Civic Volunteerism
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
To pursue a beam of Light
Loved ones…I petition for the White Light of the Holy Spirit to surround and enclose the loving Norman Kember and all his loved ones.
Norman, a 74-year-old retired professor who had lived in northwest London.
… was part of a delegation of about eight people who had repeatedly gone to Iraq to meet local human rights campaigners.. assisting with the setting up of a Muslim peacemakers' organization.
About 14 days ago he was kidnapped along with two Canadians and an American in a suburb of Baghdad… for political reasons…earth dimension dark reasons of greed…. where little Light does enter…
The most loving Norman Kember was in Baghdad… investigating human rights abuses…
…with a brave international group who had already been working with domestic Iraqis (non contractors of Republican agenda)… Norman…also was not involved in any type missionary work.
Loved Ones it is in the best spiritual interests of all participants….
who at present are in Iraq…
those who have entered into Iraq and those who are born in Iraq….
to treat each other in a loving fashion…and enclose one another…in the White Light of the Holy Spirit….I petition that in our Divine Parents Name…
This same White Light…. this same Light…is a real source Light…
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth…
In the words of St. Augustine…
”I entered into the innermost part of myself…and I saw with the eye of my soul.
Such as it was, above the same eye of my soul, above my mind, the Light unchangeable…
He who knows truth knows that light, and he who knows that light knows eternity.”
Thursday, November 17, 2005
53 souls....what is that worth?
Loved ones…my home…where I was born in 1949…is San Jose California…I have spent a fair portion of my time here…
I have watched it change…when I was a child…I am sure there must have been homeless but I never saw any…
In the 1967 when I drove my ¾ ton pickup and delivered beans to the migrant worker camps with the Caesar Chavez people I “thought” these were the poorest I have ever seen….
HOWEVER. …Today in San Jose…more than a few people cannot find food to survive
And tonight more than a few people will not be able to find shelter to survive
And probably when the next temperature drop occurs…some homeless in San Jose, California, United States of America…will die of long-term exposure…being outside 24/7 month after month
They will just die alone in the bushes under a cement wall…
You do not have to worry about nurse ratios Arnold….
Last year 53 homeless souls died on the street here in my hometown…
not from accidents or disease…
but long-term exposure to sun/wind/rain/heat/cold...with the shopping cart for shelter...
Died...killed... on these american streets specifically from a life of homelessness…
Each and every one died within the perimeter of one of the wealthiest places on the planet…average household encome over $70,000...greatest amount of disposable money for any large city in the U.S.A...
they have actually closed hospitals here…”not enough XXXXmoney” was reported….
Today it was announced that the San Jose Social services and public safety departments will absorb the biggest hits in the county's effort to close a $111 million budget deficit for the fiscal year beginning next July….
what this means is you will see more electronic images of Arnold with Chinese Disabled Children holding up a torch over in China…and more homeless…and more people dying in the bushes here in silicon valley...
all while the facts show that the average San Jose Home Owner has the greatest amount of disposable money than any large city in the United States…
Is this what America is about? Is this the democracy we export to other countries?
I petition for the White Light of the Holy Spirit to surround and enclose all homeless souls and all their loved ones…. I petition they learn their lessons with the least amount of pain…also I petition persons acting in the best interests of all Americans to also be enclosed with the shimmering golden protective shield of the Arch Angel Michael…I petition and ask that in Mother and Father Gods Name…
Thursday, November 03, 2005
collar size mr.Rove?
Loved ones…back in Nov.8, 2004 USATODAY ran these two articles.
Saddam a threat to energy supply, Cheney tells vets
By Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY
Vice President Cheney took the lead Thursday as he and President Bush continued a rhetorical offensive on the need to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein amid mounting qualms at home and abroad.
Cheney, in a speech to Korean War veterans in San Antonio, said the Iraqi leader is developing weapons of mass destruction "for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale."
Saddam's ultimate goal, Cheney said, is "to seek domination of the entire Middle East, to take control of a great portion of the world's energy supplies and to directly threaten America's friends throughout the region and subject the United States or any other nation to nuclear blackmail."
Some critics of Bush's plan to attack Iraq say United Nations weapons inspectors should return to Iraq first. Cheney said inspectors "missed a great deal." They didn't find out about Saddam's development of a deadly chemical and he tested missiles "almost literally under the noses" of the inspectors, he said.
As he did in Nashville Monday, Cheney pledged that President Bush will "proceed with care, deliberation and in consultation" with allies and Congress.
At a Republican fundraiser in Oklahoma City, Bush didn't mention Iraq. "We must not allow the world's worst leaders to develop the world's worst weapon," he said. "By being tough and strong, patient, smart and wise ... we can make the world more peaceful for generations to come."
Cheney's assertions have been greeted skeptically by world and congressional leaders. French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday before Cheney's speech that he's concerned about a "temptation to seek to legitimize the use of unilateral and pre-emptive force."
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who opposes a U.S. attack on Iraq, said Bush must do more than notify allies of his intentions. "If consultations are meant seriously, they must not just be about the how and the when, but also on the question of whether this is done at all," he said.
Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis., joined the chorus of lawmakers who say Bush should get Congress's authorization before an attack. "That is what the Constitution prescribes, and that is what the American people expect," Leahy said.
Rove speaks out on Bush's win
By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — President Bush "absolutely" will use his second term to push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, his top political strategist said Sunday. Karl Rove, who oversaw Bush's re-election victory, said Bush will renew the effort, which failed in Congress this year but may enjoy new support after 11 states approved bans on same-sex marriage on Election Day.
Five thousand years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials," Rove said on NBC's Meet the Press. "Marriage is and should be defined as being between one man and one woman." He made similar comments on Fox News Sunday.
Rove said that evangelical Christians, part of Bush's conservative base, were key to the president's narrow win over Democratic Sen. John Kerry. But he said national security loomed larger in voters' minds than questions of moral values. "People became concerned about three issues. First, the war. Then the economy, jobs and taxes. And third, moral values. And then everything else dropped off of the plate," Rove said on NBC.
"The country is still close, but it has moved in a Republican direction, and this election confirmed that," Rove said on NBC.
Rove, 53, usually stays behind the scenes at the White House. But Sunday, after the victory for which Bush hailed him as "the architect," he made the rounds of talk shows.
If Bush is called on to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court, Rove said, "he's not going to have a litmus test" for how the nominees stand on abortion. Rather, Bush will name "impartial umpires who strictly interpret the Constitution and apply it," he said.
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, in comments last week, noted that Senate Democrats have staged filibusters to block confirmation votes on federal judge nominees who oppose abortion and most likely would do so again. "I would expect the president to be mindful" of that, he said. Some GOP conservatives took that as a warning that Specter would keep such nominations from a vote and said Specter should be denied the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he is in line to assume next year.
Specter pointed out Sunday that he had supported all of Bush's nominees, regardless of their positions on abortion. "Although I am pro-choice, I have supported many pro-life nominees," he said on the CBS program Face the Nation.
Rove said Specter has pledged to hold hearings quickly on any Bush appointments and bring them to a vote: "Sen. Specter's a man of his word. We'll take him at his word."
He said the president's 3.5 million-vote margin over Kerry amounts to a mandate "to do in office what you said you would do on the campaign trail." He said that from near-deadlock four years ago, the nation has moved to a 51%-48% Republican tilt, and he noted that the GOP gained seats in both houses of Congress.
Rove named other priorities for Bush's second term:
•Simplifying the tax code. Bush wants to open a national debate about the income tax, which Rove said the president views as "a mess" because it is complicated and fraught with loopholes.
Among proposals are making the tax code simpler or replacing it with a national sales tax or some other tax. But any major overhaul would create winners and losers, and that will mean opposition. Democrat Barack Obama, who won election as a senator from Illinois last week, said on Meet the Press that he would "absolutely resist" any change that puts more of the tax burden on the middle class.
•Revamping Social Security. The president has proposed a system that would allow younger workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in stocks, bonds or other investments, but doing so would create a $2 trillion short-term hole in the system's finances.
"We need ... to deal with this problem before it becomes too large that it swamps our children and grandchildren," Rove said.
•Limiting lawsuits. Rove said excessive litigation imposes a structural burden on the economy that makes it difficult for U.S. businesses to compete globally. Putting limits on legal damage awards would be a step toward improving U.S. competitiveness, he said.
Looking back on the campaign, Rove laughed when asked about Kerry's comment that he (Kerry) had voted for $87 billion in Iraq war spending before he voted against it, a remark that fed into Bush's contention that Kerry was a flip-flopper. The Bush campaign turned the remark into a TV ad. "It's the gift that kept on giving," Rove said on the Fox program.
He also described a darker moment, when he first heard data from Election Day surveys of voters on Tuesday aboard Air Force One as it neared Washington.
Those exit polls showed Bush far behind in some battleground states, and only 1 percentage point ahead in Virginia, a state that should have been safe for the president. Rove said he was "almost physically ill" when he heard the numbers, but then grew angry as he studied them more closely.
"You looked at these numbers, and you realize, this is just insane," he said. As the day wore on, the campaign took comfort from watching returns from the outer suburbs of cities in Ohio and Florida, which went strongly for Bush and proved the key to his victory.
Rove said he also hopes the election will contribute to long-term GOP domination of U.S. politics.
"There are no permanent majorities in U.S. politics," he said, but there are periods of several decades where one party rules. "Would I like to see the Republican Party be the dominant party for whatever time history gives it the chance to be? You bet."
Loved Ones…Carl did a job didn’t he…right now 61% of Americans say they do not trust g.w. and big dick is shredding everything in sight…today for the first time in years…Carl Rove is NOT STANDING DIRECTLY BEHIND G.W….g.w. is “alone” in South America…the noose tightens…