Category Archives: War and Peace

We know how this will end . . .

Posted on September 26, 2013 by johnrachel

It’s up to us to demand a true and honest commitment to peace, not the simpleminded, hollow, meaningless blather that we’re being fed as the trigger-fingers of our war mongers tingle and twitch, just waiting for the right moment to churn up more carnage, destruction and hatred in the rest of the world. We can start right now by demanding the administration start working with Russia to calm the situation in the Ukraine. Continue reading →

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Do The Math

Posted on September 18, 2013 by johnrachel

Does America truly abhor gun violence? Does America really want peace in the world? There’s a lot of money to be made in killing people. Continue reading →

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War Is A Lie

Posted on September 4, 2013 by johnrachel

If we continue to accept the lies we are constantly given by the government and the media, we end up at war with one another, war with ourselves, war with everyone else in the world, and at war with the truth. Continue reading →

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The Face of Courage

Posted on February 28, 2013 by johnrachel

On September 18, 2001, the Authorization to Use Military Force was signed into law by President George W. Bush. It had passed 98-0 in the Senate and 420-1 in the House of Representatives. The one dissenting vote against the legislation that has sent this nation headlong into the abyss which we have been brainwashed into embracing as the War on Terror, was cast by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). Continue reading →

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What if they gave a war and everybody showed up?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by johnrachel

Back in the 60s, there was an anti-war slogan popularized by Charlotte E. Keyes, which was then turned into a full-length film: “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?” Well, I’m proposing the opposite: “What if they gave a war and everybody showed up?” Continue reading →

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Maybe the Islamic protesters have a legitimate complaint.

Posted on September 18, 2012 by johnrachel

Let’s be honest with ourselves: We are not welcome in much of the world. Continue reading →

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This is what our brave soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan . . .

Posted on September 17, 2012 by johnrachel

This is what our brave soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

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Global Warming Solved!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by johnrachel

Scientists have concluded that a modest nuclear war would most likely reverse the threat of global warming. What are we waiting for? Continue reading →

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