Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 301

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1. 

   RubDMC on April 29, 2006 at 11:24 am

   

   Click on the candle to copy the image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment.

   ” I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”
   from Dirge Without Music
   by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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   James 438 on April 29, 2006 at 11:39 am

   
   and for poetry month:

   This is sort of long, but it’s wonderful.

   An excerpt from Jubilate Agno

   For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
   For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him.
   For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.
   For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.
   For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer.
   For he rolls upon prank to work it in.
   For having done duty and received blessing he begins to consider himself.
   For this he performs in ten degrees.
   For first he looks upon his forepaws to see if they are clean.
   For secondly he kicks up behind to clear away there.
   For thirdly he works it upon stretch with the forepaws extended.
   For fourthly he sharpens his paws by wood.
   For fifthly he washes himself.
   For sixthly he rolls upon wash.
   For seventhly he fleas himself, that he may not be interrupted upon the beat.
   For eighthly he rubs himself against a post.
   For ninthly he looks up for his instructions.
   For tenthly he goes in quest of food.
   For having consider’d God and himself he will consider his neighbour.
   For if he meets another cat he will kiss her in kindness.
   For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it a chance.
   For one mouse in seven escapes by his dallying.
   For when his day’s work is done his business more properly begins.
   For he keeps the Lord’s watch in the night against the adversary.
   For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin and glaring eyes.
   For he counteracts the Devil, who is death, by brisking about the life.
   For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him.
   For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
   For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger.
   For he has the subtlety and hissing of a serpent, which in goodness he suppresses.
   For he will not do destruction, if he is well-fed, neither will he spit without provocation.
   For he purrs in thankfulness, when God tells him he’s a good Cat.
   For he is an instrument for the children to learn benevolence upon.
   For every house is incomplete without him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.
   For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of the Children of Israel from Egypt.
   For every family had one cat at least in the bag.
   For the English Cats are the best in Europe.
   For he is the cleanest in the use of his forepaws of any quadruped.
   For the dexterity of his defence is an instance of the love of God to him exceedingly.
   For he is the quickest to his mark of any creature.
   For he is tenacious of his point.
   For he is a mixture of gravity and waggery.
   For he knows that God is his Saviour.
   For there is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest.
   For there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.
   For he is of the Lord’s poor and so indeed is he called by benevolence perpetually–Poor Jeoffry! poor Jeoffry! the rat has bit thy throat.
   For I bless the name of the Lord Jesus that Jeoffry is better.
   For the divine spirit comes about his body to sustain it in complete cat.
   For his tongue is exceeding pure so that it has in purity what it wants in music.
   For he is docile and can learn certain things.
   For he can set up with gravity which is patience upon approbation.
   For he can fetch and carry, which is patience in employment.
   For he can jump over a stick which is patience upon proof positive.
   For he can spraggle upon waggle at the word of command.
   For he can jump from an eminence into his master’s bosom.
   For he can catch the cork and toss it again.
   For he is hated by the hypocrite and miser.
   For the former is afraid of detection.
   For the latter refuses the charge.
   For he camels his back to bear the first notion of business.
   For he is good to think on, if a man would express himself neatly.
   For he made a great figure in Egypt for his signal services.
   For he killed the Ichneumon-rat very pernicious by land.
   For his ears are so acute that they sting again.
   For from this proceeds the passing quickness of his attention.
   For by stroking of him I have found out electricity.
   For I perceived God’s light about him both wax and fire.
   For the Electrical fire is the spiritual substance, which God sends from heaven to sustain the bodies both of man and beast.
   For God has blessed him in the variety of his movements.
   For, tho he cannot fly, he is an excellent clamberer.
   For his motions upon the face of the earth are more than any other quadruped.
   For he can tread to all the measures upon the music.
   For he can swim for life.
   For he can creep.

   –Christopher Smart, c. 1760

3. 

   jimstaro on April 29, 2006 at 11:48 am

   
   Light A Candle For
   Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
   and For The Children – Innocence Lost!

   GI Special 4D29 The Grunts In The Bush Rebelled.pdf

   “Combatants For Peace”

   From HomePage:
   We are a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were actively involved in the cycle of violence in our area. The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation. We all used weapons against one another, and looked at each other only through weapon sights; however today we cooperate and commit ourselves to the following: We no longer believe that the conflict can be resolved through violence. We believe that the blood shed will not end unless we act together to terminate the occupation and stop all forms of violence. We call for the establishment of a Palestinian State, alongside the State of Israel. The two states can exist in peace and security beside each other. We will use only non-violent means to achieve our goals and call for both societies to end violence.

   Read Ellen Barfield’s, Board Member of VFP, Report on her Visit to Israel/Palistine and the First Public Meeting of the Group HERE

   And from Protest Records Site – Album 2, this mp3 Peace In The World

    

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     jimstaro on April 29, 2006 at 12:20 pm

     ACCUSED TERRORIST APPLIES FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP

     How goes the war on terror? In the U.S. the answer seems
     to depend on just who is being terrorized. This week
     Cuban-born Luis Posada Carrilles officially applied for
     U.S. citizenship. Posada has been charged with a number
     of terrorist activities in Venezuela and Cuba, including
     blowing up a civilian airliner in 1976, which killed 73
     people including members of Cuba’s Olympic Fencing Team.
     He escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985 as he was
     awaiting trial.

     Posada, who has worked for the CIA, successfully fought
     Venezuela’s extradition request last year when a judge
     ruled that he may be mistreated in a Venezuelan prison.
     Posada’s alleged accomplice in the bombings, Orlando
     Bosch, gave a chilling interview on Miami’s Chanel 41
     earlier this month, where he explained how the Cuban
     athletes had brought the bombing on themselves by
     representing their country, and therefore ‘the tyrant,’
     referring to Fidel Castro.

     Injustice In Miami: A Discussion on Terrorism

     Presentation by Jose Pertierra
     April 8, 2006

     Three days ago in Miami, Luis Posada Carriles’
     accomplice in the downing of the Cuban passenger plane
     that was blown out of the sky with 73 innocent people on
     board on October 6, 1976 was interviewed by Juan Manuel
     Cao of Channel 41 in Miami. His name is Orlando Bosch.

     I read you verbatim excerpts from the television
     interview:

4. 

   dada on April 29, 2006 at 12:15 pm

   

   Peace

5. 

   alohaleezy on April 29, 2006 at 12:26 pm

   Peace be.

6. 

   Man Eegee on April 29, 2006 at 3:03 pm

   

   …no more deaths.

7. 

   shermanesqe on April 29, 2006 at 3:23 pm

   So fucking ashamed.  More so than usual, of course.  My god, what are we doing?  I hate this series Rub, but I love you for bringing it to us.  I cannot back down from being a witness, each and every day.  This must stop, we must not perpetuate this death, anguish, suffering, pain…  When will there be peace?  Will it ever be?

   

8. 

   supersoling on April 29, 2006 at 3:53 pm

   

9. 

   Damnit Janet on April 29, 2006 at 4:26 pm

   And America doesn’t care. KNow why… cause they don’t care about their own children here in the states.

   Home of the free and the brave… BULLSHIT.

   Home of the apathetic and the greedy.

   If my child was injured or g-d forbig killed in this “liberation” I’d be hell bent on killing every single person involved and supportive as more so – the ones who willingly remained ignorant and silent.

   They’d no my wrath till I was shot down in the streets… as a mother… but I’d be labeled a terrorist.

   How many kids are we going to allow to die for our sense of freedom?

10. 

    ask on April 29, 2006 at 5:47 pm

    
    Violence Uproots 100,000 Iraq Families