AlterNet: “Whatever Happened To Peace On Earth?”
how many of those who say “Jesus is the reason for the Season” act as though the Sermon on the Mount was delivered by victorious partisans of Capitol Hill (or the White House) as they self-righteously mix God and Patriotism in a toxic cauldron of war? We are all vulnerable to self-justifying pietism when it is wrapped in garlands of tinsel, evergreens and poinsettias. But you won’t hear our flag-coccooned government resolving for peace in the New Year. Whatever happened to Peace on Earth… and to us?
Somehow , I missed this during election season. This man must have been saying some other substantial things questioning the American campaign in Iraq, but the coverage I followed was silent. Many of the blogs I now follow probably saw it, but I did not.
Kucinich has other Alernet articles here
I was gung-ho Kucinich as soon as I heard about him. Too bad that I accidentally registered “Independent” in California because then I couldn’t vote for him in the primaries because we have closed primaries here in California. I saw him a couple times here in San Diego, too.
If only…
Of course, he’d have never won on an anti-war stance. Not that I wouldn’t have supported that. I hate politics as they are. Very few will say where they really stand.