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Interesting question, and worth considering, personally, and I think
for all of us. This is difficult work we're doing, trying to create a
better world, and it's pretty easy to get "lost" in that work, as I've
certainly experienced (and still do sometimes). There is a balance
required with knowing the truth of the political/social realities and
investigating the truth for our Selves and our own immediate World,
yes... I've been doing that a lot more lately. Part of it is avoiding
Information Overload Disorder, as I've come to call it, which can be
quite deadly. <br>
<br>
I'll be very interested to read more about other people on this list,
as I value the input from you, ... e-affinity group, I guess :)<br>
So as for me--<br>
In addition to "administering" an international organization with
200-250 local groups (911truth.org) and facilitating our website and
online store, outreach to other groups, and investigating possibilities
to work internationally with people toward justice (in general), and
posting articles to WorldCantWait.net and participating with their web
group, I ...<br>
just got my substitute teaching emergency certificate and am hoping to
be able to sub several days a week, in spite of holding the school
accountable lately for some really shitty policies toward kids...<br>
have an editing/transcription business called PDQ Word Services, which
is growing a little but not nearly enough...<br>
have six children, eldest married, three at home, one on the
hippy-trail-to happiness (?), one graduating high school this year who
lives with dad...<br>
participate with local kids' sports groups and two schools (elementary
and middle school) and 4H and science fair ...<br>
play the guitar and piano and listen to music a LOT...<br>
dance on my deck when I get stressed out ... <br>
don't have television and <i>do</i> support my community radio station
...<br>
have a flock of 12 poultry (chickens, guineas, & ducks) laying a
LOT of eggs at the moment, and have 38 more chicks coming in the mail
next week, 2 dogs and 2 cats, and milk goats and a pig coming later
this spring ...<br>
am working with my neighbor (who rents from me the small cabin on the
hill above me and has just written a Thoreau-inspired book I'm editing
now) to get the ground broken and ready for a 20' x 40' garden with
heritage seeds here pretty quick, near the apple/peach/berries/grapes
orchard area ...<br>
am preparing to be prepared if we go off-grid in the next year (uhm,
that's a hopeful stretch...) <br>
grew up hunting and fishing and still think the second amendment is
valuable, especially out in the woods where I live, and especially when
the weird phone guy shows up on my back porch hooking into my phone
lines and then won't tell me what the hell he's doing, and won't leave
until I give him "exactly 30 seconds" to show me the warrant or get in
his truck and get the ____ off my property (yeah, think Deliverance if
you want) ... <br>
have a great picture of "Unbought & Unbossed" Shirley Chisolm under
a Doctors Without Borders world map and We Will Not Be Silent postcard
on my wall; with a fabulous little picture of women and children
building a school in El Salvador, the best part of which is a woman
with her arms around two children holding flowers, machine gun slung
over her children, smiling; next to a card that says "When injustice
becomes Law, RESISTANCE becomes Duty" ... and the huge abstract print
of two midwives holding babies behind me, with the warrior scripture
"But the midwives feared (respected) God, and did NOT as the King of
Egypt commanded them, but saved the children alive." [Yeah, once upon
a time I helped babies get born peacefully, before I started trying to
save the world so they could actually <i>live</i> in it :) ]<br>
Okay, fine, I'll admit it--I taped up the little fairy birthday card my
ex sent me last year under that. (Even Warrior Women need pretty
pictures of winged fairies with butterflies sometimes, right?)... <br>
oh yeah... and my daughter's first place science fair trophy, with
multiple "I love you so much mommy" drawings and paintings here and
there :)<br>
<br>
Oh yeah, and I burn a lot of nag champa...<br>
<br>
If you looked in my eyes you would see weariness, and laughter, I think.<br>
<br>
Janice<br>
<br>
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Kris Knight wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:A3E6C6FF-9EC2-45B4-ACDB-F2853EBFDECD@merr.com"
type="cite">All great points, and thank you. Just keeping up with the
facts is formidable, much less having an educated opinion about
things... But I would also ask...in what ways can we move forward
without putting so much energy into being steered by those in politics?
We are surrounded by negativity, including much coming from within our
ranks which feeds the collective of negativity. HOW can we withdraw
our energy from that and INVEST our energy in redirecting outcomes
TOWARD positive? One initial question which on the surface seems
shallow, or redundant, but isn't really---where do I put my money? And
where do I put my attention, my fascination, my gratitude? They are
all currency.
<div>What do you fill your daily brain/mind workings with? what is
the ratio? And then, what do you suppose you truly emanate to others,
which is NOT what you do but what comes from or actually IS the essence
of everything that makes you up, incl. every thought. Since I know
little about each of you and what you fill your lives with outside of
what I read, it is difficult to know to whom I am writing this...but it
is relevant for each of us. For me every day. WHAT DO I EMANATE INTO
THE ENERGETIC WORLD???</div>
<div>I'D honestly like to hear more about people who are of this
group list. Perhaps we each are emanating much that is positively
feeding the web of LIFE but use this group to focus on a really
challenging aspect of LIFE on this planet. Hal probably knows alot
about each of us, but I know nearly nothing about most of you. And if
you think this is poppycock to request more info about what it is you
fill your lives with behind the words we all read on this list, why, I
wonder, would this seem so irrelevant or pointless to you? Not so
much what you DO but what you feel you emanate out into the world when
you're standing still...and don't be modest. Be honest.</div>
<div>Right now I"m looking at an extraordinary picture of Jane
Goodall, having eye contact with a huge gorilla that is literally
holding her in its arms, looking at her. WHAT they emanate is
abundantly clear. If I looked into your eyes right now, what would I
see, what would they tell me? If you put your hand on me right now,
what would that contact tell me? <br>
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<div>On Feb 16, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Janice Matthews wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000066"> Yeah, I'm afraid I agree
here and would like to be shown what's changing for human beings under
the Obama Regime. I still see him as the new, much more eloquent,
convincing, and thus dangerous, face of the desperate and crumbling
Empire. USA Today reports this national poll today, showing 2/3 of
Americans want investigation (and nearly half of those want
prosecution) : <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-11-investigation-poll_N.htm">http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-11-investigation-poll_N.htm</a>
. I would like to see investigation/prosecution begin, rather than
hearing "I prefer to be forward-looking but will let Eric Holder decide
whether to prosecute." (The same Eric Holder who managed to keep
OKC/Kenny Trentadue's death under wraps, and those perpetrators to go
free? great...) <br>
<br>
That does not look, at all, like change to me. Further, Jason Leopold
(ConsortiumNews.com) just published an excellent piece called "Torture
Report Erodes Bush's Defense." And Jonathan Turley and other
Constitutional lawyers (remember, Obama is one...) are stating firmly
that he <i>must</i> prosecute or he will be guilty of the same! The
Raytheon executive in charge of the Pentagon finances when it was
announced (9/10/01) they'd lost 3.2 TRILLION DOLLARS from the Pentagon
budget has been appointed BY OBAMA as Deputy Defense Secretary (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102460153564&e=001KoGnquAjw2k0H9H53TBPRgryQD4Ddwo-D5lYHVFOKlzSf63qvZTEtVuZcamJHADHe1LwSAH5W7qtHN7Xzk1YM0J9Uz4niHPEVzuZLCzyySnX4N-TC0lPrFCCva8H7_Nt2q_HBy3ccZ-UhsnbG8t-MzQGLEYQzCYww4WjJ-I8DYM="
shape="rect">www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12291</a>
). I could go on and on about who he's appointed, but won't. Oh, and he
just sent more drones into Pakistan and killed another 60 "terrorists."<br>
<br>
Honestly, I simply do not understand how people can see this as a
string of positive events, though I'm willing to listen if there's some
truth and reality I'm not seeing ... top-down convincing people that
they should "sign up" to organize repairing the nation feels to me like
convincing the worker-bees to produce more, to bolster the company's
future, while selling the assembly-line products to powers destroying
the world... "Produce more of these genetic seeds... they're good for
the world." kind of thing. He may be eloquent, but my opinion is that
makes him a more believable liar. Look at what he's DOING, not what
he's saying. <br>
<br>
And frankly, what's the question here... If I beat my children, and am
caught (and admit it on national television), I would be arrested and
tried for it. No question. If I did it to hundreds (or thousands) of
people, I'd make front page headlines, endless hours on the 24-7-news
channels, and fear to walk the streets, lest people beat/kill me for my
heinous crimes. So really. What's the difference?! I simply do not
understand people having any question about this whatsoever!! Crime
-> investigation -> admission -> trial -> sentencing.
Period. No matter why we feel the need to consider whether we should
push for prosecution, the fact that we're having to "consider whether"
to prosecute is what needs to be looked at! <br>
<br>
Thanks for listening...<br>
Janice<br>
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Jay Becker wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:374179.14017.qm@web33501.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
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valign="top">In what ways is the Obama administration "restoring
control of the government to the people"? Not some words dug up from a
speech that appeals to our prejudices but in fact, in deeds. The wars
continue and are being expanded, despite the fact that millions have
voted for the Democrats in two election cycles as a vote to end those
wars. The bail-out? Commentators across the political spectrum agree
that it is essentially the same approach that the Bush administration
took, with a few revisions. Ending renditions? Last week the Obama
Dept. of Justice (!) went into court and argued just what the Bush DoJ
had: "Don't let lawsuits by detainees seeking redress for the crimes
committed against them go forward because they will expose state
secrets" - namely, the crimes against international law this government
wants to continue behind the veil of state secrets!<br>
<br>
If we go along with all this because of a few crumbs thrown our way
(precious few, in fact), then we are indeed complicit with that, and
much more.<br>
<br>
"On the inauguration, crimes...and complicity"<br>
By Bob Avakian<br>
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style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stop</span> thinking like an American, <br>
Start thinking about humanity!<br>
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--- On <b>Mon, 2/16/09, Hal Snyder <i><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Hal Snyder <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:hal@drxyzzy.org"><hal@drxyzzy.org></a><br>
Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] Icke on Obama<br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net">citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net</a><br>
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 7:15 AM<br>
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<div id="yiv2026703495">David Icke is an interesting
phenomenon. He can be insightful, charismatic, absurd, and hateful. I
don't think he makes a strong case against Obama.
<div><br>
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<div>Barack Obama and his administration clearly present
a mixed picture.<br>
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<div>However, in response to Icke's charge that he is
working to control the masses, there is ample evidence that Obama wants
to restore control of the government to the people. We see attempts at
taking community organizing to a national level. Community organizing
is the opposite of top-down mind control. It is based on encouraging
people to develop their own power.</div>
<div><br>
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<div><i>... a viable organization can only be achieved if
a broadly based indigenous leadership — and not one or two charismatic
leaders — can knit together the diverse interests of their local
institutions</i></div>
<div>- Barack Obama</div>
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<div>References:</div>
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<div>Documentary, DAVID ICKE: The Lizards and the Jews</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
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href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2912878405399014351">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2912878405399014351</a></div>
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<div>change.gov</div>
<div>usaservice.org</div>
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<div>Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City
- by Barack Obama, 1990.</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
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<div>On Feb 16, 2009, at 12:44 AM, andrew ritter wrote:</div>
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style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"
size="3">I'm sure there are a variety of opinions on David Icke, but I
think he has some pretty solid arguments against Obama. I have
included some highlights below. Full posting is very long and
sometimes wanders, but also has a lot of indisputable facts & worth
a read here:<br>
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<font style="font-size: 19px;" face="Verdana" size="4">Barack
Obama: The Naked Emperor</font><br style="font-size: 11px;">
<font style="font-size: 19px;" size="4"><a
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<font style="font-size: 16px;" size="4">I worked in
television for more than a decade, often reading autocue while a
director spoke in my ear telling me what cameras to look at. I have,
since the early 1990s, spoken my truth on public stages across the
world. I know, therefore, the difference between artificial autocue
delivery and body language and talking from the heart without a script.
Obama, I repeat, is coming from the autocue, not the heart.</font></div>
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