Category Archives: War and Peace

Dealing With A Shark Attack

Posted on September 30, 2016 by johnrachel

How do you deal with a shark attack in a swimming pool? You drain the water and watch the shark suffocate. Same with ending war. Drain the pool of funds and the militarism will stop.

The Peace Dividend strategy is exactly that. Drain the pool of funds which our insane neocon-infested military establishment — which includes the DOD, NSA, CIA, DHS, Congress, and the White House — abuses with its never-ending wars and delusional pursuit of world empire. No money. No more unnecessary wars. Continue reading →

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It’s not easy being infallible . . .

Posted on September 23, 2016 by johnrachel

Do you think it’s easy being infallible? Maybe we should ask President Obama at his next news conference. Continue reading →

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The Peace Dividend Concept . . . Now A Book

Posted on September 19, 2016 by johnrachel

The Peace Dividend concept originally appeared and is explored in summary form in two previous books, “Candidate Contracts: Taking Back Our Democracy” and “Fighting for the Democracy We Deserve.” But now it has its own dedicated volume, with full explication, justification, and documentation: “The Peace Dividend: The Most Controversial Proposal in the History of the World.” Continue reading →

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Russian Roulette

Posted on August 29, 2016 by johnrachel

This presidential election is like playing Russian roulette. Voting for Hillary Clinton means they will load six bullets, filling the cylinder. Voting for Donald Trump means they will insert five bullets, leaving one chamber open. Voting for Jill Stein means there will be no bullets in the gun. Gosh … what should I do? Last time I checked, my skull wasn’t bulletproof. Continue reading →

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Thought Experiment

Posted on August 27, 2016 by johnrachel

Call me silly, but common sense and the wisdom conferred by reading a little history tells me that making life better for all Americans is preferable to spending the money creating chaos, suffering, death and destruction across the globe. Does that make me a socialist? A hippie? A peace-and-love Pollyanna? Continue reading →

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Just Making A Buck

Posted on August 20, 2016 by johnrachel

America is the biggest arms exporter in the world. We sell some of the most efficient killing equipment ever manufactured, the most lethal and devastating weaponry in the history of the world. Then we wonder why there’s so much death and destruction as wars break out, as jihadists seek revenge, as terrorists inflict their homicidal and genocidal agenda on anyone that gets in their way. It’s beyond ridiculous. It’s like a person jumping into a lake and wondering why he’s wet. We reap what we sow. Continue reading →

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What Red State vs. Blue State Looks Like To An Ant

Posted on July 30, 2016 by johnrachel

We are being kept disorganized and submissive by focusing on what divides us instead of what unites us. Bickering and name-calling only postpones serious efforts to address the greatest challenges we have ever faced and assures the inevitability of collapse and possible extinction of the human race. It’s time to put aside the “gang colors” of political parties and get some serious work done. We can start with the current election. If candidates don’t want to talk about real issues, they don’t deserve our votes. Continue reading →

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The “I’ll vote for Jill if you will” Pledge Campaign

Posted on July 21, 2016 by johnrachel

No more “lesser evil” voting or concerns about “throwing your vote away”! There’s a way to establish a plurality victory for Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president. Why hold your nose and vote for either a sociopathic egomaniac or a psychopathic war criminal, when you can put a brilliant woman in the White House who will serve the needs of all Americans, not just the billionaire class? Dr. Jill Stein, America’s first female president!
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The Hands-Down Ultimate Super-Bowl of Showdowns!

Posted on July 12, 2016 by johnrachel

You know how on the last page of a book it says, ‘The End’. Then you put the book down and life pretty much goes on like normal, except either you need to return the book to the library or take it down to a used book store and get a couple bucks for it. Well, this time we really mean it. So pay attention! Continue reading →

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Just a little . . .

Posted on June 21, 2016 by johnrachel

It’s easy to confuse the little questions with the big questions. Language itself is often imprecise and misleading. Yet at other times it offers the appearance of an exactitude which is unwarranted, or at least inapplicable. Can we see the difference when we need to? Have we become so smart that we are outsmarting ourselves? Have we become victims of a conflation of logic and hubris? Continue reading →

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