tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142226992024-03-07T03:43:30.028-05:00Peace HugsKate Anne, communikating on multi-levels -- personal and political, as well as for peace, justice and nonviolenceKate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-7889780088351726472017-02-20T13:38:00.000-05:002017-02-21T18:16:10.822-05:00No Peace Yet, Just #45, and on why NOT to "work together"<br />
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I haven't written in way too long and it is high time because it is 2017 and we still don't have Peace. Instead we have #45. I don't like to say his name, I am writing about the person currently in the White House some of the time since January 2017 who I doubt will bring peace because such people like to be war presidents so they can get a second term. I want to post something to have it available because #45 will probably try to take away net neutrality because it will threaten him too and THIS is a Facebook post which is making the rounds and deserves permanent homes to remind people of the threat which #45 poses:<br />
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<b>This is where I stand.</b><br />
To me, FB is a useful vehicle for passion and activism. I believe that our 45th President, his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to the 99% of Americans WHO ARE NOT MILLIONAIRES OR BILLIONAIRES. Some people are saying that we should give #45 a chance, that we should "work together" because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:<br />
•I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years.<br />
•I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.<br />
•I will not "work together" to build a wall.<br />
•I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.<br />
•I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries.<br />
•I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.<br />
•I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.<br />
•I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.<br />
•I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.<br />
•I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.<br />
•I will not "work together" to remove any persons civil rights.<br />
•I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.<br />
•I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.<br />
•I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.<br />
•I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.<br />
•I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.<br />
•I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.<br />
•I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.<br />
•I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.<br />
•I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.<br />
•I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.<br />
•I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.<br />
•I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.<br />
•I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.<br />
•I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."<br />
•I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.<br />
•I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.<br />
I will not “work together” to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.<br />
•I will not "work together" with anyone that thinks its OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans.<br />
•I will not "work together" with any proposed legislation that threatens marriage equality for all.<br />
•I will not "work together" with anything or anyone that threatens the rights of LGBTQ individuals in any way.<br />
This is my line, and I am drawing it because "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" means nothing when others are sacrificed and our most important Democratic Institutions are being devalued, disrespected, attacked and undercut in the process by the holder of the highest office in our land.<br />
If you agree feel free to copy and re-post (this results in larger numbers of people seeing a post), and if you want, sign your name below ours. Also, if we have left anything out, feel free to add it to this list.<br />
Signed by and with:<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i><br />
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Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-74646565620055572422013-09-04T22:54:00.001-04:002013-09-04T22:54:44.952-04:00Tweeting a good FORusa.org blog link<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Think USA should attack Syria? Plz read: On United States Intervention in Syria! | Fellowship of Reconciliation: <a href="http://t.co/1g12Yjwoi7">http://t.co/1g12Yjwoi7</a></p>— Kate Anne (@PeaceHugs) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeaceHugs/statuses/375449054907351040">September 5, 2013</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-54141462939135601502013-09-01T08:04:00.000-04:002013-09-01T08:13:52.730-04:00Open Comment to US Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, NY 5 CD<b>President Obama</b> has given us an OUT, if we can get our congressional representatives to listen to the American people who believe in peace. The following was posted on <b>US Representative Gregory W. Meeks</b>'s Facebook page, under some MLK 50th Anniversary photos. Please say something to YOUR congress member about <b>#NoWarWithSyria</b>.<p>
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Please say NO to the President's request for confirmation of a surgical strike. A humanitarian crisis should not be addressed by compounding it. Dr. King would be appalled. Go read HIS Nobel Peace prize speech or the speech he gave at Riverside Church about Vietnam. Do not, please, allow the President to add "deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars" as "Returning violence for violence multiplies the violence." We must not multiply the evil. <b>Please listen to Martin Luther King Jr.</b> and say no to President Obama.<p>
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<b>PS</b> I live in your district by Jamaica Ave in Richmond Hill. Please represent me and the views of the majority of the US people. Think of what MLK would do and vote NO on more violence and killing to say that killing is wrong. Yes we need "appropriate action" but it is diplomatic nonviolent action, NOT more killing, that makes sense. More atrocity compounds atrocity. PERIOD. Whether Syrians are killed by chemical weapons or bombs, they are equally dead. Peace please. Thank you!!!
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<b>Pleased be moved to ACT in "the Fierce Urgency of Now"</b> to say to your own congress member, "Represent me: Say NO to more killing and violence. To follow atrocity with more atrocity makes no sense and sends no logical message."<p>
Thank you.<p>
Peace hugs,<br>
<i>Kate Anne</i><p>
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And remember to contact the <b>White House Comment Line</b> 202-456-1111 (or via 202-456-1414 if it is busy) to speak up for PEACE and a BLUE LINE for Diplomacy and Peace instead of killing more Syrians because Syrians have been killed.<br />
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No more violence leading to more violence. As <b>Michael Franti</b> said in his <b>Bomb the World</b> peace song:<br />
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<i>We can chase down all our enemies</i><br />
<i>Bring them to their knees</i><br />
<i>We can bomb the world to pieces</i><br />
<i>But we can't bomb it into peace</i></blockquote>
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Please let the President know that it takes a bigger man and country to work hard FOR PEACE.<br />
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Blessings to my NY <a href="http://forusa.org/" target="_blank"><b>Fellowship of Reconciliation</b></a> and other peace friends and family!<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i><br />
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Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-82722855442192628072012-11-11T13:29:00.000-05:002012-11-11T13:33:51.008-05:00War is a Racket - Veterans Day, EVERY Day<blockquote>
<i>War is a racket, possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.</i> ~ Major General Smedley Butler 1935</blockquote>
<b><a href="http://johnfugelsang.com/">John Fugelsang</a></b> posted the above today, the expanded "War is a racket" quotation -- for Veterans Day and true EVERY DAY. <b>Remember it: War is a racket</b>.<br />
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I posted this over at QuickTakes.org, too: Worth reminding people again and again.
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i><br />
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Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-62894397161347025132012-02-09T08:11:00.000-05:002012-02-09T08:11:04.231-05:00The Human Costs of War: A tribute to the Winter SoldierProduced by Chapter 39 Veterans for Peace [Cleveland & NE Ohio], this is powerful, graphic and eye-opening. <b>Think of it before voting for anyone talking about a war on Iran.</b> It closes with some potent thoughts:<br />
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<blockquote>"If there is a sin superior to every other, it is that of willful and offensive war." <br />
~ Thomas Paine, American Patriot<br />
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"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong: and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."<br />
~ Thomas Jefferson<br />
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"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of Hell, and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death." <br />
~ Thomas Paine<br />
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May the innocent find peace...<br />
May the dead find grace...<br />
May the wounded find healing & comfort....<br />
May the homeless find shelter...<br />
May justice find the guilty...<br />
May America find salvation and forgiveness</blockquote><br />
<iframe width="384" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GAYZHdDE49I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-38890601036535161132011-09-13T09:10:00.000-04:002011-09-13T09:10:44.280-04:00Open Letter to Zynga<i>Internet Game company <a href="http://www.zynga.com/"><b>Zynga</b></a> is dropping the classic <b>Word Twist</b> game from Facebook and my friends and I are very unhappy. As you know I don't take certain things quietly. Must speak up. I sent them this letter via the Word Twist application but now I am posting it here.</i><br />
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Dear Zynga<br />
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I am sorry to hear that you are killing <b>Word Twist</b> -- it has been simple in its interface, educational (you provided the definitions!!!), competitive (my certain circle love playing each other), mind-sharpening and FUN! It has been a quick and better version of the comic strip jumble game and we hate to see it go. Thanks for a lot of fun -- and I wish you would reconsider your decision. I don't see myself playing the other games -- they aren't Word Twist. (And my one circle member didn't enjoy your Scrabble variant [Words with Friend] which doesn't move me to trying it, even tho Alec Baldwin likes it. He's not in my Circle.)<br />
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Again, thanks. Sorry you are killing such a good game, but it has been a joy and I am grateful for that. Guess I will have less time for fun and more time for saving the world with my peace and justice activities.<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne </i>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-74043520567016722152011-09-04T09:45:00.001-04:002011-09-04T09:51:11.371-04:00No US Military Deaths in Iraq in AugustFor the first time since the Iraq invasion (March 2003), there were no reported US Military deaths in Iraq. This is good news indeed but the Yin to this Yang is what the <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/09/01/no-u-s-deaths-in-iraq-in-august.html"><b>Daily Beast</b></a> noted: August was the <b>deadliest</b> month for US deaths in Afghanistan. <br />
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There is much to do to bring peace to our planet. Have had several contacts from people interested in New York Fellowship of Reconciliation. Time to regather. Hope your summer was reviving and that you can join us in doing more peace and justice work. If you are in the NYC area, please be in touch. <br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-56546981298863677502011-06-04T19:54:00.006-04:002011-06-11T08:19:44.655-04:00Happy Birthday, SamLongtime peace and justice activist <b>Sam Oast</b> celebrated his birthday with a return trip to Union Square and dinner at Heartland Brewery. Sam recounted memories of summers past and dear friend <b>Betty Lou Hornick</b> was remembered. (Sam and Betty Lou were mainstays at a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=87692242@N00&q=Sam%20Oast">Saturday peace vigil</a> at Union Square for years!) Sam still volunteers time at a homeless shelter, gets to the Catholic Worker for various events, attends various NYC demos, is a member of a book club, <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsdhSHIsq48r2JWrh32QQbowMbjUIbh5nmkEoaxXuAhgLN-Sbot_hrlv4NCZR0xn52n5cA6W5XZGwyrNDdTT8u8Ab7MAb2G_Z4Ghy3MiJLN0xlBomjnzKebPtDXp7OMf_NvICqg/s1600/IMG_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsdhSHIsq48r2JWrh32QQbowMbjUIbh5nmkEoaxXuAhgLN-Sbot_hrlv4NCZR0xn52n5cA6W5XZGwyrNDdTT8u8Ab7MAb2G_Z4Ghy3MiJLN0xlBomjnzKebPtDXp7OMf_NvICqg/s320/IMG_0042.JPG" /></a></div><br />
and maintains a lovely rooftop garden. Happy birthday, Sam. Glad I could join you for the day!<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
Kate AnneKate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-44313973457329886382011-04-15T01:28:00.000-04:002011-04-15T01:28:16.385-04:00Kudos, Rep. Crowley - SpeechlessHats off, to our Queens <span style="font-weight:bold;">Representative Joe Crowley</span> for his extremely short but impactful speechless statement on the House floor<br />
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The video begins with a distance shot:<br />
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<blockquote>Last Fall the American People <br />
Gave us our Marching Orders<br />
Jobs Jobs Jobs ....</blockquote><br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
Kate AnneKate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-10007367462594144932011-03-22T23:33:00.000-04:002011-03-22T23:33:47.977-04:00DFNYC Spring Celebration with Howard Dean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRqL9sM1AxCNlFSwblOU8qbHyoO-qOFvv9oOWoJDU75qgwkP_hArty4nCQvbwOG_CP5xdQRKUsiqx0UgQJ12hh6zx53NGOC_25iaCS7vwrEseINHqhNjPadVvJG9LNv1yYxEacg/s1600/DSCF2909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRqL9sM1AxCNlFSwblOU8qbHyoO-qOFvv9oOWoJDU75qgwkP_hArty4nCQvbwOG_CP5xdQRKUsiqx0UgQJ12hh6zx53NGOC_25iaCS7vwrEseINHqhNjPadVvJG9LNv1yYxEacg/s320/DSCF2909.JPG" /><br><center>Gov. Dean and Kate Anne <br>(and Lewis H. Cohen)</center></a></div><b><a href="http://dfnyc.org/">Democracy for New York City</a></b> had a fun spring celebration at SideBar, East 15th and Irving Place, with special guests <b>Governor Howard Dean</b> and <a href="http://www.democracyforamerica.com/">Democracy for America</a> Chair <b>Jim Dean</b>. I actually had a brief and pleasant chat with Gov. Dean and was pleased to see that he is both charming and genuine. I took some photos and a short video which will be posted on line but such spirit encourages one to continue to stand up and speak out and I am flying high. <br />
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My friend <b>Joan DeCamp</b> had a few minutes with <b>Jim Dean</b> and we compared stories as we took the #7 train home to Queens. It is great when our political work pays such dividends. <br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i><br><br />
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<b>Veterans for Peace</b> local 34 New York City chapter, <b><a href="http://www.grandmothersforpeace.org/gatw">Grandmothers Against the War</a></b>, <b>Catholic Workers</b>, <b><a href="http://www.warresisters.org/">War Resisters</a></b>, and others rallied Saturday at Time Square to end the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq. This was an adjunct event in support of the national Veterans for Peace action at the White House on the same day and also was in support of whistle blower <b>Bradley Manning</b>. There were speeches, entertainment and camaraderie. In a very visible area of town, the rally had the approval of most of the passing crowd. For more of the flavor see my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateannenyc/sets/72157626309087126/"><b>End the War in Afghanistan 03-19-11</b></a> photo set on Flickr.com.<br />
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Meanwhile, earlier in the day the main Washington DC event had a successful day which <b>William Hughes</b> a/k/a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/liamh2"><b>LiamH2</b></a> documented on YouTube. I've shared two of his videos with my Facebook friends, with my <a href="http://BlueRootsRadio.com/"><b>BlueRootsRadio.com</b></a> friends, and at the White House Facebook page and I want to share them with my blog and twitter friends. These Voices for Peace speak for me: Enough of this endless war. Bring the troops home, stop giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations while asking the working folks to share all the pain and none of the money. We need to fund education, hospitals, healthcare, jobs, infrastructure, parks, transportation and other things that heal and don't destroy. Activist Author <b>David Swanson</b> is the first Voice for Peace:<br />
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Suggested reading, a book I bought several months ago which I am pushing to the top of my to-read list: <b>David Swanson</b>'s <b><i><a href="http://warisalie.com/">WAR IS A LIE</a></i></b>. If it is as good as David's interviews -- and I think it is, it provides tools to refute the nay sayers. Yes, it is possible to end war but it certainly is not easy. Bottom line, we have to keep on keeping on. And don't forget to leave your comments for peace at the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">White House contact page</a>. Thanks for all YOU do for true peace and real justice.<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i><br />
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PS <b>Sam Oast</b> and I went out afterwards and remembered our dear departed<b> Betty Lou Hornick</b>. She is missed and not forgotten -- with us in spirit, no doubt.Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-36688851018386032432011-03-10T08:44:00.001-05:002011-03-10T08:48:50.229-05:00Open Letter to President Obama<blockquote>We need a true leader right now, President Obama. What happened last night in WISCONSIN is part of the corporate Republican attack on unions and working people nationwide. Rachel Maddow, Michael Moore, and independent media folk like Amy Goodman and Laura Flanders are talking about it -- NOT the corporate mainstream media. PLEASE listen and DO something to fend off this corporate Republican power grab. We need FDR reincarnated NOW.</blockquote><blockquote><br />
</blockquote><blockquote>Most sincerely,</blockquote><blockquote>Kate Anne ...</blockquote><br />
The above was my message posted at the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">WhiteHouse.gov/contact</a> link -- Join me in leaving President Obama a message. These are challenging times -- are you up for it? You better be. These are the times we are in. Thanks for doing whatever you can for peace and justice.<br />
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Peace hugs,<br />
<i>Kate Anne</i>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-66739154975552132672011-02-25T07:12:00.000-05:002011-02-25T07:12:57.754-05:00Gifts of Awe: GiftsOfAwe<b>Ken Cory</b> remembers our past spiritual history and has established a new Facebook group: <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_171094356271164">GiftsofAwe</a></b>:<br />
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<blockquote>Awesome -- Thanks, Ken. Blessings, friends. Let us gain strength and sustenance through each other. Let us learn, grow, and continue to do the work *God* has given us to do. Amen -- BLAGT in abundance, in peace, Kate Anne <==looking forward to some wondrous adventure and discussion</blockquote><br />
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<i>Kate Anne</i>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-2953999761470093152011-02-22T22:07:00.001-05:002011-02-22T22:10:18.562-05:00On Wisconsin, Go Ohio -- Saluting LaborLabor / the working class is under attack in Wisconsin, in Ohio, in Indiana, and in a growing number of states with Republican governors. I am eagerly following the spirit and swell of support in Wisconsin but cannot forget my friends and family in Ohio. Today my ex-husband a lifelong teacher posted the following on Facebook -- it deserves more to read it than just his FB friends. How many teachers have worked a full day at school and done lesson plans and graded papers in the evenings and weekends to earn a decent living and a secure retirement? How dare Republicans give tax breaks to the wealthy and expect then to balance the budget on the backs of the working class! In Michael's words:<br />
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<span data-jsid="text"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_4d646f243a36a0444084314" style="display: inline;">I seem to recall when you started, when you were a relatively new teacher with one small child and one on the way, that you juggled working as a short order cook just to make ends meet. My recollection may be foggy, I was very young at the<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> time.<br />
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I recall my own sister, who taught in NC -- a state without collective bargaining for educators -- having to work waitressing jobs while teaching in order to make ends meet -- before she threw it all in and walked away from teaching for more lucrative prospects.<br />
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I was an adjunct instructor in a paralegal program -- hardly the same thing -- but I believe I know better than most non-teachers what work it is to teach. People compare the salaries of teachers to the wages of unskilled labor, and then cry that it isn't fair to pay so much to professionals holding professional degrees performing an extremely important function to our society and economy. What nonsense. What callousness. What shortsightedness. I want to ask, what color is the sky in their world? And today, if this bill passes, it would appear to be ... blue.<br />
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There was a time, even just a few weeks ago, when I would have mouthed the words, "the unions were fine in their time, but..." And yet it is obvious now that the time has returned, if it had ever left at all. It is also obvious that, when given the opportunity, the Republican party is fine re-waging the battles of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, whether the issue be labor, abortion rights, civil rights, or any other societal or social improvement that tends to level the playing field. This is no longer conservatism -- it is a reactionary power grab.</span></div></span><br />
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Why are promises to workers able to be so easily broken? I agree with Michael -- or perhaps he agrees with me -- the current system is wrong. They talk about shared sacrifice but the sacrifice is not labor's to make. We the middle class working folk continue to suffer from the Reagan legacy. Restore the Reagan tax cuts. The wealthy who benefitted from the outrageous policies which have wrecked our economy should pay to fix it. Not us. We've already given.<br />
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On Wisconsin, good luck Ohio, God bless us the workers of the United States of America.<br />
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<i>Kate Anne</i>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-390535250739018722010-12-19T01:31:00.003-05:002010-12-19T02:32:06.684-05:00Don't Ask Me About the Tax GiveawaysIt may go into a black hole or return unread, but I responded to the Obama letter sent today after the passage (finally) of Don't Ask Don't Tell, after changing the subject to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Don’t Ask me about Tax Giveaways</span>.<br /><br /><blockquote>Truly, do you think I should forgive you for the awful tax giveaways that threaten Social Security and get us more indebted to China? All because you are allowing a few more poor souls to go to war for no noble cause? Please. I believe in peace. I believe in equity. I NO longer believe or believe in Barack Obama. I don’t know how you can undo the evil you have done and ill-will you have sown through your neglect of your base and your pandering to people who will never love you. God forgive you. I don’t know if I can.<br /><br />Most sincerely,<br />[my full name]<br /></blockquote><br />I am so O-ver O-bama. Not feeling so peaceful. I so need....<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-38777788624219414212010-12-18T20:30:00.002-05:002010-12-18T20:33:52.805-05:00Billy Bragg - Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key (w/ Wilco & Natalie Merc...<iframe width="384" height="236" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vqFmNUz7WhY?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />This is a respite from the holiday season, a step back into the past though, and just one of my favorite songs: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key</span> sung by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Billy Bragg</span> and Wilco. Found it thanks to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chris Johnson</span> of <a href="http://bluerootsradio.com/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">BlueRootsRadio.com</span></a>. His mixes are generally once a week and loop until the next one (with a few live podcasts sometimes in between. I salute him and look forward to hearing Show #100 -- and I see that it is <span style="font-weight:bold;">Due up NOW</span>. Listen this week for YOUR respite from the holiday craziness. Gotta get over to the blog and hit that little blue radio to hear what Chris is offering in this momentous show.... Join me in the minor key and at Blue Roots Radio. (We have fun blogging there about blue politics, too.)<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-84776880110750163922010-12-11T09:12:00.003-05:002010-12-11T09:49:19.465-05:00Thank you, Senator Bernie Sanders<iframe width="384" height="236" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CIfEw1V8_Ls?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><p> I salute and thank Senator Bernie Sanders for his wonderful and informative filibuster he conducted on Friday, December 10, 2010 on the Senate floor. The crux of his nearly nine hour filibuster is found in his earlier Senate speech of November 30, 2010, seen here, aptly titled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfEw1V8_Ls"><span style="font-weight:bold;">This Economy's Winners and Losers</span></a>. It discusses economic facts and legislative agenda being pushed. (For example, re the so-called death tax that certain Republicans want to eliminate: "If the estate tax is eliminated, all of the benefits will go to the top 3/10 of 1%. " So many are duped into thinking it affects THEIR tiny estates. If eliminated our deficit would be seriously impacted and we know whose programs would be cut.) Basically, the government must create a more fair playing field. All of us should be doing well. The greed and the extremes must be eliminated, <span style="font-weight:bold;">by law</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">not</span> by violence. <br /><br />Please listen to Bernie and <span style="font-weight:bold;">call or write him your thanks</span>. I think I shall even send a follow-up snail mail. Sadly, the corporate media today has buried this story. WE must not only thank Bernie but also reverberate his message far and wide.<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-18592130080285057852010-11-12T07:17:00.003-05:002010-11-12T07:26:09.298-05:00Singing the praises of BlueRootsRadio.comSo many good things <a href="http://bluerootsradio.com/">here</a>. Yes there is a lot of challenge but you/we give reason for optimism.<br /><br /><blockquote>The news has been so damn depressing! ~ <strong>Michele</strong></blockquote><br /><br />Yep.<br /><br /><blockquote>they are protesting and fighting because they do not want to be like the United States model which they feel encroaching and want to preserve theirs which they love and feel is obviously better for the people – duh – so – when you see all these riots in the streets, think about it, they are protesting the idea that they might become like us!<br /><br />might explain a little why we here are not protesting al all ~ <strong>Mire</strong></blockquote><br /><br />We should be protesting because we don't have it as good as them! Out in the streets, gang -- and/or make those calls to the WH, congress, reps, and letters to the editor. Post the articles Toni and others find on FB, elsewhere!!! It all adds up. (And how DARE they have 1/4 of their panel staff from folks who want a certain outcome!!! This MUST be SHOUTED as the panel results were pretty much a forgone conclusion.<br /><br /><blockquote>JohnFugelsang John Fugelsang<br />by joanwalsh<br />1 way to honor Vets’ Day is going to B&N, finding the display of Bush’s memoir, and patriotically throwing a shoe at it. - <strong>toniD</strong></blockquote><br /><br />Other places folks are restocking the books in true crime or fantasy/science-fiction -- some good photos on the wall at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147126765334135 <br /><br /><blockquote>As for Veterans Day, I think it should be reserved for only those who served in battle or were directly supporting those putting their lives on the line. Vets like me, who basically served in peace time, are not in the same league.<br /><br />What should be highlighted are the so call patriotic Americans who say they support the troops and then elect candidates who promise to dismantle the VA. ~ <strong>mb</strong> </blockquote><br /><br />And toniD mentions the car magnets as some people's proof of patriotism instead of real help. I have a friend who served stateside during Vietnam and he says similarly to what Chris says: It isn't the same. But not all vets are equal because of how violent they were/are. My uncle John is a man of peace but the Mai Lai massacre vets should not be equated with him. I believe in nonviolence but when people are thrown into wars the honorable ones should be honored -- and even the Mai Lai ones seriously need help, so I'm contradicting myself in a way, but no, because I would help them but not honor them. Some military do a dis-service. There is a difference, a big difference. <br /><br /><blockquote>[The graph] Just shows that people may be giving up. We can’t allow that to happen or we will have real problems. The college kids in the UK protested, Many other European countries protested. We DO need to protest or nothing will change and could get much worse. ~ <strong>toniD</strong></blockquote><br />They want us to give up. And you can be darn sure that protests will go under-reported unless there is violence that will undermine the message. That is why we need internet neutrality and a google that works fairly so we (especially our great blogmother <strong>toniD</strong>) can find the truth and post it in a place where it can more easily be found/read.<br /><br /><blockquote>Dean and DFA tonight at 7:30 pm EST about future of Dem Party ~ <strong>toniD</strong></blockquote><br />Missed it -- but hope an archive will be posted somewhere. Still, I am happy that discussion happens and information flows. And, as I look toward <strong>Thanksgiving</strong>, I am oh so grateful for those who make life in these dark times a little more bearable, and that it YOU guys of BlueRootsRadio.com. <br /><br />Bless you for the good you do. <strong>ToniD</strong> has to dig through so much, some of it depressing, to present her nuggets. <strong>Chris/mb</strong> hosts us and brings us music as well as insight. <strong>Cent</strong> and <strong>60th Street</strong> share so much and help with the blog. Michele offers her professional insight. <strong>Mire</strong> is as colorful as her icon. <strong>Crank Bait</strong> provides a cranky wit. <strong>Dan, Ramses/Sandy, CatChew, Vernon, JMach, GBasin/Steve</strong> ... you all contribute/share/sustain. Thank you. Bless you. Carry on. Make a positive difference. Together we can and must change the world, positively, in some way. We have. We do. We will. Thank you all. One big group hug! .... <br /><br />Peace hugs! <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">P.S. And I didn't even mention our Ya Think? Monday night show/podcast....Gratitude! BOTTOM LINE: Click that little blue radio in the right hand margin of <a href="http://bluerootsradio.com/">BlueRootsRadio.com</a> and enjoy the music and a live show now and then.</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-38295558288260944842010-11-09T08:00:00.006-05:002010-11-09T08:28:48.555-05:00Post election thoughtsWhile the GOP takes over the House, the Dems still maintain the Senate and the Presidency. Instead of concentrating on healing wounds and creating jobs here, President Obama is off the India, Korea, "the East", and I am upset. Is this how he repays the unions who worked for Democratic candidates? Let's give away more jobs to India and the like!!?!!<br /><br />I wish <span style="font-weight:bold;">President Obama </span>would concentrate more on OUR country first. I want what other countries have: affordable education and healthcare. I want peace and prosperity for Americans. Forget the warfare (albeit it is the one industry we seem to still have) and selling armaments to countries so they can threaten others. He should be listening to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dennis Kucinich</span>.<br /><br /><object width="384" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zWGs7Sjd1ts?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zWGs7Sjd1ts?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="384" height="308"></embed></object><br /><br />And let the Bush ten-year tax cuts expire. If everyone can get a cut on the first $250K, fine, but otherwise, I/we can and should live without a cut which only adds to the deficit. Our vision should be jobs and peace and affordable education. Here. Now. For everyone. Not just a good life for the top 1% or 2% but for ALL of us. (And that means our seniors, too: preserve Social Security by raising the cap -- forget about raising the retirement age or gambling SS$ on Wall Street. It is insurance, not an investment program.)<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-57530050650827184482010-10-03T18:37:00.009-04:002010-10-04T06:22:11.269-04:00Post One Nation Working TogetherThanks to the Transit Workers Union local Woodside bus, I was in Washington DC Saturday to stand up for peace and justice, jobs and education: the change we voted for, part of the <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/">One Nation Working Together</a> Rally 10-2-10</span>. Mine are simple photos -- we were back pretty far. Loved being there none-the-less but photos were "from a distance" but prove I was there. I went looking through others Flickr photos, playing their slide shows, picking favorites. You can peruse at your leisure and pretend you were with <b>Molly Charboneau</b>, her friend Patty and me.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateannenyc/5047457724/" title="Patty, Molly, and Kate Anne #2 by Kate Anne, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5047457724_b5e4557948.jpg" width="375" height="250" alt="Patty, Molly, and Kate Anne #2" /></a><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateannenyc/sets/72157625085248120/">My Set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythetraveler/sets/72157624960797579/">Tony Bowles' set</a></strong><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostinjersey/sets/72157625085001646/">William Angus's set</a></b><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/codepinkalert/sets/72157625080831390/">CodePinkHQ's set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/restoredemocracy/sets/72157624958132701/">Cheryl Biren's set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seiu-ultcw/sets/72157625082556534/">SEIU-ULTCW's DC set</a> and<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seiu-ultcw/sets/72157625082080910/">SEIU-ULTCW's LA set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8839607@N02/sets/72157624956817935/">Patrick Crowley's set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marisseay/sets/72157624956110477/">Mar Is Sea Y's set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nysut/sets/72157625073705198/">NYSUT's set</a></strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45562231@N06/sets/72157624958714971/">RAPurple's set</a></strong><br /><br /><b>UPDATE: Some on </b><a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9247755&mesg_id=9247755"><b>Democratic Undergroun</b>d</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Looks like the corporate media is ignoring it -- not enough tea was served. Pity. Richard Trumka and Harry Belafonte were terrific speakers. Wish I could have heard more of the speeches but hopefully will catch more at the FreeSpeechTV.org archives, thanks to <b>Laura Flanders</b> and <b>Thom Hartmann</b> and their efforts at documenting the rally.<div><br /></div><div>Post rally and a grueling DC metro mess, I am relaxing/recovering -- but have to do a couple of loads at my local laundromat, if the weather holds out.</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace hugs,</div><div><i>Kate Anne</i><br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kateannenyc/5047510194/" title="Lincoln Memorial #1 by Kate Anne, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5047510194_eaae072ce8.jpg" width="375" height="250" alt="Lincoln Memorial #1" /></a></div>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-13674483677209535022010-08-25T12:28:00.006-04:002010-08-25T12:55:59.704-04:00Hoot out Alan SimpsonTook a vacation day as there is much to do on my to-do list still (always) but I must react to Alan Simpson's <a href="http://library.constantcontact.com/doc209/1102372204926/doc/sVSMT2oCX0EFU3Or.pdf">remarks to OWL</a>. (Also <a href="http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001IP2wby2XJMJJDVoEnPo607v6b7jf259W8Xjm4WYYd8-VZsjdJ1imobZFZKkZ-BCxFdKfa-ISoovbzXi4HqJ2EXp1f_5lnPGsSEsZ7ARtH9hVt0IsL24sK4y1Fl2eAfYW876Q8m-f1wocVHTTU1X8_N2t8X6f5MB46Fh3ITamOyzchyZH9mgFv8CMvzd3s-sMHzVhriy_9fc%3D">more here</a>.) I have tweeted, called 202-456-1111 [White House Comment Line], Facebooked, and left this message at <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">WhiteHouse.gov/contact</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>Alan Simpson's remark to OWL show how totally inappropriate he is to co-chair the Debt Reduction Commission. He doesn't understand how Social Security is funded, by our Social Security tax dollars (FICA etc.) and he does not wish to honor the promise made to those of us paying in for years. Instead, the money we paid is supposedly borrowed for other things and doesn't need to be paid to us the bond holders for our Social Security needs.<br /><br />Like with healthcare, Republicans like Alan Simpson think we older people should <span style="font-weight:bold;">DIE QUICKLY</span> -- so he can give tax breaks to the <span style="font-weight:bold;">upper 2%</span> no doubt. <br /><br />I'm not collecting Social Security yet but I hope I live long enough to collect it. And I see how my aunt's funds have been depleted. If anything, the CAP must be RAISED on the special SS tax AND the way the cost of living is figured must be judged by the things older people buy/spend their money on. If anything, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Social Security should be DOUBLED to STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.</span> Thank you.</blockquote><br /><br />And we continue to spend money for war instead of supporting the working people and the elderly. ACT. SPEAK UP. Thank YOU.<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-81351582966794820622010-08-15T14:30:00.005-04:002010-08-15T14:54:22.438-04:00To-Do List and Blue Roots Radio and BlogIt is one of those August weekends when I am at home and attempting to focus on my to-do list. One item was finally to write out my dad's recipe at QuickTakes.org: <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://qtakes.blogspot.com/2010/08/franciss-crowd-pleasing-german-potato.html">Francis's Crowd Pleasing German Potato Salad</a></span> that my son has requested again and again -- more recipes to come. There are <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">photos</span> to download and upload; <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">music</span> to add to my iPod; <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">papers</span> galore to sort, file and/or respond, or recycle and <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">housework</span> to be done. <br /><br />In the meantime I am listening to some music and Sunday spiritual talks AND intermittently checking out the blog at <a href="http://bluerootsradio.com/">BlueRootsRadio.com</a> -- great music there, too, by clicking that little blue radio on the right hand corner. <span style="font-style:italic;">(Feel welcome to join us for blogging, music, and friendship.)</span> I'm connecting to friends and to music and to order and to PEACE. Lots to do for peace, personal and political. It is all connected. Peace to us all!<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne<br /></span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-89201354499232614752010-08-01T21:01:00.001-04:002010-08-01T21:04:09.364-04:00Medea Benjamin speaks at the United National Peace Conference 7/23/2010True Patriotism: Bring the troops home and spend the money on our libraries, education, jobs -- Code Pink's <span style="font-weight:bold;">Medea Benjamin</span> at the <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.nationalpeaceconference.org">United National Peace Conference</a> </span>7/23/2010 [under five minutes]:<br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Hsw5QCEir8M/hqdefault.jpg)" width="371" height="301"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hsw5QCEir8M&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hsw5QCEir8M&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="371" height="301" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br />Speak up -- "Funding the war is making us poor". Tell our Congress critters: "You are unAmerican if you are taking our tax dollars to bomb people overseas instead of using it to fund our local programs." <br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mediasanctuary">Mediasanctuary's page</a> on <span style="font-weight:bold;">YouTube</span> for lots of good treats from the Conference.<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14222699.post-2277345677483412012010-06-14T07:03:00.003-04:002010-06-14T07:08:18.210-04:00John Dear S.J.: "End all These Evil Wars!"<object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/Qd26CbgUzHw/hqdefault.jpg)" width="384" height="236"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qd26CbgUzHw&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qd26CbgUzHw&hl=en_US&fs=1" width="384" height="236" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.johndear.org/">Fr. John Dear, SJ,</a></span> inspired my involvement with the interfaith <a href="http://forusa.org/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fellowship of Reconciliation</span></a>. His words at this June 13, 2010 event in Lafayette Park in Washington DC sponsored by the <a href="http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/">Network of Spiritual Progressives</a> (NSP) should be given wide play and we should hold President Obama accountable for spending more on nuclear arms than any president since Ronald Reagan (counter to his words about a nuclear free future). Listen and act, please and thank you.<br /><br />Peace hugs,<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kate Anne</span>Kate Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01935923770699244573noreply@blogger.com0