Month: September 2006

Who Would Jesus Bomb? 27/11/2005

A car sticker on Jackson Browns rear bumper sums up a lot of the common sense and humanity that I have been banging on about. It was good to see that giant Russian helicopter high up in Kashmir bringing in food, blankets and tents before the onset of the winter, that will still add to the death toll. We had the means but we did not use them anywhere close to the need. Why? There is still widespread suffering in Niger, Daifur and even in New Orleans. Politically these ares are not worth it, New Orleans has fallen off the front page, and so is not such a priority as it was. Priorities are sorted in terms of vested interest, whats in it for me. Iraq is a prime example of vested interests at work. Not only is there vast wealth in terms of oil, but also it was used as a political token of revenge for 9/11, motivated by a nationalist right wing Christian agenda.

The message at the core of Christianity, forgiveness and love, does not have any vested interests. So what profit is there in that kind of thinking.

Who would Mohammed bomb is an equally valid question. In the Koran He speaks of love and forgiveness and I think I would be right in thinking that this would be the same love. None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself and the same for our sisters. Wishing others well is akin to prayer.

Trust in your own good intentions but judge yourself and be humble. Don’t judge others and thus limit your love. Be big hearted, forgive.

There is an extremists agenda on that side too, who have nothing to contribute to the common good and who also do not listen to the truth at the core of their religion. Extremists on both sides. When there are no sides there are no extremes, when there are no extremes there are no sides. Give peace a chance.

Here we (dont) go again 26/10/2005

A massive earthquake over a vast area of remote land leaves many thousand dead and many more in desparate need of help. Very little is coming because the powerful nations are not responding. We have to ask, why not? The will to act is diluted by the remoteness of the region and the human beings there are poor and do not count.

These are our brothers, who have been devastated by a natural phenomenon, there but for the grace of God are we, it is our duty to help, and now. Get those giant helicopters loaded and up those mountains!

Big Rock Candy Mountain 31/08/2005

One evening as the sun went down
and the jungle fires were burning
down the track came a hobo hiking
he said boys I’m not for turning
I’m heading for a land that’s far away
beside the crystal fountain
I’ll see you all this coming fall
in the big rock candy mountain

In the big rock candy mountain
its a land that’s fair and bright
the handouts grow on bushes
and you sleep out every night
the boxcars all are empty
and the sun shines every day
I’m bound to go
where the ain’t no snow
where the sleet don’t fall
and the winds don’t blow
in the big rock candy mountain

Hello World (again) 30/11/2004

First post on 30/11/2004 and done chronologically since that date. Check calendar on page to open relevant entry.

Unfortunately the WWW is full of junk mail circulating and they have clogged up the comment lines. I am in the process of rewriting all entries in order, with original date of publication beside heading. I will leave current entry open for comments, feel free to participate.

Creating Disasters 5/09/2005

One of the reasons for the Big Rock Candy Mountain entry was the sheer despair of the last few weeks news. A very big storm builds in the gulf of Mexico heading for the low lying New Orleans area. A stampede on a bridge in Baghdad and an anniversary for a community torn apart by violence in Beslam. The hurricane is Mother Nature at her most ferocious and she is striking an area which is part of the most powerful country in the world. What causes most of the damage and loss of life is the inability of the man made dams to stand up to the force. The disaster in the main is man made, the ability to avert it was there, the will was lacking, the victims were the poorest. The numbers remain uncounted, the grief still to be felt. The stampede on the bridge came about in a country which is on the edge of a bloody civil war, brought about by forces that have no right to be there. what we saw was the grief and the piles of sandals of the dead. The Beslam carnage, we witnessed the still raw grief etched on the faces of the people still living. One thing unites these tragedies, they are man made and made by men who do not care about their fellow men. Nice place we are creating.