NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT
3/8/07
I have been encouraged lately from all the wonderful news arriving daily in my email. For instance Scooter Libby has been convicted and will serve jail time. Dick Cheney is having considerable trouble and has finally been exposed for what he is. G.W Bush is at a 30 % approval rating and sinking further. G.W is planning a five country tour of South America to try and bolster his image as a war criminal and devil. Hundreds of thousands of South Americans are preparing a warm welcome for him with firebombs and straw stuffed dummies resembling his small stature to burn in effigy.
I am pleased to see Bill Gates is being sued by companies around the world, for his piracy and monopolistic practices. I am surprised and pleased to see Jimmy Carter exposing the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians. I am delighted to see the media recoiling in defense of the surgence of power of the blogosphere. I am also delighted to see the network news programs declining rapidly in their ratings and influence. I am encouraged that Lou Dobbs is really attacking the hobgoblins in the power structure of this country. I am impressed with the recent polls that show most people in the U.S and around the world believe, that 911 was orchestrated by the Bush Administration and other U.S government agencies. I am very pleased to see the isolation of G.W Bush by his supposed allies. I am pleased to see John Bolton out of the U.N . I am pleased to see Koffi Annan resign. I am very pleased to note that many of Israel’s top government officials are being indicted for sex offenses and corruption. I am pleased that the U.S “New Left” is pulling their support away from Israel, and away from the Establishment’s liberal elite icons.
I am pleased to see the Republican party routed from their majority in Congress, and so many former members and lobbyists are finally being indicted and convicted on corruption charges. I am pleased to see Hillary Clinton having so much trouble from Obama’s opposition. I am hopeful that both Hillary’s and Obama’s presidential ambitions will be dashed by the announcements of better candidates. I look forward to further clashes of the Republican candidates as they begin to undress and cross dress in front of television cameras to raise interest in their campaigns. I am delighted to see all of the Republican pundits heckling their own party members and president even on Fox News. I am extremely encouraged by the veterans and active soldiers finally demanding adequate care and attention be given to them. Also that thousands of active soldiers in Iraq have signed a petition to end the war. I am disappointed that Donald Rumsfeld isn’t being brought up on criminal charges for his war crimes, total disregard for military families and his abuse of the U.S Military. I am encouraged however, that he is nowhere to be seen publicly and perhaps he will be hauled before a congressional investigation for his criminal neglect and cutbacks of military hospitals and veteran benefits.
There is so much to be encouraged by that even the most pessimistic can find something to be hopeful about. I am very pleased to see that Universal Health Care is a main issue in the 2008 presidential campaign promises. I am impressed with the recent attempts of the Democrats and hopeful of their victory to find a way to end the Iraq War. I hope they will have the courage to finally stop funding it.
There is much to be encouraged by, but also much to be discouraged by. As I review national and international headlines and research books, statistics and random comments of science, national security and political experts, I often become overwhelmed by the immensity of problems facing Humanity. Global pollution, massive genocides, war and torture, monetary collapses, global epidemics of drug addiction, aids, starvation, world wide governmental corruption, murders, suicides, prison overpopulation, judicial corruption, radical rises in hate crimes, juvenile delinquency and childhood sex and alcoholism, destruction of public educational systems, the list of woes and worries are endless. I cope with bad news by trying hard to understand its sources. If I can factually determine why these things are happening then I can discern ways of possibly correcting them, and see light and hope at the end of my tunnel of discouragement. People around the planet must not give up hope. We must not despair , we must not allow ourselves to become overwhelmed and apathetic. We must daily put on our battle gear and fight more effectively with the few weapons we have. Our votes and voices do count. The collective concern, courage, and integrity of people and their nations have always been adequate to power the strength, resolve and faith needed, to rid our planet of the corrupt institutions, dictators and dilemmas, that plague us. I am encouraged by the resilience of mankind, and confident that humanity will create a new and better world. I believe that this new and better world will be realized in my lifetime because billions of people have awoken to the same vision, and are discovering their power to make it come true.
L.A. STEEL
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