orn that is an interesting thought.. Allan
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:52 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > > archy, there is one here in the US who is focused on peace. Of course, > he mostly receives attention to marginalize his world view. > > Source of overview and specific links: > > http://kucinich.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=1564 > > Personally I like Dennis a lot. In most ways he appears to be one > politician who hasn’t been tainted by power nor money. > > > > On Oct 9, 4:14 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tend to this view Francis - in hope. Frankly, I was think it is an > > old, doomed strategy. I note there is no real vision of what a > > peaceful world would be and how we would regulate through democracy, > > plenty and so on. > > > > On 9 Oct, 10:18, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > So, the prize committee chooses Obama, less than a year after he has > > > begun to operate on the world stage, before many concrete results have > > > been seen. > > > > > Spontaneously, I see this as a gesture of thankfulness and hope; > > > thankfulness to the American people that they have elected a successor > > > to Bush, a man who did so much global damage, a successor who works > > > with different visions and ideal-structures, a more positive > > > fundamental view of what it means to be human and what societies > > > (local, national and global) can and should be doing and achieving. > > > > > Hope that he will realise some of this vision and trust that his > > > country and the world puts in him. The past few months have made me a > > > little concerned that the experts and lobbyists, advisors and > > > professional analysts are wearing him down with detail and > > > realpolitik. > > > > > Maybe this award will strengthen that "Yes, we can" impetus, in the > > > face of the everyday inertia of the thousand arguments of > > > complicatedness against changing anything, against daring to hope. > > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
