We need an aggregator of this stuff…..I guess we have that, but we need collections of voices such as AKMA, James Carroll (of the Boston Globe), Jim Wallis, thinking such as that of the Ekklesia Project who are rapidly attracting increasing numbers of thinkers who wonder where the Church’s voice has gone in al of this. We have this for thwe blogging community, but the Church needs a Blogging of such things, one which can provide a sane voice, and a call to stand fast for the things which lead to peace. James Carroll speaks of how the US is “giving permission” to the madness by acting stronghandedly, insanely over-reacting, and contributing to the MIddle East escalations by virtue of it’s “leadership” ( a “leadership” which has already been forfeited in the minds of many the world over)

AKMA’s Random Thoughts: Political Perplexity

Without suggesting any particular enthusiasm for John Kerry, I’m at a loss to understand how this presidential election is even close. The Bush administration has taken on a calamitous and unnecessary war in a remote country (arguably two unnecessary wars — but I’ll opt not to contest Afghanistan, despite my conviction that even that invasion was misguided), has thrown the budget from great health to staggering deficits, has lied to the world and the U.S. people, and has responded to challenges by claiming a sort of sovereign immunity to criticism. And that’s just a sampling; his flip-flop-flip on whether we can win the war on terror bespeaks a pretty shabby platform from which to throw stones at Kerry. Why would anyone vote for more of this?