus said, "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be
like a wise man who built his house on rock.. the rains fell, the flood came, the
wind blew... But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone
who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who
built his house on sand." Matthew

This scripture is RINGING through my head this morning after the agony of last night's
clarity: "SL here. Friends, I am quite shattered"
http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2010/01/sl-here-friends-i-am-quite-shattered.html

The Wise built on Rock, NOT SAND. The Left is Sand. The Right's the Devil. Hmmm.

ROCK: Pr. Obama is rock. Much of the Dem. Senate and House Leadership is rock. Much of
BarackObama.com, the roots associated with that is rock. Rock is the good, simple folk
that do what is right, no matter what. THEY ARE DOERS, GIVERS, NOT TALKERS, TAKERS.

SAND: The Left. THE LEFT ARE TALKERS, and Takers.

RAIN, FLOOD, WINDS: The Right. THE RIGHT ARE TAKERS.

I just don't know what hope there is for the mass of Humanity. I've been trying to leave
that in Our Father's hands (the Unseen Wisdom we can feel, but not control), but I haven't
helped myself from focusing on Saving EVERYONE, NOW!

It is time to refine my focus. Screw the Left - they are worse than worthless - they waste
our time, they KILL our time. I must respect the DEADLINESS of the Right. I must Focus A. on being
Good, Incarnating Good, Inspiring Good; B. WORK WITH THE GOOD - COME WHAT MAY.

I stand with Pr. Obama - come what may. I stand with BarackObama.com as long as they
remain Faithful. I pray that Good people and I find each other and unite as an ever growing
force for Good - come what may. I will fight on, hopefully, a tiny bit wiser, smarter.

Where will this lead? How far? How fast? God, the great unseen wisdom, knows.

Screw the Left.

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1.18.2010

SL here. Friends, I am quite shattered

USA:

U nbelievably
S uicidal
A ddicts

At noon the race in Mass. was tied. Tonight the Nazi Goon Squad
is ahead 9 points.

So after 30-40 years of Rethug-Nazi-Fascist Rape and Plunder of
the middle class Mass. is handing them MASSIVE power - the power
to FULLY BLOCK EVERYTHING IN THE SENATE - GUARANTEED TOTAL
GRIDLOCK FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND WITH VIRTUAL CERTAINTY, THE
NEXT 3 YEARS. PR. OBAMA'S TERM IS OVER.

(Not to mention - I didn't in the opening paragraphs mention
exploitation of the poor - yes NOT TO MENTION - Left and Right ROOTS
never do more than throw token crumbs at the poor; excepting FDR.)

This is mind-boggling.

What is the reason:

1. The right is correct - the Left in this country ARE LOSERS. Whether
or not their nice, interesting "Ideals" are implemented is immaterial.
Win or lose those "ideals" can be TALKED about, and TALKING is all
the Left cares about. Period. They can TALK if they win, they can
TALK if they lose - what's the big deal? I wish to God I were kidding.

2. The Right OWNS THEIR MEDIA, the Left has none. Huh? What
about FDL.com, BuzzFlash.com, DemocracyNow.org, New York Times...
As I said, the Right OWNS their media - and they pay it to advance
an agenda. The LEFT Media is part of the Left roots - all they value
is TALKING. Advance an agenda? Huh? TALKING IS THE AGENDA.
Keeping themselves alive is the agenda. Losing elections fuels that
it doesn't threaten it! Perfect!

3. THE LEFT ROOTS ARE INCAPABLE OF GOVERNING - The Right is utterly
correct in this. There are two modes for the Left: A. sullen acquiescence
and this mode tends to last decades; and B. Brief revolt, and as we've
seen, that lasts about 1 election - NOT ONE TERM, BUT ONE ELECTION.
If the Left roots had risen to the level of discipline, sacrifice, commitment
and courage we've seen of the Left LEADERSHIP in DC - House, Senate, White
House - we'd be easily winning Mass. today.

With Climate Change Legislation, Financial Regulatory Reform,
Education Reform, Healthcare Reform, Saving the US Economy all
on Emergency Life Support already - you / we just signed our children's
death warrant - not to mention that for billions on the planet.

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ps: I don't need anyone to make me feel better. I DON'T WANT TO FEEL BETTER.
I WANT AND NEED TO KEEP FACING THE TRUTH, THAT I MIGHT DO WHAT I CAN
TO CHANGE IT.