[Mb-civic] Peace Festival

[Henry Howard]

Cheeseburger wrote:

> Re:  Peace Festival
>
>
> Barbara Siomos wrote:
>
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> I will never give up on Peace..... As John said "Give Peace a Chance".
>
> peace,
> barbara
> ========
>
>
> No, of course not, never "give up on Peace".
>
> The only problem remains that in the face of how the actual 
> Governments of the World are actually run, such things as "Peace" are 
> useless and undesired bi-products to The Powers That Be that we hold 
> in our hearts and mention in various speeches at various times.
>
> It's a basic non-reality as far as "Global Peace" goes.
>
> It doesn't exist.  It most likely never will.
>
> The Israelis are never going to give the Palestinians a homeland, or 
> rather, give the Palestinians back their homeland which the Israelis 
> stole to begin with.
>
> That means 1 Billion or less of the global Islamist population is 
> always going to be at war with someone about that particular matter.
>
> And with the gap between the Rich and The Desperately Dirt Poor 
> widening each year, Globally, there will always be a slot where such 
> things as "Peace" are not even mentioned, even in passing.
>
> Even Kerry, if elected, will not even approach a mild plateau of 
> "Global Peace", nor anything even mildly resembling it.
>
> He's just about as tied and super-glued into "The System" as the next 
> guy.
>
> The people in India can't even get Peace between their own Castes.
>
> The Israelis assassinate their own Prime Ministers.
>
> The Americans assassinate their own Presidents.
>
> The Chinese shoot you in the head for jaywalking and bill the cost of 
> the bullet to your family.
>
> Globally, the List of atrocities, non-Peace things, is horrendous, 
> horrible, and basically *endless* as to what some people are 
> unendingly doing to other people.
>
> Martin Luther King and John Lennon, 2 men of Peace, got a bullet in 
> the head.
>
> Just for *talking* about "Peace" too loudly in a crowded country 
> called the USA.
>
> Sure, of course, it's nice to talk about "Peace", hold rallies using 
> the word "Peace", hold "Peace" in our hearts, try to spread "Peace" 
> when and where we can, etc.
>
> But the stark reality is that this planet is basically ruled by 
> cutthroat crooks, on the take politicians, energy companies, 
> militaries, and weapons salesmen who look at "Peace" as the last thing 
> they want on their menu and the first thing they *need* to kill if 
> they wish to continue doing business as they have here for Centuries.
>
> Such things as "Global Peace" are simply =NEVER= going to happen 
> unless someone takes all those people listed above, adds a few more, 
> strips them naked, and hangs them by their testicles at every venue on 
> earth.
>
> In *reality*.
>
> It's just another sad Fact of this planet we refer to as Earth.
>
> As well as being the only exit door marked "Peace".
>
> Anything less remains wishful thinking with nothing whatsoever to back 
> it up.
>
> Holding up a Peace placard in a rally or whatever does as about as 
> much toward actually bringing Global Peace closer to a Reality as 
> throwing a cream pie at Tony Blair.
>
> Well, heck, I wish I could make all this stuff up, but it's staring us 
> in the face every time you turn on the tv, pick up a newspaper, or 
> listen to the radio.
>
> Somewhere, there will *always* be someone with lots of money, weapons, 
> and power, screwing the shit out of "The Little Guy".
>
> And "The Little Guy" is always going to come back with a reply.
>
> And, of course, there will always be people like America, Israel, 
> well, basically tons of the "1st World Countries", who will always be 
> willing to sell Weapons to both sides.
>
> Hey, it's a living, eh.....?
>
> "Peace" is dead, at least "Globally", unless one wishes to project a 
> delusion into a rapidly deteriorating world situation and pretend.
>
> Of course, just about every Politician in the world appears that they 
> were born with the word "Peace" sewed to their lips every time they 
> smile into the cameras and bullshit The Masses.
>
> Of course, no, never "give up on Peace", but cultivate your own little 
> corner of it when and where you can, as something like "Global Peace", 
> again, just isn't on the menu of "The Good Old Boys" who have run and 
> continue to run the entire show.
>
> For Centuries.
>
> Promote the heck out of "Peace".  Great idea.
>
> The stock holders in such things as the Oil companies, Weapons 
> Systems, etc, however, will be pre-empting every step "Peace" takes 
> though.
>
> Again, just as it has always been here.
>
> If Jesus himself came back, floated down onto the White House Lawn, 
> spread his hands, smiled, with a glowing white light and angels flying 
> around him, and said "Peace On Earth, Good Will To All Men", they 
> would shoot him in the head and dump his body in the nearest landfill 
> and deny it ever happened, of course, stamping the entire incident 
> CLASSIFIED.
>
> Yes, indeed, I dare, I TRIPLE DOG DARE a new Gandhi, or Buddha, or 
> Jesus, or Whomever, to set foot on this planet, again, and try to 
> "Promote Global Peace" and actually start to accomplish it.
>
> After about the first 15 seconds, nobody would ever hear from them again.
>
> This is "The Bright New World" run by "Bright New Trusty People" 
> bringing the "Bright New Hope" and the "Bright New Peace and Love" the 
> children of Earth have inherited.
>
> The same old bullshitters of the same "Old World" with a new coat of 
> paint on it.
>
> Except, of course, with better Publicists.
>
>
> I would =LOVE= to "Give Peace A Chance".
>
> But I can't find him.
>
> The last time I heard, he had changed his name, grown a beard, dyed 
> his hair, and was in hiding in an undisclosed location in fear for his 
> life.
>
>
>
> Cheeseburger
>
> - Where has the sparrow gone now that I need its song.
>
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Quit fucking emailing me loser.

What kind of retarted name is Cheeseburger. Maybe I will think about 
exposing your ass to the Feds.