Thursday, December 28, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For December 27, 2006
Peace Plans
We are proud to be part of a movement for justice and peace which is ever more united and more effective. In spite of the propaganda of commercial media and the misinformation of government, our quest is being accepted by a majority while the administration babbles on with its irrational and extremely dangerous drivel.
The focus for January of 2007 will be Washington, D.C.. There are so many actions that it is difficult to list them all. Here are a few:
* Gold Star Families for Peace and Code Pink will have a Walk for Peace campaign in the halls of Congress on January 3rd and 4th. This citizen's lobby will also be conducted at local congressional offices throughout the country.
* United for Peace and Justice in collaboration with many other organizations will conduct a major march in Washington, D.C. on January 27th.
The Occupation Project conducted by Voices for Creative Non-Violence calls upon Representatives and Senators to publicly pledge to vote against the supplemental spending bill, which will be submitted to Congress in early 2007. Civil disobedience will begin on February 5th in the offices of legislators who do not make a public pledge to vote against the supplemental war funding bill. Civil disobedience actions will continue through the month of March.
* March 17, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon and the fourth anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, The Answer Coalition is inviting people from all over the country to once again descend on the Pentagon demanding U.S. Out of Iraq Now.
All of these national events will have local representation.
* Arlington West Memorial. Each Sunday since February 15, 2004, a memorial is erected in the sand just north of the pier at Santa Monica Beach by the local chapter of Veterans for Peace to acknowledge the human cost and consequences of war. Similar memorials are conducted in Santa Barbara and other sites.
More complete information on these projects will be found on the website
We may have started small but currently the movement for justice and peace represents the majority of United States citizens.
May 2007 be the year of justice and peace!
We are proud to be part of a movement for justice and peace which is ever more united and more effective. In spite of the propaganda of commercial media and the misinformation of government, our quest is being accepted by a majority while the administration babbles on with its irrational and extremely dangerous drivel.
The focus for January of 2007 will be Washington, D.C.. There are so many actions that it is difficult to list them all. Here are a few:
* Gold Star Families for Peace and Code Pink will have a Walk for Peace campaign in the halls of Congress on January 3rd and 4th. This citizen's lobby will also be conducted at local congressional offices throughout the country.
* United for Peace and Justice in collaboration with many other organizations will conduct a major march in Washington, D.C. on January 27th.
The Occupation Project conducted by Voices for Creative Non-Violence calls upon Representatives and Senators to publicly pledge to vote against the supplemental spending bill, which will be submitted to Congress in early 2007. Civil disobedience will begin on February 5th in the offices of legislators who do not make a public pledge to vote against the supplemental war funding bill. Civil disobedience actions will continue through the month of March.
* March 17, 2007 on the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon and the fourth anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, The Answer Coalition is inviting people from all over the country to once again descend on the Pentagon demanding U.S. Out of Iraq Now.
All of these national events will have local representation.
* Arlington West Memorial. Each Sunday since February 15, 2004, a memorial is erected in the sand just north of the pier at Santa Monica Beach by the local chapter of Veterans for Peace to acknowledge the human cost and consequences of war. Similar memorials are conducted in Santa Barbara and other sites.
More complete information on these projects will be found on the website
We may have started small but currently the movement for justice and peace represents the majority of United States citizens.
May 2007 be the year of justice and peace!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For December 20, 2006
Wise Men From the East
The puppet rulers within empire know where their bread is buttered and they know exactly whom they can kill with impunity. The masters in Washington say, "OK to use cluster bombs in Lebanon and the bombs fall in Lebanon and continue to tear the heads off of children long after the initial assault." And such was the case with King Herod. Imperial Rome had made it clear to him that he could kill within his jurisdiction especially if it would increase fear which is the glue holding empire together.
So Herod entertained the Wise Men from what are now called Iraq and Iran and Syria and eagerly urged them to let him know the exact location of this anti-imperialist King who was born in Bethlehem. When Herod realized that the Wise Men were on to him and had rejected his request, he ordered that every child in Bethlehem under the age of two be massacred.
The parents of the Jesus were warned by an angel that their infant son was in extreme danger so they left Bethlehem in haste and entered Egypt without papers. And there they stayed until Herod dropped dead, which may have been the most constructive act of his life.
And today the emperor residing in the United States considers the head of state in Lebanon as an ally after authorizing a blitzkrieg on that land. And the emperor in the US is surprised that for some reason, most of the people in Lebanon are not pleased with their head of state. Such ingratitude!
And similarly Bush is not happy with his selected leader in Iraq so he is going to send in more U.S. troops to fight the Sadr Militia, which is simply another segment of the same Islamic sect which Bush has been supporting. Nothing could be more counterproductive.
It would also help if some Wise Men explained to Bush that the so-called sectarian attacks conducted by people dressed as Iraqi troops and Iraqi police were quite simply Iraqi troops and Iraqi police.
So what does this all demonstrate? That imperial leadership and its surrogate puppets quickly develop a serious political psychosis; we might call it sociopathic necrophilia.
This illness is indicated by a lack of concern for others be they friend or foe together with a fixation on killing. The only reality for these sickos is their own power and that power is limited by their own tenuous hold on life. Fear of losing their own life and their own power leads them to take life from as many others as possible.
Mr. Bush please step down before you destroy all life on the planet. Caesar did not have a nuclear button in his hand but unfortunately, you do.
The puppet rulers within empire know where their bread is buttered and they know exactly whom they can kill with impunity. The masters in Washington say, "OK to use cluster bombs in Lebanon and the bombs fall in Lebanon and continue to tear the heads off of children long after the initial assault." And such was the case with King Herod. Imperial Rome had made it clear to him that he could kill within his jurisdiction especially if it would increase fear which is the glue holding empire together.
So Herod entertained the Wise Men from what are now called Iraq and Iran and Syria and eagerly urged them to let him know the exact location of this anti-imperialist King who was born in Bethlehem. When Herod realized that the Wise Men were on to him and had rejected his request, he ordered that every child in Bethlehem under the age of two be massacred.
The parents of the Jesus were warned by an angel that their infant son was in extreme danger so they left Bethlehem in haste and entered Egypt without papers. And there they stayed until Herod dropped dead, which may have been the most constructive act of his life.
And today the emperor residing in the United States considers the head of state in Lebanon as an ally after authorizing a blitzkrieg on that land. And the emperor in the US is surprised that for some reason, most of the people in Lebanon are not pleased with their head of state. Such ingratitude!
And similarly Bush is not happy with his selected leader in Iraq so he is going to send in more U.S. troops to fight the Sadr Militia, which is simply another segment of the same Islamic sect which Bush has been supporting. Nothing could be more counterproductive.
It would also help if some Wise Men explained to Bush that the so-called sectarian attacks conducted by people dressed as Iraqi troops and Iraqi police were quite simply Iraqi troops and Iraqi police.
So what does this all demonstrate? That imperial leadership and its surrogate puppets quickly develop a serious political psychosis; we might call it sociopathic necrophilia.
This illness is indicated by a lack of concern for others be they friend or foe together with a fixation on killing. The only reality for these sickos is their own power and that power is limited by their own tenuous hold on life. Fear of losing their own life and their own power leads them to take life from as many others as possible.
Mr. Bush please step down before you destroy all life on the planet. Caesar did not have a nuclear button in his hand but unfortunately, you do.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Pacifica Commentary for November 29, 2006
Out Now
Michael Moore helps us to understand why "Cut and Run" is the only brave thing to do.
Here are a few of his thoughts:
We have now been in Iraq longer than we were in all of World War II. That's right. We were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad.
Let's listen to what the Iraqi people are saying, according to a recent poll conducted by the
University of Maryland:
** 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq.
** 61% of all Iraqis SUPPORT insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
So I don't want to hear another word about sending more troops (wake up, America, John McCain is bonkers), or "redeploying" them, or waiting four months to begin the "phase-out." There is only one solution and it is this: Leave. Now. Start tonight. Get out of there as fast as we can.
If you invade and destroy a country, plunging it into a civil war, there isn't much you can do 'til the smoke settles and blood is mopped up. Then maybe you can atone for the atrocity you have committed and help the living come back to a better life.
The responsibility to end this war now falls upon the Democrats. Congress controls the purse strings. Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi now hold the power to put an end to this madness. Failure to do so will bring the wrath of the voters. We will fight you harder than we did the Republicans.
This is what we demand:
1. Bring the troops home now. Not six months from now. NOW. Quit looking for a way to win. We can't win. We've lost.
2. Apologize to our soldiers and make amends. Tell them we are sorry they were used to fight a war that had NOTHING to do with our national security. We must commit to taking care of them so that they suffer as little as possible. The mentally and physically maimed must get the best care and significant financial compensation. The families of the deceased deserve the biggest apology and they must be taken care of for the rest of their lives.
3. We must atone for the atrocity we have perpetuated on the people of Iraq. There are few evils worse than waging a war based on a lie, invading another country because you want what they have buried under the ground.
If you pay taxes, you have contributed to the three billion dollars a week now being spent to drive Iraq into the hellhole it's become. We can receive no redemption until we have atoned.
In closing, there is one final thing I know. We Americans are better than what has been done in our name. So we will accept the consequences of our actions and do our best to be there should the Iraqi people ever dare to seek our help in the future. We ask for their forgiveness.
We demand the Democrats listen to us and get out of Iraq now.
Thanks, Michael.
Michael Moore helps us to understand why "Cut and Run" is the only brave thing to do.
Here are a few of his thoughts:
We have now been in Iraq longer than we were in all of World War II. That's right. We were able to defeat all of Nazi Germany, Mussolini, and the entire Japanese empire in LESS time than it's taken the world's only superpower to secure the road from the airport to downtown Baghdad.
Let's listen to what the Iraqi people are saying, according to a recent poll conducted by the
University of Maryland:
** 71% of all Iraqis now want the U.S. out of Iraq.
** 61% of all Iraqis SUPPORT insurgent attacks on U.S. troops.
So I don't want to hear another word about sending more troops (wake up, America, John McCain is bonkers), or "redeploying" them, or waiting four months to begin the "phase-out." There is only one solution and it is this: Leave. Now. Start tonight. Get out of there as fast as we can.
If you invade and destroy a country, plunging it into a civil war, there isn't much you can do 'til the smoke settles and blood is mopped up. Then maybe you can atone for the atrocity you have committed and help the living come back to a better life.
The responsibility to end this war now falls upon the Democrats. Congress controls the purse strings. Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi now hold the power to put an end to this madness. Failure to do so will bring the wrath of the voters. We will fight you harder than we did the Republicans.
This is what we demand:
1. Bring the troops home now. Not six months from now. NOW. Quit looking for a way to win. We can't win. We've lost.
2. Apologize to our soldiers and make amends. Tell them we are sorry they were used to fight a war that had NOTHING to do with our national security. We must commit to taking care of them so that they suffer as little as possible. The mentally and physically maimed must get the best care and significant financial compensation. The families of the deceased deserve the biggest apology and they must be taken care of for the rest of their lives.
3. We must atone for the atrocity we have perpetuated on the people of Iraq. There are few evils worse than waging a war based on a lie, invading another country because you want what they have buried under the ground.
If you pay taxes, you have contributed to the three billion dollars a week now being spent to drive Iraq into the hellhole it's become. We can receive no redemption until we have atoned.
In closing, there is one final thing I know. We Americans are better than what has been done in our name. So we will accept the consequences of our actions and do our best to be there should the Iraqi people ever dare to seek our help in the future. We ask for their forgiveness.
We demand the Democrats listen to us and get out of Iraq now.
Thanks, Michael.
