Somehow the electoral choices made by people on this forum seem to frequently align with those of Mr. Vedder. Strange, I know. Nonetheless, true.
This time he'll have to align with mine. Although, I'm not expecting that to happen, it would be a nice surprise(I think he'll go 3rd party this time) . We could use the support! If Dennis doesn't get the nod then I might just write him in or consider 3rd party myself but it won't be because of Ed or anyone else.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
This time he'll have to align with mine. Although, I'm not expecting that to happen, it would be a nice surprise(I think he'll go 3rd party this time) . We could use the support! If Dennis doesn't get the nod then I might just write him in or consider 3rd party myself but it won't be because of Ed or anyone else.
Dennis won't, so you will certainly be voting 3rd party. I didn't say the relationship was causal, though it might be. The tendency of many in this forum to vote the way Ed does might be a coincidence. After all - great minds think alike! Ha.......ha....
All I know is that to see, and not to speak, would be the great betrayal.
-Enoch Powell
Somehow the electoral choices made by people on this forum seem to frequently align with those of Mr. Vedder. Strange, I know. Nonetheless, true.
Did you ever notice how like-minded people do a lot of the same things, and share many of the same interests?
edit: oops, a little late on this one. But seriously corporatewhore, it's about worldviews. Obviously, many of the political types on the board happen to be in a similar mindspace. It's not a coincidence--it's why people gravitate to one another.
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
Dennis won't, so you will certainly be voting 3rd party. I didn't say the relationship was causal, though it might be. The tendency of many in this forum to vote the way Ed does might be a coincidence. After all - great minds think alike! Ha.......ha....
Well, I'm keeping the faith. He's an inspiration and I'm proud to stand behind him!
And yes, I think it has more to do with sharing many of the same views more than following Ed's lead.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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Kucinich: New Hampshire Issues are National Issues
CONCORD, N.H., June 2 -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich told delegates to the New Hampshire Democratic Convention Saturday that they should stand with members of their local communities on issues of water rights, communication infrastructure, and the privatization of public sector jobs because "the issues here in New Hampshire are national issues as well."
The Ohio Congressman, running for the Democratic nomination for president, stood before the largest New Hampshire convention crowd in 16 years and urged them to "help New Hampshire help make the World love America again."
Kucinich focused on three local New Hampshire issues that he said reflect environmental and worker's rights concerns around the country.
"I urge you to stand with the people of Barrington to help save their ground water, to stand with the Verizon workers around the state in their efforts to assure quality rural communication service, and to stand with school maintenance workers in Dover who may lose their jobs to privatization."
"As New Hampshire begins its effort to elect the next president of the United States, I urge you to have the courage to believe in peace and act on it, and the strength to act on your courage. Believe that peace is inevitable. It's time to abandon war as an instrument of foreign policy," Kucinich said.
Kucinich also renewed his call for single payer not-for-profit health care, distinguishing himself from other candidates who want to "fix" the health care system by subsidizing private insurance companies. In talking about his concept of Medicare for all replacing the for-profit insurance industry, Kucinich told the convention "it's OK to believe in these things. They will happen."
Kucinich called on delegates to help him rebuild the nation's economy by forging a new environmental initiative in America. Modeled after Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, Kucinich's "Works Green Administration" would put people to work building a sustainable and renewable energy economy, retrofitting homes and businesses. And he said he would work to restore American manufacturing jobs by getting the country out of unfair trade deals.
"My first act in office," Kucinich said, "will be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO. We will have the courage to stand for workers' rights, for environmental rights and for the rights of Americans to hold onto their jobs."
Noting that New Hampshire had recently passed civil union legislation, Kucinich said he was ready to help bring the country to the next level, that of true marriage equality.
On the topic of civil rights and civil liberties, Kucinich brought the crowd to its feet when he said "it's time to restore our constitution, it's time to repeal the Patriot Act, and it's time to impeach the Vice President of the United States."
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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Kucinich: New Hampshire Issues are National Issues
CONCORD, N.H., June 2 -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich told delegates to the New Hampshire Democratic Convention Saturday that they should stand with members of their local communities on issues of water rights, communication infrastructure, and the privatization of public sector jobs because "the issues here in New Hampshire are national issues as well."
The Ohio Congressman, running for the Democratic nomination for president, stood before the largest New Hampshire convention crowd in 16 years and urged them to "help New Hampshire help make the World love America again."
Kucinich focused on three local New Hampshire issues that he said reflect environmental and worker's rights concerns around the country.
"I urge you to stand with the people of Barrington to help save their ground water, to stand with the Verizon workers around the state in their efforts to assure quality rural communication service, and to stand with school maintenance workers in Dover who may lose their jobs to privatization."
"As New Hampshire begins its effort to elect the next president of the United States, I urge you to have the courage to believe in peace and act on it, and the strength to act on your courage. Believe that peace is inevitable. It's time to abandon war as an instrument of foreign policy," Kucinich said.
Kucinich also renewed his call for single payer not-for-profit health care, distinguishing himself from other candidates who want to "fix" the health care system by subsidizing private insurance companies. In talking about his concept of Medicare for all replacing the for-profit insurance industry, Kucinich told the convention "it's OK to believe in these things. They will happen."
Kucinich called on delegates to help him rebuild the nation's economy by forging a new environmental initiative in America. Modeled after Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, Kucinich's "Works Green Administration" would put people to work building a sustainable and renewable energy economy, retrofitting homes and businesses. And he said he would work to restore American manufacturing jobs by getting the country out of unfair trade deals.
"My first act in office," Kucinich said, "will be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO. We will have the courage to stand for workers' rights, for environmental rights and for the rights of Americans to hold onto their jobs."
Noting that New Hampshire had recently passed civil union legislation, Kucinich said he was ready to help bring the country to the next level, that of true marriage equality.
On the topic of civil rights and civil liberties, Kucinich brought the crowd to its feet when he said "it's time to restore our constitution, it's time to repeal the Patriot Act, and it's time to impeach the Vice President of the United States."
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vote for change, not more of the same...no one else can come close to kucinich
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
he does have to work on his public speaking though... he lost 97% of americans last night when he started to talk about self and this country trying to find a sense of self. that was WAY over most people head and to average joe made him seem a little "out there"...he needs to stick to the concrete answers he gave the rest of the debate and it would help his cause
he does have to work on his public speaking though... he lost 97% of americans last night when he started to talk about self and this country trying to find a sense of self. that was WAY over most people head and to average joe made him seem a little "out there"...he needs to stick to the concrete answers he gave the rest of the debate and it would help his cause
He's being authentic to his vision. If he starts compromising his values in order to get voted in, he's undermined who he is and exactly what he has going for him, which is real integrity. And I believe this guy gets that 100%.
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
If Kucinich becomes President at any point, it'll be the real deal. If the masses are not ready for him and his vision, yet, that is also the real deal.
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
He's being authentic to his vision. If he starts compromising his values in order to get voted in, he's undermined who he is and exactly what he has going for him, which is real integrity. And I believe this guy gets that 100%.
he does have to work on his public speaking though... he lost 97% of americans last night when he started to talk about self and this country trying to find a sense of self. that was WAY over most people head and to average joe made him seem a little "out there"...he needs to stick to the concrete answers he gave the rest of the debate and it would help his cause
Our job is to fill in the blanks that may have gone over the heads of some...
If Kucinich becomes President at any point, it'll be the real deal. If the masses are not ready for him and his vision, yet, that is also the real deal.
That's true. I sometimes think the public just doesn't deserve him. I do, however, feel we as a whole are moving towards his vision and at a pretty fast speed compared to the pace of this kind of progress in the decades before this one.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
i've got a question for the kucinich / paul supporters (of who I'm becoming a stronger and stronger fan of). If one of these 2 guys becomes president do you think they will be able to convince the rest of the government to go along with their plans and really make changes?
make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
He's being authentic to his vision. If he starts compromising his values in order to get voted in, he's undermined who he is and exactly what he has going for him, which is real integrity. And I believe this guy gets that 100%.
it is one thing to be authentic, and it is another to get across a clear point in the presidential debate. in these soundbyte debates you have to be loud and clear. thats all i am saying... i am not suggesting he compromise anything
The only thing authentic I've seen about Obama is that he's a well polished, professional, finely tuned politician. He knows all too well about saying what he has to to garner support. It's what he does and he has been excelling at it.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
i've got a question for the kucinich / paul supporters (of who I'm becoming a stronger and stronger fan of). If one of these 2 guys becomes president do you think they will be able to convince the rest of the government to go along with their plans and really make changes?
they dont have to convince government, they have to convince us
i've got a question for the kucinich / paul supporters (of who I'm becoming a stronger and stronger fan of). If one of these 2 guys becomes president do you think they will be able to convince the rest of the government to go along with their plans and really make changes?
It's worth a shot. People already see so many flaws in our foreign policy and healthcare system...hopefully, there will come a time when people are ready to try some new ideas.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
It's worth a shot. People already see so many flaws in our foreign policy and healthcare system...hopefully, there will come a time when people are ready to try some new ideas.
I agree, i was just wondering if you have someone that is (right now) so different from their party (not necessarily constituents) and the others in congress can they work together? I'd like to think they could and they could be productive.
make sure the fortune that you seek...is the fortune that you need
I agree, i was just wondering if you have someone that is (right now) so different from their party (not necessarily constituents) and the others in congress can they work together? I'd like to think they could and they could be productive.
I wonder that same thing but like you, I have hope that they will be able to work with some common interests and forge some new ideas that could bring some actual change to this country.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
As one studies the images of the Eagle Nebula, brought back by the Hubble Telescope from that place in deep space where stars are born, one can imagine the interplay of cosmic forces across space and time, of matter and spirit dancing to the music of the spheres, atop an infinite sea of numbers.
Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self. The energy of the stars becomes us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we begin: One with the universe. Whole and holy. From one source, endless creative energy, bursting forth, kinetic, elemental. We, the earth, air, water and fire-source of nearly fifteen billion years of cosmic
spiraling.
We begin as a perfect union of matter and spirit. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from sky and earth. In our outstretched hands we can feel the energy of the universe. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from water, which nourishes and sanctifies life. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from the primal fire, the pulsating heart of creation. We experience the wonder of life multidimensional and transcendent. We extend our hands upwards and we are showered with abundance. We ask and we receive. A universe of plenty flows to us, through us. It is in us. We become filled with endless possibilities.
We need to remember where we came from; to know that we are one. To understand that we are of an undivided whole: race, color, nationality, creed, gender are beams of light, refracted through one great prism. We begin as perfect and journey through life to become more perfect in the singularity of "I" and in the multiplicity of "we"; a more perfect union of matter and spirit. - - This is human striving. This is where, in Shelley's words, " . . . hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates." This is what Browning spoke of: Our 'reach exceeding [our] grasp'. This is a search for heaven within, a quest for our eternal home.
In our soul's Magnificat, we become conscious of the cosmos within us. We hear the music of peace, we hear the music of cooperation, we hear music of love. We hear harmony, a celestial symphony. In our soul's forgetting, we become unconscious of our cosmic birthright, plighted with disharmony, disunity, torn asunder from the stars in a disaster well-described by Matthew Arnold in Dover Beach: " . . . the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude nor peace, nor help for pain. And we are here, as on a darkling plain, swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night."
Today Dover Beach is upon the shores of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Our leaders think the unthinkable and speak of the unspeakable inevitability of nuclear war; of a nuclear attack on New York City, of terrorist attacks throughout our nation; of war against Iraq using nuclear weapons; of biological and chemical weapon attacks on civilian populations; of catastrophic global climate change; of war in outer space.
When death (not life) becomes inevitable, we are presented with an opportunity for great clarity, for a great awakening, to rescue the human spirit from the arms of Morpheus through love, through compassion and through integrating spiritual vision and active citizenship to restore peace to our world. The moment that one world is about to end, a new world is about to begin. We need to remember where we came from. Because the path home is also the way to the future.
In the city I represent in the United States Congress, there is a memorial to Peace, named by its sculptor, Marshall A. Fredericks the "Fountain of Eternal Life". A figure rises from the flames, his gaze fixed to the stars, his hands positioned sextant-like, as if measuring the distance. Though flames of war from the millions of hearts and the dozens of places wherein it rages, may lick at our consciousness, our gaze must be fixed upward to invoke universal principles of unity, of co-operation, of compassion, to infuse our world with peace, to ask for the active presence of peace, to expand our capacity to receive it and to express it in our everyday life. We must do this fearlessly and courageously and not breathe in the poison gas of terror. As we receive, so shall we give.
As citizen-diplomats of the world, we send peace as conscious expression where ever, whenever and to whomever it is needed: to the Middle East, to the Israelis and the Palestinians, to the Pakistanis and the Indians, to Americans and Al Queda, and to the people of Iraq, and to all those locked in deadly combat. And we fly to be with the bereft, with those on the brink, to listen compassionately, setting aside judgment and malice to become peacemakers, to intervene, to mediate, to bring ourselves back from the abyss, to bind up the world's wounds.
As we aspire to universal brotherhood and sisterhood, we harken to the cry from the heart of the world and respond affirmatively to address through thought, word and deed conditions which give rise to conflict: Economic exploitation, empire building, political oppression, religious intolerance, poverty, disease, famine, homelessness, struggles over control of water, land, minerals, and oil.
We realize that what affects anyone, anywhere affects everyone, everywhere. As we help others to heal, we heal ourselves. Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the emergence of a new organic whole, seeking unity within and across national lines. New transnational web-based email and telecommunications systems transcend governments and carry within them the power of qualitative transformation of social and political structures and a new sense of creative intelligence. If governments and their leaders, bound by hierarchy and patriarchy, wedded to military might for legitimacy, fail to grasp the implications of an emerging world consciousness for cooperation, for peace and for sustainability, they may become irrelevant.
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us.
How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day. In Cleveland, citizens have developed the ability to intercede when schools are scheduled to be closed, and have kept the schools open; to rally to keep hospitals open; to save industries which provide jobs; to protect neighborhood libraries from curtailment of service, to improve community policing; to meet racial, ethnic and religious intolerance openly and directly.
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles. I know. I have worked with the people in my own community. I have seen the dynamic of faith in self, faith in one's ability to change things, faith in one's ability to prevail against the odds through an appeal to the spirit of the world for help, through an appeal to the spirit of community for participation, through an appeal to the spirit of cooperation, which multiplies energy. I have seen citizens challenge conditions without condemning anyone, while invoking principles of non-opposition and inclusion of those who disagree.
I have seen groups of people overcome incredible odds as they become aware they are participating in a cause beyond self and sense the movement of the inexorable which comes from unity. When you feel this principle at work, when you see spiritual principles form the basis of active citizenship, you are reminded once again of the merging of stardust and spirit. There is creativity. There is magic. There is alchemy.
Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development, for economic and political justice and for violence control. Its work in violence control will be to support disarmament, treaties, peaceful coexistence and peaceful consensus building. Its focus on economic and political justice will examine and enhance resource distribution, human and economic rights and strengthen democratic values.
Domestically, the Department of Peace would address violence in the home, spousal abuse, child abuse, gangs, police-community relations conflicts and work with individuals and groups to achieve changes in attitudes that examine the mythologies of cherished world views, such as 'violence is inevitable' or 'war is inevitable'. Thus it will help with the discovery of new selves and new paths toward peaceful consensus.
The Department of Peace will also address human development and the unique concerns of women and children. It will envision and seek to implement plans for peace education, not simply as a course of study, but as a template for all pursuits of knowledge within formal educational settings.
Violence is not inevitable. War is not inevitable. Nonviolence and peace are inevitable. We can make of this world a gift of peace which will confirm the presence of universal spirit in our lives. We can send into the future the gift which will protect our children from fear, from harm, from destruction.
Carved inside the pediment which sits atop the marble columns is a sentinel at the entrance to the United States House of Representatives. Standing resolutely inside this "Apotheosis of Democracy" is a woman, a shield by her left side, with her outstretched right arm protecting a child happily sitting at her feet. The child holds the lamp of knowledge under the protection of this patroness.
This wondrous sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, is entitled "Peace Protecting Genius". Not with nuclear arms, but with a loving maternal arm is the knowing child Genius shielded from harm. This is the promise of hope over fear. This is the promise of love which overcomes all. This is the promise of faith which overcomes doubt. This is the promise of light which overcomes darkness. This is the promise of peace which overcomes war.
Thank You.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH 10th)
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us.
The cool thing is this is happening behind the scenes and growing stronger, regardless of what we believe about it. Aligning with evolution is a cool thing. It's a lot of fun, and one is free to enjoy one's self, because one is going with the grain.
"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." ~ Niels Bohr
As one studies the images of the Eagle Nebula, brought back by the Hubble Telescope from that place in deep space where stars are born, one can imagine the interplay of cosmic forces across space and time, of matter and spirit dancing to the music of the spheres, atop an infinite sea of numbers.
Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self. The energy of the stars becomes us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we begin: One with the universe. Whole and holy. From one source, endless creative energy, bursting forth, kinetic, elemental. We, the earth, air, water and fire-source of nearly fifteen billion years of cosmic
spiraling.
We begin as a perfect union of matter and spirit. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from sky and earth. In our outstretched hands we can feel the energy of the universe. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from water, which nourishes and sanctifies life. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from the primal fire, the pulsating heart of creation. We experience the wonder of life multidimensional and transcendent. We extend our hands upwards and we are showered with abundance. We ask and we receive. A universe of plenty flows to us, through us. It is in us. We become filled with endless possibilities.
We need to remember where we came from; to know that we are one. To understand that we are of an undivided whole: race, color, nationality, creed, gender are beams of light, refracted through one great prism. We begin as perfect and journey through life to become more perfect in the singularity of "I" and in the multiplicity of "we"; a more perfect union of matter and spirit. - - This is human striving. This is where, in Shelley's words, " . . . hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates." This is what Browning spoke of: Our 'reach exceeding [our] grasp'. This is a search for heaven within, a quest for our eternal home.
In our soul's Magnificat, we become conscious of the cosmos within us. We hear the music of peace, we hear the music of cooperation, we hear music of love. We hear harmony, a celestial symphony. In our soul's forgetting, we become unconscious of our cosmic birthright, plighted with disharmony, disunity, torn asunder from the stars in a disaster well-described by Matthew Arnold in Dover Beach: " . . . the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude nor peace, nor help for pain. And we are here, as on a darkling plain, swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night."
Today Dover Beach is upon the shores of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Our leaders think the unthinkable and speak of the unspeakable inevitability of nuclear war; of a nuclear attack on New York City, of terrorist attacks throughout our nation; of war against Iraq using nuclear weapons; of biological and chemical weapon attacks on civilian populations; of catastrophic global climate change; of war in outer space.
When death (not life) becomes inevitable, we are presented with an opportunity for great clarity, for a great awakening, to rescue the human spirit from the arms of Morpheus through love, through compassion and through integrating spiritual vision and active citizenship to restore peace to our world. The moment that one world is about to end, a new world is about to begin. We need to remember where we came from. Because the path home is also the way to the future.
In the city I represent in the United States Congress, there is a memorial to Peace, named by its sculptor, Marshall A. Fredericks the "Fountain of Eternal Life". A figure rises from the flames, his gaze fixed to the stars, his hands positioned sextant-like, as if measuring the distance. Though flames of war from the millions of hearts and the dozens of places wherein it rages, may lick at our consciousness, our gaze must be fixed upward to invoke universal principles of unity, of co-operation, of compassion, to infuse our world with peace, to ask for the active presence of peace, to expand our capacity to receive it and to express it in our everyday life. We must do this fearlessly and courageously and not breathe in the poison gas of terror. As we receive, so shall we give.
As citizen-diplomats of the world, we send peace as conscious expression where ever, whenever and to whomever it is needed: to the Middle East, to the Israelis and the Palestinians, to the Pakistanis and the Indians, to Americans and Al Queda, and to the people of Iraq, and to all those locked in deadly combat. And we fly to be with the bereft, with those on the brink, to listen compassionately, setting aside judgment and malice to become peacemakers, to intervene, to mediate, to bring ourselves back from the abyss, to bind up the world's wounds.
As we aspire to universal brotherhood and sisterhood, we harken to the cry from the heart of the world and respond affirmatively to address through thought, word and deed conditions which give rise to conflict: Economic exploitation, empire building, political oppression, religious intolerance, poverty, disease, famine, homelessness, struggles over control of water, land, minerals, and oil.
We realize that what affects anyone, anywhere affects everyone, everywhere. As we help others to heal, we heal ourselves. Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the emergence of a new organic whole, seeking unity within and across national lines. New transnational web-based email and telecommunications systems transcend governments and carry within them the power of qualitative transformation of social and political structures and a new sense of creative intelligence. If governments and their leaders, bound by hierarchy and patriarchy, wedded to military might for legitimacy, fail to grasp the implications of an emerging world consciousness for cooperation, for peace and for sustainability, they may become irrelevant.
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us.
How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day. In Cleveland, citizens have developed the ability to intercede when schools are scheduled to be closed, and have kept the schools open; to rally to keep hospitals open; to save industries which provide jobs; to protect neighborhood libraries from curtailment of service, to improve community policing; to meet racial, ethnic and religious intolerance openly and directly.
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles. I know. I have worked with the people in my own community. I have seen the dynamic of faith in self, faith in one's ability to change things, faith in one's ability to prevail against the odds through an appeal to the spirit of the world for help, through an appeal to the spirit of community for participation, through an appeal to the spirit of cooperation, which multiplies energy. I have seen citizens challenge conditions without condemning anyone, while invoking principles of non-opposition and inclusion of those who disagree.
I have seen groups of people overcome incredible odds as they become aware they are participating in a cause beyond self and sense the movement of the inexorable which comes from unity. When you feel this principle at work, when you see spiritual principles form the basis of active citizenship, you are reminded once again of the merging of stardust and spirit. There is creativity. There is magic. There is alchemy.
Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development, for economic and political justice and for violence control. Its work in violence control will be to support disarmament, treaties, peaceful coexistence and peaceful consensus building. Its focus on economic and political justice will examine and enhance resource distribution, human and economic rights and strengthen democratic values.
Domestically, the Department of Peace would address violence in the home, spousal abuse, child abuse, gangs, police-community relations conflicts and work with individuals and groups to achieve changes in attitudes that examine the mythologies of cherished world views, such as 'violence is inevitable' or 'war is inevitable'. Thus it will help with the discovery of new selves and new paths toward peaceful consensus.
The Department of Peace will also address human development and the unique concerns of women and children. It will envision and seek to implement plans for peace education, not simply as a course of study, but as a template for all pursuits of knowledge within formal educational settings.
Violence is not inevitable. War is not inevitable. Nonviolence and peace are inevitable. We can make of this world a gift of peace which will confirm the presence of universal spirit in our lives. We can send into the future the gift which will protect our children from fear, from harm, from destruction.
Carved inside the pediment which sits atop the marble columns is a sentinel at the entrance to the United States House of Representatives. Standing resolutely inside this "Apotheosis of Democracy" is a woman, a shield by her left side, with her outstretched right arm protecting a child happily sitting at her feet. The child holds the lamp of knowledge under the protection of this patroness.
This wondrous sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, is entitled "Peace Protecting Genius". Not with nuclear arms, but with a loving maternal arm is the knowing child Genius shielded from harm. This is the promise of hope over fear. This is the promise of love which overcomes all. This is the promise of faith which overcomes doubt. This is the promise of light which overcomes darkness. This is the promise of peace which overcomes war.
Thank You.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH 10th)
this dude is light years ahead of his peers in congress... i like a big picture kind of guy, especially in national government
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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This time he'll have to align with mine.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Dennis won't, so you will certainly be voting 3rd party. I didn't say the relationship was causal, though it might be. The tendency of many in this forum to vote the way Ed does might be a coincidence. After all - great minds think alike! Ha.......ha....
-Enoch Powell
edit: oops, a little late on this one. But seriously corporatewhore, it's about worldviews. Obviously, many of the political types on the board happen to be in a similar mindspace. It's not a coincidence--it's why people gravitate to one another.
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Well, I'm keeping the faith. He's an inspiration and I'm proud to stand behind him!
And yes, I think it has more to do with sharing many of the same views more than following Ed's lead.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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CONCORD, N.H., June 2 -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich told delegates to the New Hampshire Democratic Convention Saturday that they should stand with members of their local communities on issues of water rights, communication infrastructure, and the privatization of public sector jobs because "the issues here in New Hampshire are national issues as well."
The Ohio Congressman, running for the Democratic nomination for president, stood before the largest New Hampshire convention crowd in 16 years and urged them to "help New Hampshire help make the World love America again."
Kucinich focused on three local New Hampshire issues that he said reflect environmental and worker's rights concerns around the country.
"I urge you to stand with the people of Barrington to help save their ground water, to stand with the Verizon workers around the state in their efforts to assure quality rural communication service, and to stand with school maintenance workers in Dover who may lose their jobs to privatization."
"As New Hampshire begins its effort to elect the next president of the United States, I urge you to have the courage to believe in peace and act on it, and the strength to act on your courage. Believe that peace is inevitable. It's time to abandon war as an instrument of foreign policy," Kucinich said.
Kucinich also renewed his call for single payer not-for-profit health care, distinguishing himself from other candidates who want to "fix" the health care system by subsidizing private insurance companies. In talking about his concept of Medicare for all replacing the for-profit insurance industry, Kucinich told the convention "it's OK to believe in these things. They will happen."
Kucinich called on delegates to help him rebuild the nation's economy by forging a new environmental initiative in America. Modeled after Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, Kucinich's "Works Green Administration" would put people to work building a sustainable and renewable energy economy, retrofitting homes and businesses. And he said he would work to restore American manufacturing jobs by getting the country out of unfair trade deals.
"My first act in office," Kucinich said, "will be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO. We will have the courage to stand for workers' rights, for environmental rights and for the rights of Americans to hold onto their jobs."
Noting that New Hampshire had recently passed civil union legislation, Kucinich said he was ready to help bring the country to the next level, that of true marriage equality.
On the topic of civil rights and civil liberties, Kucinich brought the crowd to its feet when he said "it's time to restore our constitution, it's time to repeal the Patriot Act, and it's time to impeach the Vice President of the United States."
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
vote for change, not more of the same...no one else can come close to kucinich
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
yep yep
he does have to work on his public speaking though... he lost 97% of americans last night when he started to talk about self and this country trying to find a sense of self. that was WAY over most people head and to average joe made him seem a little "out there"...he needs to stick to the concrete answers he gave the rest of the debate and it would help his cause
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someone should tell that to obama.....:o
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That's true. I sometimes think the public just doesn't deserve him. I do, however, feel we as a whole are moving towards his vision and at a pretty fast speed compared to the pace of this kind of progress in the decades before this one.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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it is one thing to be authentic, and it is another to get across a clear point in the presidential debate. in these soundbyte debates you have to be loud and clear. thats all i am saying... i am not suggesting he compromise anything
The only thing authentic I've seen about Obama is that he's a well polished, professional, finely tuned politician. He knows all too well about saying what he has to to garner support. It's what he does and he has been excelling at it.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
they dont have to convince government, they have to convince us
It's worth a shot. People already see so many flaws in our foreign policy and healthcare system...hopefully, there will come a time when people are ready to try some new ideas.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
I agree, i was just wondering if you have someone that is (right now) so different from their party (not necessarily constituents) and the others in congress can they work together? I'd like to think they could and they could be productive.
I wonder that same thing but like you, I have hope that they will be able to work with some common interests and forge some new ideas that could bring some actual change to this country.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
As one studies the images of the Eagle Nebula, brought back by the Hubble Telescope from that place in deep space where stars are born, one can imagine the interplay of cosmic forces across space and time, of matter and spirit dancing to the music of the spheres, atop an infinite sea of numbers.
Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self. The energy of the stars becomes us. We become the energy of the stars. Stardust and spirit unite and we begin: One with the universe. Whole and holy. From one source, endless creative energy, bursting forth, kinetic, elemental. We, the earth, air, water and fire-source of nearly fifteen billion years of cosmic
spiraling.
We begin as a perfect union of matter and spirit. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from sky and earth. In our outstretched hands we can feel the energy of the universe. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from water, which nourishes and sanctifies life. We receive the blessings of the Eternal from the primal fire, the pulsating heart of creation. We experience the wonder of life multidimensional and transcendent. We extend our hands upwards and we are showered with abundance. We ask and we receive. A universe of plenty flows to us, through us. It is in us. We become filled with endless possibilities.
We need to remember where we came from; to know that we are one. To understand that we are of an undivided whole: race, color, nationality, creed, gender are beams of light, refracted through one great prism. We begin as perfect and journey through life to become more perfect in the singularity of "I" and in the multiplicity of "we"; a more perfect union of matter and spirit. - - This is human striving. This is where, in Shelley's words, " . . . hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates." This is what Browning spoke of: Our 'reach exceeding [our] grasp'. This is a search for heaven within, a quest for our eternal home.
In our soul's Magnificat, we become conscious of the cosmos within us. We hear the music of peace, we hear the music of cooperation, we hear music of love. We hear harmony, a celestial symphony. In our soul's forgetting, we become unconscious of our cosmic birthright, plighted with disharmony, disunity, torn asunder from the stars in a disaster well-described by Matthew Arnold in Dover Beach: " . . . the world, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams, so various, so beautiful, so new, hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, nor certitude nor peace, nor help for pain. And we are here, as on a darkling plain, swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, where ignorant armies clash by night."
Today Dover Beach is upon the shores of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Our leaders think the unthinkable and speak of the unspeakable inevitability of nuclear war; of a nuclear attack on New York City, of terrorist attacks throughout our nation; of war against Iraq using nuclear weapons; of biological and chemical weapon attacks on civilian populations; of catastrophic global climate change; of war in outer space.
When death (not life) becomes inevitable, we are presented with an opportunity for great clarity, for a great awakening, to rescue the human spirit from the arms of Morpheus through love, through compassion and through integrating spiritual vision and active citizenship to restore peace to our world. The moment that one world is about to end, a new world is about to begin. We need to remember where we came from. Because the path home is also the way to the future.
In the city I represent in the United States Congress, there is a memorial to Peace, named by its sculptor, Marshall A. Fredericks the "Fountain of Eternal Life". A figure rises from the flames, his gaze fixed to the stars, his hands positioned sextant-like, as if measuring the distance. Though flames of war from the millions of hearts and the dozens of places wherein it rages, may lick at our consciousness, our gaze must be fixed upward to invoke universal principles of unity, of co-operation, of compassion, to infuse our world with peace, to ask for the active presence of peace, to expand our capacity to receive it and to express it in our everyday life. We must do this fearlessly and courageously and not breathe in the poison gas of terror. As we receive, so shall we give.
As citizen-diplomats of the world, we send peace as conscious expression where ever, whenever and to whomever it is needed: to the Middle East, to the Israelis and the Palestinians, to the Pakistanis and the Indians, to Americans and Al Queda, and to the people of Iraq, and to all those locked in deadly combat. And we fly to be with the bereft, with those on the brink, to listen compassionately, setting aside judgment and malice to become peacemakers, to intervene, to mediate, to bring ourselves back from the abyss, to bind up the world's wounds.
As we aspire to universal brotherhood and sisterhood, we harken to the cry from the heart of the world and respond affirmatively to address through thought, word and deed conditions which give rise to conflict: Economic exploitation, empire building, political oppression, religious intolerance, poverty, disease, famine, homelessness, struggles over control of water, land, minerals, and oil.
We realize that what affects anyone, anywhere affects everyone, everywhere. As we help others to heal, we heal ourselves. Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the emergence of a new organic whole, seeking unity within and across national lines. New transnational web-based email and telecommunications systems transcend governments and carry within them the power of qualitative transformation of social and political structures and a new sense of creative intelligence. If governments and their leaders, bound by hierarchy and patriarchy, wedded to military might for legitimacy, fail to grasp the implications of an emerging world consciousness for cooperation, for peace and for sustainability, they may become irrelevant.
As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us.
How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day. In Cleveland, citizens have developed the ability to intercede when schools are scheduled to be closed, and have kept the schools open; to rally to keep hospitals open; to save industries which provide jobs; to protect neighborhood libraries from curtailment of service, to improve community policing; to meet racial, ethnic and religious intolerance openly and directly.
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles. I know. I have worked with the people in my own community. I have seen the dynamic of faith in self, faith in one's ability to change things, faith in one's ability to prevail against the odds through an appeal to the spirit of the world for help, through an appeal to the spirit of community for participation, through an appeal to the spirit of cooperation, which multiplies energy. I have seen citizens challenge conditions without condemning anyone, while invoking principles of non-opposition and inclusion of those who disagree.
I have seen groups of people overcome incredible odds as they become aware they are participating in a cause beyond self and sense the movement of the inexorable which comes from unity. When you feel this principle at work, when you see spiritual principles form the basis of active citizenship, you are reminded once again of the merging of stardust and spirit. There is creativity. There is magic. There is alchemy.
Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development, for economic and political justice and for violence control. Its work in violence control will be to support disarmament, treaties, peaceful coexistence and peaceful consensus building. Its focus on economic and political justice will examine and enhance resource distribution, human and economic rights and strengthen democratic values.
Domestically, the Department of Peace would address violence in the home, spousal abuse, child abuse, gangs, police-community relations conflicts and work with individuals and groups to achieve changes in attitudes that examine the mythologies of cherished world views, such as 'violence is inevitable' or 'war is inevitable'. Thus it will help with the discovery of new selves and new paths toward peaceful consensus.
The Department of Peace will also address human development and the unique concerns of women and children. It will envision and seek to implement plans for peace education, not simply as a course of study, but as a template for all pursuits of knowledge within formal educational settings.
Violence is not inevitable. War is not inevitable. Nonviolence and peace are inevitable. We can make of this world a gift of peace which will confirm the presence of universal spirit in our lives. We can send into the future the gift which will protect our children from fear, from harm, from destruction.
Carved inside the pediment which sits atop the marble columns is a sentinel at the entrance to the United States House of Representatives. Standing resolutely inside this "Apotheosis of Democracy" is a woman, a shield by her left side, with her outstretched right arm protecting a child happily sitting at her feet. The child holds the lamp of knowledge under the protection of this patroness.
This wondrous sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett, is entitled "Peace Protecting Genius". Not with nuclear arms, but with a loving maternal arm is the knowing child Genius shielded from harm. This is the promise of hope over fear. This is the promise of love which overcomes all. This is the promise of faith which overcomes doubt. This is the promise of light which overcomes darkness. This is the promise of peace which overcomes war.
Thank You.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH 10th)
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
The cool thing is this is happening behind the scenes and growing stronger, regardless of what we believe about it. Aligning with evolution is a cool thing. It's a lot of fun, and one is free to enjoy one's self, because one is going with the grain.
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this dude is light years ahead of his peers in congress... i like a big picture kind of guy, especially in national government
not to mention his wife is really fucking hot
Is she really? I don't remember you mentioning her before?
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
i would drink her bath water
stp 'still remains'
I used to love that song!
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
Yeah she is.
I don't know about bathwater, think I'll pass on that.
But several things to come to mind, that would probably get me banned if I described them here:D
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde