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Presidential Directives

Presidential Directives

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I was rereading a bit about Emerson and self-reliance earlier. It affected me, as it always does. Before I wade into current political statements of opinion on the recent Presidential Directives (I’ve seen blog headlines), I’ve decided to treat it like I would treat any document I wanted to interpret. What follows is my initial set of impressions and thoughts. This will change, it always does. It might be interesting to do part 2 sometime later, when these thoughts bounce…

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Booing Andrew Card

Booing Andrew Card

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Andrew Card was booed big time at the graduate school commencement ceremony at UMass Amherst. Tell me what they were thinking at UMass, bestowing an honorary degree on Card this year? Is there some federal funding problem? Oh, wait. UMass. Right. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA[/youtube] At moments like this, I am so proud to be a UMass Amherst alum. Sometimes Atlanta Georgia still seems like another country.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

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Memorial Day is the day to remember those who died in defense of this country. The American dead in Iraq were not defending our country. Their deaths represent an even more significant tragedy. (Broken bottles under children’s feetBodies strewn across the dead end streetBut I won’t heed the battle callIt puts my back upPuts my back up against the wall) They died for causes that no-one has been able to articulate faithfully or honorably. (There’s many lost, but tell me…

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Walls Don’t Work

Walls Don’t Work

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We are wall-eyed, our vision mis-aligned. We construct walls and eye them, while simultaneously looking away. My eyes hurt just thinking about it. We’ve lost our depth perception. It’s a pathetic, futile thing (and a profound forgetting of history) to engage in wall building. But it’s something to do, and there are hatreds to be stoked, fears to be placated, monies to be gathered. Shakespeare used the term “wall-eyed” to express reproach, metaphorically extending the literal misalignment of the eye’s…

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Ask a presidential candidate

Ask a presidential candidate

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What question would you like to ask the top three Democratic candidates? On June 4, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama will join Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners live on CNN for a conversation about faith, values, and poverty — and they’re asking supporters to vote for their favorite question to ask in front of a national television audience. The presidential candidates forum will be a unique opportunity to shape the national debate over faith and values — and…

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