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USA Today has an interesting Editorial today concerning those home owners in New London, Connecticut whose properties (with the blessing of the US Supreme Court on June 23) are being condemned by the city "so a developer (can) build offices, a hotel and convention center."
A USA Today op-ed by Peter Schweizer entitled "Strategies Or Diversions?" draws a parallel between Roosevelt's refusal to chase after Japan immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor (after all, it was Japan that attacked us, not Germany) and GW's refusal to focus all of his energy in taking down the Taliban and chasing after Osama bin Laden (after all, it was Al Qaeda that attacked us, not Iraq).
A great man--a good man--a Godly man--was murdered last evening. For no apparent reason. Brother Roger was 90 years old. 2,500 people were gathered together for worship at the ecumenical Christian community called Taize he founded in France in 1940 when a 36-year old woman from Romania pulled out a knife she had purchased the day before and slit his throat. He died within minutes. Brother Roger, who's real name was Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, had sheltered refugees, including Jews, during the Nazi occupation. At one point he had to flee
This afternoon I had the numbing privilege of seeing the movie, The Great Raid, at the Mililani Theater Complex.
I have discovered a web site worth visiting...at least if you enjoy poetry and a few good photographs....
The central crisis in this epic tragedy involves the small, thin line that divides "The Force" into the Light Side and the Dark Side
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