And The Beat Goes On…

Hello Kidz,

 

Happy

Birthday

2

"Deadheads United!"

 

 

It’s the beginning of my 3rd year in spaces.

 

I would like to say "Thanks All of You,"  who have been faithful friends and readers.  I still wouldn’t be here without the love, support, and camaraderie you have provided the past 2 years.

 

I will be continuing to give you the best in Grateful Dead memories, peace, love, and hippie stuff.  I see it no other way.

 

Looking forward, I see our community maturing and ever expanding.  We have lost a few along the way.  It makes you wonder why they couldn’t hold their own and continue the wonderful connections we make with each other through MSN Spaces.  I miss many of them dearly and hope the best for them.  I also look forward to making new friends here in blogland and beyond…….. 

May the phun never end!

 

 

Peace,

Wayward Bill

(ps:  Penny Plop has nominated me for Space of the Year Award @ Spaces Hall of Fame,  Voting begins April 11th.  If you are feeling froggy and would like to consider my space for Space of the Year your assistance (vote) would be appreciated)

 

Update 04/09/06

 

Well I hope that whether it was Passover or Easter that you surrounded yourself with family & friends.  Nothing like the warmth of home when two thirds of the nation was in the mid 30s temperature wise.  I spent mine by myself, my family lives 1600 miles away and I just really wanted to laze around due to the weather.

 

There are many things going on in the world.  It’s push come to shove with President Bush and the Democrats.  I realize that the troops do need our support both mentally and financially.  However where has the 662 billion dollars gone so far. George Bush is asking for another 100 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan to continue the charade in 2007.  Don’t make sense to me when our schools, health care system and our own infrastructure could use those dollars.  It is now trickling down to the state and local levels with federal cuts to programs for U.S. citizens.  We can not continue this way without these wars sapping us for everything we have, both money and lives.

To top it off the Iraqi infrastructure isn’t where it should be after 4 years, Our tax dollars have been totally squandered by the mega giants like Haliburton and Bechtel.  Where is the electricity, clean water, schools, & hospitals that we promised the Iraqi people????

The current head in the sand politics has to give.

Random thoughts for a Monday.

Peace,

Wayward Bill

 

Pick up the cry stuff….

Dear Wayward,

Already, Darfur activists have planned 195 events nationwide as part of the Global Days for Darfur from April 23rd-30th. Rally participants will come together to call on world leaders to adopt – and enforce – tough sanctions on Sudan until it allows the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to Darfur.

Will you please join us and thousands of committed Darfur activists around the globe in speaking out for the people of Darfur the week of April 23rd – 30th?

Click here to find an event taking place near you and RSVP.

At the web page, locate the "Find an Event" section on the right-hand side of the page, enter your zip code and the distance you’d like to search within, then click "Find Events" to see what will be taking place in your area.

There are many creative events to choose from around the country.

You can be part of a "human chain" in Duluth, attend a concert and rally at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, go to a panel discussion at Auburn University in Alabama, or participate in a "die-in" rally and march in Boston. In addition to these activities in the United States, similar events will be held around the world.

Click here now to find an event in your area and send in your RSVP.

Thank you again for helping to raise awareness that time is up for talk on Darfur. Now more than ever, the people of Darfur need immediate action to end the violence.

With your help, we can work with our government to ensure adequate support for the essential peacekeeping effort in Darfur.

We look forward to seeing you at a Global Days for Darfur event in just a few weeks.

Best regards,

David Rubenstein

The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 175 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations whose mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of more than two million people in the Darfur region. To learn more, please visit http://www.SaveDarfur.org.

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Dear Wayward.,

As the world’s foremost nuclear power, the United States has a responsibility to lead by example. This means that we cannot reproach Iran for its pursuit of uranium enrichment while we fail to we fulfill our obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) to begin disarming our nuclear stockpile.

Sadly, it looks like our government is trying to shirk its responsibilities under the NPT and is embarking on a scheme to build NEW Nuclear Weapons. We need to contact our Congressional Representatives and tell them that the United States must set an example of disarmament and nonproliferation for the rest of the world.

A few weeks ago, the Department of Energy announced its plan to build new hydrogen bombs, calling them "reliable replacement warheads." While the majority of Americans are opposed to building new nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy bureaucrats don’t have to listen to public opinion – but Congress does! Send an email to your Representative urging them not to fund the Reliable Replacement Warhead program. Tell Congress to lead by example, until we earn moral authority through disarming our own nuclear stockpile we cannot reasonably make demands on other nations to halt their nuclear programs.

 

Email Your Representative!

Read the

New York Times article on New Nukes

http://www.peace-action.org/edfund.html

Sincerely,

Kevin M. Martin

Executive Director
Peace Action

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Dear William,

Right now Americans are coming together with one voice to demand George W. Bush follow the will of the people and not veto the Democratic plan for change in Iraq.

I’ve spent my entire professional career standing up for our men and women in uniform. I have carefully reviewed and considered the Democrats’ plan for change in Iraq. More than any bill passed by the previous Republican Rubber Stamp Congress, it ensures our troops have the training and equipment they need – and our veterans get the services they deserve.

What it doesn’t do, however, is give George W. Bush a blank check to continue his strategy for failure in Iraq.

We want a New Direction in Iraq and, together, we need to show that the American people support the Democratic plan for change in Iraq. That is why I am joining the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in telling the President not to veto the Democratic plan for change in Iraq and to treat our troops with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We have a goal of sending 50,000 signatures to President Bush before April 20th to show our support. Will you join us?

Tell President Bush Not to Veto the Democratic Plan for Change in Iraq

On November 7, 2006, the American people voted for change. They want to see fewer troops in Iraq – not more. I can tell you it’s not only civilians who want a New Direction. Generals on the ground and Pentagon officials know we cannot succeed if we stay the course. The President is increasingly becoming more isolated in his stay-the-course strategy.

The Bush Administration also continues to falsely claim that resources for American troops will begin to run out later this month – despite the fact that the Pentagon and the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service confirm resources will be available well into the summer. Congressional Democrats will never cut off funding to our troops in harm’s way.

Our nation has seen the terrible consequences of President Bush’s failed policy in Iraq. It has made us less secure while costing us close to a trillion dollars. This administration sent our troops into harm’s way without adequate equipment to protect them, and abandoned them when they returned by failing to provide proper health care to treat the wounded.

If President Bush vetoes the Democratic plan, he will be sending yet another signal that his ‘plan’ is simply to continue these failed policies.

I am standing up for the troops and I hope you will too. Join me in telling President Bush you stand with Democrats and insist on a new direction in Iraq.

Tell President Bush Not to Veto the Democratic Plan for Change in Iraq

Thank you,

Wes Clark

P.S. George W. Bush is threatening to veto this bill and ignore the will of the American people. All of us need to show him that we are behind the Democratic plan for change in Iraq. For four years he has failed – it’s time for a new direction.

Tell President Bush Not to Veto the Democratic Plan for Change in Iraq

 

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Inspirational Phunny

 

A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son
 walking to
 school.
 He didn’t want his mother to walk with him. She
 wanted to give
 him the
 feeling

that he had some independence but know that he was
 safe.

 So she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a
 neighbor if
 she
 would please follow him to school in the mornings,
 staying at a
 distance, so he probably wouldn’t notice her.

 She said that since she was up early with her
 toddler anyway, it
 would be a
 good
 way for them to get some exercise as well, so she
 agreed.

 The next school day, the neighbor and her little
 girl set out
 following
 behind Timmy
 as he walked to school with another neighbor boy he
 knew.
 She did this for the whole week.

 As the boys walked and chatted, kicking stones and
 twigs,
 Timmy’s little
 friend noticed
 the same lady was following them, as she seemed to
 do every day
 all week.
 Finally, he said to
 Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady following us to
 school all
 week? Do you
 know her?"

 Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she
 is."

 The friend said, "Well, who is she?"

 "That’s just Shirley Goodnest," Timmy replied, "and
 her daughter
 Marcy."

 "Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is
 she following
 us?"

 "Well," Timmy explained, "every night my Mom makes
 me say the
 23rd Psalm
 with my prayers,
 ‘cuz she worries about me so much. And in the Psalm,
 it says,
 Shirley
 Goodnest and Marcy shall
 follow me all the days of my life’, so I guess I’ll
 just have to
 get used
 to it!"

 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his
 face to shine
 upon you,
 and be gracious to you;
 the Lord lift His countenance upon you, and give you
 peace.

 May Shirley Goodnest and Marcy be with you today and
 always.

 Be Blessed, Not Stressed!

 

 

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