Happy Mother's Day!

Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."
Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,
Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace. ...
Julia Ward Howe

Happy Mother's Day!

http://blog.kkorner.net/2008/05/happy-mothers-day.html

Thought for the Day

nataliedee.com

Thought for the Day

http://blog.kkorner.net/2008/02/thought-for-day.html

10 Things I Dislike About Politics

1. It can divide families and ruin perfectly good family meals.
2. The feeling when you believe in someone and they are not the person you thought they were.
3. The fact that my career depends on politics.
4. Being lied to.
5. The deal-making that must be done to get truly good legislation passed.
6. That people feel they have no voice in the process and grow apathetic.
7. The demonization of the other side that goes on.
8. The fact that keeping up with it seems to take a lot of my spare time.
9. Phone calls, phone calls, and more phone calls
10. Military spending.
    

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10 Things I Dislike About Politics

http://blog.kkorner.net/2008/02/10-things-i-dislike-about-politics.html

shhh... I'm studying

90% Mike Gravel
87% Dennis Kucinich
86% John Edwards
86% Barack Obama
85% Chris Dodd
83% Joe Biden
81% Hillary Clinton
74% Bill Richardson
39% Rudy Giuliani
26% John McCain
21% Ron Paul
20% Tom Tancredo
19% Mike Huckabee
18% Mitt Romney
9% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

shhh... I'm studying

http://blog.kkorner.net/2008/01/shhh-im-studying.html

Liberal Bent....

I know I can stop now, but I think I am addicted to blogging... Oh NOES!

My Liberal Identity:

You are a Social Justice Crusader, also known as a rights activist. You believe in equality, fairness, and preventing neo-Confederate conservative troglodytes from rolling back fifty years of civil rights gains.

Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com

Liberal Bent....

http://blog.kkorner.net/2007/11/liberal-bent.html

and one more thing...

Between SCHIP Vetoes and Medicaid Rule changes, I am fairly scared by our political system on a personal level. I don't have the time, but Move On is hosting rallies for SCHIP. Phoenix doesn't have one, and I would totally like to organize one, but it would be for tomorrow, which is why I don't think I could.

We will survive until Konal is 18, but sometimes I wonder how....

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and one more thing...

http://blog.kkorner.net/2007/10/and-one-more-thing.html

Freedom - better quality

I was literally brought to tears by this... it sums up this election and my thoughts perfectly!

http://blog.kkorner.net/2006/11/freedom-better-quality-i-was-literally.html

A day to remember

Today is a day that will live in infamy. It is an overused phrase, but so true. I believe with all my heart that we should remember the victims, and never forget this day, but I can't stomach the politicalization of the event.

This was the result of the refusal to understand each other and accept each others differences- on both sides. Instead of learning from it, the breach is becoming worse.

Don't get me wrong, the people who planned and did this tragedy were wrong. There is no gray on the fact that the action was wrong and caused horror and anguish on an entire nation. It is the use of the event as an excuse for war, and to become that which we feared. We are now terrorists.

My dearest wish? Peace. The path to peace is not war- it never has been.

We must talk and learn from each other. We must not view others as the enemey, but as brothers. People who think and act differently from us, but who are still human beings and still deserve dignity and respect.

May god have mercy on us all, in whatever form s/he is actually in.

A day to remember

http://blog.kkorner.net/2006/09/day-to-remember.html

Non-partisan holiday wishes

"Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, our best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. And without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. By accepting these greetings you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself or himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher."

From e-mail- Source unknown.

Non-partisan holiday wishes

http://blog.kkorner.net/2005/12/non-partisan-holiday-wishes.html