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Comment on Prayer for the 2008 Election by Janet Muirhead Hill

Janet Muirhead Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:08:45 +0000

A hearty AMEN from me, Janet. Difficult times are ahead for the winners of the elections on Tuesday. We NEED new leadership that will relate honestly and without manipulating Americans with fear to accomplish their secret motives.

Comment on Election 2008: Fulfillment of the Dream Deferred by Janet Riehl

Janet Riehl — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:06:19 +0000

‘Yes. Obama embodied the needed change so many of us feel is in store for the survival of America. May he be strong, and wise, and decisive.

Comment on Election 2008: Fulfillment of the Dream Deferred by Janet Muirhead Hill

Janet Muirhead Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:04:55 +0000

A victory for all of us! I have great faith that Obama will continue to unite, not only Americans, but the world! May we all give him our support and keep him in our prayers.

Comment on Election 2008 Congratulations from Ghana. Time for Change by Rod McLaren, Development Chief of Edubiase by Janet Muirhead Hill

Janet Muirhead Hill — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:01:51 +0000

Thank you for posting this message of hope and good will from Ghana. As an American, I am humbled by the reminder of the narrowness of our view of the world. Technology allows us easy connection and the possibility for greater understanding of societies around the globe. Yet many of us remain willfully self-satisfied in the assumption that we live in the greatest country in the world and somehow deserve greater privilege than others. Too many of us look down our noses at other cultures if we look at them at all. \r\n\r\nAfter 9/11, I was shocked by the egotism and greed that allowed our country to attack and invade a sovereign nation that had nothing to do with the attack. As the fallacies on which our invasion was justified were proved false, our invasion and the war continued, purportedly to install our “superior” ideals and to protect the Iraqi people. Whereas I used to be content to live in my own little world, oblivious to “foreign affairs,” horror at my country\’s action expanded my world view and concern for my fellow human beings everywhere. My hope is that our president elect can begin to heal the damage created in the last 8 years by a president whose policies were divisive. We hope that Obama\’s influence will be unifying here at home and around the world. Perhaps the biggest challenge to unity is right here in our own extremely polarized country. \r\n\r\nBarack Obama has a difficult road ahead and the grave challenge of fulfilling the hopes from around the world. My prayers are with him.

Comment on Blog Action Day, the Environment: Easy Being Green at Hotel Carlton in San Francisco by Blog Action Day: Poverty in the Great Depression. “The Kind of People that We Are”—a poem by Erwin A. Thompson |

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:11:21 +0000

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Comment on Lakeside by Dave Barber

Dave Barber — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:12:11 +0000

Imagine this room,
stain on the dark wooden floor
hole where the gas line ran
where I sat up worried
I’d killed everyone.
A room wet with guilt
a shrine to ignorance
and naivety,
a manger of pain.
This room changed
but remained the same.
When I kept falling down
it made the same crash.
When I returned,
it was for sewing-
(Nothing else really)

My feet creak the floor
boards giving under the weight
of years, or under my shadow-
light
shadow
both mixed.
No shadow of turning.

Dave Barber
15 Nov 08

Comment on Skeeter by Ria

Ria — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:07:58 +0000

Poultice had yet more words of wisdom as I navigate this unfamiliar underworld. I’m grateful for this intimate interaction with your poetry.

Comment on War Answer…fallen soldiers…”Rainmaker,” a song by Marcus Bustos by Sheri Riehl

Sheri Riehl — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:34:49 +0000

You should really check your sources prior to writing such BS. Marcus is no relation to Vince they are childhood friends. Vince has never lost a sister to the Iraq war. His sisters name is Sheri not Dawn. He did however have a cousin who died as a result of the Iraq war. Sean M. Langley KIA 11/2004. If he was so distraught over the loss of his cousin then tell me why he did not attend the funeral?

Vince was in the military briefly with a split option as a senior in High School but due to problems with his feet he was discharged and never allowed back into the military. He has no degree from SIU and has never attended SIU. Vince did attend John A Logan College for a partial semester but never completed his degree.

If he is in Louisiana running a computer business it is under fraudulent circumstances as I can assure you he has no degree in such a field. The only things Vince has mastered in his lifetime is being the biggest Liar and Alcoholic Dead Beat Father,

Comment on “How Do You Heal a Broken Heart?” new poem by Erwin A. Thompson by Ria

Ria — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:55:31 +0000

Janet, I was working on our “project” tonight and stumbled on this poem. It’s with such gratitude that I receive all the gifts that are being given to me. Thank you for being the channel.

Comment on Crazy Ali of Turkey: “The Village Poet,” by Marcelline Burns by Sonia

Sonia — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:39:15 +0000

I met him tooo!

He took us on a “walk” at midnight! It was amaaaazing! I’m gonna blog about it in a bit.