[Peace] 4th of July / AWARE's twist on the theme is "Celebrating the World's Youth" / help on the idea, please

[Carl G. Estabrook]

If we 'celebrate our/world's youth' in the Obama administration, it  
should be the five-year-old Chris Floyd writes about this week:

'...for so many ... "good liberals" and staunch progressives, a five- 
year-old girl with her guts gouged out by some coward with a joystick  
10,000 miles away is an "immoral and hateful maniac" who deserves to  
die, and whose very presence on the face of the earth justifies any  
and all repressive measures to keep "our way of life" intact. "On a  
temporary basis," of course. Just until all the maniacs have been  
killed. Just until we "exterminate all the brutes."

'This is the spectrum of liberalism in 2012. On one end, "troubled" by  
state murder - but not sickened, not outraged, not driven to furious  
rejection of those who perpetrate such "unspeakable things." On the  
other end, gleefully, joyfully accepting of the murder program,  
exulting even in the killing of absolute strangers. After all, every  
defenseless child eviscerated stealthily by a presidential drone is  
"one less potential attacker of my country." The Leader protects us!  
The Leader knows best! You go, Barry!

'These people are monsters. This is profoundly evil. All these people,  
all those who collaborate and assist in such a program, have placed  
themselves far beyond any limit of what can be designated as  
civilization.'

<http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2251-unspeakable-things-the-liberals-clumsy-dance-across-obamas-killing-floor.html 
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On Jun 11, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> Hello All Friends of AWARE,
>
> The them of the 4th of July parade in Champaign-Urbana is "Celebrating
> our Youth"
>
> AWARE's twist on the theme is "Celebrating the World's Youth".
>
> One brainstorm idea that came up:  How about a stretcher with a child
> victim of war on it? A victim in war zone / an orphan of war / and a
> child with an absent soldier parent. Three stretchers?
>
> Doesn't have to be a child on the stretcher, but something that
> represents a child, like toys, or a doll, or something.
>
> Basically, we need your ideas and help!!!!
>
> -- karen medina
> "The really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." -  
> Mark Twain
>
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