The Guerrilla Campaign

Memorial Day, 2005 the Guerrilla Campaign We remember our military men and women who have been killed and wounded in our many wars. We also remember the countless peoples who have been killed and wounded by our actions. Today, our young again face the same dilemma that many Americans my age faced during Vietnam. The choice is as stark now as it was then. Face jail, or exile, or a life on the run, or fight in an unjust, immoral war. These are all brave men and women, and nothing in their life has prepared them for this choice. Whichever decision they make is a profoundly life-altering experience. Post-trauma disorders. Vietnam veterans faced a life after exposure to “Agent Orange” with all its attendant health problems. Today’s veterans face a life after exposure to the effects of our DU munitions with all of its consequences; a slow painful death, severe health disorders, birth defects in their children, and their children’s children. Many of our Vietnam veterans are homeless. Many of ...

I’d like to comment a moment on C Wilson’s post Honoring Our Heroes by CJW. Specifically, […] Or, perhaps Bush thinks all mommies are like his -- they don't want to be bothered with wasting their beautiful minds... Usually, I don’t bother the spouses and families of political figures. But both the presidential bush women have inserted themselves into the political arena. So for me, they are fair game. That quote got me to thinking about the barbara bush. The woman has no heart, and I wonder about her mental abilities. No matter how good a mother is, sometimes a kid will grow up to be sociopathic. But when at least three of your children, the boys, georgie, jeb, and neil, grow up to be sociopaths, I think one must look to the parents to find out why. We already know georgie the elder was so out of touch by 1992, that he didn’t know what a supermarket scanner was. And we know that georgie the younger so addled his brain with alcohol and drugs, that he hears voices, and thinks it’s Go...

It is recommended that you read The Climate of Man part III by Elizabeth Kolbert; published in The New Yorker May 9, 2005 as the final installment of a three part series. It is not available online yet but the following link will take you to an informative discussion with Kolbert and to parts I & II. http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/?050425on_onlineonly01 Will our species--the only one capable of changing the global climate--be here in a hundred years? Will we be able to alter the way we have always done things in favor of the way we will have to do them in order to ensure the viability of our biosphere? We would like to think the answer is yes. That answer, however, is not a measure of our intelligence as a species, it is a measure of our fortitude and determination to act altruistically on behalf of our greater, communal self-interest. Scientists have been warning us for some twenty precious years that we are on the brink of disaster. The facts are irrefutable and our outl...

Well, here's a nice piece of news from the administration of the president bush. And just in time for Mothers' Day too. The lack of any compassion or empathy for anyone reinforces the fact that the president bush is a true sociopath (The Sociopathic Bush Administration) . Why we let these people continue to ruin the lives of countless millions, is beyond me. A part of their agenda seems to be to grind the less fortunate down. These people are neither Christian, or compassionate. They are frauds. Dangerous frauds. They are also war criminals. The world would indeed be "better off" with these people removed from office, and any position of influence. Under New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, Food Stamps May Be Reduced By ROBERT PEAR May 8, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/politics/08drugs.html WASHINGTON, May 7 - Elderly people with low incomes may lose some of their food stamps if they sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Bush administrat...