Okay!

No Criticism of the President

I Apologize---

I Am Not Mad at You

I Listened

I listened as they called my President a Muslim.
I listened as they called him and his family a pack of monkeys.
I listened as they said he wasn't born here.
I watched as they blocked every single path to progress that they could.
I saw the pictures of him as Hitler.
I watched them shut down the government and hurt the entire nation twice.
I watched them turn their backs on every opportunity to open worthwhile dialog.
I watched them say that they would not even listen to any choice for Supreme Court no matter who the nominee was.
I listened as they openly said that they will oppose him at every turn.
I watched as they did just that.
I listened.
I watched.
I paid attention.
Now, I'm being called on to be tolerant.
To move forward.
To denounce protesters.
To "Get over it."
To accept this...
I will not.
I will do my part to make sure this great American mistake becomes the embarrassing footnote of our history that it deserves to be.
I will do this as quickly as possible every chance I get.
I will do my part to limit the damage that this man can do to my country.
I will watch his every move and point out every single mistake and misdeed in a loud and proud voice.
I will let you know in a loud voice every time this man backs away from a promise he made to them.
Them. The people who voted for him.
The ones who sold their souls and prayed for him to win.
I will do this so that they never forget.
And they will hear me.
They will see it in my eyes when I look at them.
They will hear it in my voice when I talk to them.
They will know that I know who they are.
They will know that I know what they are.
Do not call for my tolerance. I've tolerated all I can.
Now it's their turn to tolerate ridicule.
Be aware, make no mistake about it, every single thing that goes wrong in our country from this day
forward is now Trump's fault just as much as they thought it was Obama's.
I find it unreasonable for them to expect from me what they were entirely unwilling to give--author unknown.

Chilled

Crisis of the Common Good

The great crisis among us is the crisis of “the common good,” the sense of community solidarity that binds all in a common destiny—haves and have-nots, the rich and the poor. We face a crisis about the common good because there are powerful forces at work among us to resist the common good, to violate community solidarity, and to deny a common destiny. Mature people, at their best, are people who are committed to the common good that reaches beyond private interest, transcends sectarian commitments, and offers human solidarity.

Walter Brueggemann

Cory Booker's Wisdom

Cory Booker

We must always:
Be uncomfortable amidst injustice;
Disquiet in the face of wrongs; and
Disturbed as unfairness persists. 

We must never allow bigotry to be easy; or hate to normalize
We must remain defiant
We must resist.

More dangerous than hate is apathy
More dangerous than bigotry is silence
And More dangerous than injustice is the acquiescence to it. 

Let us be resolved:
To be vigilant in the defense of others;
To be restless in pursuits of justice;
And let us never grow weary in the work of love

I Believe You IF

Congruent?

And They Are Going to Hear From Me!

Who Are You?

What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are. -C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew

Cohen

God is on His Throne? Give Me a Break

Play the Hand

Stupid!

Can anything be more stupid than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarreled with him? - Blaise Pascal

Our Bright Future!

Funny!

Faith

Reflection

The character, choices, and good judgement of one's children reflects the character, choices, and judgement of their parents. Money, fame, brains, and beauty are not true accomplishment in any sense, they are simply a reflection of superficial values that have been passed down.--Alan Ebert

Water It

Understandable

The Storm

Good to Remember

Normal Day

A Wonderful Thought

Essential

We Must Interfere

"And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remain silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe."

Elie Wiesel Acceptance Speech Nobel Prize

Just stand up

Happiness

Ubuntu

Weight of Compassion

America is a Gun

Nothing is Perfect

Let 'em Go

Same God

Bitter or Better?

Live

In Your Heart

Food for Thought

I Am

Respect

I Worried

The Big Picture

Sunrise

The Cause

Honestly

Poetic Life

Judging

You Can't

It Doesn't Matter How Long

It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. ~Sharon Salzberg

Begin

What Are We Teaching?

Solve Problems

“Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn't murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn't murder lies; it doesn't establish truth.... Violence may go to the point of murdering the hater, but it doesn't murder hate. It may increase hate. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn't solve any problems.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Vulgarity vs. Wit

Doing My Part

Decide

Leave People