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There was little blood-shed in this just peace revolution. The leaders of the military are paying due respect to those who did lose their lives in this struggle. The nation is jubilant and proud of its achievement. This is a good place to start the Egyptian experiment and experience of democracy.
Democracy is a risk. Upholding the UDHR is a risk. But these are just peace risks worth taking.
Applaud the blessing for the entire nation that always comes at the end of the speech. We can all applaud the blessing that blesses us all.
Christine Taylor Green, a 9-year-old girl born on one of the most tragic days in American history, will not grow up to enjoy the blessings of liberty that her country exists to give her because one troubled young man could too easily and legally buy a semi-automatic weapon. This is simply unacceptable.
My hope of the New Year, for the new Congress, for all of us in this country is that we will practice or politics with a passionate love.
The winter solstice reminds us that every fleeting season is a Time to Love, and in so doing, we make a better world and a brighter day.
So what the fuss? In this Stevie Wonder song he sings about responsibility. Shame on us if we do not do the things we know we ought to do to make our lives, our communities and our world a better place. President Obama made a righteous compromise. If we progressive ideologues do not do our part by making a progressive case on taxes, if we do not stop harping on the president and turn our arguments against a tax philosophy that is causing unprecedented economic disparity in the society and all the maleffects that come with such disparity, then shame on us.
So, on this day after Election Day 2010, let us dream dreams and see vision because where there is no vision a people perish. Without a unifying vision, anger and fear win elections.
I perform these silent screams so that my family watching the NFL on Sundays do not call 9-1-1 thinking that I have experienced some kind of psychotic break. These debates are enough to make a body want to just hand back one’s sanity.
Lennon and St. Francis were very different, but they both understood that peace is a personal project. It is a projection, a radiation, an emanation. It is an energy that shines forth from a source and that source is each of us.