this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters
we honor courage in all its forms
cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing.
image and poem below the fold
Relatives of a slain policeman grieve outside the hospital after a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in northeast Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday morning Dec. 18, 2005, killing three police officers and injuring two, according to Iraqi police. More than 15 people died in a string of bombings and shootings overnight and on Sunday, shattering three days of relative calm that followed the country’s first election for a full-term parliament.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Peace In The Valley
words & music by Thomas Dorsey
Oh well, I’m tired and so weary
But I must go alone
Till the lord comes and calls, calls me away, oh yes
Well the morning’s so bright
And the lamp is alight
And the night, night is as black as the sea, oh yes
There will be peace in the valley for me, some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There’ll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me, for me
Well the bear will be gentle
And the wolves will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb, oh yes
And the beasts from the wild
Shall be lit by a child
And I’ll be changed, changed from this creature that I am, oh yes
There will be peace in the valley for me, some day
There will be peace in the valley for me, oh Lord I pray
There’ll be no sadness, no sorrow
No trouble, trouble I see
There will be peace in the valley for me, for me
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put a meaningful magnet on your car or metal filing cabinet
read Ilona’s important diary at MLW – Returning Vet PTSD – One Soldier’s Story as well her comprehensive series on PTSD and Iraq War vets.
view the pbs newshour silent honor roll (with thanks to jimstaro at booman.)
take a private moment to light one candle among many (with thanks to TXSharon)
support Veterans for Peace
support the Iraqi people
support the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC)
support CARE
support the victims of torture
remember the fallen
support Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors – TAPS
support Gold Star Families for Peace
support the fallen
support the troops
support Iraq Veterans Against the War
support Military families Speak Out
support the troops and the Iraqi people
read This is what John Kerry did today, the diary by lawnorder that prompted this series
read Riverbend’s Bagdhad Burning
read Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches
read Today in Iraq
witness every day
Click on the candle to copy the image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment.
” I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”
from Dirge Without Music
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
End the suffering. Impeach now!
Peace
Cheney Visits Iraq; Attacks Kill 19
Shouldn’t it be:
Cheney Visits Iraq; Attacks, Kills 19
BooMan really should let us edit comments.
You may very well be right…
Lots of blood lust to satisfy.
Light A Candle For
Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
and For Innocence Lost!
I have sat back reading, not too much on this board Thank God, how Congressional Critters aren’t doing enough or nothing at all!
I keep reading how everyone must wait till the ’06 elections, like it’s a gimmee they won’t be fixed!
I keep reading as people talk themselves out of doing what is necessary!
Well folks let me point out a few things.
An Elected [Hired] official Represents All those in it’s district, no matter Party Affiliation or Non-Affiliation or wether you vote or not!
You have to get into contact with each and everyone, over and over, and try and get more of your neighbors involved, otherwise their gonna sit on their butts and do as they please!
They Fear Activists because for each one they haven’t any idea how many others are thinking similar, the fewer the Activists the Happier they are because it means they can run Rough Shod and Not Represent those who are outside of their political ideologies [if you want to call what’s been going on ideologies]!!
Contact Over And Over and Getting Others To Do Same Does Get Results, and On Impeachment This Gang Has Got To Go not only Out but with Criminal Charges Chashing Them!!!
There are a number of calls for Impeachment and a number of things each and everyone of us can do, we need to Attack This Yesterday!!!!
ImpeachBush / VoteToImpeach:
Impeachment and Censure Materials Online – JURIST: The Law Professors …
Zogby International
Impeachment – History
Common Values.org
Polling On Impeachment
Veterans For Peace Impeachment Call
Peace anywhere possible would be wonderful. Our world is going mad and all we can do is sit by and watch it???!!! Seems like there ought to be something we could do to help peace take hold all over the world.
WAR….what is it good for…
Absolutely Nothin…say it again and again and again.
Impeach the Cabal now!