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Day: November 3, 2006

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Voting for streets paved in blood

I have voted in every election, even the most mundane ones such as school board and library board elections, ever since I gained the right to vote.

Regardless of the hopelessness, regardless of the fact that my one vote will not achieve any kind of change, or make any difference in the predefined outcome, I will not refrain from voting.

This year’s vote is particularly important.

Voting is my statement —“ saying I believe in the United States that propagates this right. You remember —“ the nation of ideals —“ democracy, freedom, rugged individualism, family, true conservatism. When I vote I will be saying that I remember and believe in the country that didn’t torture its prisoners, that didn’t strike first, that didn’t spy on its citizens, and that didn’t call political opponents traitors.

This year is tough. I get to chose between Democrats who will pave the streets in the blood of aborted and murdered children (abortion and ESCR) and Republicans who will pave the streets in the blood of our serviceman and women, of prisoners (death penalty), and of so many innocents around the world.

The alternate lines offer a means of protest. Whether Conservative, Libertarian, Reform, or Green, a vote on those lines will say, at least in part, I do not agree.

In any event, I encourage you to get out and vote. Make your vote a moment of prayer, asking for God’s mercy on us just before you pull the level, punch the card, write the name, or press the button. Make your one small voice heard. We may never take back our state or country, but at least we can maintain our personal dignity (as long as they let us).

Current Events, Political

Ironic, isn’t it?

From the BBC: US closes ‘bomb secrets’ website

The US government has closed one of its websites that contained documents found during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Weapons experts had complained that the site contained details on making nuclear bombs, the New York Times said.

The US had set up the site to post documents that it hoped might reveal information about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programmes.

A US national intelligence spokesman said there would be a careful review before the site went online again.

The website, Iraqi Freedom Document Portal, was set up in March after pressure from Republican legislators that intelligence experts were taking too long to comb through thousands of documents from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq…

That’s right, those Republican hard core neo-conservatives that led us into war were so ticked off that WMDs were not found that they wanted these documents released so they could pour through them to find proof of WMDs.

It appears that their desire for proof has led to their giving away the store (let’s see them accept personal responsibility). If some nut job terrorist imports a nuke we will be able to thank Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and the rest of their company.

It’s ironic that the Bush administration is now touring the country telling everyone that electing Democrats will bring death and destruction to our shores.

Everything Else

8th Annual Truman-Reagan Freedom Awards Reception

Presented by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

When: Nov 14, 2006 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Where:

Embassy of the Czech Republic
3900 Spring of Freedom St., NW
Washington, DC 20008

Honoring Czech hero and martyr Milada Horakova and Edwin J. Feulner, President, The Heritage Foundation and featuring Czech food, drink, and music and a Silent Auction

Contact: Anne Meesman or call at 703-525-4445. You may also Register Online.

Tickets:

$100 individual
$175 couple
$5,000 Sponsor
$10,000 Patron
$15,000 Benefactor

Please make checks payable to:The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and mail to:

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
1521 Sixteenth Street NW,
Washington DC 20036

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was established and authorized by Congressional Resolution H.R. 3000 and Presidential Approval, Public Law 103-199.

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Everything Else

Gmail Mobile

Gmail is offering a new java based application for mobile telephones. See: What is up with this new Gmail mobile application? by ZDNet‘s Matthew Miller:

Google released a new Gmail mobile application yesterday that has led to a bit of confusion since they already have a mobile formatted Gmail site you can access from a mobile browser. This new method is a downloadable Java application so you must have a Java-enabled device and it appears that the T-Mobile USA limit they state may not be accurate. Find out all the details on using this application with T-Mobile on a Nokia N73 in the full blog entry.

It took me all of a minute to download and set it up on my Audiovox 5600. It is very cool —“ and works great.

Current Events

We’ve re-evaluated peace

Per Reuters: Palestinian women killed in Gaza mosque clash

Two Palestinian women acting as human shields between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen were killed on Friday during a stand-off at a Gaza mosque, before the 60 gunmen managed to escape.

…

More than 280 Palestinians have been killed in the four-month-old offensive, about half of them civilians. Three Israeli soldiers have been killed.

Yes, they were acting as human shields. Yes, they put themselves in harms way. Yet the Israelis were wrong to fire into the crowd.

The whole idea of the nation state, of being civilized, of being part of the community of nations is that you are to hold yourself to a higher standard. When a nation becomes a terrorist it has sunk into a paradigm that makes brute force and anarchy its operating principal.

So what were the alternatives?

  • Wait it out (from protected positions with massive firepower)?
  • Prevent the women from entering the area in the first place (they knew they were coming and followed the call-out for these women, and they saw them approaching)?

Perhaps this is part of the new strategy precipitated by the far-right’s entry into Israel’s ruling coalition. As Mr. Lieberman has said, bomb the population centers.

As the Jerusalem Post reports:

Lieberman accused the Times editorial board of “old thinking” and said it was time to “go back to the drawing board” to reevaluate the goals of the peace process.

Yep, we’re re-evaluated peace, go kill those women.

Saints and Martyrs

November 3 – St. Hubert of Liege (Św. Hubert)

O Boże, któryś św. Huberta, zachęcił do kroczenia drogą doskonałości chrześcijańskiej i do poświęcenia się wyłącznie na służbę twoją, daj nam za jego wstawieniem się, abyśmy ziemskiemi zaszczytami i przyjemnościami pogardzali, a starali się wyłącznie o niebieskie dobra. Przez Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen.

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