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  Peace vs War

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  for anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations.

  information can be found at www.moveon.org.

  these are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.. we live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue.

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  Again, what did Iraq have to do with 9/11? It's amazing how thoroughly the administration and the media have conflated these two unrelated issues. Dedalus

  Dedalus, that is something I have been wondering too. I have been asking the question "How did we get from Osama binLaden to Saddaam Hussein?". I have no idea how that happened.

  >That is the beauty of living in the US, we have the right to choose and the right to hold our own beliefs...

  Correction : It *was* , now the US is slowly turning into a police state , where even wearing a T-shirt with a protest against the war is forbidden...

  I did say that didn't I. Point well taken Berten. I think I am trying to hold on the original ideals of those who founded this country. "Big Brother" has been slowly taking over. It's a bit like trying to boil a frog alive. If you dump it in a pot of hot water, it will leap out. If you put it in a pot of cold water and slowly raise the heat, it will not notice til it is too late.
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  Peace vs War

  by songmistress in

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  for anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations.

  information can be found at www.moveon.org.

  these are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.. we live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue.

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  "Sigh", Trauma and Dakota, could you boys take your argument elsewhere. Have your opinions and respect others enough to allow them theirs. Getting defensive is not going to help anything.

  Ok, I'm tired and it's been a long nite. I'm going to bed now.

  Cheryl
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  DakotaRed Has Been Spoiled

  by DakotaRed in

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  as many know, witchywoman came to visit me this past week and returned home today.

  all in all, it was the most wonderful 4 days we have both spent in a very long time.

  having her with me was very comfortable and felt so natural.. i cooked meals everyday, to impress her of some of my other talents, of course .

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  He truly is a gentleman and a fine man. He is better so much better looking in person

  I agree with this wholeheartedly after having had the chance to meet and talk with Lew in February.

  Glad the visit worked out well for you two. I was following your exploits, but had some things going on here that made me shy away from getting too involved with thinking about other people's happiness. But things are better now, and I am done for the time being with feeling depressed and sorry for myself.

  Hugs,

  Cheryl
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  Peace vs War

  by songmistress in

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  for anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations.

  information can be found at www.moveon.org.

  these are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.. we live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue.

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  Lew, thanks for your comments. I know you feel very strongly about the whole thing.

  As you light your candles, also say a prayer that something encourages Saddam to comply with the 17 UN resolutions he refuses to comply with. Ask that he stop raping and slaughtering his own people and that he sees that his quest for power is more to blame than the hate felt towards our current president.

  This is a very good idea. I actually find myself feeling sad that there are people in this world who are so warped in their thinking, that they feel that victimizing those weaker than themselves is an OK thing to do. We are all members of the human race and the differences in reality are only superficial. Live and let live may not be real practical at this time, but I can hope and pray that sanity will one day prevail and human beings will find a way to bridge the gaps we have created between ourselves. Namaste Cheryl
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  Peace vs War

  by songmistress in

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  for anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations.

  information can be found at www.moveon.org.

  these are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.. we live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue.

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  You are welcome Trauma. I had a feeling this is what you were trying to say, but things were getting a little heated in the other thread. Now take a deep breath and let it go.

  Heathen, I haven't actually decided if I am going to participate in the vigil. I will see what tommorrow brings. I am just getting really tired of all the accusations and innuendos flying back and forth by one side or the other.

  I will however concede that sometimes cancers (saddam??) may need to be surgically removed and if that is what ends up happening, I hope it can be done quickly as it probably should have been done during desert storm.

  Just my two cents

  Cheryl
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  Peace vs War

  by songmistress in

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  for anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations.

  information can be found at www.moveon.org.

  these are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.. we live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue.

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  For anyone who is interested, there are candlelight peace vigils being held Sunday night 3/16/03 around the world starting at 7:00 in all locations. Information can be found at www.moveon.org. These are intended to be peaceful, silent vigils.

  We live in a country that values freedom, and this freedom, has to extend to both sides of the war issue. For myself, I would like there to be a peaceful solution, I am focused on and believe the world and this nation has divided itself enough. It is time to stop before we destroy ourselves. We are members of the human race first and formost. Violence only begets more violence. If you hit me, I will hit you. And then my people will come and get you, and your people will come and get us. On and on it goes. Where it stops, nobody knows.

  What concerns me is that in the midst of war fever and possible blood lust, we have an either or/us against them/either you are for us or you are against us mentality when it comes to war vs peace. I see in the news, hear on talk shows, etc reports that have more to do with extremists. I find this very curious. I hear reports of teachers being disciplined for wearing buttons showing them to be on the peace side of things, but have not heard of anyone being reprimanded for coming out for the war. I cannot believe there are no extremists on that side of things. I fear it may be because war is the accepted thing right now and dissent on the side of peace makes one the enemy.

  If your home is in a mess, where would your energy be best spent? I would think you would want to get things together at home before you start running off to help your neighbor. A husband or wife who neglects things at home could be considered guilty of abandonment. Is it different just because we are talking about President Bush. I read in our newpaper the Oregonian yesterday a quote from George Carlin. I don't have the paper here so I will try to paraphrase. He said in effect that war is something this country does well. Which is a good thing,because we cannot educate our children, feed our hungry or care for our sick and elderly. But we CAN bomb the S@#% out of Iraq. Is this something to be proud of?

  This is only a small sample of what goes on in my busy little head. There is much more here. I am not in any way trying to be UnAmerican, nor am I against the troops or any other idea or attitude that is commonly held about those who desire there to be no war. That is the beauty of living in the US, we have the right to choose and the right to hold our own beliefs.

  Blessings to all

  Cheryl
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  Do You Have Any Elder Fantasies???

  by minimus in

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  sphere gave a comment on my thread about wanting to beat someone up and he/she said that they had elder fantasies.

  do you have any elder fantasies that you would like to share?

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  Well, there was this really hot looking elder once that just made my toes curl and my heart pound... Oops probably is not the kind of fantasies you were asking for Min was it
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  The real solution to the Mid-East problem

  by songmistress in

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  edited to say my link didn't work, but thanks to funkyderek, the link is available, so thank you derek, i apreciate your directing everyone in the right direction

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  Edited to say my link didn't work, but thanks to Funkyderek, the link is available, so thank you Derek, I apreciate your directing everyone in the right direction
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  Katie just left me

  by onacruse in

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  ...to visit her family in az and ca.

  (she'll flog me when she comes home next week.

  it's just incredible how free we both feel.

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  I just realized that saying I was giving up gossip for lent means I have to do it. Well my friends pray for my success, because it is in print on a public forum now.
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  Katie just left me

  by onacruse in

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  ...to visit her family in az and ca.

  (she'll flog me when she comes home next week.

  it's just incredible how free we both feel.

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  Craig: Would I tell any secrets??? Oooops, I forgot, you know I have a big mouth. I don't mean to carry tales out of school, really I don't. I just open my mouth and out they come. Well on my honor I will try, stick a needle in my eye not to reveal any secrets I know about Onacruse's bachelor habits.

  Cheryl (of the giving up gossip for lent class)