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Why Do I Write This Blog???

The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.

Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."

Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."

In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me

 

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Signs

Okay, giving my age away. Who remembers the song titled Signs? Know who sang it?

Signs - or problems with them - are the reason that Deborah Davis will not be charged???

Deborah Davis, who was arrested for refusing to show her I.D. on a City bus - see my Nov 27th post - is now NOT going to be prosecuted. Still, there will be a rally tomorrow. From her website:

A rally scheduled for this Friday morning in support of Deb's stand in favor of the Freedom to Travel will go ahead as planned. A victory ride on the route 100 RTD bus by Deb and some of her supporters will take place shortly thereafter.


Article Last Updated: 12/08/2005 03:17 AM
Federal Center ID case dropped
By Alicia Caldwell
Denver Post Staff Writer
DenverPost.com

Citing a technicality, federal authorities said today they will not prosecute a woman who refused to show identification when the public bus she was riding entered the Denver Federal Center.

Deborah Davis, a 50-year-old mother of four, had been given two misdemeanor citations in September by a Federal Protective Services officer and was set to be arraigned on Friday.

But today, a spokesman for the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office said the office would not prosecute her because of problems with the signs outside the federal compound.

Jeff Dorschner, U.S. Attorney spokesman, declined to describe the problems. While Davis and the Denver lawyer who volunteered to represent her were elated by the news, it was unclear today whether there would be any change to the policy requiring riders on bus route 100 to show ID before the bus enters the federal campus in Lakewood.

posted by Carol at 3:43 PM

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