Saturday, September 10, 2005
Weekend=Yay
Nice Saturday at home, got some shopping done.
This evening we went to hear Cindy Sheehan at a very inspiring rally. It was great to see 400 people in a church listening to a program about peace. The Gold Star Families and Iraq Veterans against the War were hard to listen to, as well as Cindy. I found myself crying several times. Some black preachers spoke and really put a fine point on the connections between War, poverty, Katrina. This is the kind of truth-telling that so many people have no ears to hear. All the talk about "why didn't people evacuate?" [with no cars or money] is proof that so many folks don't get it. Maybe they never will. But I have hope that if the truth keeps being proclaimed, loudly and with no inhibition, the tide in this country has to turn.
This evening we went to hear Cindy Sheehan at a very inspiring rally. It was great to see 400 people in a church listening to a program about peace. The Gold Star Families and Iraq Veterans against the War were hard to listen to, as well as Cindy. I found myself crying several times. Some black preachers spoke and really put a fine point on the connections between War, poverty, Katrina. This is the kind of truth-telling that so many people have no ears to hear. All the talk about "why didn't people evacuate?" [with no cars or money] is proof that so many folks don't get it. Maybe they never will. But I have hope that if the truth keeps being proclaimed, loudly and with no inhibition, the tide in this country has to turn.
