Quote of the day

[tinkerbell]

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

Barbara Walters

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[Christo]

u gotta live. love and dance   by me

[Butterfly]

"What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars" Mikhail Gorbachev.

[Diane]

Faith is believing something you know ain't true .    Mark Twain

[tinkerbell]

T.H.O.S.E.

(To Heal On September Eleventh)

"A Meditation, A Plea, An Invitation, And Me"

Meditation
THOSE men,
THOSE women,
THOSE children,
That agony,
Those screams,
Those lost forever(?) dreams....

For THOSE who dreamed,
For THOSE who screamed,
For THOSE who perished,
For THOSE who remain who ache - who still ache - after all these odd, odd
years, For the kin of THOSE For the friends and lovers of THOSE For the
towns and countries of THOSE For the pure brotherly love I feel for THOSE I,
one of those who still loves THOSE who perished, dedicate a moment of time
To Heal On September Eleventh

Plea
To you who can heal a mind or a heart or a body or a soul or a something
else, I, one of those of us who still loves THOSE who perished, plea to you
to join us in tithing time

To Heal On September Eleventh...

So, to you who can heal, let us introduce you to THOSE who remain who need
To Heal On September Eleventh

Invitation
To you left behind,
If your heart,
If your mind,
If your body,
If your soul hurts,
If you still hurt,
If you hurt still,
I, one of those who loves THOSE who perished, invite you to join us and let
us introduce you to those who dedicate themselves To Healing On September
Eleventh

And Me
Though I am not a medical doctor,
Though I am not a spiritual doctor,
Though I am not a mental or emotional nor political doctor, nor any other
healer nonetheless what I can do, that I will do..

And the least I can do for you is this:

I can hope for you,
I can dream dreams of peace for you,
I can hug for you,
I can speak encouragement for you,
I can spread a smile for you,
I can hold a hand for you,
I can write to heal for you,
THOSE whom I love who perished in September.

So, to you, THOSE of you whose bodies perished on that fateful morn, All
future September 11th mornings belonging to me, I dedicate a moment of time
To Heal On September Eleventh...

To The Loved Ones Of THOSE
Now that that part is finished, the terrorists are impotent against THOSE
The terrorists' terror is now finished against THOSE The terrorists have no
more weapons against THOSE And now we, those who love THOSE who perished can
defiantly SMILE for THOSE To Heal On September Eleventh

Author: Vincent Wright

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[BeverlyAnn]

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him or her to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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[tinkerbell]

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and reality of tomorrow.

Robert Goddard


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[BeverlyAnn]

The problem with our current political party system is that you can't keep the Republicans out of your bedroom and you can't keep the Democrats out of your wallet.

Political Science Axiom

Beverly

[katia]

When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it ------- President Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Christo]

if you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine. Ernesto Che Guevara

[Diane]

"I never intended to become a run of the mill person".    Barbara Jordan

[BeverlyAnn]

The cult of Ernesto Che Guevara is an episode in the moral callousness of our time.

I wonder if people who stand up to cheer a hagiography of Che Guevara, as the Sundance audience did, will ever give a damn about the oppressed people of Cuba—will ever lift a finger on behalf of the Cuban liberals and dissidents. It's easy in the world of film to make a movie about Che, but who among that cheering audience is going to make a movie about Raúl Rivero?

Paul Berman

(Raul Rivero is currently serving 20 years in prison for being a dissident by writing poetry and newspaper articles that the Cuban government didn't like.)

Beverly

[tinkerbell]

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire.
Robin Morgan


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[Christo]

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people. Rosa Parks

[katia]

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign -------- Victor Hugo

[tinkerbell]

I am not a pretty girl
that is not what I do
I ain't no damsel in distess
and I don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

I am not an angry girl
but it seems like I've got everyone fooled
every time I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling

and I am sorry
I am not a maiden fair
and I am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally I agree with them
trouble is you gotta have youself an alternate plan
and I have earned my disillusionment
I have been working all of my life
and I am a patriot
I have been fighting the good fight
and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if I knew that and I called your bluff?
don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
whether or not you ever show up

I am not a pretty girl
I don't want to be a pretty girl
no I want to be more than a pretty girl.

Ani DiFranco

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P.S.  I love you Ani.  LOL    You go girl!!!!

[Christo]

We didn't all come over on the same ship, but we're all in the same boat.   Bernard M. Baruch

[tinkerbell]

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Louisa May Alcott

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[katia]

Happiness depends upon ourselves ------ Aristotle

[BeverlyAnn]

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

Jonathan Swift

Beverly