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Rolla Peace News December 24, 2019 |
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Dear Friends: http://tomsager.org/Peaceletters/peaceletter122419.html In this newsletter is: 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 2. ROLLA FOR BERNIE 2020 TO MEET MONDAY DECEMBER 30 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) One Honest Vote in the House b) The Conscience of Congress: Another Lone Vote c) Bernie Sanders on War and Climate Change 1. NOON VIGIL FOR PEACE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 We vigil for peace in front of the Rolla Post Office, THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, FROM NOON TO 1:00 PM (and most subsequent Thursdays until Peace is established). Please try to join us. The temperature is predicted to be in the 60s. 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. ROLLA FOR BERNIE 2020 TO MEET MONDAY DECEMBER 30 Rolla for Bernie 2020 will meet in the meeting room in the children's section of the Rolla Public Library at 5:30pm Monday, December 30. Join the group on Facebook here. 3. THE MISFIT MATHEMATICIAN (Tom's column, http://tomsager.org) a) One Honest Vote in the House b) The Conscience of Congress: Another Lone Vote c) Bernie Sanders on War and Climate Change One Honest Vote in the House Faced with a choice between two evils when impeachment came up for a vote before the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard was the only one to choose neither. She voted, “present” and pissed off everybody. Yes, pissed them all off. Good for her! I like that!“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Certainly Donald Trump deserves to be impeached; but not by that crowd of deranged dolts who had just voted a $738 billion blank check to the Pentagon to make War, even Nuclear War, in all corners of the globe and even in space; not by that crowd of deranged dolts who voted money for a border wall while children are torn from their parents at the border; and not by that crowd of deranged dolts who would pass NAFTA II with little attention to Climate Change and other environmental concerns. We've been hearing a lot of sacrilege coming from Donald Trump and his crowd of Bible-bangers. Comparing impeachment to the Crucifixion is nothing short of blasphemy. Implying that the deceased husband of a widow who voted for impeachment is looking up from Hell is absolutely disgusting. It's too bad that all these political Bible-bangers missed the Biblical verses that really pertain to this impeachment. Most pertinent, I think, are these verses from John 8: We can find a close runner-up in Matthew 7:“And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto [Jesus] a woman taken in adultery; ... and [said:] ... Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? ... As Chris Hedges points out, the chances of the Republican Senate convicting Donald Trump are virtually zero. Impeachment is simply a distraction. Even if Trump were to be convicted in the Senate, the chances of a government with Mike Pence as President doing anything to rein in the Pentagon, reduce global warming, or end any of the excesses and atrocities of the Trump presidency would still be virtually zero. Congress could shut down these atrocities now by simply not budgeting any money for them.“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ... Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.” —Matthew 7:3-5 (KJV) Among 435 members of the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard cast the only honest vote. Thank you, Tulsi. The Conscience of Congress: Another Lone Vote In last Thursday's debate, Bernie Sanders was asked to justify his vote in 2001 in favor of the War Against Afghanistan. Bernie responded: Thank you, Bernie, for reminding us of Barbara Lee's immense courage in standing up to 434 representatives and a populace gripped in war fever and voting her Conscience. And yes, she was Right and the other 434 were Wrong — Wrong to the tune of hundreds of thousands dead, trillions of dollars wasted, a land in shambles, and 18 years squandered. To my knowledge, Bernie is the only politician to admit to being wrong on the War Against Afghanistan. That is why we need Bernie so badly.“Well, only one person, my good friend, Barbara Lee, was right on that issue. She was the only person in the House to vote against the war in Afghanistan. She was right. I was wrong. So was everybody else in the House.” We need to elect a lot more Barbara Lees, Tulsi Gabbards and Bernie Sanderses. Bernie Sanders on War and Climate Change I think Bernie is the only candidate for President who really understands the connection between Militarism and Climate Change and just how dire our situation has become. When asked during Thursday's debate about relocating climate refugees, Bernie replied: If you are still undecided about whom to vote for in the March primary, think hard about Bernie.“With all due respect, Tim, your question misses the mark. It is not an issue of relocating people from towns. The issue now is whether we save the planet for our children and grandchildren. ... 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: at the 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 |