Friday, June 30, 2006

Celebrate Freedom on Independence Day

July 4, 2006, 11 AM
Fie On You, King George!
3rd Annual New London Declarations & American Folk Music Festival
Hygienic Art Park, 87 Bank Street, New London, CT
Community reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Time Traveling To Five Years of The Fourth of July
A community pageant, in words and music, in five brief acts.
Act 1, July 4, 1776, Act 2, July 4, 1789 in Paris, France, Act 3, July 4, 1826 Act 4, July 4 1863, Act 4, July 4, 2006 New London Declarations

Just as the writers of the Declaration of Independence sought to address issues and grievances against the British Crown in 1776, New London Declaration also seeks to announce to a candid world that the issues of freedom, equality, justice and honor should still be uppermost in our minds as we contemplate being an American in our republic. We believe these questions of democracy require constant examinations, with a skeptical eyes, and constant vigilance. As patriots said "fie on you, King George" at the founding our republic, so do we today say "fie" on all who would diminish our freedoms for the sake of safety or seek to purchase our democracy.
Written by Peter Roberts, Stage direction: Jim Stidfole, Music: Sherry Stidfole, her crew and Hugh Eli.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Stephen Colbert Interview on the 10 Commandments

Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report interviewing Representative Westmoreland (GA)... it's embarrassing to think this man is in Congress. Westmoreland sponsored a bill to display the Ten Commandments in Congress, but does not know them or seem to understand they are not a judicial list of "dos & donts".

Friday, June 23, 2006

Darfur Awareness in Needham MA

While researching news updates for my own effort to "get out the word" about Darfur, Sudan, (see http://joyworks.net/sudan/darfur/) I came across a story about Alan Greenfield and the people in the town of Needham. Greenfield offered to pay for a banner from SaveDarfur.org for anyone in town willing to put one up. He hoped to catch attention of media and eventually President Bush in hopes of some real actions on part of US to stop the genocide in Darfur. You can read more about his effort and results on his blog at http://needhamdarfur.blogspot.com/ .

You can read first-hand articles and commentary from our friend, David Morse (author of The Iron Bridge) on his web site at http://david-morse.com/darfurInfo.html.
You can also read David's account of his trip to Darfur on the web at http://www.friendsjournal.org/contents/2005/0905/feature.html in the December 2005 issue of "Friends Journal".

There's not much I can say about the lack of resources and commitment this country has toward the people of Darfur and, perhaps, in general, the people of Africa that's not been said by more influential people than me. Except maybe this - I believe that no regard, no caring, no favor, no act of kindness, no love given from the heart is ever wasted or lost. So, each of us, if we do what we can - what we can imagine, what we dare, what we can bear - then - while all evil may not vanish - it will not get any stronger. So, let's all read, learn, talk, write letters, make phone calls, get the people who love you to do the same - and support the relief agencies who try to provide day-to-day survival - until such time as this particular evil is conquered.

Sunday, June 18, 2006

All-Decade Team Top Picks

Well, although all my picks didn't make it ... I can't argue that any of the final picks for the WNBA Team of the Decade didn't deserve at place in the nomination list. For the final story, see http://www.wnba.com/history/