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Mike Nelson
(9,903 posts)...beautiful people.
mia
(8,356 posts)For me, they also provide an escape from my insular world and remind me to appreciate all that I have.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)of the modern human condition, especially, to me, the young children. I wish they had one of the child soldiers of Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo.......and many more worldwide. Sad, sad state of affairs. Bookmarked and K&R
mia
(8,356 posts)despite the world that we've created for them.
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)To me, that's what's so sad.
brer cat
(24,402 posts)among many of young children fully engaged in war. Seven years old!
brer cat
(24,402 posts)This one really warmed my heart:
mia
(8,356 posts)and this one is also breathtaking in a joyful sense of the word.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)mia
(8,356 posts)Edit is on the way.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)that we are so much a part of yet so insulated from. Only a few Americans witness the horrors of war. Our soldiers have seen it and my husband is one of most who no longer wants any part of it. While the rich warmongers profit, the suffering of the innocent knows no bounds.
I don't think anyone realizes how close we are to this and how big a part we've played in the miseries.
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)A Brief History of U.S. Interventions:
1945 to the Present
by William Blum
Z magazine , June 1999
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html
The engine of American foreign policy has been fueled not by a devotion to any kind of morality, but rather by the necessity to serve other imperatives, which can be summarized as follows:
* making the world safe for American corporations;
* enhancing the financial statements of defense contractors at home who have contributed generously to members of congress;
* preventing the rise of any society that might serve as a successful example of an alternative to the capitalist model;
* extending political and economic hegemony over as wide an area as possible, as befits a "great power."
This in the name of fighting a supposed moral crusade against what cold warriors convinced themselves, and the American people, was the existence of an evil International Communist Conspiracy, which in fact never existed, evil or not.
The United States carried out extremely serious interventions into more than 70 nations in this period.
A detailed accounting of all the places we stuck our dirty little fingers at link. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html
The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971.html
By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Twenty-four hours after Osama bin Laden told the world that the American people should read the work of a little-known Washington historian, William Blum was still adjusting.
Blum, who at 72 is accustomed to laboring in relative left-wing obscurity, checked his emotions and pronounced himself shocked and, well, pleased.
"This is almost as good as being an Oprah book," he said yesterday between telephone calls from the world media and bites of a bagel. "I'm glad." Overnight, his 2000 work, "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower," had become an Osama book.
"This is almost as good as being an Oprah book," he said
Here's a really good page with more of his writings: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/William_Blum.html
JEB
(4,748 posts)mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)but never the entire book. Now I will. Thanks for the link. You should make this an OP. Blum is too good for everyone not to know about.
I love what he said about the Oprah book too...
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Dizzy with eternity
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Call it home for you and me
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race
Full of hope, full of grace is the human face
But afraid, we may lay our home to waste
There's a fear down here we can't forget, hasn't got a name just yet
Always awake, always around, singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Now watch as the ball revolves and the nightime calls
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
The darkness never goes from some men's eyes
Well you know it strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Stalking turf, dividing up meat
Nightmare spook, piece of heat, it's you and me, you and me
Click, flashblade in ghetto night, Rudie's looking for a fight
Rat cat alley roll them bones, need that cash to feed that Jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Commissars and pin-striped bosses role the dice
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price?
Money green or proletarian gray
Selling guns instead of food today
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
While the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
If the spirit's sleeping then the flesh is ink, yea
History's page, it is thusly carved in stone
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own
On our own, on our own, on our own
If the game is lost then we're all the same
No one left to place or take the blame
We will leave this place an empty stone
For that shinning ball we can call our home
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians, throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Shipping powders back and forth
Singing, black goes South while white comes North
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing I got mine and you got yours
And the current fashions set the pace
Lose your step, fall out of grace
And the radical he rant and rage
Singing someone got to turn the page
And the rich man in his summer home
Singing, just leave well enough alone
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
And the politicians are throwing stones
So the kids they dance and shake their bones
'Cause its all too clear we're on our own
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities
Ashes, ashes all fall down
Ashes, ashes all fall down
Ashes, ashes all fall down
Ashes, ashes all fall down
mia
(8,356 posts)Singing I got mine and you got yours
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)No words.
mopinko
(69,809 posts)thinking my ex was the world's biggest asshole.
CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)So much misery & much of it paid for by our tax dollars.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I never would have found this on my own. Humbling. Children with big guns. They will never have a childhood. So much pain. Thanks again.