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Harsh but true

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“please pray for X police officer who was shot tonight..”

OK, it is a terrible tragedy that someone got shot and I wish strength and healing to the victim and their loved ones.

But there a lot of us, human being types. How many others got shot tonight? Did anyone get shot by a cop tonight in this big country of ours? Are we being asked to pray for them?

(Pray vs. Send Good thoughts – If I identify as anything it is as an Episcopalian, and as such I reserve the right not to be bandying my thoughts about God all over the place and telling other people to pray. Like, if they were the praying type this wouldn’t have occurred to them already!!!)

If I was to pray I would pray for innocent gun shot victims, why would I pray harder for someone just because of their job? Pray for an innocent gun shot victim, yes. Pray for someone’s safety because they are a cop? No. I won’t.

If I was to pray I would pray for the safety of the American people FROM cops, not the safety of someone who willingly enters a dishonorable profession and stays there once the blinders have been removed from their eyes as to what the job really entails.

How many people cops treated unfairly or even victimized tonight? Who is praying for them?

No jail time for police officer convicted of kicking handcuffed suspect | Rhode Island Breaking News, RI Politics, Top Stories | Text WPRO to 68255 for mobile news.

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No jail time for police officer convicted of kicking handcuffed suspect | Rhode Island Breaking News, RI Politics, Top Stories | Text WPRO to 68255 for mobile news.

Our country is beyond help and this proves it.
If there are no negative consequences for police brutality it will never stop.

The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to “Urban Growth” – NYTimes.com

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The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to “Urban Growth” – NYTimes.com

n/t

Ok, just maybe this one thought:
beyond the obvious conclusions I also can’t help but think what an incredible opportunity to create community gardens…

OK, just a little bit more no-n/t.

So what if their was a club. Call it Mayor Pitt’s Machine perhaps; with a nod to a properly organized political organization… What if this club was formed to match up students looking to put their newly found expertise to work in independent studies related to a particular and central effort of the group…

Say there were landscape architecture students looking to layout gardens with raised beds and brick pathways. Say there were also poli-sci students looking to have an excuse to practice their lobbying skills. Say there were some law students or energetic young lawyers with all of the Louisiana codes fresh in their minds from the bar. Say there were conservation and environmental biology, agricultural, botany and phytopathology students excited to be on call to answer questions and offer advice. Suppose their were some tech types willing to set up some websites. Suppose their were some activist types ready to admin fundraising sites and fb pages. Suppose there was a jaded activist with a penchant for organizing details and a desire to create a replicable model of action.

Say these people formed a club and started to create a template for forming a board for a mom and pop non-profit that would oversee things. Say they wrote it all down and published it where it was easy to find.

Say these folks found lots and a few people in the neighborhood who wanted to garden. Say these people who wanted to garden formed boards and ran things how they wanted and draw upon the collective knowledge of the club members instead of trial and error. Say these energetic young people helped with the labor to get things set up. Say they helped with fundraising to pay for supplies the board decided were needed. A little kickstart action perhaps… Perhaps a cafe press page or two. Perhaps find a printer to donate cards to pass out at gardening shows advertising the same.

Might be pretty cool. Walkways made from old brick and concrete might help tame the wilderness a little. The gardeners might end up with better and less expensive fruit and veggies. Or some nice fruit trees and flowers. Hmmmmmmmmm

The Afghan Massacre Is About War, Not Just a Rogue Soldier | Global Spin | TIME.com

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The Afghan Massacre Is About War, Not Just a Rogue Soldier | Global Spin | TIME.com

hmmmmmmmm

um, our entire approach to this conflict was wrongheaded and destined to fail.
We learned nothing from Vietnam, killed hundred of thousands of innocent people, lost thousands of American service people and are saddled with a generation of fucked the hell up Vets.
Great job USA!

Anger in Israel over EU comments on school shooting | Reuters

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Anger in Israel over EU comments on school shooting | Reuters

a.k.a. – Anger in Israel over facts trumping bullshit.
a.k.a. – Anger in Israel over someone admitting out loud that Palestinians are people too.
a.k.a. The Israeli government is a bunch of  are racist, self-centered pricks who keep the killings going by not recognizing that deaths on the other side of the conflict are just as evil and just as much terrorism as what is perpetrated on the Israeli people in this perpetual cycle of retaliation.