Tag: incarcerations
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THERE ARE NO “GOOD FENCES”
2014 YEAR-END ESSAY: ON FENCES, WARS & CONFLICTS NOBODY OWNS THE LAND: WE ARE ALL ONLY TEMPORARY CARETAKERS, STEWARDS OF THE EARTH Some people use the quote “good fences make good neighbors” to amplify their ownership of the land (a line from the poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, 1874-1963). The implication? Fences are good because they make the boundaries clear. Nothing could…
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OBAMA REFUSES TO REVERSE MILITARIZATION OF POLICE
This is another Truth in Media pictorial-editorial OBAMA REFUSES TO REVERSE MILITARIZATION OF POLICE IN AMERICA So much for Obama’s compassion for his beleaguered brethren across the country, like those in Ferguson, MO, who are reeling from increased militarization of police. Our “chief executive” has firmly decided to stay firmly pat and do nothing to reverse…
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POLICE HARASSMENT IN AMERICA: “WHO WILL GUARD THE GUARDS”
POLICE HARASSMENT IN AMERICA: “WHO WILL GUARD THE GUARDS” “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st century AD) This is outrageous… The police in this country are running amok. The situation is becoming worse than I had ever seen the brutal communist police act in my youth, growing up under a dictatorship regime. And if we,…
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WARS FLOURISH DESPITE TALK OF PEACE & LOVE
LET US SEND OUR LOVE AND COMPASSION TO BOTH THE VICTIMS AND THE PERPETRATORS If you are like me, you are probably inundated with messages about ascension and peace and love breaking out across the planet, replacing wars and fear. I am guilty of spreading some myself. And I have certainly seen evidence of…
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