8.09.2009
"Peace Activists"steadfastly ignore Start. The Secret Service ask if they can help, and offer comradeship. Hmmmm. "Give me a military man any day. Don't give me any cowards." Gandhi
"I consider myself a soldier;" and
[paraphrase] - 'If to prevent some atrocity you find yourself unable to do so by non-violent means,
be violent if you must, but do not just stand there.'
Gandhi.
Last night was the anniversary Japan time for the Nagasaki bombing. About 20 activists showed up for a brief commemoration, inches in front of where Connie and I spend our lives commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year.
So these activists were really appreciative of our commitment, right? Of the 20, 16 scrupulously made neither eye contact nor voice contact with me, nor contact or acknowledgment of any kind. Had it been Connie, I suspect it would have been different. Had it been Thomas, it would have been different, however all but two or so in the group never really helped Thomas or Connie when they really needed it. I do NOT take it personally.
With the exception of Thomas, then Ellen, Liz, Gael and a few others, this has been my experience with the so called "Peace Activists" in DC - they don't like me and they certainly do not support the work I do. And I am totally OK with that; and under the circumstances I would not want it to change. But it is interesting.
BUT START!!!! you stupid fool! Don't you understand how antagonizing, intimidating, etc. they find you?!?!?!? Well, yes I do, not that this is ever my intent. But what is interesting is, there is another group that SHOULD find me just as distateful, or more so, but they do not; they never have - The Police in DC.
This is in stark contrast to the support, respect and encouragement I've received from many in the Secret Service, Capitol Police and Park Police in the 5-6 years I've been doing Peace Work here in DC. "Hey Start, it is awfully cold out there, if you need to come into the cruiser, let me know." "Hey Start, it is too hot out there. If you need some cold water, or to come into the cruiser to cool off, let me know." They stop by to talk - genuine mutual respect and camaraderie. "Hey, if anyone gives you any trouble, just let us know." Etc.
Yes, BOTH groups have reason to shun me. But one, instead, recognizes something we hold in common - Commitment, Self Sacrifice, Courage, Dedication to a Cause.... The other finds these characteristics of mine suspicious, offensive, antagonistic, threatening, intimidating, "violent" .... Gandhi would not find them so.
I wonder if the rather stunning shunning I was treated to last night was a result of the following email of mine published in the Washington Post yesterday in response to an article a week ago on the Secret Service that made me cry: "The Making of an Agent," July 26 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071701785.html .
My original email spoke of how Gandhi said, "Give me a military man to work with any day; don't give me any cowards;" and "I consider myself a soldier." The portion they published http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102017.html was:
Jay "Start Loving" McGinley of Washington e-mailed:
"I man the 28-year Peace Vigil outside the White House, nine hours per day, 365 days per year.
I observe these Secret Service officers all day long. I love these guys.
Yes, I am totally committed to nonviolence.
But I also am totally committed to courage, honor, duty and service --
and these [agents] are among my heroes."
And they are among my heroes, right along side of Thomas, Diane, Ann, Liz, Ellen....
"a central reason that conservatives and libertarians reject the scientific understanding of human-caused climate change is that they simply cannot stand the solution." Joseph Romm
Destroying Sand Castles: Turns out that the Left can't resist the "fun" either. Building takes just too much time, energy, humanity. :-(
To fight The Matrix, one must LEAVE the Matrix, banished, Living Outside. No one living inside The Matrix is of any hope, regardless of their words.
Muslim Cleric Imam Ali: "If you see another man he is either your brother in religion, or your brother in humanity."
Universal Love: The Ultimate Cost, The Ultimate Hope, The Ultimate Reward - ALL three IN THIS LIFE; IN THE MOMENT. Heaven.
8.08.2009
"LOVE is the Greedy Taking of Responsibility for the well-being of the least-of-these, or it is NOT Love. Love is Universal, or it is NOT Love" SL
The Pentagon, Military-Industrial Complex, Corps, etc are NOT the Enemy. The ENEMY is the APATHY, COWARDICE, DENIAL,, SELF-DECEPTION, INDECISIVENESS, LIP SERVICE, LAZINESS... of we good people.
Evil Cannot Long Survive Witnessing Itself. Causing such Witness is the Job of the Non-Hostile (aka non-violent) Warrior Waging Love.
8.06.2009
After we had been speaking for an hour Bob Dylan's sound man said, "Start, you are the most True Buddhist I've ever met."
Keeping Anti-Nuclear Vigil 24/7 Since 1981. Fighting for no more Hiroshimas.
"Hey Thomas, God bless you brother. Your work continues thanks to Connie, Ellen, B. You did enormous service to humanity brother, and I know you are continuing upstairs. Poor God. :-) . Love you brother. Thanks again for all you Love, and work for us. Start."
8.05.2009
" It’s called the American Dream cause you have to be asleep to believe it..." George Carlin
True Religion subordinates ALL to, and values ABOVE ALL ELSE the spread of Universal Love. Today there are no True Religions. There ARE a few (1 in a million) who are OF the True Religion - Universal Love, including some of you.
There is no Philosophy that is not the Extreme Cutting Edge of Science; or it is just mental masturbation.
There is no Mental Health that is NOT Universal Love
8.04.2009
A note left at my YouTube Channel (535 Subscribers): I used to be a Christian - today I don't like Christians in general - selfish, can't wait for everyone else to go to hell, loves war and torture as long as it isn't them.
"I used to be a Christian - today I don't like Christians in general - selfish, can't wait for everyone else to go to hell, loves war and torture as long as it isn't them.
I don't see that in your posts - I see Christ. Thank you"
:-)
8.02.2009
If Pres. Obama were your child's brain surgeon...
Humanity's crucial question: How to shift our focus en mass from "me" to "we (esp. the-least-of-these)?"
Difference tween life dedicated to least-of-these and not? Heaven and hell in this life, for you and them. Right?
8.01.2009
Purdy said, "MS isn't really so bad - and the fact that I can have a wheelchair, that is a good thing."
7.31.2009
World's most hopeless words: "Obama / Congress must...." Worlds most HopeFul words: "I must...."
7.30.2009
As long as the US Corporate structure remains, Democracy is Dead. "Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, and For the Corporations."
"Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, and For the Corporations."
EVERYTHING except Universal Love robs you of Life.
EVERYTHING except Universal Love robs you of Life.
7.29.2009
We construct, live and fight to the death to defend a Fiction, most of us; a self-serving Illusion with a "thin veneer of" reality. Think Palin, the "birthers." Think the "good," middle class American.
How to Contact Congress and Save Health Care in Two Easy Steps
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Pres. Obama bet on our higher angels, Repugs / Corps on our low. Repugs / Corps won. (Hmmmm - "Corps" . Corpse)
7.28.2009
There IS no "Administration," "Congress." It is the Special Interests (wolves/cancer) vs U.S./US/We-the-Sheeple. Washington is SIMPLY a weather vane.
It is sooo UNFAIR! Hours... Years to CONSTRUCT. Seconds to destroy (GOP). We better get over it, AND RISE TO THE TASK.
Fw: I feel sick. Screw America. Screw us American sheep.
NPR Poll Finds Tough Sledding For Obama
President Obama has hit a rough patch, squeezed between a lingering recession and rising questions about President Obama's health care overhaul, the latest NPR poll finds. A plurality of voters polled opposed the health care plan now moving through Congress.
WHILE WE NICE LIBERAL SHEEP SCREW AROUND, THE REPUBLICAN / CORPORATE WOLVES GET OFF THEIR BUTTS AND SCREW US.
We get what we deserve.
If we REALLY get what we deserve, the ONE PERSON that has REALLY BEEN FIGHTING FOR US WILL QUIT: Pres. Obama
Your brother,
Start Loving
7.27.2009
7.26.2009
I didn't see it till now. Of course! The default postion is that Evil (entropy) wins! I don't like the default position; not for you, not for me, not for posterity.
7.25.2009
GOOD NEWS!!! Universal Love (God) is better than conditional love, sex, war, food, anger, safety, hate, comfort, pulse, community... EVERYTHING else!!! Pass it on!!!!!!!!
Evil reigns due NOT to the committed actions of the evil, but due to the committed INACTION of the Good. SL
7.24.2009
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke. FoXXX News
Fox is VERY, VERY, VERY dangerous - like Hitler in the late 20's.
And you / we are doing what to stop them?
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
SL
SL here - This is about WAY MORE than what you see on the cover. Fw: Why I walk and call
This (below) is about WAY MORE than what you see on the cover.
This is about WAY more than Healtcare. This is about - WHO is
going to run America? WILL YOU ALLOW THE CORPORATIONS
TO CONTINUE TO RUN AMERICA? ) OR WILL YOU, THE PEOPLE
TAKE AMERICA BACK, AND RUN IT. NO 3rd OPTION EXISTS.
(If you haven't seen this most successful of all CBC productions, IT IS A MUST:
http://www.youtube.com/user/StartLoving1#play/user/2C5A9B911894BFD4 )
Your ACTIONS and mine will answer that question, for your children,
nieces, nephews... and your brothers and sisters around the country
and around the world.
This fight will define America's Soul for generations - for good or for Evil.
Love you,
Start
ps: Share this.
From: "Patricia L., BarackObama.com" <info@barackobama.com>
To: Start Loving <start_loving@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 1:32:58 PM
Subject: Why I walk and call
Start -- I'm Patricia, from Hallandale Beach, Florida (just a little north of Miami). Like you, I support President Obama, and I want to help his agenda become a reality. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I'm luckier than many -- I have insurance. But when I had to stop working because of the chemo, I could no longer afford my rapidly increasing health care insurance premiums. I went through my entire retirement savings, then had to start taking out loans from my bank to keep up. Now, with my credit drying up, I'm scared that I'll lose my home and my insurance. This shouldn't happen in America. A bad diagnosis shouldn't have to mean that everything you've worked so hard to save, and all the plans you've made, are suddenly gone. So that's why I'm working for real health insurance reform. Because no one should have to feel the anguish and fear I've felt constantly these last two years. Because this crisis needs to end -- and because I know that will only happen if each of us does our part. Today, I'm asking you to join me and volunteer with Organizing for America. OFA volunteers are out there every day, talking to our neighbors, organizing community events, and doing everything we can to build the public awareness and support we'll need to pass reform this year. Will you sign up to join a Health Care Canvass or Phonebank in your area this week? As the President said on election night last November, "This victory alone is not the change we seek -- it is only the chance to make that change." We all did a lot to get to this point, but now the real work truly begins. We can't let up now. So this week, I'll be contacting my neighbors, asking them to declare their support for the President's core principles of reform and then contact their representatives in Congress. If you join me, and others all around the country do the same, our voices will be louder than the special interests and lobbyists who have preserved this awful system for so many years. Please join me, and sign up today for a Health Care Canvass or Phonebank in your area: http://my.barackobama.com/hcweekevent Thank you for reading my story and considering my request, Patricia Patricia L. Organizing for America Volunteer Hallandale Beach, FL P.S. -- If you can't make it to any events in your area, don't worry. You can still use Organizing for America's Neighbor to Neighbor tool to call folks near you. |
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7.22.2009
The more we sacrifice out of Love for the LEAST of these, the more WEALTHY we become in Joy, Love, Life, Peace... and PERSECUTIONS!
Universal Love - the Ultimate Intelligence AND the Ultimate Stupidity (it knows NOT how NOT to Love). [Think Forest Gump.]
did was a TOTAL REASON to NOT Love me!!!! Not exaggerating - ENTIRELY selfish, lazy, self centered, greedy, deceitful....
OMG, he could be so tough! But I just realized that he simply did not have the intelligence to see how
not to Love me. SC just reminded me of this, cuz she is sooooo like this. So are most of you, pretty much.
Hmmmm. I'm crying now. :-) Oh, I pray you have had someone like my dad in your life. It Saved me (with Jesus help).
We must ALL become so stupid; PERFECTLY Stupid in this way, TOWARD EVERYONE, OUR ENEMIES,
THE STRANGER, THE LEAST OF THESE. And thereby teach others to do the same.
We MUST be someone like my dad in the lives of others. Hurry. HURRY!
HURRY. We humans are out of luck, and time.