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We have been discussing the problematic nature of pacifism over the last few days, in The Problem of Pulpit Pacifism, Part 1 and Part 2. We will finish that discussion today with an article that we think you'll find interesting. Within just a few days after the September 11th attacks, some people began forwarding emails with the inevitable pacifist pleas for "peace" and "restraint," decrying violence in all its forms. The idea, amazingly, was to encourage general opposition to action in Afghanistan. In addition to homegrown emails, many of us also had our inboxes graced with the vaunted but highly...

When I was growing up in Bellflower, Ca., I never, as a child with a good imagination, could have ever imagined that my life would take the peculiar turn that it has. I could not have foreseen giving birth to a child that would eventually be wrongfully and devastatingly killed in war or that I would be meeting with world leaders or be nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. Along with the Vice President of Spain, Foreign Minister of Ireland, Attorney General of Australia and countless parliamentarians from all over the globe, one of the world leaders that I have...

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Wednesday that she plans to begin an "open-ended hunger strike" on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq. "We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops back home," Sheehan said in a statement posted on the anti-war blogosphere. The fast, organized by Code Pink and Sheehan's Gold Star Families for Peace, will begin on Independence Day in Washington, D.C. In her statement Sheehan said she would move the fast to Crawford, Texas, where the president owns...

Steve Jacobs is a peacenik here in Columbia, MO. He usually is there on Saturday mornings at the Columbia Post Office protesting carring his sign "Who would Jesus Bomb?" Mr. Jacobs wrote a letter in the Open Column in this evening's paper and I will let you all make sense of what he is trying to get across.

"Something I hold so dear" by Wayne Boettcher Posted: 03/24/2006 It was a cool day in the desert on March 18, 2006, happy grey clouds scudded across the sky. The brisk wind rocked my truck, promising a sand-filled day as I ricocheted through the crazy Tucson streets toward the Military Recruiting Center at 2302 E. Speedway. In this town, many citizens seem to have replaced the gas and brake pedals of their vehicles with a simple toggle switch where up is full power, down is full brake. When I arrived at the Center at 8:00 am, at least ten...

The "bridges for peace" bennish types will be on their bridges between 1200-1300 today. Here's a good counter protest slogan for those of you who are tiring of using the same old hand signal semaphore every week these ponytails inflict themselves on us:Shout out or write...."Tom Fox gave peace a chance!" They'll know exactly who you mean.

A judge in San Antonio has denied the request of a former Fort Sam Houston soldier to force the Army to release her as a conscientious objector. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ruled Friday that Pfc. Katherine Jashinski, 23, did not prove she has a firm, fixed and sincere objection to participating in war. The judge previously refused to block orders that shipped her to Fort Benning, Ga. There, Jashinski has refused to participate in weapons training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. She has been charged with "missing movement" and faces a court-martial, said J.E. McNeil, executive director of...

Peacenik moonbat DNC Chairman Howard Dean gleefully declares defeat for America.    (click here to see it reeeeeeeally large)  

October 7, 2005It's time for the annual HelloWeenie award! Last year's recipient was flip-flopper Sen. John Kerry. This year's recipient is cut-n-run Cindy Sheehan. (click here to see it reeeeeeeally large)

POTENTIAL 2008 Democratic presidential contender Senator Russ Feingold has made an early appeal to anti-war activists and set himself apart from possible rivals by calling for a pullout of US troops from Iraq by the end of next year. No other Democrat pondering a run for the White House, nor any of the party's congressional leaders or prominent foreign policy voices, has broken with Republican President George W. Bush and endorsed a timetable for Iraq withdrawal. The lack of strong opposition on Iraq from a deeply divided Democratic Party, even as polls show growing public unhappiness with the war, has...

On this weekend that so many lies are being told about America, let's share this with everyone, get the truth out on the Net! Copy/Paste/Forward This On by email to everyone you possibly can -- GREAT QUOTES: If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it,...

 (click here to see it reeeeeeeally large) here is a link to the "You Don't Speak For Me, Cindy! Tour" thread, posted by Jim Robinson: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1465713/posts?page=1

I noticed that the hymn proposals for the "new primary resource" are available online at the Renewing Worship web site. Just in time for them to say that they have been made widely available before the Churchwide Assembly. www.renewingworship.org/about/proposal/pdf/Hymns.pdf In a quick look at the proposal, there are some suggested changes in tune and text that I like. For the most part it preserves what has been known in LBW and WOV. The changes are predictable: -- Those nasty words like "Lord" have been purged when possible (For example, see "For the Beauty of the Earth.") -- That nasty "F"...

I am concerned about our Country. What happened to the American Dream? What happened to freedom for all? This Country was founded on freedom for all. The Constitution states WE THE PEOPLE(ALL PEOPLE),& THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS,FREEDOM & THE AMERICAN DREAM. We all need to come together & fight for theses things. Years ago people came together to protest for things that were wrong or things they believed in,that is what we need to do now to preserve this country for our children & our children's children. We also cannot forget God-whatever God you believe in. That is also another...

This "peacenik" who wrote the article is non-other than Abe Haim, son of Mark Haim, the local "peacenik hippy", leader of the Peace Nook here in Columbia. Tony Messanger is the Tribune columnist who wrote an article a while back about the assualt attack on Bluesagewoman from the "peace activist", Paul Allaire. So Abe is complaining that Tony should not be writing anything that Abe and Mark doesn't agree with. It's like that woman I wrote to about her wanting the Trib to take out the B.C. Comic strip on Jesus Christ, and the Jewish faith because she didn't agree...

Many business leaders and people in diplomatic circles seem to share the view that Japan adequately meets the requirements to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Their opinion is based on Japan's great financial contributions to the U.N. budget and to developing nations in the form of official development assistance. But I disagree. The United Nations is an international organization for peace. The greatest problem of the Security Council, which forms its core, is how to deal with U.S. unilaterism. The U.S. government ignored the United Nations and launched a pre-emptive attack on Iraq. The problem...

Help Needed! Anti-Americanism in schools alert!! The Syracuse Peace Council is being allowed a presence on career day to counter the military recruiters at the event. This is dead wrong! Help us pressure the school officials to do the right thing!

ESCONDIDO ---- An outdoor exhibit on the human costs of the conflict in Iraq called "Eyes Wide Open" will come to Grape Day Park in Escondido Wednesday. The main feature will be rows of boots representing the lives of American soldiers lost in Iraq. The boots will be tagged with the soldiers' name, rank and home state. The exhibit will also feature a 24-foot wall of names and incidents identifying Iraqi civilian deaths. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, the exhibit will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the park, 321 N. Broadway in Escondido. Speakers...

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Sunday that when the full Senate debates the nomination of Dr. Condoleezza Rice to be Secretary of State on Tuesday, she intends to repeat charges that Rice deliberately misled the nation about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "I will lay out again on the Senate floor [why] I do not believe [she] has been candid with the American people," Sen. Boxer told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer." "[She's] gone on shows like yours and made statements that I don't think were true, or they were half-true, didn't tell the whole story, didn't level...

Hi Everyone, It's been a long slog but I finally finished my documentary, "The Peace Commies". You can watch a 60 second trailer at the site. The movie documents the antiwar movement starting with some of the earliest protests right after 9/11. It presents powerful evidence of the real motives driving the dissenters. And you'll love the protester reactions, which range from comical to offensive. The Peace Commies also highlights the work of other activists like Evan Maloney and ProtestWarrior.com that are helping to expose the peace movement's depravity. Several FReepers appear in the movie, including: My Favorite Headache, Fearless...