I end this day feeling the total lack of possibility—a rare feeling as I live by the motto that in God all things are possible. I go to each meeting hoping to turn the rock over and learn what can be offered into the bounty of need and lack we witness with every step and [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
reposted from http://peaceblog.wordpress.com When people were concerned about the Bush administration bombing another country unjustly, namely Iran, I decided I needed to go to the country to find out about this so-called “axis of evil.” While there was much to criticize about the Iranian government, I found the people to be the most hospitable I [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Birthers, Deathers, Tea Parties, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin … heck, even Kirk Cameron! It seems every time you turn on the TV, some conservative is spewing crazy talk. Well, rather than laugh, cry, or just shake your head, you can now take that OMG GOP WTF?!? moment and help counter the right-wing spin machine. CREDO [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Day One is complete and the team is exhausted. It feels like we have been here a month. We thought Afghanistan was complex from the states and we would come here and everything would be clearer….only after (hopefully) it is even more complex. The day began at the offices of Women for Women International (W4WI). [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
A cacophony of song birds continues at a pitch even at 11pm. They quiet and then something seems to wake them. Our rooms are on their courtyard of flowers, grass, fountains, vine drenched archways and relaxing places to enjoy tea. We each have our own monk’s cell with bed, toilet and internet hookup. Slowly, over [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Obama administration has made a $128 billion request to fund war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. $128 billion is a very interesting figure. By 2019, the Urban Institute concludes that a single payer health plan would save $20 billion annually based on a projected 6% annual increase in baseline [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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