The U.S. government is spending so much money, it is in a race to raise its debt ceiling so it can borrow more of the money it desperately needs.
For more details, please see The Washington Post, [12/11/09], "House leader says government needs to borrow at least $1.8 trillion more" [to avoid defaulting on its debts].
To see how quickly our debts are mounting, please visit usdebtclock.org/.
Keep in mind that as our government borrows, it has no idea how it will ever pay the money back. Eventually, the interest charges alone will overwhelm us.
As a nation, we are headed for hyper-inflation and bankruptcy unless you and I get involved. There is no fiscal discipline and the system is not going to fix itself. But this is our money they're spending and our voices count. It's not too late.
If you haven't yet raised your voice yet, please do so now in the name of moral and fiscal sanity.
Dick
Friday, December 11, 2009
President Obama: Seeking Peace Through Violence
Preemptive wars, military occupations, corrupt puppet governments, secret prisons and suspects seized, tortured and held indefinitely without charges. These are the horrific practices of the U.S. government and all in the name of peace.
For 36 minutes, Mr. Obama spoke to the Nobel Prize Committe and to the world. He eloquently cast aside the teachings of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he tried to talk around America's brutal practices.
He failed because as compelling as his words were, there was no substance to them. He was trying to justify violence and there was no room in his speech for the price in blood that is paid or the number of orphans war causes or the seeds of rage that are planted for future wars.
If the U.S. wants peace, it must use peaceful means. Where there is ignorance: build schools, where there is disease: build hospitals, where there is poverty: create jobs and where there is hunger: implement better agricultural systems.
If that seems extravagant to you, think of what war has cost in lives and money. Like war, peace is not free. It costs money. In the U.S. this means you and I as citizens must get involved to direct our government to stop its wars and invest in peace.
Otherwise, we'll have our President speaking hollow words trying to justify the cruelty and violence our nation is committing as it spreads fear and terror and death and destruction and hopelessness to the men, women and children of the countries it targets.
Dick
For 36 minutes, Mr. Obama spoke to the Nobel Prize Committe and to the world. He eloquently cast aside the teachings of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he tried to talk around America's brutal practices.
He failed because as compelling as his words were, there was no substance to them. He was trying to justify violence and there was no room in his speech for the price in blood that is paid or the number of orphans war causes or the seeds of rage that are planted for future wars.
If the U.S. wants peace, it must use peaceful means. Where there is ignorance: build schools, where there is disease: build hospitals, where there is poverty: create jobs and where there is hunger: implement better agricultural systems.
If that seems extravagant to you, think of what war has cost in lives and money. Like war, peace is not free. It costs money. In the U.S. this means you and I as citizens must get involved to direct our government to stop its wars and invest in peace.
Otherwise, we'll have our President speaking hollow words trying to justify the cruelty and violence our nation is committing as it spreads fear and terror and death and destruction and hopelessness to the men, women and children of the countries it targets.
Dick
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
It's One Thing To Win A Nobel Peace Prize, Another To Earn It
It is ironic but President Obama will accept his Nobel Peace Prize just a week after escalating the Afghanistan War.
This 8 1/2 year old open ended war is rapidly escalating and it will also take the U.S. military deeper into Pakistan. In addition, Mr. Obama is fighting the Iraq War, while the CIA is conducting its secret operations including seizing suspects and torturing them.
But it's not too late for Mr. Obama. He could rise to the stature of some other Nobel Peace Prize winners such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [1964], Elie Wiesel [1986] and Nelson Mandela [1993] and actually bring peace.
Instead of escalating one war and continuing the other, Mr. Obama could call for a cease fire in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could then invite all the combatants of each war into one place and negotiate settlements. If his peace effort fails people can always fight again, which is where we are now.
But sitting down together is how most wars end and it is most likely how these wars will eventually end. Mr. Obama can do it now, before more lives are lost or families destroyed and before America fights its way into moral and fiscal bankruptcy.
But he needs encouragement from you and me. He listened carefully to his military advisers and now he needs to hear from us. As U.S. citizens, we must speak for the voiceless, nameless, faceless victims of our country.
We can also speak for the welfare of our nation's military families who bear the brunt of its brutal actions. Their children, our soldiers are sent to kill and be killed. Many others return from the bloody battles, severely injured, or emotionally damaged, as the U.S. tries to force other nations to do as they are told.
How can anyone reconcile this with peace? With justice? With love? This is the time for Mr. Obama to rise to the occasion and offer the world peace and its children the promise of a better tomorrow.
Dick
This 8 1/2 year old open ended war is rapidly escalating and it will also take the U.S. military deeper into Pakistan. In addition, Mr. Obama is fighting the Iraq War, while the CIA is conducting its secret operations including seizing suspects and torturing them.
But it's not too late for Mr. Obama. He could rise to the stature of some other Nobel Peace Prize winners such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [1964], Elie Wiesel [1986] and Nelson Mandela [1993] and actually bring peace.
Instead of escalating one war and continuing the other, Mr. Obama could call for a cease fire in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could then invite all the combatants of each war into one place and negotiate settlements. If his peace effort fails people can always fight again, which is where we are now.
But sitting down together is how most wars end and it is most likely how these wars will eventually end. Mr. Obama can do it now, before more lives are lost or families destroyed and before America fights its way into moral and fiscal bankruptcy.
But he needs encouragement from you and me. He listened carefully to his military advisers and now he needs to hear from us. As U.S. citizens, we must speak for the voiceless, nameless, faceless victims of our country.
We can also speak for the welfare of our nation's military families who bear the brunt of its brutal actions. Their children, our soldiers are sent to kill and be killed. Many others return from the bloody battles, severely injured, or emotionally damaged, as the U.S. tries to force other nations to do as they are told.
How can anyone reconcile this with peace? With justice? With love? This is the time for Mr. Obama to rise to the occasion and offer the world peace and its children the promise of a better tomorrow.
Dick
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