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Rolla Peace News September 6, 2016 |
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================================= Dear Friends:In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 2. BUEHLER PARK — KEEP THE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS COMING 3. LABOR DAY THOUGHTS 4. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) They Murdered Six Million b) Bull Connor Retrurns c) The Best Free Attraction In The USA
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We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 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 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. BUEHLER PARK — KEEP THE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS COMING Your phone calls and email are having a positive effect. Keep them coming. Here are the details: Please contact:City of Rolla: (573) 426-6948, citycouncil@rollacity.org Royal Canin USA HQ: (800) 592-6687, info.usa@royalcanin.com Royal Canin in Rolla: Crystal Watson, (573) 202-9034, crystal.watson@royalcanin.com Kent Jewelry: Kent Bagnall, (573) 364-1030, kent@kentjewelry.com and respectfully request:“Please do not build a dog park in Buehler Park. Let Buehler Park remain a beautiful park for all people to use and enjoy.” You may also add something like:“Instead please consider building a dog park across Kingshighway near the Welcome Center or at some other location in Rolla.” Thanks for your help. More info at http://buehlerpark.org 3. LABOR DAY THOUGHTS Here's a positive story about a police department — nice for a change! The police department in Bangor Maine has a Facebook page: One of the officers, whose idea this was, regularly posts comments, funny stories, opportunities for community service, and thoughtful essays, such as the one featured in the Common Dreams article linked to below. In his Labor Day post, Sgt. Tim Cotton says, “Ponder for a moment, if you will, how all those who have come and gone before you were able to exist and thrive with far less than you currently have.” And “take a long hard look at what we have and how it got here.” It's true that most of us have more in the way of material goods and conveniences than any but the very rich had 100 years ago. Sgt. Cotton made the point that all of these good things were brought to us by the labor of ordinary working people — people who were paid starvation wages for their work; people who now have less and less access to the good things of life because of the actions of those who make the most profit from their labor. This has always been the way of the world, as far back as we have written history. But does it have to be this way forever? If the Clintons and Trumps and their ilk have their way, it will. And if we give up, it will. A living wage, a home and enough food to nourish the body, access to health care and education should be the right of every citizen. Let's do whatever we can to make that happen. 4. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) They Murdered Six Million b) Bull Connor Retrurns c) The Best Free Attraction In The USA THEY MURDERED SIX MILLION In a forlorn attempt to control the spread of the zika virus which is linked to microcephaly (infants born with underdeveloped brains), Dorchester County, South Carolina resorted to the aerial spraying of naled, which decimated the local bee population. Bees pollinate our crops. No bees, no food. Naled is also implicated in neurological fetal disorders. In this case the cure (if one may even call it that) is worse than the disease. BULL CONNOR RETURNS If you thought the days when the “public safety” establishment set the dogs on non-violent protesters were over, guess again. Dakota Access released the dogs on non-violent protestors at a Standing Rock Sioux encampment. Pipeline construction has demolished Native burial sites and threatens to pollute the water supply. At least one child was bitten. THE BEST FREE ATTRACTION IN THE USA “A zoo is a better window from which to look out of the human world than a monastery.” —John GrayIt's official. The St. Louis Zoo has been voted our nations best free attraction. If you are a member or supporter of the St. Louis Zoo, give yourself a hearty pat on the back. ================== 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 ### |