Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Could get a...
[white paper #28]
by Martha Collins could get a credit card loan carcome and go without a never hadto think about a school work jobto open doors to buy a rent a niceplace yard park beside a walkin any store without a never had to dress to buy a dress shoes under-wear to understate or –play myself to make myself heard to get across a street a never mind point I neverhad to earn the right to climb my own if I should lose my key or all I own my open door world was all before me where to choose to and I
by Martha Collins could get a credit card loan carcome and go without a never hadto think about a school work jobto open doors to buy a rent a niceplace yard park beside a walkin any store without a never had to dress to buy a dress shoes under-wear to understate or –play myself to make myself heard to get across a street a never mind point I neverhad to earn the right to climb my own if I should lose my key or all I own my open door world was all before me where to choose to and I
[LINK: Martha Collins at Poets.org ]
Monday, March 21, 2011
Because, peace, peace is implicit in women.
"And I wondered, what message do you have for us Gen X’rs?”
“Ah yes, crossroads." Nodding briskly. "Well, in the West, you have education, and this is good. And you have technology. And this is good. But, you do not educate your people in values. Values of the heart. Compassion. This you must do."
"And you see, it does not matter whether you are Buddhist or Christian." he went on. "Compassion lives in heart, beyond religion. Even me, Buddhist, I can say, you do not need Buddhism, just the compassion of the heart." Call me cynical, but I just can't see The Pope being so flexible.
"Women know this," he went on. "Because, peace, peace is implicit in women. You put boys together, they make war. You put women together, they make peace. Women are the leaders of the future." He spoke of Jimmy Carter as a leader with feminine-based principles, and Benazir Bhutto as a "very aggressive woman, but good leader...very good leader." And he laughed. And laughed.
[ LINK: Whitehot Truth <= the Dalai Lama looked me in the eye and said... ] Our true and full self
Our true and full self
"What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time to time the secret of who we truly and fully are . . . because otherwise we run the risk of losing track of who we truly and fully are and little by little come to accept instead the highly edited version which we put forth in hope that the world will find it more acceptable than the real thing."
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When the radical preacher come to get me released...
Daniel Ellsberg, Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers, David Swanson, Medea Benjamin, Mike Malloy and over a hundred others were arrested in front of the White House today to protest President Obama’s torture of Bradley Manning.
Picture: twolf1/Firedoglake
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
Protect Our Nation: Say No To The New McCarthyism
Protect Our Nation: Say No To The New McCarthyism
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Rep. Peter King is holding misguided hearings that scapegoat American Muslims in the name of national security.
What Rep. King is doing will make us less safe, by focusing on people, not threats; by alienating communities that the FBI and local police say are one part of any smart counter terrorism strategy; and by playing into the propaganda of Al Qaeda that America is indeed at war with Islam.
This needs to stop. Fight fear. Stand united.
Ask our Members of Congress to ensure that our national security experts are heard, and that we uphold American values.
[LINK: Ask our Members of Congress to ensure... ]
[LINK: In depth article Representative King’s hearing on “Muslim Radicalization” misguided and counterproductive
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
It is easier...
It is easier to mislead a person away from what is right
than it is to convince them of what is right.
Some how we have become gullible puppets in
the theater of life.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
The House - Richard Wilbur
The House
by Richard Wilbur Sometimes, on waking, she would close her eyes
For a last look at that white house she knew
In sleep alone, and held no title to,
And had not entered yet, for all her sighs.What did she tell me of that house of hers?
White gatepost; terrace; fanlight of the door;
A widow's walk above the bouldered shore;
Salt winds that ruffle the surrounding firs.Is she now there, wherever there may be?
Only a foolish man would hope to find
That haven fashioned by her dreaming mind.
Night after night, my love, I put to sea.
by Richard Wilbur Sometimes, on waking, she would close her eyes
For a last look at that white house she knew
In sleep alone, and held no title to,
And had not entered yet, for all her sighs.What did she tell me of that house of hers?
White gatepost; terrace; fanlight of the door;
A widow's walk above the bouldered shore;
Salt winds that ruffle the surrounding firs.Is she now there, wherever there may be?
Only a foolish man would hope to find
That haven fashioned by her dreaming mind.
Night after night, my love, I put to sea.
[LINK: Poets.org Richard Wilbur ]
Monday, February 28, 2011
17 small business tax cuts that President Obama has signed into law
Here's the list of 17 small business tax cuts that President Obama has signed into law --
From the Recovery Act, HIRE Acts, and Affordable Care Act:
1. A New Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
2. A New Tax Credit for Hiring Unemployed Workers
3. Bonus Depreciation Tax Incentives to Support New Investment
4. 75% Exclusion of Small Business Capital Gains
5. Expansion of Limits on Small Business Expensing
6. Five-Year Carryback of Net Operating Losses
7. Reduction of the Built-In Gains Holding Period for Small Businesses from 10 to 7 Years to Allow Small Business Greater Flexibility in Their Investments
8. Temporary Small Business Estimated Tax Payment Relief to Allow Small Businesses to Keep Needed Cash on Hand
From the Small Business Jobs Act:
9. Zero Capital Gains Taxes on Key Investments in Small Businesses
10. The Highest Small Business Expensing Limit Ever– Up to $500,000
11. An Extension of 50% Bonus Depreciation
12. A New Deduction for Health Care Expenses for the Self-Employed
13. Tax Relief and Simplification for Cell Phone Deductions
14. An Increase in The Deduction for Entrepreneurs’ Start-Up Expenses
15. A Five-Year Carryback Of General Business Credits
16. Limitations on Penalties for Errors in Tax Reporting That Disproportionately Affect Small Business
And from the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act:
17. 100 Percent Expensing
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