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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

 

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Leaving Tomorrow A.M.

Just found out that the local Sentinel will be doing photos tomorrow morning as we take off for Crawford. They interviewed us last Friday, so watch for the 4-13-06 Wheat Ridge and/or Lakewood Sentinels for our photos (in our Bring Him Home T-shirts) and story. Hopefully, the article will make the Mile High News website. Otherwise, you'll have to get a hard copy (I'm sure that I will have a collection of them when I get home).

I am taking hundreds of copies of Chun Pan's DVD's to Crawford. Skipping in Camp Casey is film footage of Camp Casey last year, and What Democracy Looks Like is a film of the protest in D.C. last September. They are beautifully done. I alternate between goosebumps and tears when watching What Democracy Looks Like. If you would like to have a copy of either of these DVD's, contact Chun at chunpan9@yahoo.com

This Easter, Camp Casey will be about stopping the potential attack on Iran. The thought of more war makes me sick. SURELY SOMEONE in D.C. recognizes the devastation that war with Iran would bring us and the world.

THE IRAN PLANS
Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Issue of 2006-04-17
Posted 2006-04-10

The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American military and intelligence officials said that Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of targets, and teams of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran, under cover, to collect targeting data and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups. The officials say that President Bush is determined to deny the Iranian regime the opportunity to begin a pilot program, planned for this spring, to enrich uranium.

For complete article, see The New Yorker

posted by Carol at 7:39 PM


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