Kolog
A showcase of personal writing
11.13.04: I have reached the end of quite a few days,
but before I go to bed, I came across a website that surely must wake the nation: <http://costofwar.com>.
As of today, the United States' government has spent an estimated $145,029,331,035
on their war in Iraq. Now, wouldn't some of this money be well spent on restoring
our crumbling educational system? Instead of denying the
schools that test poorly monetary support, why not provide them with some of
the money currently being spent to rebuild
Iraq. Let's help rebuild our schools here at home.
I have much more to say, but I shall return to this after getting some rest. It's late here in the mountains.
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11.11.04: And now, from behind
the register:
"In Falluja, residents said the stench of decomposing bodies hung over the
city, power and water supplies were cut and food was running out for thousands
of trapped civilians" {Reuters:
Fri Nov 12, 2004 02:15 AM ET}.
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11.06..04: After four days of contemplation regarding the election, I have two questions:
Who will represent the world I live in?
and most importantly:
Who will stand up for peace?
I have heard many people complain of overwhelming depression since the election.
Someone must emerge to captivate this nation, particularly its youth. We, the people, have been let down repeatedly by our representatives. In the nineteenth century, fundamental ideologies divided the country in civil war, let this not happen today. Neither candidate in this year’s presidential election could motivate the youth of a nation to vote because they could not provide answers to the relevant questions facing this country. Aware of their futility, George Bush and John Kerry pandered to the elderly and focused on distracting issues, while consistently ignoring the majority of concerns relating to young people.
If you don’t like what I’m saying, then listen to Bob Dylan tell you that the times are still changing; if you can’t lend a hand, then get out of the way.
As NBC reports, “About 85 students participated in
a sit-in in the [Boulder High] school library, expressing their concerns
about the war in
Iraq, the economy and environmental issues” {NBC:
POSTED: 3:13 pm EST November 5, 2004
UPDATED: 4:17 pm EST November 5, 2004}.
Someone must talk with these people. The real issues dividing this nation must be discussed with everyone.
The Democratic Party was criticized for failing to provide solutions. How is peace as a solution? Above all else, we must stop fighting. If everyone will focus on peace, I believe change can come – all sorts of change.
Osama bin Laden violated the peace on September 11th, 2001 by attacking Americans, Sadam Hussein violated the peace in the late eighties by murdering Kurds, and George Bush violated the peace at 5:30 a.m. on March 20th, 2003 {http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908792.html} by invading Iraq. They must be held to the standards by which I judge myself.
If only these men had valued peace, thousands and thousands of people would be alive today.
Before you laugh too loud, please, consider peace. For it must be preserved.
Now, I am not quixotic. I realize how my solution could sound too daunting, if not altogether impossible, to many people; but if we cannot make a difference in this world one step at a time, why try at all? As a plea, I beg all of you to practice peace. I refuse to forget the lessons of the sixties handed to me by a generation that dared to dream of the possibilities.
Tomorrow’s leader must speak to its future.
©2005. 
