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Rolla Peace News July 12, 2016 |
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================================= Dear Friends:In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016 (BASTILLE DAY) 2. HELEN IS TAKING THIS WEEK OFF 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Why Am I Not Surprised? War Is Coming Home b) Why Am I Not Surprised? Bernie Endorses Hillary
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We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016, (and all subsequent Thursdays until peace is established) from Noon to 1:00 PM. Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the high 80s. If you do not feel comfortable standing with us in front of the Post Office, please consider driving by and showing your support for our message by honking your horn and flashing a peace sign. 2. HELEN IS TAKING THIS WEEK OFF Helen is taking the week off attending a workshop in California where she and her friends are trying to undo some of the damage that we humans do to each other and the planet. Helen will return next week. 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) Why Am I Not Surprised? War Is Coming Home b) Why Am I Not Surprised? Bernie Endorses Hillary WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? WAR IS COMING HOME The news that five policemen were killed by a sniper in Dallas seems almost deja vu to someone who has been following our Middle East and Asian wars for the last quarter century. The headlines should have been that a man who was trained by the US military to be a killer, came home and used his military skills here to ambush and kill. That's the problem with training killers: When war goes sour, as it always does eventually, sometimes they use their killing skills back at home — sometimes on the “wrong people.” To paraphrase the Gospels: A nation that lives by the sword, will die by the sword. Ann Wright draws many parallels, including comparing the assassination of Afghan War veteran and suspect Micah Johnson by remote control with our military's policy of assassination by drone. No, I'm going to refrain from describing this event with words like “horrendous.” If I use the word horrendous to describe this killing, then what word should I use to describe our killing of millions of children in the Greater Middle East and the destruction of the entire region? Yes, war is coming home. WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? BERNIE ENDORSES HILLARY The big news on the political front is that, as expected, Bernie, coming up way short in delegates to win the Democratic nomination, has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Bernie is just too good a politician to do otherwise. Bernie was never very strong as a peace candidate. His main issues like single-payer health care for all, free higher education, and opposition to toxic trade agreements were basically domestic issues. Clinton on the other hand is the quintessential hawk. Bernie may push her in the right direction on domestic issues; but the last thing the establishment will give up is their alleged right to make war at any time, in any place and in the way of their choosing. ================== Rolla Peace News is distributed by email once a week on Tuesday evenings (except on rare occasions) and is posted on the web at http://tomsager.org (click on Grassroots Rolla: top of rightmost column).If you don't wish to get notices of peace events in the Rolla area, let me know and I'll take you off this list. If you want to be added to this list, let me know. Wage peace, Helen helenm (at) fidnet.com ### |