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Tenzin Gyatso
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A holy man by men's design
Takes sticks on every step throughout his life.
A fighter of a different and noble kind
Takes stewardship of broken bodies' lives.
A promiser of no miracle cures,
But to heal and to restore those suffering within.
And much his power is needed by his peoples,
But separated they remain by ill intention still.
Alone he walks for a lonely cause -
Today no one thinks of man's oblige.
Youthful in spirit, advanced in age-
A new soul was found, but not his own.
No ritual observed, and forced upon -
The hapless imposed by the red bastards
Will perpetuate ill intention from his throne.
But, he still walks taking sticks by cowards.
Takes sticks on every step throughout his life.
A fighter of a different and noble kind
Takes stewardship of broken bodies' lives.
A promiser of no miracle cures,
But to heal and to restore those suffering within.
And much his power is needed by his peoples,
But separated they remain by ill intention still.
Alone he walks for a lonely cause -
Today no one thinks of man's oblige.
Youthful in spirit, advanced in age-
A new soul was found, but not his own.
No ritual observed, and forced upon -
The hapless imposed by the red bastards
Will perpetuate ill intention from his throne.
But, he still walks taking sticks by cowards.
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Exhibition
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The chair of the art department at my college has given me the second floor of the building as exhibition space!
I am going to have 20 prints up separated in two collections of 16 and 4 prints and an art installation.
I am very excited!
I am going to have 20 prints up separated in two collections of 16 and 4 prints and an art installation.
I am very excited!
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Peacemaking as usual... (part 1)
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A diary on the Ignatian Family Teach-in and the SOA Watch protest.
Mass
Thursday, November 20, 12pm
Standing up I wonder why I even agreed to this. Ritual has always made me uneasy. It feels like I am instantly transported in medieval times – all traces of civility, of progress, of comfort – vanished. Ritual makes people look and sound insane. I have no problem with God. It is all a matter of definition after all, but ritual, now that is a terribly different story.
Speaking in unison, singing, chanting proclamations to a higher power… I feel awkward and out of place.
The priest, whom I will eventually get to know as Fr. Mike Braden, a fellow photographer and humorist, calls us peacemakers. I wonder if that is what we are. We are just going to a protest. Exercising our right to assembly for a common cause, which happens to be peace. It is not like we will just appear somewhere where one faction is about to war another and magically create peace. That is a mysterious craft we are not very adept at, not at all. So, why the peacemakers moniker? I never imagined I will be called that, but what is life but a constant surprise, right?
I am sure everybody in the group understands that we have no superpower that can make everybody kiss and make up. Maybe God can do something about that, eventually. Personally, I am not a peacemaker. I am a peace lover. Ironically, so is everyone else. Nobody goes to war because they hate peace. No such thing as a bad peace and a good war. If people were not this easily manipulated, we would not have wars. But, then again, we would need universal higher education and healthcare. Major no-nos apparently.
I ruminate on the nature of peace. At least the girl sings heavenly. That helps my ruminations. Peace is creation. War is destruction. We don't even have to get along. Let us just create. I don't see what anyone has to gain from killing anyone else, even if that poor sap is hell-bent on destruction. Incarceration is a far better option. And since it is a war on terror, why not extraordinarily rendition all criminals, colonial style? They are the main perpetrators of terror in the world, anyway. Far more people suffer far more regularly at the hands of killers, rapists, paramilitary organizations specializing in kidnapping, mass murder, torture and, ironically, peacemaking.
That is why we are going. Protest against all these government-sponsored crimes that have gone unpunished and widely unnoticed for so long.
Social Justice House
Friday, November 21, 4am
Talking to Arpan about photography, fondling his new camera. I got to get one of those. Mo comes and then Noel. We have a short conversation on coffee and donuts. People should really stop smoking.
Airport
Friday, November 21, 5:20am
I hate security!! It is an exercise in backward thinking. Protecting us from yesterday's threat will not make me feel any safer or make my flying experience any better. Thank you, TSA, for making my flying days miserable. Security needs an overhaul, but done by an intelligent human being. "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin was heard saying that once. He consequently thought it was such a good idea that he wrote it down. And now we have the supreme pleasure of totally ignoring his genius.
It is simple math, really. If you have 150 people on a plane with a knife and fork, and out of those 11 have the inexorable intent on steering the plane into a building, then you get 139 people kicking their collective behind. Even if you have casualties, are we that scared from fighting for the lives of our families? Even if the plane blows up, that's still 150 casualties in comparison to 2,974 on 9/11. And that is not counting all the soldiers, and Afghani and Iraqi civilians that died because of the wars.
You do the math!
In comparison, when Pan Am 103 hit Lockerbie there were 270 casualties. And one man in jail. No grand war. No war on terror. Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. I'm sure it happens in a lot of people's dreams, but never in reality.
Plane
Friday, November 21, 7am
Everybody is tired and angry. No compassion. Not like in the 1960's air travel commercials. No more friendly skies. No more snacks on the plane. Flying on to GA. See what happens.
To be continued…
Mass
Thursday, November 20, 12pm
Standing up I wonder why I even agreed to this. Ritual has always made me uneasy. It feels like I am instantly transported in medieval times – all traces of civility, of progress, of comfort – vanished. Ritual makes people look and sound insane. I have no problem with God. It is all a matter of definition after all, but ritual, now that is a terribly different story.
Speaking in unison, singing, chanting proclamations to a higher power… I feel awkward and out of place.
The priest, whom I will eventually get to know as Fr. Mike Braden, a fellow photographer and humorist, calls us peacemakers. I wonder if that is what we are. We are just going to a protest. Exercising our right to assembly for a common cause, which happens to be peace. It is not like we will just appear somewhere where one faction is about to war another and magically create peace. That is a mysterious craft we are not very adept at, not at all. So, why the peacemakers moniker? I never imagined I will be called that, but what is life but a constant surprise, right?
I am sure everybody in the group understands that we have no superpower that can make everybody kiss and make up. Maybe God can do something about that, eventually. Personally, I am not a peacemaker. I am a peace lover. Ironically, so is everyone else. Nobody goes to war because they hate peace. No such thing as a bad peace and a good war. If people were not this easily manipulated, we would not have wars. But, then again, we would need universal higher education and healthcare. Major no-nos apparently.
I ruminate on the nature of peace. At least the girl sings heavenly. That helps my ruminations. Peace is creation. War is destruction. We don't even have to get along. Let us just create. I don't see what anyone has to gain from killing anyone else, even if that poor sap is hell-bent on destruction. Incarceration is a far better option. And since it is a war on terror, why not extraordinarily rendition all criminals, colonial style? They are the main perpetrators of terror in the world, anyway. Far more people suffer far more regularly at the hands of killers, rapists, paramilitary organizations specializing in kidnapping, mass murder, torture and, ironically, peacemaking.
That is why we are going. Protest against all these government-sponsored crimes that have gone unpunished and widely unnoticed for so long.
Social Justice House
Friday, November 21, 4am
Talking to Arpan about photography, fondling his new camera. I got to get one of those. Mo comes and then Noel. We have a short conversation on coffee and donuts. People should really stop smoking.
Airport
Friday, November 21, 5:20am
I hate security!! It is an exercise in backward thinking. Protecting us from yesterday's threat will not make me feel any safer or make my flying experience any better. Thank you, TSA, for making my flying days miserable. Security needs an overhaul, but done by an intelligent human being. "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin was heard saying that once. He consequently thought it was such a good idea that he wrote it down. And now we have the supreme pleasure of totally ignoring his genius.
It is simple math, really. If you have 150 people on a plane with a knife and fork, and out of those 11 have the inexorable intent on steering the plane into a building, then you get 139 people kicking their collective behind. Even if you have casualties, are we that scared from fighting for the lives of our families? Even if the plane blows up, that's still 150 casualties in comparison to 2,974 on 9/11. And that is not counting all the soldiers, and Afghani and Iraqi civilians that died because of the wars.
You do the math!
In comparison, when Pan Am 103 hit Lockerbie there were 270 casualties. And one man in jail. No grand war. No war on terror. Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. I'm sure it happens in a lot of people's dreams, but never in reality.
Plane
Friday, November 21, 7am
Everybody is tired and angry. No compassion. Not like in the 1960's air travel commercials. No more friendly skies. No more snacks on the plane. Flying on to GA. See what happens.
To be continued…
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Ivan Moze
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At the above link is a picture of Ivan Moze. He was kidnapped in Sofia, Bulgaria in February 2007. Several articles appeared in the local news later in the year that purported he had been killed. There are no conclusive evidence to that effect. The suspects in his kidnapping were released promptly for lack of evidence despite eyewitness accounts of more than a dozen people, and Moze's blood in their vehicle. This is an outrageous failure of law enforcement agencies. As a Bulgarian I am appalled by the inadequacy of the security organs of my country. Although Ivan is purported to have crime links, he is someone's brother. He is sorely missed and any information about his fate would be valuable. If you have any information you owe it to his family and to the people of Bulgaria, as that would help expose the blatant incompetency of the Law. Thank You!
At the above link is a picture of Ivan Moze. He was kidnapped in Sofia, Bulgaria in February 2007. Several articles appeared in the local news later in the year that purported he had been killed. There are no conclusive evidence to that effect. The suspects in his kidnapping were released promptly for lack of evidence despite eyewitness accounts of more than a dozen people, and Moze's blood in their vehicle. This is an outrageous failure of law enforcement agencies. As a Bulgarian I am appalled by the inadequacy of the security organs of my country. Although Ivan is purported to have crime links, he is someone's brother. He is sorely missed and any information about his fate would be valuable. If you have any information you owe it to his family and to the people of Bulgaria, as that would help expose the blatant incompetency of the Law. Thank You!
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New Macbook
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So, I got it two weeks ago, but now I am very much used to it. So much so in fact that I feel awkward doing anything on my windows system. Its proper amazing, and barring some bizarre turn of events I am a convert for life. It is a true pleasure to work with, although not without its shortcomings.
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