A very sad picture about our very sad past.

A very sad picture about our
very sad past.

When I search the news each day, certain articles stand out and seem to beg BLOG ME and pass Me around. Today it wasn't an article but a picture that called out from our sorry past.

A newly discovered photo was found of two little boys born into slavery. If you weren’t aware that they were slaves you might have concluded that their expressions of bewilderment and sadness, was because they were playing happily and some relative ordered them to sit on a barrel to get their picture taken for the family album. But realizing they were slaves, compels you to scream out and try to reach into the past to hold them and snatch them from the harmful clutches of the greedy who saw these children as only price-tagged goods on a slave block with $$$ visions of how much they might fetch. A picture to be circulated as FOR SALE!

I called this OUR SORRY PAST but it is much worse than that, it was more like an American nightmare. A frightening fact that blots our history with repulsive cruelty so sickening that you wished it could somehow just vanish like it never existed.

It should not have ever happened but it did and we should not repress it. Its existence should be aired and acknowledged as long as human beings can still breathe. The human race is plagued with a terrible malady called greed. It should have been somewhat evolved from our being but instead it has become stronger. The only tool we have to combat this human failing is the ability to broadcast and announce GREED as a sin. Expose it where ever it permeates and not ever allow it to be repressed and go into hiding. thinkingblue
Rare photo of slave children found in NC attic - AP

An undated rare photo provided by Keya Morgan, found in a...

North Carolina attic, depicts two slave children, art
historians say. In April, the photo wa AP – An undated
rare photo provided by Keya Morgan, found in a North Carolina
attic, depicts two slave children, …

* Rare photo of slave children found in N.C. attic
Slideshow:Rare photo of slave children found in N.C. attic

By NICOLE NORFLEET, Associated Press Writer Nicole Norfleet,
Associated Press Writer – Thu Jun 10, 4:22 pm ET

RALEIGH, N.C. – A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a
North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John,
barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next
to another unidentified young boy.

Art historians believe it's an extremely rare Civil War-era
photograph of children who were either slaves at the time or
recently emancipated.

The photo, which may have been taken in the early 1860s, was
a testament to a dark part of American history, said Will
Stapp, a photographic historian and founding curator of the
National Portrait Gallery's photographs department at the
Smithsonian Institution.

"It's a very difficult and poignant piece of American
history," he said. "What you are looking at when
you look at this photo are two boys who were victims of that history."

In April, the photo was found at a moving sale in Charlotte,
accompanied by a document detailing the sale of John for
$1,150, not a small sum in 1854.

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Below is a comment that I found attached to the above article... TALK ABOUT SICKENING! thinkingblue

If I were black today, I would thank the Lord that
my ancesters were part of the slavery in America. The reason is
simple, had my ancesters not been transported to America and put
into slavery, I might be part of the Africa that for a large part
has its own problems today. Believe me, they are much worse than
what life I have potential for in the U.S. Now, I just need to
figure out that it is up to me to make my life what I would like
it to be. I was born free in the US and it is simply up to me to
do what it takes to be a success in whatever I want to do as an
adult. Unfortunately, for some reason I am basically a bit lazy
and want the easy way out. Its not the white races that keep me
down, it is me that keeps me down. I also understand that I have
a genetic base for not having the ability to be analytical, but
thanks to cross breeding with whites over the centuries, many of
us have the ability to be analytical and get ahead in todays
world. So, bottom line, I would be happy to be black in the U.S.
and not in Agrica. (Comment From Mr. Dismay, One Sick
Puppy)



My Reply:

When I read this twisted trite, I wanted to reply but I thought how can ANYONE respond to this unworldly individual’s depravity? I hope Mr. Dismay is trying to pull our leg just to see how many of us, who use our brain to THINK, will get steaming mad at his "Simple" wording and put forth a tirade of heated denunciations, aimed at his bigotry, in a comment. Well, if Dismay is for real he/she need only one word as a rebuttal to his/her convoluted thought patterns and that word is RACIST (to the highest degree). Please Mr. Dismay, do us all a favor and hide your debased thoughts from the rest of us, life is tough enough. OK? thinkingblue

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question time" (of our
political leaders) HERE..
We really need more dialog from those at the top... The
Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind
"NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!

"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."thinkingblue

The heck with the war, it's all about penises!

GRIT TV - F WORD

To heck with the war. It's becoming a story about egos. Or more precisely, as one
commentator put it recently, “By focusing on
McChrystal’s supposed challenge to Obama’s
manhood—the press is turning a story about policy into a story about penises.”

GRIT TV McCHRYSTAL AND THE MEDIA V. OBAMA

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Don't Allow Corporations To Decide American Elections!

Don't Allow Corporations To Decide American Elections!

When Roberts and his merry band of judges, were deciding the fate of America in the Citizens United v. FEC case,

Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment. The 5–4 decision resulted from a dispute over whether the non-profit corporation Citizens United could air via video on demand a critical film about Hillary Clinton, and whether the group could advertise the film in broadcast ads featuring Clinton's image, in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act.

I felt as though it would never come to pass; Corporations to be treated as though they were people, how could this be? Every media outlet that I had viewed said it was very likely to be a 5 to 4 decision in favor of Corporations. NO WAY! I still refused to believe that the 5 accomplished Supreme Court judges could ever vote against The People even with bearing in mind, that they were of the "Conservative Persuasion".

(In my opinion, a system of beliefs, that advocate, Flesh and Blood People insignificant when making laws).

Live and learn, that’s what happened to me on January 21, 2010 because it DID COME TO PASS and now we are dangerously close to an election that could be decided by Corporations, even ones overseas like BP.

Today, after receiving this email, I thought I would try to do a small part in undoing such an ignorant law, by blogging it around. My efforts will have seemed worth it even if only one person takes action to tell these 5 Roberts' judges that they were in the wrong and "We The People" must make it right by forcing a constitutional amendment.
Please read more about it HERE. And while you’re at it visit MOVE TO AMEND.

Thank you,thinkingblue

Two important reads:

1. Money Grubbers - The Supreme Court kills campaign finance reform.

2. Does The Roberts Court Favor Corporations Over Ordinary Citizens?

   

Dear People For Supporter,



An important new poll commissioned by People For the American Way shows that Americans of every political stripe resoundingly reject the Roberts Court's dangerous decision in Citizens United v. FEC, which opened the floodgates of unlimited corporate cash in our elections.

We should have a government of, by and for the people. The polling results show increasing concern among Americans that, in part because of the Court's decision, which equates corporations with people, we are becoming a government of, by and for the corporations. The poll also shows broad awareness that when corporations spend unlimited amounts to influence the outcome of elections, it infringes on the rights of the rest of us by drowning out the voices of the average citizen.

The Court's decision in Citizens United was so disastrous that voters overwhelmingly support a constitutional amendment to correct it.

Three-quarters of voters said that they support a constitutional
amendment to limit the amount that corporations can spend in
elections. A similar majority are more inclined to support a
candidate who has spoken out in favor of an amendment. This
support cuts across party and ideology, with majorities of
Democrats, Republicans and Independents in support of the measure.

Leading up to Election Day, People For the American Way, along
with Public Citizen and other allies, will be asking
congressional candidates to pledge to support a constitutional
amendment, and sharing that information with voters.

Here are some of the polling specifics:

• 85% of voters say that
  corporations have too much influence over the political
  system today while 93% say that average citizens have too
  little influence.


• 95% agree that "Corporations
  spend money on politics mainly to buy influence in
  government and elect people who are favorable to their
  financial interests." (74% strongly
  agree)


• 85% disagree that
  "Corporations should be able to spend as much as
  they want to influence the outcome of elections because
  the Constitution protects freedom of
  speech." (63% strongly disagree)
  


• 93% agree that "There should
  be clear limits on how much money corporations can spend
  to influence the outcome of an election." (74% strongly
  agree)


• 77% think Congress should support
  an amendment to limit the amount U.S. corporations can
  spend to influence elections.


• 74% say that they would be more
  likely to vote for a candidate for Congress who pledged
  to support a constitutional amendment limiting corporate
  spending in elections.

You can read more about the poll here. (PDF)

Thank you for your continued support of PFAW's campaign to restore Government By the People.

-- Ben Betz, Online Communications Manager

Money Grubbers - The Supreme Court kills campaign finance reform.

Does The Roberts Court Favor Corporations Over Ordinary Citizens?

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important
petition "demand question time" (of our political leaders) HERE...
We really need more dialog from those at the top... The
Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind
"NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!

"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."thinkingblue

BP's Disastrous Spill In The Gulf of Mexico - Documentary

BP's Disastrous Spill In The Gulf of Mexico - Documentary

This morning I received this video from a cyber pal... Thought it worthy of a pass around. Many people are so disgusted with what is happening between the Big Daddy Corporations and the "small people" (as BP's top executive Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg calls the working people of the Gulf 'We Care About The Small People') in the Gulf of Mexico they are putting their talents to use and creating some poignant art. This is one of the many that warrants a view. Below is the email from my friend and the video. thinkingblue

SENT TO ME BY MY NEPHEW, JOHN PAUL.

VIDEO BY A FRIEND OF JOHN'S.

IT IS EXCELLENT. An urgency in the style of Louisiana --
layin' it out there for all to see. Pass this on, please ! maddi

COMMENTS FROM MADDI'S FACEBOOK:

Pope John Paul - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA1r92DIaXQ

Madeline - EXCELLENT video. My friends will surely like this ! maddi

Pope John Paul - its scary that the dispersant is as dangerous as it is and making
people sick just think what its doing to marine life yikes!

Carolyn Ward - GREAT VIDEO! We have no idea what is happening and what will
happen next. I even dreamt about it last night, more like a
nightmare... that the “powers that be” decided the
"leak" could not be stopped and a nuclear bomb had to
be used. The world watched while the bomb was prepared and no one
knew how this would affect life. The dream ended before the bomb
was put into position or I don't remember the rest but I think
all of us have absorbed this horror story into our subconscious
and it’s relentlessly with us all the time. The worst part
being the helplessness we all feel, watching and waiting for it to end.
http://www.boston.com/science/articles/2010/06/03/nuclear_blast_option_on_oil_leak_us_says_no/

Madeline - John Paul is my nephew -- a newly minted architect and good person!
maddi

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RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important
petition "demand question time" (of our political
leaders) HERE..
We really need more dialog from those at the top... The
Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind
"NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue
to watch THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!

"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."thethinkingblue

Forward This!

Forward This!

I woke up this morning in not so good a mood. The first thing I encountered as I tried to reach for a little reality from my computer was some stupid religious forward... I WAS NOT IN A VERY TOLERABLE FRAME OF MIND, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS KIND OF NONSENSE (which looks BTW, oh so innocent). So I decided to vociferate once and for all, about how stupid and sad it is to circulate this pathetic stuff around like so much magic dust; luring the unsuspected into the Republican plan to take America Down.

It infuriates me when I realize how the Republican's master plan works. They embrace the naive who fear life and especially DEATH and tell all the Palin-esque, gullibles of this group that they (The Republican heroes) will protect them. And while they are, proselytizing and indoctrinating (schmoozing and wooing) their flock in to the Neo-Conservative Republican movement, they're busy planning their next "Corporate" maneuver of our (we the people's) resources.

Unfortunately, (for the rest of us) all the Republican pawns went to sleep after the Neocon crimes were committed and woke up with no memory of what they had helped to create. Now they've renamed themselves, The Tea Party and are out there trying to help the Republican Party reemerge and bleed America's strength dry! They are not going to quit until this happens or until someone stops them. thinkingblue

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First,HERE IS THE SILLY FORWARD.

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AND MY "RANT"
RESPONSE!

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question
time" (of our political leaders) HERE...
We really need more dialog from those at the top... The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO"
any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch

THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!


"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."thinkingblue

Jesus Burns To The Ground But Don't Worry...

he was only made from plastic & foam as opposed to the real one made from smoke & mirrors.

Jesus made of plastic and foam… it kinda says it all. I just commented on Teresa’s remarks on the facebook LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY …

(Which falls into the Jesus, Plastic & Foam category. )

“Kucinich believed in aliens for God sake. He thought the aliens were going to take over. I think the public just doesnt elect people the right way. You dont listen to them.You elect them becuz oh hes so good looking,he likes the same things I do. We elect are Representatives and Senators and then say they are no good when they dont do what we want.” TeresaP.

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“Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said he saw a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). 14% of Americans claim the same.

Why do people think it crazy to believe there may be life in this or some other galaxy in the universe, especially when there are likely over a 100 billion galaxies, each containing billions of stars? Yet it is perfectly OK and absolutely normal to believe in an Invisible Old Man in the sky who is a master magician. BTHOM! (Some material from this SITE)

I agree elections are like turkey shoots most have no idea who they are voting for and a majority are likely to only pull the lever on the one that fits their brainwashed ideology of “R” or “D”. It's sad but that is one of the disadvantages of living in an open democracy, ruled by BIG MONEY.”
thinkingblue.

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question
time" (of our political leaders) HERE...

We really need more dialog from those at the top...

The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide behind "NO"
any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch
THE THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!


"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."

thinkingblue

More on the Rise of the New Right Wing

Chris Matthews' "The Rise Of The New Right-Wing

I blogged about the Chris Mathews' Rise of the New Right-Wing documentary on Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/17/93916/0146

Here's a reply from a dailykos blogger Templar: "I remember when Goldwater was running around saying the same BS (I was in college at the time). The voters gave Johnson the greatest landslide since FDR. Relax - the more these cretins say - the more votes they lose. How many senior citizens will vote for someone who wants to take away their social security? How many young people
will support someone who wants to repeal the expanded health care law? How many minorities will give their vote to a candidate who wants to kick them out of the local coffee shop? It's just a matter of time. Caribou Barbie has just about used up her 15 minutes of fame."



Words of encouragement for sure but are they accurate? Here's my response...

It happened before: Yes, I too remember the Goldwater vs. Johnson election of 1964 and my fellow workers at the municipal courthouse were all afraid that Goldwater had a chance. But it seems we were all a bit wiser back then in the 60's or should I say more Liberal. But after Reagan was elected (no one ever thought this joker would get into the oval office) things changed and somehow the Republicans started to debase Liberalism as though it was something to fear, worse loath. And as they say, THE REST IS HISTORY. So even though these tea bag people seem nuttier than a squirrel's turd, if enough of them hop on the Nut Bandwagon... our goose is cooked and "Critical Thinking" will become a thing of the past. Lord help us! :-(

I found this interesting "critical thinking" piece, written by a Reagan Democrat activist, over at The Daily Reflector Give it a click or read an excerpt below. thinkingblue

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This Is The Truth the Republican Party Operatives here and elsewhere Don’t Want You To Read or Know…

As many of you can see, there is a very clear agenda by the extreme right wing Republicans (not you evil “RINOs”) on these boards to silence truth and free speech. Any speech that challenges their narrow and supremacist anti-Constitutional views…well, you see they attack and castigate and try to silence such free speech by false labelings and unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations.

We’ve all seen its decadent mindset here.
It is hate-based and exemplary of the bigotry that eschews from
the extreme religious right. It’s everything the Founders
sought to protect us against when they gave us our secular Constitution.

As many of you know, I worked in the Republican
Party for a couple of decades. I’m a Reagan Democrat
activist who watched as the extreme “religious right”
absconded with the once-great Party of Reagan and turned it into
the anti-Constitutional Theocracy party that it has become. It
has a clearly stated agenda to overthrow our Constitution by all
means “…whatever the costs.” and to replace it and
our American values of free speech and speech with their narrow
and extreme religious dictates. It’s why the evangelical
Christian militias were gonna kill police officers and then
murder their families, women and children and relatives and
friends…potentially hundreds of families in a parade…as
some precursory match-stick to ignite an even larger evangelical
Christian militia uprising to overthrow our Government and
Constitution and replace it with their narrow evangelical
biblical interpretations…

“…whatever the cost.” It’s Machiavellian.

If you believe anything the RepubliKlanists say...you're just about as stupid as they believe you are!

- Proud to be Liberal. I stand w/our Founders' secular vision: equality for all “regardless" of the racial, religious or ethnic bigotries of the few.

MORE AT THE DAILY REFLECTOR

Back to CHRIS MATTHEWS “THE RISE OF THE NEW RIGHT-WING”

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question time"

(of our political leaders) HERE...

We really need more dialog from those at the top...

The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide
behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads,
while we continue to watch THE

THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!



"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."
thinkingblue

The Rise Of The New Right Wing by Chris Matthews

CHRIS MATTHEWS “THE
RISE OF THE NEW RIGHT-WING”

I don't know about you but as, I watch this documentary, (below) it makes me ill. Not because of the contents, I think Matthews and his crew did a great job but because it made me realize just how many immature and easily persuadable people live amongst us. Watching the so called leaders of this New Right-wing spew forth their incongruities and misconceptions while giving the impression that they are actually encouraging their sycophants to get angry enough to commit crimes, makes you cringe with disgust. What are these people searching for? Why don’t they understand that what they demand makes no sense at all?

No Government in our lives they shout. No oversights, they bellow. Then when things aren't going their way, they take to the streets and yell “We want the government to put a stop to reproduction choice! We want the government to make Big Oil pay (yeah right, for its failures due to no oversights)! We want the government to step in and make sure that certain civil rights never become law. (Not every civil right, just those we deem intolerable like Homosexuals being allowed the right to marry or Gays having the right to serve openly in the military).” What a bunch of naïve hypocrites! If they are able to gather enough strength and become powerful, America will once again, in the eyes of the world, become the buffoon it was during the Dubya years. thinkingblue

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR

PART FIVE

PART SIX

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question
time" (of our political leaders) HERE...

We really need more dialog from those at the top...

The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide
behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE

THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!



"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."
thinkingblue

The Peaceless Human Condition

Below is an exchange between a Libertarian Friend and my Liberal self.
thinkingblue

Friend, I have an idea that we are close in our ideas on this one, too. What do you think? Friend

TEN Facts about Israel’s Massacre against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

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Hi Friend, If you say it's sad and hopeless, then we can agree. Why? Because human beings lack empathy (especially in large groups). People just can't get it through their thick skulls that we are all the same. They continuously form groups of like-minded (especially in hate) so they can stick together while disparaging (and trying to destroy) those who are different from themselves. (Whether the difference be in thought or appearance.)

When one group is so demoralized (as were the Jews in Nazi Germany) and they are determined not to ever allow this to happen again... For some strange reason, in their grand efforts to not be victims, they become the bullies who brutalized them in the first place. (Remember the Stanford Prison Experiment.)

The flotilla attack was despicable but deep inside myself I can somewhat understand Israel's overkill tactics (although I believe it illogical). They fear attacks from the lands bordering their own to such a degree that almost everything is conceived as some sort of threat. Their fears keep them in bondage and force them to become ruthless. It's like a vicious circle... the more they act upon their fears the more fear they generate. That's the hopeless part.

Maybe someday in the far, far future, human beings will evolve into a more peace-like creature but don't hold your breath, I believe we humans will suffer a great deal, mostly at our own hands and we may even push our species to extinction. (If global warming doesn't beat us to it.)

Do I sound pessimistic? When it comes to human existence, you bet I am.
Thanks,
Your Friend

thinkingblue

PS: A Liberal friend of mine just brought the below article and video to my attention. It recapitulates to me, that for the most part, we humans have a long way to go to become peace like.

Irish-American Ken O'Keefe Recounts His Experience On The Mavi Marmara And In Israeli Detention

I have for many years understood that we, people of
conscience, are the true holders of power in this world.
Frustratingly however we have largely relinquished that power and
failed to reach our full potential. Our potential to create a
better world, a just world. Nonetheless I have conspired with
others of like mind to reveal and exercise our true power. In
2002 I initiated the TJP Human Shield Action to Iraq because I
knew that the invasion of Iraq had been planned well in advance,
that it was part of a 'Global Spectrum Dominance' agenda as laid
out by the Project For A New American Century.

I knew that protests had no chance of stopping the invasion, and
that largely these protests were just a way of making us feel
better about the coming mass murder; by being able to say I
protested against it. With that understanding I argued that the
only viable way to stop the invasion was to conduct a mass
migration to Iraq. A migration in which people from around the
world, especially western citizens, would position themselves at
sites in Iraq that are supposed to be protected by international
law, but which are routinely bombed when it is only Iraqi,
Palestinian, generally non-white, western lives who will be
killed. I felt 10,000 such people could stop the invasion, or at
the very least, expose the invasion for what it was from the
start, an act of international aggression, a war crime and a
crime against humanity.

When our two double-decker buses travelled from London to Baghdad
through Turkey, it was ever clear that the people of Turkey also
could sense the power of this act, and they were the biggest
participants in it. In the end we did not get the numbers
required to stop the war, with at least one million Iraqi's dead
as a result, but I remain convinced that it was within our power
to prevent the invasion. A massive opportunity lost as far as I am concerned.

In 2007 I joined the Free Gaza Movement with its plan to
challenge the blockade of Gaza by travelling to Gaza by sea. From
the moment I heard of the plan I knew it could succeed and
ultimately I served as a captain on the first attempt. The
Israeli government said throughout our preparation that we were
no better than pirates and they would treat us as such. They made
clear we would not reach Gaza. And still I knew we could succeed.
And we did. Two boats with 46 passengers from various countries
managed to sail into Gaza on August 23, 2010; this was the first
time this had been done in 41 years. The truth is the blockade of
Gaza is far more than three years old, and yet we, a small group
of conscientious people defied the Israeli machine and celebrated
with tens of thousands of Gazans when we arrived that day. We
proved that it could be done. We proved that an intelligent plan,
with skilled manipulation of the media, could render the full
might of the Israeli Navy useless. And I knew then that this was
only the tip of the iceberg.

So participating in the Freedom Flotilla is like a family reunion
to me. It is my long lost family whose conscience is their guide,
who have shed the fear, who act with humanity. But I was
especially proud to join IHH and the Turkish elements of the
flotilla. I deeply admire the strength and character of the
Turkish people, despite your history having stains of injustice,
like every nation, you are today from citizen to Prime Minister
among the leaders in the cause of humanity and justice.

MORE HERE

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question time"

(of our political leaders) HERE...

We really need more dialog from those at the top...

The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide
behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads, while we continue to watch THE

THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!



"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."

thinkingblue

The Empathetic Civilization

The Empathetic Civilization

EMPATHY

At dictionary.com empathy is defined thus:

EMPATHY - noun

1.the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

If this is so, then why doesn't the conservative/libertarian movement have empathy towards others outside of their TEA PARTY CIRCLE? If we are to survive as a species, a planet, we need to view other people, other living things, other material outside our realm of knowledge as one. Everything, we can see, touch, feel or haven't a clue about has been formed out of a single particle (massless or mass - A quintessential question, What came first the chicken or the egg? ;-)) and should be judged as part of ourselves. Until we can feel that the whole of Earth and everything inside or outside of it, has elements of the same, we will be doomed to go through our tiny existence without displaying actual empathy that we, as intellectual living matter, are privy to, and that is SAD! thinkingblue

RNC Document Mocks Donors, Plays on 'Fear'

Watch Thom Hartmann on Freespeech TV

New Robes For SCOTUS

Please sign this very important petition "demand question time"
(of our political leaders) HERE...

We really need more dialog from those at the top...
The Republicans have got to be made to realize they can't hide
behind "NO" any longer! thinkingblue

MOVE TO AMEND

Let's keep our heads,
while we continue to watch THE

THEATER OF THE ABSURD!!!



"A SEARCH FOR TRUTH WILL FIND INJUSTICE."
thinkingblue