tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76355284355509799552012-02-09T23:42:29.056-08:00Another world is possible: a world of peace, of justice, of stability—a nonviolent world—a world of mutual respect, collaboration, cooperation, and partnership (rather than economic supremacy.) A world of joy, light, and love...such a world IS possible. And in a world that is rife with violence (including systemic oppression, aggression, and war) it is important to remember that peace—peace with justice, peace based on the mutual happiness of all—world peace—is possible!Berdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318864064632953373noreply@blogger.comBlogger15781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7635528435550979955.post-58403053364811299862012-02-09T23:42:00.000-08:002012-02-09T23:42:29.387-08:00

Reveal the Aggression of the USA. @SaveBradley #FreeBrad @WHLive #occupywallstreet abolish system that encourages aggression #peace #justice— RFW Whitlock (@Berdww) February 8, 2012

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Here is a tweet I posted that goes to my segment of testimony in support of a bill in the Washington State legislature to create a state bank. Below the tweet are more words in support of the public banking idea. For public banking, against behavior of Wall Street banks, against Wall Street culture and ethics: tvw.org/index.php?opti…— RFW Whitlock (@Berdww) January 27, 2012 January 2012 Dear

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more photo essay! 29 December 2011, McLane Creek Nature Area Beaver Dam Pond There are a whole bunch more photos posted below the fold: Madison Scenic Park Panoramic, 1 October 2011 Volcano, September 2011 Words about Economics, Part One: Part Two: Olympic Mountains, seen from the Law Enforcement Memorial, September 2011 25 September 2011, "Speculators get a break..." newspaper

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The scene at Boston Harbor, on Saturday the 28th of January. Gazebo with gull at the end of the boardwalk, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Sunday 29 January View from the Gazebo, in the distance is the Tacoma Narrows, and the Narrows Bridge can be seen. Percival Landing, during the weekly peace vigil, Friday 27 January—the vigil is sponsored by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation

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Following are three live ustream videos from yesterday, during nuclear weapons protest with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (www.gzcenter.org). After the videos is a photo from the day published by GZ Center, then more written description of the protest, by me. After that, will be some thoughts of prominent thinkers/writers about aggression and humanity. First the Ustream videos:

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On the show, will air on TCTV next Friday, the 13th. some plugging for the show earlier in the day

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Thanks to David for capturing this photograph, which includes me talking to a reporter on the day of eviction for Occupy Olympia from Heritage Park: Friday 16 December 2012, Occupy Olympia Eviction from Heritage Park

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This video was recorded almost a week ago, at the YDHWM (Your Daily Hour With Me) studio, in Olympia, Washington. The official program will air on TCTV (Thurston Community Television) tomorrow (Friday the 30th,) or the day after that, New Year's Eve (Saturday the 31st.) It will eventually also be uploaded to the YDHWM YouTube user channel. [now available here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Lately I have been doing a lot of work with the Occupy movement. There was a tent city here in Olympia. It was evicted six days ago, on Friday of last week. It was sometimes referred to as an encampment and sometimes as a village. I liked to call it the Olympia Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Village. I have been helping with the Occupy effort. Some of the work I have been doing is along the lines

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Lamps in the Capitol (1 of 2), a photo by ˇBerd on Flickr.Via Flickr: Sunday 18 December 2011, Olympia—I was in the Legislative Building for an Occupy Olympia/Wall Street solidarity General Assembly. One of my friends from the former village where we lived pointed out these lamps to me, and said they were reminiscent of "Moloch." I am interested in Moloch. My understanding is that this mythical

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occupy conversations! Just today I had the most excellent conversation with someone. I think most people really understand and support the movement against the Wall Street Style speculative and predatory economic cultural and system. Occupy the conversations in our neighborhoods and in our homes and with our families and friends with uplifting words of solidarity and moral support. We can

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Monday 5 December 2011 UPDATE: After posting this I realized that I want to apologize profusely for losing my temper, and my own anger, frustration, and violent language. I am making efforts to take better care of myself. To not get as hungry! I am going to my favorite local food store to pick up some easy to eat snacks that I can keep on my person at all times! Best, Berd The Olympia Occupy

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Come from everywhere in the state and converge in Olympia. Bring tent, pallets, pads, blankets, bags. Converge! check out http://www.occupyolympia.org/ for more information! Today is Thursday the First of December Two Thousand Eleven. I have been talking with Kenny about Occupy Olympia and Occupy Wall Street every so often on his daily television show, Your Daily Hour With Me, so stay tuned if

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LINK During the meeting testimony/comment period, I encouraged the Senators to spend some time each day meeting with people under the dome in the rotunda — to validate the experiences of the people who gather there, the unpaid lobbyists, the non-monied people, who really feel that they are not being listened to and not being represented. Wednesday 30 November 2011, 3:30pm, Olympia Global Occupy

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Grace Lee Boggs' message to Occupy Wall Street - 10/9/11 from American Revolutionary on Vimeo.

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Dear Governor Gregoire, I am discouraged. I am looking at the prospect of the emergency special session. According to your office, the special session will focus on cutting programs in order to balance the budget. I want to ask you to think about whether this is the correct approach. I want to ask why are we pushing for cuts, before seeking new revenue. Maybe there is a better way. Maybe,

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http://youtu.be/0ZL42i5-Log Yay Kenny, that was fun. Thanks for having me on the program! Berd

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The following is in response to a letter I received from someone in the local Olympia Occupy Wall Street solidarity encampment/ village: I am sorry you think I am a confusing person. I hope that our in person chat helped a little bit in terms of understanding where we are, each of us, coming from. I am sorry that my behavior frustrates you. Please believe me that I do not intend to frustrate

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This is mostly intended for the audience of Olympia protest, but can certainly be applied elsewhere as appropriate. ((I kind of got a little wordy perhaps. But here's some of what I think. The most important stuff is probably in the first couple paragraphs or so. Also I write "we" alot, syntax can be changed. anyway. i'm hopeful about this effort to enforce accountability against our predatory

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more information attached to the photo, linked Bully Free Zone... Some say labor unions act like a bully. Some say owners act like a bully. Some say the USA acts like a bully in the world. What should be clear, is that bullying is wrong. Hopefully humanity is evolving toward the elimination of bullying.

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Some people have so much more wealth than others. (The wealthiest one percent control 90% of the nation's wealth!) What is required in order to amass such wealth? Is this wealth the result of merit and hard work, or is it possible that some of this extreme wealth actually requires some form or another of oppression? Does some (or maybe even much) of this wealth depend on some form of putting

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6 September 2011

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Tuesday 27 September 2011 Wishes for a happy New Year 5772. Although I am not Jewish, I like the idea that we all may look on the past year and forgive each other for any ways that we may have hurt or offended each other. In this photo the planet Jupiter appears nestled in some tree branches. This is near the house where I live. L'Shanah Tovah

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view at 9967 x 962 pixels

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Calendula The world can be challenging. There is a lot that does not make sense. It can help to have a reminder of the enduring beauty that exists, despite many of the difficulties that exist in human societies. Like flowers in sunshine.

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Tahoma with Lenticular Cloud Stack, a photo by ˇBerd on Flickr.Mount Tahoma (aka Rainier)Wednesday 21 September 2011

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Here in Olympia, Washington, we had a festival to celebrate the International Day of Peace. It was sponsored by the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation. We set up a couple of tents and a path of peace. In the tents we had information, and we also listened to a singing bowl concert. The path of peace was constructed out of 12 pieces of bamboo poles ranging in length from about 7 feet to about 20

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September 2008 September 2010

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Late Summer Flowers Blooming view larger

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On this the 11th day of September 2011, let's remember how our nation's leaders took advantage of the tragic events of 9/11/01, 10 years ago, and capitalized on fear and shock, in order to foist upon and project upon the world an era of increased American militarism and efforts toward expanded global political and economic dominance. May all of the victims of war rest in peace, and may we live

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I have a couple new posts on Olyblog, and I posted a note on Facebook about boycotting against states that demonstrate aggression. My blog at OlyBlog can be found at http://olyblog.net/blog/berd and I will post the text of the note from facebook below the fold here. I was reading a letter by someone who opposed the BDS movement to stop Israeli Aggression. The author complained about how BDS

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August 2011 A few patches of snow lingering in some of the high places, this photo was from near a series of waterfalls, near the junction of the trail to Flapjack Lakes. view larger here

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Lots of bees buzzing!

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I have a few more recent photos posted on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/

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I saw this view from the roof of a friend's place: Mount Tahoma (Rainier) seen from Olympia, Washington, August 2011 view larger here

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Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden I am in Minnesota visiting family. Today I went to the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Wirth Park. There was some tornado damage in the Northwest part of the park, but the Garden was thankfully spared the worst of the damage. Other parts of North Minneapolis were not so lucky, a pretty powerful tornado earlier this year did a lot of damage.

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Earlier tonight I met with my book group. We read a book by Charlotte and Harriet Childress called Clueless at the Top. It's about different aspects of hierarchy in our socio-cultural system, and how people at the top of hierarchies have a tendency to take for granted the experiences of people who are lower in hierarchies. It is an interesting and relevant book, for example, in one chapter the

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Smoke from a fireworks show combined with moisture on a warmish July night to form a cloud of smog, which drifted northward from Capitol Lake on Budd Inlet. In this photo, the rising Moon can be seen.

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According to some Buddhist thinkers, there are 10 major harmful activities. I found the following on the Tricycle Magazine website: THERE ARE TEN actions that we must become completely aware of and completely abandon in our lives. They are divided into three unvirtuous actions of the body: killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct; four unvirtutous actions of speech: lying, slander, harsh speech

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I have posted this before, and now I am posting again. This is a strong film, entertaining and with a powerful message. I saw it for the second time in the theater last week, and it has me thinking a lot. I have talked with several people about the film. Here's the trailer from YouTube:

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I am back in Olympia after the weekend festivities at the Fellowship of Reconciliation Annual Northwest Conference at Seabeck. [There are bombs bursting in air as I type this. (I wish people wouldn't celebrate war...)] The weekend was busy, and my head is full of ideas, and my heart is full of feeling. Lots of introspective processing, and also processing about the ways of the world. Thoughts

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Saturday 2 July 2011, Seabeck This is the view from near Big Beef Creek. The waterway is the Hood Canal. The mountains are the Olympics. On the right hand side of the image are some of the docks for the Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Submarine Nuclear Weapons facility. I am in Seabeck for the Fellowship of Reconciliation Annual Northwest Regional Conference. The theme of this year's conference is

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I have a couple new posts about the Global Water Dances 2011, Olympia. A couple photos here and video here. It was an awesome event: wonderful, magical, divine. We were blessed with great weather for the ceremony. So check it out. We even had a blue heron fly over at the start of the Global Water Dance. It was flapping strangely! A good omen perhaps. Be well!

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more from McLane: Wetland Panoramas

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From some ideas relating to the post I previously mentioned on OlyBlog: Competition may have its place. But when competition gets to the point of subduing, subjugating, demeaning—of behaving in ways that are downright cruel (or even just unfriendly,) then what good is that! Mean-spirited competition, oppressive competition, divides—it opens up corridors for greed and avarice, toward pursuit of

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I have been posting, and usually post more often on my blog at OlyBlog.net. For example please check out a link about redefining poverty, here: olyblog.net/challenging-traditional-ideas-about-wealth-and-poverty. Here are some flowers and an owl: Friday 17 June 2011 Percival Landing, Olympia Sunday 19 June 2011 Watershed Park, Olympia more owl photos: olyblog.net/owls-watershed

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Getting too big! haha—Gosh, capitalism sure can get ugly! Big Humanity? Or Small Planet? Or Both? What happens when the planet can no longer sustain human societies? Do people suffer? If so, is it necessary?

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Update Sunday 12 June 2011, new posts on OlyBlog about Stonewall Youth Drag Show, the difficulty of practicing peace in daily life, peace vigil video, and information about my friend Scott's situation being charged with crimes by the City here... Busy with other stuff. Kind of behind on email and some other stuff. Here's a slideshow of some recent photos. These are all from Thursday the Ninth of

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Friday 3 June 2011, see more: http://olyblog.net/recent-photos-slideshow-20110604 slideshow

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Wednesday 1 June 2011 Information about trespassing trial, pleaded guilty today. News here: olyblog.net/protest-trial-tomorrow [The following are thoughts I had the day after: It's Thursday morning. I woke up with the feeling that I had been railroaded by the prosecution into a guilty plea. I was led to believe that I wouldn't be afforded a public defender because the prosecution was not

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I have a few new posts on OlyBlog, some about nature, some messages to The White House, some about the peace vigil: olyblog.net/blog/berd —Berd

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Social Cohesion and the Bohemian Grove, an interesting article by William Domhoff: I became interested in the Bohemian Grove a few years ago. I am not recalling what led to my initial interest. But since then I have actually traveled to the Grove, in April 2009 (photo below). Every year, there is an initiation ceremony at the beginning of the Summer Encampment at the Grove. It is called the

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olyblog.net/turn-budget-around-short-report A couple photos and a video from the event. The Olympian also has a story, I'll put a link down below. Sunday 22 May 2011—Members of the Olympia local and Western Washington chapters of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Veterans for Peace Rachel Corrie Chapter local 109, and many other community members built a wall out of cardboard boxes to

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more photos from Monday 16 May 2011: here [http://olyblog.net/full-moon-rise] And here's a video from last Friday at the Percival Landing peace vigil: Peace Vigil at Percival Landing, Friday 13 May 2011

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Just a thought I had yesterday while participating with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action Mother's Day vigil and traditional civil disobedience at the Naval Base Kitsap Bangor. NBK Bangor is homebase for about 8 Trident capable submarines. Trident is an ICBM system. Each submarine is capable of carrying 24 missiles. Each missile can be equipped with 8 nuclear warheads, with an

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I am planning to go to the Bangor Naval Base Kitsap today. It is Mother's Day, and the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action has some good stuff going on to mark Mother's wish that their children not be sent to fight in wars. Here are some words from a few days ago. I think it would be appropriate to share them at this time. Peace! Saturday, 7 May, 2011 Olympia I am opposed to all weapons

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When the government cannot tell the truth, how can it serve justice? www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/world/guantanamo-files-detainees-lawyers-restricted-leaked-documents.html Government (sort of) pretends that classified files have not been released by Wikileaks: according to one expert, the situation "looks ridiculous." original size: farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5662611301_4e65faa672_o.jpg [a

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Le Voyeur one from the archives

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It is Easter Sunday, and although I don't consider myself to be Christian, I do recognize Jesus as a pretty awesome human being! I was somewhat raised Catholic, so I understand some about the event. I think it is good to ask questions. For example, who was Jesus. What was the reason he was killed. How has his life and death been interpreted and used? Anyway, happy Passover, and happy Easter, or

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I will not bully. This photo is from the 3rd of March 2011. It was for an F.O.R. [http://forusa.org/] effort to post photos of people holding signs like this on a giant electronic billboard in (I think, though I am not sure) Manhattan, downtown NYC. I was reminded of it because of I was arraigned on federal trespassing charges yesterday in Tacoma, WA. I and six others are accused of

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More updates on my flickr site, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwhitlock/ and OlyBlog, http://olyblog.net/blog/berd. The following is from a couple emails I sent, one to the Fair Budget Coalition and Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace listserves, and another to my Washington State legislators: Hey everyone, congratulations on the week so far. Tuesday was awesome, and then Wednesday was even

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Peace Vigil at Percival Landing with frog song audio overlap Friday the 1st of April, 2011 Peace Vigil at Percival Landing Olympia! Another version of the video posted below (audio track removed, frogs only.)

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Here are some recent photos and images from the past week or two. More information is attached on the flickr photo pages. Friday 19 March 2011 Olympia, Washington There are a couple of events today and tomorrow happening at Heritage Park. One is the Pacific Northwest Medicine Wheel. Another is the Global Day of Listening project. Here is a link to a 1min 40sec YouTube video focusing mostly on

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Let us ask whether our wealth and privilege depend on oppression and cause suffering.

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People and public interest over profit. Schools not war. Government needs to STOP working for the advantage of some over others! General Strike! No school, no work, until government works for mutual benefit—for the public interest. End corporate control! [Thursday 17 March 2011 Olympia, Washington The Legislative Building dome reflects on Capitol Lake. The Moon illuminates clouds in the sky.

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Friday 11 March 2011, Olympia WA—At the Friday evening Olympia FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation) weekly peace vigil Dear All: Invest in peace, not war. Divest from war. It's the right time to change. The USA can stop bullying—stop treating people poorly. We can find mutual welfare and happiness in life-serving policies. Please: put international public interest before private/special/national

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This is the transcript of a speech by Asmaa Mahfouz, posted to the Internet approximately one week prior to the massive Tahrir Square, Cairo rally of the 25th of January. I pulled this from Democracy Now!. There is more information on DN! about Ms. Mahfouz here, and here.ASMAA MAHFOUZ: [translated] Four Egyptians have set themselves on fire to protest humiliation and hunger and poverty and

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Racial and economic justice, and the cessation of violent conflict! Abolition of an offensive economic, military-industrial establishment... The enemy is not personnel. It is not personal. The enemy is ignorance. The enemy is fear, xenophobia, racism and other prejudice. The enemy is aggression and violence and hate. Here are three copies of a video I recently made, my intent was to deal with

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On Saturday 26 February 2011, thousands of people gathered to rally in support of worker rights. Here's a photo, and there is more of the story here on OlyBlog. Labor Rally Inside the Washington State Legislative Building This photo shows the scene as the inside rally was winding down. At one point, the building was packed with people, as some of the links to video in the comments section of

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From a visit to Grass Lake Refuge, where it was windy, with simultaneous bright sunshine and snow flurries! May nature inspire humanity toward a world of ecological and economic sustainability and stability, mutual peace and happiness for all people regardless of age, gender, ability, rate of development, skin color, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, religion (or any other defining

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more information here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY

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This is from January 2010: May the beauty of nature inspire humanity toward great achievement: toward world peace.And forest:

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Monday 7 February 2011, Olympia—This is a leaf on the ground at the Law Enforcement Memorial. It was a beautiful, although blustery, afternoon at the Washington State Capitol Campus. I have more photos posted on Flickr of Capitol Lake seen from the LEM, the WWII Memorial, as well as scenes from around the Cap Campus Sundial, which is just to the South of the Legislative Building, in between

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Part One: I saw a film today, END:CIV by Franklin Lopez. It talks about some of Derrick Jensen's ideas. One part of the film mentioned the definition of fascism as the merger of state and corporate power. What a relevant message in today's U.S.A., where state and corporate power have merged to a remarkably extreme degree. Here's what I think: I think the wall of fascism, the merger of state

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Hey, join me at the peace vigil! Every Friday (that's today) from 4:30 to 6pm at Percival Landing. We can choose a better future!

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This is the view from Southeast Percival Landing, looking toward the North. I was there for the weekly Friday evening peace vigil. The peace vigil goes from 4:30 to 6pm. You're invited and your presence will be welcomed and appreciated if you stop by and join us. No need to stay the whole 1.5 hours, although that's appreciated too. Join us. We'd love to see you!

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Full Moon, Wednesday 19 January 2011 view larger: Olympic Mountains in the Light of the Full Moon, January 2011

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Capitol Lake, Budd Waterway, Olympic Mountains on a clear December day, the mountains stand out. view larger: Capitol Lake, Budd Waterway, Olympic Mountains

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Saturday 15 January 2011, Bangor Kitsap Naval Base On Saturday I participated in a protest against nuclear weapons. Here is a short recount of the events from my perspective: The six of us crossed the line holding hands and walked abreast toward the gate sentry. we were confronted in a rapid manner by base security personnel, and I spoke to them, "We'd like to talk to the commander." The

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Bayview Scene

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Humanity and the planet would be a lot better off if society was about mutual service and health, rather than—and instead of—being more about the accumulation of wealth, and about competition over—domination of—material resources. We'd all be a whole lot better off if sharing was the rule. Berd Severn Suzuki addresses a panel at the 1992 UN (United Nations) Conference on Environment and

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While traveling in Minnesota recently, I had the opportunity to tour the James J. Hill house in St. Paul. Hill was a powerhouse businessperson in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This mansion, building in the late 19th century, cost over 900,000 dollars. In todays dollars, this house would easily cost around 20 million dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Hill and their family of 8 or 10 children

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Hello. It's 2011 now. I realize that I don't like the 12 month calendar. For one, it is invalidating of the Moon's approximately 13 cycles around the Earth. There are other reasons. Today is sunny and cold here in Olympia. Brisk. Quiet. Crisp. 2011. What will this year bring? Maybe it will bring reconciliation. Maybe it will bring friendliness amongst all people. May all people can find

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I am in the City of Minneapolis right now. One of my favorite places in the city is Minnehaha Falls. Minneapolis has an extensive park system. It's one of the highlights of life here for many people. This afternoon the air was breezy, thin, cold, and dry, but the sky was clear (besides some atmospheric pollution in the form of haze.) The early winter sunlight was beautiful (probably even

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I already posted this photo, but I am re-posting it because I want to remark that this was on the winter solstice: an awesome winter solstice Sun-rise! 7:30am Tuesday 21 December 2010 Rocky Mountains near Idaho Montana border

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This photo is from Tuesday the 21st of December 2010, the winter solstice. It's the view from the left side of an Amtrak coach train car on the West-bound Empire Builder (route #8). This is the Glacier Park Lodge, in East Glacier, the lodge is not in the park. This is in Montana. The photo is geo-tagged on Flickr. view original size Amtrak Train Empire Builder Route Glacier National Park

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I rode the train from Washington State to Minnesota. Here's a sight from the train trip. This was in Montana, East of Glacier National Park. A BNSF locomotive passed the coach car where I was sitting. I turned my camera on the high-speed automatic shutter setting and here's what turned out. Also try viewing here, this is probably a better way than the below slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/

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I am in Minnesota now. I rode the train from Olympia to Seattle, and then to Minneapolis/St. Paul. The above photo is of the rising sunlight reflecting on clouds over the rocky mountains somwhere in Idaho or Western Montana. I love all the color in the sky. There is a lot of snow here in East Central Minnesota. Streets are narrower and the snow piles are high, it's regularly 3 to 5 feet high

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It's good to walk in the neighborhood at night. I appreciate the temperate late-fall weather this December in Western Washington. Last December was FREEZING cold. Lots of rain the past couple of days, but the air is relatively warm, with a Southwesterly breeze. Growing up in Minnesota, I really do appreciate the warmer air.

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Wednesday 8 December 2010 Budd Bay Salish Sea (Puget Sound) Cheetwoot (Olympia Washington)

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Capitalism Hurts Flickr Group Slideshow (link to group photo pool): Capitalism hurts! Instead of the accumulation of wealth: imagine a society geared toward mutually beneficial, life-serving interests. Imagine a world of health and well-being, for ALL people!

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