Post by Tekpatzin on Jan 6, 2004 16:50:28 GMT -5
This is about Dennis Kucinich, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination for a chance to face Bush in the November general presidential election.
I know and respect the fact that many of you are not into the political/election process, but I feel that the system that got Bush (and his War machine) into the White House depends on young people from large urban areas and young people in general to not register to vote.
This system knows that many people are pissed off about the political process and the media does little to cover the real honest issues. It is this way for a reason, it's no accident. The junta (and their media lapdogs) that rules this country are well aware that if they continue to get the voters angry that the voters will stay away from the voting machines. Like I said before we have to, Flip the script and vote.
So amidst all of this negativity some of us will continue to attempt to wake others up. The last election in 2000 offered us very little in the way of differences. Bush and Gore represent the same rich fat upper class.
This time around their is clearly a very different candidate running for the Presidency and he also happens to have been awarded the 2003 International Gandhi Peace Award. He is also the only candidate calling for an immediate pull out of Iraq.
I know that this system that rules this country will take a long time to change. But I know that change will be facilitated with Dennis Kucinich at the helm.
In yesterday's Chicago Tribune (Jan. 5, 2004) a very informal on-line poll was taken of all 9 of the Democratic candidates. Kucinich received close to 50% of the on line voting as Dean and Clark received about 44% between the two of them. So much for the media attempting to "mind control" us to think that Kucinich cannot win.
Apologies to those that hate the political process. But I have to have some hope.....
Peace,
Frank Tekpatzin
Mah Piya Aka Mani
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As the year 2003 comes to a close, we are reminded that new beginnings are possible. In this coming year, we have the opportunity to elect a Democratic candidate for the US Presidency who is a leader of integrity,
honesty, honor and vision: the recipient of the 2003 International Gandhi Peace Award, Dennis J. Kucinich.
Dennis is bringing hope to America and the world by leading us out of darkness and into light, from desperation to hope, from powerlessness to being empowered. As the next President of the United States, Dennis will
continue on his steadfast and integral path to bring a fundamental change in consciousness.
US Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat of Ohio, is a dynamic, visionary leader of the Progressive Caucus of the congressional Democrats who combines a powerful activism with a spiritual sense of the essential
interconnectedness of all living things. His holistic world view carries with it a passionate commitment to public service, peace, human rights, workers rights, and the environment. His advocacy of a Department of Peace
seeks not only to make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society, but to make war archaic. His is a powerful, ethical voice for nuclear disarmament, preservation of the ABM treaty, banning weapons in outer space, and a halt to the development of a 'Star Wars' - type missile defense technology.
In the past many have felt disengaged from the political process because there was no leader that represented their values and beliefs, no one that spoke to their heart, no one that inspired them to vote.
www.kucinich.us.
FROM THE WEB SITE:
Department of Peace
Dennis J. Kucinich
As we stand on the threshold of a new millennium, it is time to free ourselves, to jettison our illusions and fears and transform age-old challenges with new thinking. We can conceive of peace as not simply the absence of violence but the active presence of the capacity for a higher evolution of human awareness, of respect, trust, and integrity. Of peace, wherein we all may tap the infinite capabilities of humanity to transform consciousness and conditions that impel or compel violence at a personal, group, or national level toward creating understanding, compassion, and love. We can bring forth new understandings where peace, not war, becomes inevitable. Can we move from wars to end all wars to peace to end all war? Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to
establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development for economic and political justice and for violence control. Its work in violence control will be to support disarmament, treaties, peaceful coexistence and peaceful consensus building. Its focus on economic and political justice will examine and enhance resource distribution, human and economic rights and strengthen democratic values.
Domestically, the Department of Peace would address violence in the home, spousal abuse, child abuse, gangs, police-community relations conflicts and work with individuals and groups to achieve changes in attitudes that examine the mythologies of cherished world views, such as 'violence is inevitable' or 'war is inevitable'. Thus it will help with the discovery of new selves and new paths toward peaceful consensus.
The Department of Peace will also address human development and the unique concerns of women and children. It will envision and seek to implement plans for peace education, not simply as a course of study, but as a template for all pursuits of knowledge within formal educational settings. Violence is not inevitable. War is not inevitable. Nonviolence and peace are inevitable. We can make of this world a gift of peace which will
confirm the presence of universal spirit in our lives. We can send into the future the gift which will protect our children from fear, from harm, from destruction.
Congressman Kucinich is the 2003 recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize. Former recipients include Eleanor Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez, A.J. Muste, Dr. Linus Pauling, Dorothy Day, and Sen. Wayne Morse
I know and respect the fact that many of you are not into the political/election process, but I feel that the system that got Bush (and his War machine) into the White House depends on young people from large urban areas and young people in general to not register to vote.
This system knows that many people are pissed off about the political process and the media does little to cover the real honest issues. It is this way for a reason, it's no accident. The junta (and their media lapdogs) that rules this country are well aware that if they continue to get the voters angry that the voters will stay away from the voting machines. Like I said before we have to, Flip the script and vote.
So amidst all of this negativity some of us will continue to attempt to wake others up. The last election in 2000 offered us very little in the way of differences. Bush and Gore represent the same rich fat upper class.
This time around their is clearly a very different candidate running for the Presidency and he also happens to have been awarded the 2003 International Gandhi Peace Award. He is also the only candidate calling for an immediate pull out of Iraq.
I know that this system that rules this country will take a long time to change. But I know that change will be facilitated with Dennis Kucinich at the helm.
In yesterday's Chicago Tribune (Jan. 5, 2004) a very informal on-line poll was taken of all 9 of the Democratic candidates. Kucinich received close to 50% of the on line voting as Dean and Clark received about 44% between the two of them. So much for the media attempting to "mind control" us to think that Kucinich cannot win.
Apologies to those that hate the political process. But I have to have some hope.....
Peace,
Frank Tekpatzin
Mah Piya Aka Mani
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the year 2003 comes to a close, we are reminded that new beginnings are possible. In this coming year, we have the opportunity to elect a Democratic candidate for the US Presidency who is a leader of integrity,
honesty, honor and vision: the recipient of the 2003 International Gandhi Peace Award, Dennis J. Kucinich.
Dennis is bringing hope to America and the world by leading us out of darkness and into light, from desperation to hope, from powerlessness to being empowered. As the next President of the United States, Dennis will
continue on his steadfast and integral path to bring a fundamental change in consciousness.
US Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat of Ohio, is a dynamic, visionary leader of the Progressive Caucus of the congressional Democrats who combines a powerful activism with a spiritual sense of the essential
interconnectedness of all living things. His holistic world view carries with it a passionate commitment to public service, peace, human rights, workers rights, and the environment. His advocacy of a Department of Peace
seeks not only to make nonviolence an organizing principle in our society, but to make war archaic. His is a powerful, ethical voice for nuclear disarmament, preservation of the ABM treaty, banning weapons in outer space, and a halt to the development of a 'Star Wars' - type missile defense technology.
In the past many have felt disengaged from the political process because there was no leader that represented their values and beliefs, no one that spoke to their heart, no one that inspired them to vote.
www.kucinich.us.
FROM THE WEB SITE:
Department of Peace
Dennis J. Kucinich
As we stand on the threshold of a new millennium, it is time to free ourselves, to jettison our illusions and fears and transform age-old challenges with new thinking. We can conceive of peace as not simply the absence of violence but the active presence of the capacity for a higher evolution of human awareness, of respect, trust, and integrity. Of peace, wherein we all may tap the infinite capabilities of humanity to transform consciousness and conditions that impel or compel violence at a personal, group, or national level toward creating understanding, compassion, and love. We can bring forth new understandings where peace, not war, becomes inevitable. Can we move from wars to end all wars to peace to end all war? Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to
establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than the transformation of our society, to make non-violence an organizing principle, to make war archaic through creating a paradigm shift in our culture for human development for economic and political justice and for violence control. Its work in violence control will be to support disarmament, treaties, peaceful coexistence and peaceful consensus building. Its focus on economic and political justice will examine and enhance resource distribution, human and economic rights and strengthen democratic values.
Domestically, the Department of Peace would address violence in the home, spousal abuse, child abuse, gangs, police-community relations conflicts and work with individuals and groups to achieve changes in attitudes that examine the mythologies of cherished world views, such as 'violence is inevitable' or 'war is inevitable'. Thus it will help with the discovery of new selves and new paths toward peaceful consensus.
The Department of Peace will also address human development and the unique concerns of women and children. It will envision and seek to implement plans for peace education, not simply as a course of study, but as a template for all pursuits of knowledge within formal educational settings. Violence is not inevitable. War is not inevitable. Nonviolence and peace are inevitable. We can make of this world a gift of peace which will
confirm the presence of universal spirit in our lives. We can send into the future the gift which will protect our children from fear, from harm, from destruction.
Congressman Kucinich is the 2003 recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize. Former recipients include Eleanor Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez, A.J. Muste, Dr. Linus Pauling, Dorothy Day, and Sen. Wayne Morse
