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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

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Another Story of Violence For Profits

AP Photo

Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden water ice.

"I think that people are apprehensive about it because it seems violent or crude, but it's very economical," said Tony Colaprete, the principal investigator for the mission at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

As long as it's economical...

Labels: Moon, priorities

posted by Carol at 3:31 PM 5 comments

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Protecting You From Terrorism

OTTAWA - An American peace activist denied entry into Canada earlier this month is being detained at Ottawa airport.

Retired U.S. Army Col. Ann Wright was to speak at an antiwar news conference with New Democrat MPs on Parliament Hill today.

But while other passengers passed through Customs, Wright was held back.

She was to have been accompanied on the trip by fellow activist Medea Benjamin, but Benjamin was arrested and jailed Wednesday during a protest in Washington.

Wright and Benjamin were refused entry at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., earlier this month because their names are on an FBI crime database.

The women say they shouldn't be on the database - which is supposed to inform border officials about serious crimes - and that the FBI hasn't explained why they're on it.

The pair suspect it's because they have been arrested at peaceful protests against the war in Iraq.

2007 The Canadian Press

Medea Benjamin wasn't able to go to Canada, because she was arrested (a little violently?) yesterday in congress while she sat in the audience. You can watch the video here.

Thank God that Canada (with the help of U.S.) is helping the world stay safe from terrorism!

Labels: Ann Wright, Medea Benjamin, priorities

posted by Carol at 5:35 PM 2 comments

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