In his inaugural address President Obama referenced Martin Luther King’s words “that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on earth.”
It is hoped that Obama’s embrace of an encompassing internationalism will transcend the narrow nationalism that separates the United States from the rest of the world. The belief of our exceptionalism, our moral superiority, and our right to set the world’s agenda is a barrier to the peaceful resolution of international conflicts and a rationale for militarism and war. The earth and its inhabitants are interconnected and are to be preserved and nurtured.
When a news report informs us that 147 children have been killed in Pakistan by drone strikes, we should mourn and empathize with their families as we would empathize with the families of U.S. troops who have lost their lives in the senseless carnage of war. Compassion and empathy should recognize no boundaries and should not be circumscribed by race, class, gender, or nationality.
We can hope that the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, the uprisings in Europe and throughout the world are harbingers of a transformation taking place in which narrow, parochial nationalisms are being supplanted by a broader, universal internationalism that proclaims we are citizens of the world. We are one people dedicated to living in harmony with the earth and with each other.
If the above internationalist perspective does not evolve into our reality and we continue down the path of resource depletion, of wars, of extreme inequality, and of class conflict, we might well be the inadvertent destroyers of our planet and the life it sustains.
Don T.
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Genvieve LaChappele
2:06 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Debbie Hart
9:34 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Love it!
Tired of the B.S.
5:05 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
When a news report informs us that 147 children have been killed in Pakistan by drone strikes, we should remember that the man who, in his inaugural address referenced Martin Luther King’s words “that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on earth.”, is the same man that authorized the drone strikes that killed 147 children.
Debbie Hart
9:35 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Yes, indeed! This Move On person is drinking too much Kool-Aid. Can't see the truth about his Dear Leader.
Madge
7:16 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
Don T.'s article is sad and disturbing on so many levels. Maybe childhood trauma could be the reason for such anger and misread views that are so destructive to the world as a whole. Obama is implementing these very ideas, (along with Congress) and we know BO's childhood was that of abandonment. Martin Luther King was a uniter not a divider. He believed everyone deserved the same OPPORTUNITY to succeed here in this great nation, based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. Using his name for political gain is beyond reprehensible! The fact that George Soros is a huge part of MoveOn.org puts the author of this article in the company of someone who said he has enjoyed bringing down many countries' economies. Soros along with politicians are wealthy and have great health coverage for life. If the US media were doing its job, we would see clearly the destruction currently being exacted here and in the world today; with people weakening this great nation, militarily and economically. If the US fails, the world does too. Wake up all who agree Don T. Wake up.
Debbie Hart
9:43 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Move On Dude: Your Dear Leader, Barack Obama, is the one who has a kill list. Your Dear Leader is the one ordering the drone strikes. Your Dear Leader is the one who proclaimed the right to kill American citizens without due process. Your Dear Leader is supplying 20 F-16 fighter jets to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. You say, “We are one people dedicated to living in harmony with the earth and with each other.” LOL. Does your leader, Barack Obama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, know this?
Hernendo RevolveR
7:33 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
I think Don T. must have been dropped when he was a baby. And then he went to the public schools. So sad indeed.
BUTCH
10:26 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
@ Tired-Hernando -Debbie does and all anti's
What is sad is the same anti dear leaders and Soros are in reality the same coin one side is "Corp are People (and banksters) too MY FRIEND" according to the 5 SUPREME CT Justices(all members of the ROMAN church of Predators, Mason P 2 lodge, Mafia,and banksters). The other side or Soros wing who makes his fortune on insider betting on currency manipulation aka austerity that the same Vatican and Wall street banksters manipulate.The anti dear leaders iconic banksters on this thread for example and the pro leader or Soros funded opposition win both ways,in both the war to end wars and the next war they were on both teams in each conflict also,Neither Soros nor the other Kosher banksters get their fingers dirty or get into the trenches with the nasty nitwits who prefer carpet bombing to Drones,The low info anti dear only respond to Mossad -FOX VERSIONS of news rather than the Bain Clear channel oops they are the same what's the point,
But I do not remember Dear leader holding hands and kissing the Saudi King that was the Guy whose VP was the leader of the pro gay log cabin GOP who created the phony crisis in Iraq-Iran and Afghanistan for starters then cut their taxes and had the nitwits pick up the slack! He did BOW DOWN that was in the days he was a Muslim or was it Indonesian or Kenyan it gets confusing but anyhow he won!
nick
10:20 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Don T. has too much hope in the Arab spring. Here is some info on the so called "Arab spring" along with other attacks upon people of the world by those who are afflicted by Islam.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
BUTCH
5:13 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
The Zionist winters have a lot to do with the spring summer and fall, for every Russian Jew or Goy killed in a former Palestinian Olive grove 10,000 Arab Muslims and Christians alike have been vaporized, hit by uranium depleted ammo from Ammoland the official ammo for Rabbi's and Hellcat msl's from IDF TANKS and or CHOPPERS!
The best place for u Zionist GOLDEN CALF worshipers is Miami , where the Christian Charlatan governor and his JEW RUSSIAN GANGSTERS, Cuban and Hill billy meth users steal the old Jews and Goys identities and write this shite!
Juvenal
3:49 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Don T: please accept our apologies for defeating British and French Colonialism, instituting the first democratic republic in modern times, developing the prototype of national constitutions, extending suffrage to all adults, defeating slave society, the telegraph, telephone, airplane and the rest of the industrial revolution, winning two world wars and checking and ultimately defeating communist totalitarianism, payeing for the world's security as sole superpower, and inventing Instagram. You're right, we are not exceptional. Sincerely, Uncle Sam & Co.
BUTCH
7:29 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ Juvenal the poet it is like responding to the last days of the Empire,
U failed to mention Fidel and his small band of Guerrillas who has outlasted 9 POTUS going on 55 years and the Bainland Commies who gave us the Manchurian candidates of the TPARTY and are winning due to the treason of it and their death squad allies of the United Fruit Company and the Drug cartels, other than that it is ok especially the war to end all wars and the next war where the greatest generations fought and the rest of the wars for the Zionist state-Drugs-terror and now Ammoland or Guns which will go on PAYEING for into eternity!
BUTCH
6:01 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
WHY APOLOGIZE, let's organize instead for America's greatest generations grand and great gr- children,their jobs have gone to the mind controllers they fought in Korea and now partners of a grifter Mormon who can break US law on trading with the enemy and a nation on the embargo list and run for POTUS and actually have defenders or low info morons not just 1 %.
Or on the East coast many lives were destroyed by a raging mother nature and now are going to be a lot worse because the dirty little secret in any CAPITALIST draft dodger TPARTY Insurance POLICY IS TO AVOID compensation on massive claims or they lose their CAYMAN ISLAND PO BOX ADDRESS, they are doing what TPARTY GRIFTERS DO BEST SCREWING AMERICAN workers and Middle class , their latest grift is deeming it a flood not Hurricane.
mr lahey
6:21 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Read the last two posts and see what the Patch has become
One intelligent and with punctuation, the other....good lord
Come up from the basement, butch
Mom says the meatloaf is ready
BUTCH
6:47 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ lahey, are u an Insurance GRIFTER or just another sheeple being led to the slaughter by the BAINLAND COMMIES?
You prefer the mind control version on issues because you are an investor in Bain and or other Cayman islander JOBS in Bainland China? I only get 18,000 guesses but will try to guess it each of the next 18,000 days maybe make that hours eh! U log cabin COWARD come out of the closet!
Mom gave up cooking when the Alzheimer movie star was laying the groundwork for the looting of America.
BUTCH
6:52 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@Lahey is it a fortune 100 Welfare Queen?
Is it a Roundtable Reagan-Bush 41- 43 Kitchen cabinet or a Cheney energy partner in the Eurasian pipeline ?
Bob Laird
6:56 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Does anybody here have a clue what this person is trying to say?? I have to admit, I read a few lines, but got dizzy and had to stop. Washed down a tylenol with a scotch, but still couldn't make heads nor tails out of it.
BUTCH
6:57 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ Lahey what are you payeing for the world's security like Juvenal says or for payeing for the Empires ? Or payeing for the credit card of the 51st state ? Or payeing for the Cheney-Bush credit cards? your just a simpleton bean counter and empty suit!
BUTCH
7:17 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ B laird--- you have no knowledge of the Business roundtable? Or Mil Indus Welfare Queens or the Kitchen cabinet the 1% citizens of the Cayman islands who own the TPARTY, the Corp that the 5 wisemen of the US SUPREME CT said "are people too" they also own too much of the opposition!
BAINLAND CHINA where ROBME and Adelson send hi and low tech jobs u never heard of that? ARE U an Ostrich and Shameless! If u are clueless why are u on these threads or are u just pretending to be so ignorant/ Is it the TYLENOL or cheap Scotch? Maybe u are u Kerry the simpleton or VERA?
Incredible how old are u what a sheltered life U never heard of a GRIFTER ?
Or that 666 is RON WILSON REAGAN the POTUS with Alzheimer? If this is true what the hell happened in this corner of hell, even in Florida they understand some of these things! Simply pathetic but I'll carry on undeterred with a stiff upper lip!
mr lahey
7:19 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Welcome to the Patch, Bob L.
This is what it's become.
BUTCH
7:37 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ Lahey is that a NO to all? How bout United fruit Company or BAIN INDUSTRIES in CHINA or Bain senata in China or the Adelson lucky Dragon Casino and Mustang ranch of Macau, Vegas and the Caymans? C'MON let's get serious here!
Bob Laird
7:48 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I remember when I was a kid. Was downtown with my mom, aunt, and cousin. There was this poorly dressed man walking back and forth waving his arms and ranting about something we couldn't fathom. Fifty years later I get an AHA moment. Well, not really. I know. "off subject" just having fun. sorry.
BUTCH
1:55 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
@ Bob Laird---I think I got it, the same medication u take with the cheap scotch is acetaminophen the active ingredient that the US DEPT of Ag wildlife Service has injected millions of mice and feed their toxic butts to the millions of snakes overwhelming Guam, I was afraid I was right and understood my limitations and expertise in toxic over the counter drugs or cheap scotch, any way good luck and try cranberry juice to comprehend WHAT Bainland, Welfare Queens, Roundtable the Cheney energy summit and Log cabin GOP mean as another form of Toxicity!
BUTCH
8:01 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ laird So you remembered after the Tylenol or Scotch or ?
BUTCH
8:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
@ Lahey-- Too bad for the brain dead's another Icon of the GOP has admitting he "sinned with a colleague's daughter" while in the Senate, the sinner had to leave town with Alzheimer and go back and live his declining years in wealth and good health care, These are the same hypocrites who are determined to take our HEALTH CARE and SSA, i think the Lairds and others will wise up and send all these double dipper looters into retirement after sequestration, most of them are not even functioning like a old time GOP Demetia mind, THESE ARE TRAITORS destroying America for the Zionist and neo con MURKAN TPARTY.
BUTCH
12:34 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
@ America, we are galloping fast toward half the nation making min wage despite OBAMA CARE this is what the obstructionists have succeeded in doing and why there is an immediate need to throw out all the bought and sold fellow travelers who caved into the TPARTY along with them in the Senate.
But without turnover in the peoples house where the Bainland Chinese have come close to destroying the American dream they will finish the job,the easiest way to solve the debts of the state and Fed and sequestation is to cut the pensions of all double dippers in government and put everyone in Illinois and the Federal govt on SSA and then part E medicare for all. Right now the POTUS needs to take it to the limit and get these TPARTY welfare QUEENS back to work it is in the constitution and is critical to amend the RYAN sequestation LAW but that would help America.
Tamarack
2:12 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Thanks for trying, Don T. It is sad that so many see life as a "zero sum" game, so that for the US to be great, someone else must lose. Let's use our powers for good, not greed.