He's passing.

I think very highly of Nelson Mandela. His book "Long Walk to Freedom" is required reading for people of conscience.

A few years back, my telephone rang, waking me at about 3 am. It was Dr. Rubin Carter, calling; Mandela and Rubin were busy trying to assist in creating peaceful resoltion to the hatred and violence in the Middle East region.

Mandela wrote the foreword to Rubin's book "Eye of the Hurricane," which was published last year. I have a nice photograph of the two men greeting each other.

the book H2O Man.
I believe it is time that I pick it up, thank you.

Treasure that photograph, always.

Terra! Terra! Terra!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/2233256/Nelson-Mandela-removed-from-US-terror-list.html



George W Bush signed the bill in time for the Nobel Peace Prize winner's 90th birthday on July 18. Ronald Reagan had originally placed the ANC on the list in the 1980s .

When a similar bill passed the House of Representatives last month, Barbara Lee, a California Democrat who co-sponsored it, said she was "especially pleased we are taking this important step to finally right this inexcusable wrong."

In April, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged a Senate committee to remove the restrictions on the ANC party, calling it a "rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterpart, the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader Nelson Mandela."

Prior to the removal of his name from the watch list Mr Mandela had to get special certification from the US secretary of state that he is not a terrorist in order to visit the country.

Sadly, the list does not surprise me.

international outreach, and it was often easy to bring ANC representatives to anti-apartheid events

Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress party have been removed from the US terror watch list.
6:45AM BST 02 Jul 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/2233256/Nelson-Mandela-removed-from-US-terror-list.html


I believe that is the only thing that I can thank bush for.

Thank you, Tierra.

I will probably listen to Nelson Mandela's favorite fairy tales on my drive home.

He has done a lot of good in his life.

What are Nelson Mandela's favorite fairy tales?

I'm looking it up right now.

Hekate

List - Narrated By:

The Ring of the King - Alan Rickman(Snape)
Asmodeus and the Bottler of Djinns - Whoopi Goldberg
Mpipidi and the Motlopi Tree - Matt Damon and Vusi Mahlasela
The Message - Charlize Theron
Sakunaka, The Handsome Young Man - Latanya Richardson Jackson and Vusi Mahlasela
Wolf and the Jackal and the Barrell of Butter - Hugh Jackman
The Sultan's Daughter - Blair Underwood
The Mother who Turned to Dust - Helen Mirren and Vusi Mahlasela
Fesito Goes to Market - Don Cheadle
Nansi Indaba(Here is the Story) - Johnny Cleg

It is pretty awesome!

It was nice to see the CD.

A remarkable human giant in an age of selfish cowards.

After 28 years in a wretched prison, I am happy he got to live a long life. He has earned that and more.

He literally defeated human evil.

Celebrating the African Spiritual Teacher.....


So perfect

for this great and wise teacher and a teacher in the Hindu tradition helps the divine in each of us to recognize the divine in others.

Nelson Mandela is such a teacher.

That is simply beautiful patrice.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing that.



“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement."

Nelson Mendela, one of freedom's most noble champions

And tears

We will miss you......

pass gently.