Israeli Ambassador to the U.N.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. appearance at Woodrow Wilson School of Law, Princeton, March 2010.  How can we analyze a Nations motives by those they choose as their negotiators?  What are their backgrounds Gabriela Shalev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

To quote Ms. Shalev during her speech; "I AM NOT SPEAKING AS A VERY EDUCATED DIPLOMAT".  In fact her expertise is in corporate law, a branch of law used to find loopholes for large corporations to get what they want.  Not necessarily what is best for humanity at large.

As Ms. Shalev is representative to the U.N. I found it odd that a "diplomat" would publicly show disgust at being seated next to the Ambassador from Lebanon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaf_Salam Dr.Nawaf Salam who is, in fact, educated in diplomacy.   In fact she said, You see what I have to deal with.  I always had this child like fantasy that Ambassadors and Diplomats were the tolerant, friendship offering, mediators. Sent forth into this world to dispel intolerance and misunderstandings.   My bad.

For this post I am that hoping anyone out there will consider why Israel has a corporate lawyer in this position as negotiator for the Uniting of Nations rather than a broad thinking Statesman, who's main goal is ethical resolution.  Could it be the related interpretation of diplomacy, linking the meaning to cunning, circumvention, backdoor influence, strategist, crafty wheeling and dealing ? (little help for Mr. Roget).
to be continued

A Bad Day For Democracy

Corporate funding of Politicians http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ discussion today as Citizens United, through a Supreme Court ruling bring in the opportunity for corporations, in Citizens words "to reassert the traditional American values of limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security" as Citizens United state as their goal "To restore the founding fathers vision of a free nation, guided by the honesty, common sense, and good will of its citizens". If these are "Christian values" the Christian Science Monitor refers to this ruling as " A Bad Day for Democracy". "SOVEREIGNTY" definition: supreme power, especially over a body politic: controlling influence. Sovereignty this is the word Citizens uses. If we cut and paste; Supreme Power of Corporations? Is this the vision of our founding fathers? I would encourage the investigation of the history of large corporations and their "means" of becoming "large". How we built the United States is at once impressive in it's magnitude and shameful in it's disregard for human life and freedom. What will our future as a nation of rights of the individual become if the mighty power of corporations are allowed to overshadow the voices of the censored many. The "silent majority" some say composed of soccer moms and Nascar dads might or might not research away from Fox news, but they do trust in the system without always questioning. Republican friends of mine are sure that if someone is harassed by the police (i.e.Republican National convention etc), they must have done something wrong. The second paragraph of The Declaration of Independence poetically states:

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these ends,

it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it....

ALL EXPERIENCE HATH SHEWN, THAT MANKIND ARE MORE DISPOSED TO SUFFER, WHILE EVILS ARE SUFFERABLE, THAN TO RIGHT THEMSELVES

And so we allow ourselves the comfortable convenience of being told what to think, how to vote, and who we should consider to be our enemies. And now we put that in the hands of those who get "bailed out" when they screw up , who consider the bottom line by cutting jobs and quality, who withhold medical benefits at will, this is who our Supreme Court has entrusted through the power of money with our sovereignty.

Comments at today's talk: Senator Quinn asks, "how can I gain access to public airways". I thought a grand question as we will will come into the realm of Superbowl ads for Palin for Pres.

Also mentioned was Washington post survey that states 80% of the public are against Corporations funding Politics. Citizens U counter this claim stating another survey which states 67% are for it. does only God know for sure? Another highlight, Washington State has voted to not only have the Sponsor of the ad identified, but also the Top 5 Donors (does anyone stick around for the credits?)

Matching funds and rescue money....better than nothing....who pays for this? seems a lot like "damage control" rather than informing the public about policies. Brenda Wright the main speaker stated that we have a 100 year history of barring corporations from having major influence (although we all know they do have major influence) and asks if the Founding Fathers would consider the corporations to have the same rights as individuals....consider they were willing to go to battle with the corporation of the British Crown, my guess would be not, but it's quite an interesting conversation. I would encourage all to google, bing, or whatever as much information as they have the stomach for, before making the statement "I believe..."

DETACHMENT?

I have not written for a long while. It seems that the world goes on whether I write or not. Gaza has been destroyed, Presidents elected, billion dollar scams exposed....and yet the world rotates whether I write or not. Merrily, merrily, merrily......life is but a dream. So I will dream. Perhaps of a world without war. Perhaps with an acceptance that not everyone wants peace. And the mirrors flash by. Sometimes I catch a glimpse of myself, often times I miss it, or forget that I saw. But most of all I must see the joy in the DANCE.

# 1 Terrorists?

What is the difference between a genocidal maniac and a diplomat?http://www.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/kissingerindex.htm

What is the difference between fighting for peace and negotiating a peaceful solution? How can one man be behind so many personal assaults against everything "human" we think we stand for. What if we are not thinking about it enough. In the link to your right "Dalai Lama Renaissance" a speaker says, who were those people that watched the trains go by. The trains full of humans going to concentrations camps. And we all think we would not be one of them. The silent. Just watching as neighbors are railed away in cattle cars to their death.

The speaker asks if "we are not now sitting silently by as people are rolling into mass graves". Serbia, Cambodia (The Killing Fields), South America, Africa, Palestine, Iraq, Tieneman Sq, Timor, Sudan .....blah, blah, blah...too much to pay attention?

We prefer to watch CSI. Individuals graphically shown with their throats cut. Flashbacks to their violent rapes. Speculation about motive, how to's...'Clue', just your average board game in 3d. We call it relaxing, entertainment, fun. Graphic depictions that 10 years ago would have shocked. Personally, I'd rather see a rounded breast. I turn away in horror at the scenes I see on Prime Time T.V., much like folks used to do in past ages at real life photos of Vietnam.

Are we being trained to see the blood and gore depicted to get us used to our future, as a warring nation? What if the movie TOYS, with Robin Williams was right? All toys, tv shows, (gladiators, CSI...) was simply our training ground for perpetual genocide and war? Spooky? I think so.

Far fetched? I just ask you to question your heart. What is it that causes you to find others sorrow and tortures, entertaining and relaxing??

Just ask yourself. and then consider;

Are our governmental representatives for peace, representing respect for the human race. Are we sitting watching the death trains going by as entertainment or are we actively speaking out. Or at the very least, giving 10 minutes of our very concious time. Not a 1 minute prayer as I lay me down to sleep....although a 60 second commercial is higher priced than a 10 second....so, hey sound bytes are better than no bites.....I guess.

What if inside every demon there is an angel struggling

to be free

More peaceful Bil'in

Palestinian eyes smiling and stealing your heart away http://www.myspace.com/occupation101

Refugee Forever

While the city of Jenin has been a refugee camp for over 50 years...amounting to Palestinians being refugees in their own country, the village of Bil'in has been staging peaceful demonstrations for 2 1/2 years, hoping to prevent the destruction of their village as the Great Wall of Israel bulldozes it's way through their homes and olive trees. The residents of Bil'in have remarkably held their course of non-violence, with courage and integrity as

Israeli soldiers and machinery ravage their land and lives.

They have been staging peaceful protests hoping to keep their village from being destroyed, and in so doing serve as a positive inspiration for many faced with the same plight. Unfortunately parts of Palestine and Israel do not recieve all of the news, all of the time. Images of Bil'in, research yourself http://www.bilin-village.org/

The Banyan Tree

What if we turned this topsy turvy upside down world back up right then everyone would be having vertigo This blog is about evolution, about exploring why we keep doing the same thing, over and over and over again. The sins of the fathers will be visited upon the sons. What if the sons started doing things differently than their fathers? What if war was not the way to peace, after all. What if a leopard could change it's spots??? What if the fish could crawl onto land. Evolution. What if man could love his brother, and his sister. What if.