Seeing this much love can only bring higher awareness… and tears. What are we fighting for? Why do greed and corruption and needless death still triumph over love and caring and thriving? Have we learned nothing at all? Bring them home. Bring them home. Bring them all home – everywhere.
Here are some more actions that you can take online. Pick a couple, or do them all! Sign up for the newsletter at FactCheck.org. Sign up for The Progress Report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Watch the video (or read the transcript) of Abu Ghraib whistleblower Samuel Provance speaking out on torture and cover-up, and then write a letter to your local newspaper. Watch the Wage Peace: The Cost of War video at the American Friends Service…
I was listening to some old comedy by the late Bill Hicks last night, and one thing he said had me on the floor laughing. He was approached by some big, hulky guys after an engagement. “Hey buddy. We’re Christians, and we didn’t like what you said.” His response? So forgive me. Keep this in mind. I have engraved it inside, and will call it out at every opportunity from now on. It will be a default, standard response to…
Earthrise and Earthset over the Moon – wow. These high definition pictures were released November 12, 2007 by the Japanese space agency JAXA. The images were taken by the SELENE probe as it orbited the Moon at a distance of about 62 miles (100 km). These are the world’s first HD images of the Earth – from about 235,000 miles (380,000 km) away in space. [youtube width=”425″ height=”355″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEAMQALvDC4[/youtube] (Thanks to Sharon Puett) (Ok, I really don’t like that song anymore….
I’ve had the Tori Amos tickets since about an hour after they went on sale. Tori Amos and Kate Bush are my all-time favorites. Two of the Tori Amos “dolls” of her multiple-personality “American Doll Posse” made an appearance at the concert she gave at the Fox Theater in Atlanta Wednesday night. This concert was very different than Tori’s others. Less hypnotic reverie, more hard rock. Evidently the songlist is affected by the selection of the semi-archetypal facets of her…
Here’s a video that gives a pretty good idea of how America is currently viewed in much of the world. It may have an unfamiliar flavor to an American audience, but it’s worth watching the whole song. The imagery is striking. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnlMnf7t4t4[/youtube] (Thanks to JR) Don’t miss an American video response.