THANKSGIVING DAY PRAYER

Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people.

        Creator, open our hearts
to provide and protect for all children of the earth.

         Creator, open our hearts
to respect for the earth, and all the gifts of the earth.

         Creator, open our hearts
to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all.

Thank you for the gifts of this day and every day.

                                               AMEN

I CAME BACK HAUNTED

What’s it like to almost die?  I was 52. Heart attack. The heart surgery wasn’t bad, but the sternal staph infection that followed was. They told me later that one in two people die. I was the lucky, unlucky one. Another surgery. Having to open my chest a second time in 10 weeks. A medically induced coma they called it, leaving my chest open so they could continue to clean out the staph. They released me out of this alternative world on the eighth day. After a 105 degree fever, they were hoping I still had some functioning brain cells. Everyone was relieved when I spoke. The first thing I asked after they removed a tube from my throat was how the operation went? My wife had to tell me it was eight days later. It is an odd feeling, missing eight days. A new meaning for the words, “time flies.” The second thing I asked for was a drink of water. As it worked out, Holy Water, because I thought I had seen Christ. Just my luck, no beautiful angel, like Roma Downey, from the TV series, “Touched by an Angel”. My Christ was a carnie, operating a ride at a carnival. It seemed almost like a VCR that he injected me into. I got in willingly. It took me on a ride up and down, something like a roller coaster, or bobsled run, bright lights flashing as I sped faster and faster, going so fast, everything seemed to blend together like a smudged rainbow, perhaps from the tears of my wife, daughter, and son, dripping tears onto my life that was dimming. It is always harder for the family. They are dealing with things exterior, while you are struggling with things interior. I arrived back at the start. The carnie, whom I recognized as Christ, asked me if I was ready. I understood him to mean ready to move on. I heard my wife yell “don’t go”. She was standing behind my left shoulder. I must have said no. Anyway, I’m still here. But I came back haunted.

'Clear Flouting of Roe v. Wade': Court Strikes Down Anti-Choice Bill in Wisconsin

'Clear Flouting of Roe v. Wade': Court Strikes Down Anti-Choice Bill in Wisconsin



MORE CRAP OUT OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN.  WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME CORRECTING THE STUPIDITY OF RIGHT-WING REPUBLICANS. IF ONLY WE COULD CONCENTRATE ON THE MEANINGFUL THINGS, AND LET THESE PEOPLE DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT.

PEEVER LAW #11

CAPITALISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRACY AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PROFIT AND EXPLOITATION.

What’s Really at Stake at the Paris Climate Conference Now Marches Are Banned

What’s Really at Stake at the Paris Climate Conference Now Marches Are Banned



THEY TAKE FEAR AND USE IT TO THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. TO DO OTHERWISE IS TO LOCK CHAINS ON US. "THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS NOT FEAR, BUT CAPITALISTS USING FEAR AGAINST US."

PEEVER LAW #26

No matter what your status in life, keep your head up and don't be afraid to tell them to kiss your ass.

Sanders Delivers Speech on Democratic Socialism

Sanders Delivers Speech on Democratic Socialism

I'M IN. 

Former Drone Pilots to Obama: Civilian Killings Driving 'Terrorism, Instability'

Former Drone Pilots to Obama: Civilian Killings Driving 'Terrorism, Instability'



NOW ISN'T THAT SURPRISING. RANDOMLY KILLING THE "ENEMY" IN THE NAME OF PEACE.  AND THE CITIZENS DON'T LIKE IT.