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Blogpost: December 2, 2010~Jueves/Thursday @Peta_de_Aztlan on Twitter
#Cablegate
It certainly seem that the whole #WikiLeaks Website, #Cablegate and Founder Julien Assange has dominated a lot of the global news for me and others, as it should. In fact, the #WikiLeaks website has been attacked, evil forces are trying to pull it off the Internet and hideous hackers are seeking to sabotage it. Irregardless, the Internet genie is out of the bottle, the cat is out of the bag and truth always prevails in the end.
As usual there is the usual dysfunctional state of the U.S. Congress in disarray. A lot of the shame being exposed by #Cablegate is the dirty dealings and devious diplomatic discussions that has been going on for long decades by U.S. diplomats. In the past, how many U.S. Ambassadors were involved in counter-revolutionary plots to overthrow established governments in Latin America and other countries?!?
#Democracy
The truth is that there is no true representative government inside the United States of actual democratically elected public officials in a free democratic society. One has to be rich to even run for public office with a real chance of winning or at least a viable candidate who has access to rich deep-pocket supporters behind him or her. If democracy involves a representative government elected by the majority of the people living under it then we need to examine the whole electoral system of politics. We need to question the legitimacy of Amerikan democracy. If the electoral system itself is corrupt then the results from elections under such a system are going to be corrupt. The whole Electoral College system needs to be thrown into the dumpster. In a true democracy why should a state of the United States with a only a few million residents have equal representation to states with many millions of residents living in it?
True democracy must be a participatory democracy that people are involved in on a personal basis with the belief that their single one vote per human being is properly counted and actually counts! On the local level we need to engage in basic community education about government, about democracy, about social issues and a whole array of other global issues. Why do we have a government? What good is a so-called democratic government if it cannot meet the basic needs of the people?
#Social Networking
As for myself, I monitor some Yahoo Groups that I consider to be positive and progressive in nature and orientation. These can be good groups but one has to join a particular group to get its posts in their personal Email or be a member to see Messages at the Group Website. Of course there are Group Settings that can vary from group to group. Yahoo Groups get cumbersome and often we are merely preaching to the choir without constructive criticism occurring. Nowadays I feel that I reach out to more people via Twitter and Facebook. The problem with Yahoo Groups is that only a few people are regular posters (those who post to the group on a regular basis). Plus, the lifeblood of social networking websites should be posters getting relevant feedback by others, engaging in online discussions, debating ideas and ideals and polishing mirrors so we get to know the cognition processes and belief systems of others. Why do we believe what we believe? Where do our beliefs come from? Online chit-chat or direct existential experience?
For now, Twitter is my favorite social networking site because it is wide open and accessible to all with a Twitter account and Internet Acess. On Twitter anyone can post to anyone else via the @ symbol before the User Name, such as, @Peta_de_Aztlan for Twitter. We can Tweet someone who is famous and well known with a recognizable User Name or we can Tweet an unknown who is isolated with a laptop in a rural cabin with wireless connection. There is a kind of democracy with Twitter, we just need to have a valid Twitter Account and Internet Access
Certain Yahoo Groups have a main central topic that its members post to about. Others who go too far away off-topic from the central topic can be chastised from a Group Moderator. This is understandable for those who keep to a narrow group focus. However, when we are dealing with a larger field of investigation, such as real life, we quickly find that one issue is naturally interconnected with another related issue. With Twitter one posting via a Tweet can stand on its own with its own meaning and merit and be completely fine to others who are Followers or not. One is always free to Follow or Unfollow with a simple click of the mouse. With hashtags using the # symbol others can see who posts what on Tweets that have the # symbol with a connected word or term on their Twitter Timeline. In other words, on Twitter if you see a #Truth, just click it and you can see who else did a Tweet post with the term #Truth in the Tweet. It takes time, patience, practica and perseverance to get better at a given skill.
#Family
We need to see life in the clear light of consciousness from a cosmic level, a global level and a local level in order to better see its vast beauty, diversity and fascinating intricacy. All of us are upon this one lonely planet we call earth on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. I think of this puny little planet as Mother Earth. I am always at home when I am on Mother Earth.
We should see each human being as a member of the human family. In connected reality, we are one family of humankind. Narrow terms like race, nation or tribe are ultimately irrelevant to get to know a people or a person. We should see all living beings as part of the larger living family of living beings. We should love and respect other species of life besides our own. We all have a right to be here now. Namaste, Che Peta
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We need to learn how to look at others as family members of our human family of humanity ~sometimes we have blood feuds!
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“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” ~ Victor Hugo, 18th Century French Philosopher
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” ~ President John F.Kennedy
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@icu3d Plan to attend NA ~Narcotics Anonymous~ Meeting early tomorrow at Shasta Hotel Conference Room. Try to make it @ 8 AM
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@r7y6 Sometimes we need to get out of the safety of our comfort zones ~just breathe in ~watch the miracle come to life!
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Good RT @r7y6: Good work locally. I feel best when I speak out for equal human rights live to real people & can watch their eyes...
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When we change our perception of connected reality we actually change our cognition of it all ~all realities interconnected.
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RT @lovepeaceunity: Graciously unfolding upon the wings of destiny; a story of profound love ~ a shared humanity! ♥ #LPU
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Funny how we are here in the past, present and future in different time zones around the globe ~all present in the now!
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With faith in Creator, faith in ourselves and faith in the future let us be re-born with every brand new day! Give it life!
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With faith, let us be encouraged by the enlightenment we bring into the world, not discouraged by tempoary downers. Love!
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Much of what needs to be changed in the world begins to change when we look at what we must change about ourselves! Ouch!
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Let us be aware of who we have been, who we are and who we want to be. Change, grow, develop and evolve! Refuse to rot away!
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Dwelling on the past can bring us emotiional pain ~sometimes we need to process pain to be rid of it ~no pain, no gain.
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Why waste time dwelling on a past you can never change? Perhaps you change your perception of the past ~thus your memories.
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If you are blessed to do so, what will you tell your grandchildren you did to help ~while the world was falling apart?
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If you are not involved now in a #Social #Movement consider the contributions you can make to the human family ~be active!
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Be the best you can be ~some people function better under pressure ~others fall apart when life throws them a curved ball
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Be at peace with yourself ~life can be tough enough as it is ~don't torture yourself ~work on inner Spiritual Growth ~
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#Balance is always key to a safe healthy life-style ~concentrated work balanced by a diversity of interests ~playing as a child
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#Internet #Power has greatly leveled 'the playing field' ~people reaching out ~global networking ~makng connections @Peta_de_Aztlan
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For many positive folks #WikiLeaks has taken up a lot of our time on Internet posting, but it has historical significance.
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Global Power of #Amerikan #Fascism has become obvious this week with attacks on #WikiLeaks ~let us be aware and active online
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RT @wikileaks: WikiLeaks,org domain killed by US http://everydns.net after claimed mass attacks KEEP STRONG https://donations.datacell.com/
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Humboldt's pot growers team up to go legit - Marijuana > http://bit.ly/f4KJTx ~Got legal smoke?
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Sacramento Bee: Gifts collected for needy seniors > http://bit.ly/fJ1BLl ~'Tis the season for helping every season!
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VIA @haaretzonline ~Disaster in the North: 40 dead as fire rages in Carmel Mountains > http://bit.ly/eO57hV ~
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Obama, GOP in quiet talks to extend tax cuts > http://wapo.st/i31AHg ~Will POTUS #Obama compromise principles again?
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@EasyWorldJulia No problem doing RT ~I mainly post News Links ~inspired insights and sometimes I just goof around on Twitter
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FCC to address net neutrality on December 21st - http://engt.co/e921lI
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Facing AIDS online: Social Media's place in HIV history - http://bit.ly/e73W8C #worldAIDSday
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Not a week goes by without a fresh threat to the web: Forget Net Neutrality, Comcast Might Break Web http://dlvr.it…
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The top-tech-influencers Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hsNMDe
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RT @SustainablDylan: RT @GreeGreece: Wikileaks - The Smear And The Denial - Part 2 http://bit.ly/e9jDsB
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@rachaelmaddox We are all worthy of love, yet our love must be imbued with true loving compassion for the family of humanity.
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RT @cableleaks: First revelations on mexico and the drug wars shortly on http://www.elpais.com #cablegate #wikileaks
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RT @cableleaks: Argentina: "Nestor is a Monster and Psychopath" #cablegate #wikileaks http://is.gd/i6YEo
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RT @cableleaks: UK "Gordon Brown an abysmal prime minister" http://is.gd/i78NT #cablegate #wikileaks
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RT @cableleaks: Chávez and Uribe 'almost came to blows' at summit, Raul Castro stepped in to urge civilised discussion. http://is.gd/i7bYJ
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RT @AJEnglish: Police detain Mexican drug leader ~arrest Eduardo "El Profe" Valencia alleged leader of #Zetas > http://aje.me/gd4tbk
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@Femimikiki Try to be mindful of 4 Agreements ~not fanatical about them > http://www.miguelruiz.com/ ~Common Sense #Wisdom
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Followers/Co-Creators: Feel free to Join Up on My #Facebook Profile > http://www.facebook.com/Peta51 ~ @Peta_de_Aztlan
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Echo: Four Agreements #1 Be Impeccable With Word #2 Don’t Take Everything Personally #3 Don’t Make Assumptions #4 Do Your Best *
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U.N. Spec Rapporteur Juan Méndez: Instead of Focus on Assange, U.S. Should Address #WikiLeaks’ Disclosures of Torture http://bit.ly/e2dC9L
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Jeremy Scahill: #WikiLeaks Cables Confirm #Secret U.S. War Ops in #Pakistan > http://bit.ly/e5uMRr ~
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@democracynow ~Attorney Confirms #WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in Britain, Responds to U.S. Attacks > http://bit.ly/eNaQcR ~
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@BE_PURE Am good ~posting ~thinking ~navigating ~appreciating ~harmonizing ~learning ~evolving ~wondering @Peta_de_Aztlan
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RT @GregMitch: If you need to catch up w/ today in WikiLeaks--and new Alan Dershowitz op-ed-- go to my stuff here: http://bit.ly/ezTris
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RT @uruknet: International Day of #Solidarity with the Palestinian #People http://bit.ly/egrvwW #palestine ~
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VIA @Yogini_Spark The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us. ~Morihei Ueshiba
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@GregMitch Unusual week News-Wise with systematic attacks on #WikiLeaks #Cablegate #Assange ~WE NEEDED to focus on it! No APOLOGY!
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You may disagree, but my WikiLeaks live-blog may have fastest and best updates and links: http://bit.ly/ezTris
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WikiLeaks calls for boycott of Amazon--and don't miss their new Lieberman poster. http://bit.ly/ezTris
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Confirmed: Tableau took down its charts for WikiLeaks at Lieberman's request. http://bit.ly/fDEeGZ
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RT @jeremyscahill For regularly updated info on all things #Wikileaks & #cablegate, check out my colleague @gregmitch http://bit.ly/ezTris
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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (25 Nov –1 Dec. 2010) http://bit.ly/fNqfGH #palestine
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Dozens of Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Rafah came under heavy fire today from Israeli pirates. http://fb.me/Fhu1IiPO
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#True VIA @lovepeaceunity: Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. ~Jonas Salk ☺ http://bit.ly/hoWoV7
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@eel_deal Scan Internet News, esp. 3rd World ~without my crazy kind of humor I would drown in my tears! #Love @Peta_de_Aztlan
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VIA @lovepeaceunity ~ WorldShift-20 Declaration ~11/21/2010~Initiative Club of Budapest > http://bit.ly/gQV4ym #Peace
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@lovepeaceunity ~Thank you for your gentle grace! Did not know about this #Inspiring #Event! Will amplify > http://bit.ly/gQV4ym
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RT @cableleaks: Argentina: "Nestor is a Monster and Psychopath" #cablegate #wikileaks http://is.gd/i6YEo
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#WikiLeaks cables reveal panic after Afghan presidential elections ~US doubts about president's volatility > http://bit.ly/hofxuE
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The 10 Myths about Twitter ~Posted by T.F.~November 1, 2010 at 3:30pm > http://bit.ly/fD4rxH ~
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RT @addthis: [TIP] Install the Facebook Like Button with your AddThis Share Button with an extra line of code. http://bit.ly/ewnA7k
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#WikiLeaks VIA @wikileaks: VIDEO~5:24~President John F Kennedy Secret Society Speech ~2 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhZk8ronces
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RT @cableleaks: First revelations on mexico and the drug wars shortly on http://www.elpais.com #cablegate #wikileaks
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RT @cableleaks: En media hora, primera información sobre #México y el narco del #cablegate en http://www.elpais.com #wikileaks
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She is still a fascist! RT @wikileaks: CIA behind Hillary's "steal UN members DNA" order http://is.gd/i6MRM ~
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RT @cableleaks: Mexico can't handle drug wars alone asks US for technology and training reveals #cablegate #wikileaks http://is.gd/i6VPh
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VIA My Auntie Moon~ New Moon in Sagittarius~Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost ~December 2, 2010 > http://bit.ly/i0PxBA ~
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Frickin Funny! Thanks RT @eel_deal: i LOVE this fascist ketchup ad! http://bit.ly/fascist-ketchup-ad:
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Echo: Not all those who wander are lost.~JRR Tolkien > http://bit.ly/i0PxBA ~
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Bizarre! NASA Discovers New Life: Arsenic Bacteria With DNA Completely Alien To What We Know http://huff.to/hGD1jB via @huffingtonpost
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RT @witnessorg: Open Letter to Hillary Clinton from imprisoned blogger Ali Abdulemam's wife http://bit.ly/g2t2MP cc: @netfreedom @amnesty
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@PointyEarz We have the right to coin new words for new phenomena in this Millennium ~favoriteable* (not a real word I know)... Bless!!
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#WikiLeaks founder #Assange said in UK, Sweden rejects appeal > http://reut.rs/gZlLjC ~fascist antibodies closing in!
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RT @BiancaJagger: Ground breaking RT @AaronCohen777: Ohio makes #HumanTrafficking a felony! http://fb.me/Nqs1XWKn @BeautyFrmAshes
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Was hoping for Full Disclosure by http://reut.rs/eEpsqR ~RT @GlobalReuters: It was news, but not as we know it… http://reut.rs/gsb2N5
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True, with help from family ~RT @TheGodLight: The intelligent person depends on his own insight; he trusts his own being: Osho
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@BiancaJagger May you do well in all your endeavors with grace, kindness and divine humility. ~Namaste, Che Peta
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Blogpost: December 1st, 2010 Miercoles/Wednesday @Peta_de_Aztlan ~ http://bit.ly/exFCsX
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Come! Let us gather up what this wicked world has left of us, venture onward and build a new world upon these decaying ruins!
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#HELP: A relevant #Democratic #Socialist #Revolution is the ultimate solution for our social problems, not mere surface reforms.
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@oshum #Revolution is a social process of natural #Evolution based upon life in the motion of #Movement, not a frozen conclusion.
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Let us pray that we pay attention to our basic survival needs as #Loving #Beings with common sense wisdom. Is your neighbor hungry?
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Let us #pray that we stay in constant #mindfulness of the here and now of connected reality. Be whole within yourself.
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Let us pray that as we seek to change the external world for the better that we not forget to change within. #Change is constant.
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Let us pray for the #Family of #Humanity, that we agree on the basics of life and settle any differences. Seek UNITY ~not discord.
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Let us pray that we are aware of the urgency of the moment ~ many #suffer around the world struggling to #survive today.
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Let us pray for all who suffer from the affliction of addiction as we all work on our continued spiritual healing.
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Let us pray that we heed the #wise counsel of our #Elders and respect lessons paid for in #blood, #sweat and #tears.
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Let us pray that we use the #magic of our #minds guided by the #spirit of our beings in harmony with #love of all living beings.
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Let us #pray that we take the time to carefully #listen to the stories of others without being trapped on the throne of #thought.
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Echo: Welcome All Our Followers/Co-Creators of #Creative #Consciousness! #Join the #Twitter #Revolution! Unity to Magnify!
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#POTUS Obama ~Sec.State Clinton and Sec. Defense Gates are Fascist Architects of Mass Murder and Genocide! #Iraq #Afghanistan
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Echo: In Truth, our enemies are not mere mortals to be killed ~it is always easier to kill than to heal ~easier to hate than to love
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Echo: We must make #Peaceful #Revolution and overthrow our own character defects ~vanity ~greed ~hatred ~gluttony ~sloth ~lust ~jealousy
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To Move Forward Together #We Require #Vanguard #Leadership, #Community #Infrastructure and #Spiritual #Liberation!
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#Open #Invitation! Let us come together! Join #HELP-Matrix via HumanE Liberation Party> http://ning.it/bO36Rt ~ @Peta_de_Aztlan
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#WikiLeaks @wikileaks ~ http://twitter.com/#!/wikileaks ~ http://wikileaks.org/ + #Cablegate @cableleaks ~ http://cablegate.wikileaks.org *
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RT @NewMindMirror: If you can leap to it, leap. If you must climb to it, climb ~and if you have to crawl to it crawl.
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Some Tweeters need to quit playing #Wizard of Oz ~come out from behind the curtain ~Tweet about what is REALLY DOING ON IN LIFE
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@uruknet: #WikiLeaks reveals more than just government #secrets ~Click & #READ ~http://bit.ly/hnTrer RT
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Leonard Peltier and All #POWs will not be free until #Mass #Movements demand their freedom or they are broken out and set free!
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WikiLeaks website pulled by Amazon after US homeland security pressure | Media |.. http://retwt.me/1PXG3 (via @GdnCables)
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@AmazonMarket We oppose your failure 2 support 1st Amendment via #WikiLeaks Am no longer buying online from you.@Peta_de_Aztlan RT
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#Followers: When I post a key #News Link on #Twitter I also post it on My #Facebook Profile http://www.facebook.com/Peta51
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#Followers: As for me, #Twitter is the easiest quickest way for micro-blogging ~sharing with family online.
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RT @earthservant: I easily grow new patterns of harmony, forgiveness, and peace http://earthservice.blogspot.com/
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RT @AmnestyOnline: Blog - 16 Days of Activism: Violence against #Women is a worldwide scandal http://bit.ly/gbfnsd #humanerights
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And you will know the truth, and that very truth will make you free.~John 8:32 @wikileaks ~ http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/ #cablegate RT
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RT @democracynow: UN's Juan Mendez: US Should Address #WikiLeaks’ Disclosures of #Torture, Not #JulianAssange. Interview http://ow.ly/3iTe0
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Good! RT @truthout: Ira Chernus | Hamas and Israel Trade Hannukah Gifts http://bit.ly/elKbzI #Truthout
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RT @AnthonyLawlor: David Lynch, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas Introduce Veterans to Meditation:WSJ http://on.wsj.com/fqXczP
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@joanie399 Sometimes we resort to #EGO as a self-defense mechanism born of insecurity. Thank God I'm not a shrink!
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@joanie399 As 4 me, I try not to take myself too seriously like I am all that and a bag of chips. Balance between ego and egoism.
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LINKS: Group & Blog ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THIRD-WORLD-NEWS/ + http://third-world-news.blogspot.com/ ~
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YES RT @SacStepsForward: Donate the $5 you would have spent on coffee today to help homeless folks instead! http://bit.ly/cXBcYI
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Followers: Always respect your divine free will to Follow or Unfollow anyone anytime without hard harsh feelings. Love @Peta_de_Aztlan
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@Le_DeesseJaana My belief: There is a potential bitch in every adult woman and a potential bastard in every adult man.
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@lovepeaceunity As for me, I do not require a bunch of Winnie the Pooh Tweets ~ Support @wikileaks ~ @Peta_de_Aztlan
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Welcome to all My New Followers ~though humbly we should be Co-Creators ~Follow your heart ~Lovingly @Peta_de_Aztlan
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Be humble to advance! Let us make sure that we do not mistake our limited personal experience for universal cosmic truth.
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Nothing durable and lasting will come out of our collective work without a social-political organization based upon humane rights!
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RT @Si_Jose: The #FreePeltier Daily is out! http://bit.ly/aHlr6P ▸ Top stories today by @__Kare_n @JAHnessa @Peta_de_Aztlan @_Kare_n
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RT @earthservant: Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world. ~John Muir~
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@AmnestyOnline Remember to leave room for RTs or I will Edit. ~Amnesty Needs to reach out to more Family! #humane #rights
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RT @AmnestyOnline: # Mexico officials visited Solalinde's migrants shelter ~didn't commit to protect it:http://bit.ly/ejICyi #4rights
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RT @NewMindMirror: The Role of #Dreams in #Evolution of Human Mind (PAPER/PDF) http://su.pr/1ovk7G #sleep #REM
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And you will know the truth, and that very truth will make you free.~John 8:32 @wikileaks ~ http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/ #cablegate
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in govt.
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Israel has the third largest number of companies trading on Wall Street after the U.S. and Canada.
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Let us pray that we all come together in #Unity as one #Family of #humanity upon Mother Earth! Unity among all of humanity!
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Happy Chanukah!
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RT @lovepeaceunity: Take the 1st step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Congratulations! RT @BiancaJagger: 11 am I will receive Honorary Doctorate of Law University of East London. Livestream http://bit.ly/byWHcY
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The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
ReplyDeleteEvery vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. Elections wouldn't be about winning states. No more distorting and divisive red and blue state maps. Every vote, everywhere would be counted for and directly assist the candidate for whom it was cast. Candidates would need to care about voters across the nation, not just undecided voters in a handful of swing states.
Now 2/3rds of the states and voters are ignored. The current winner-take-all laws used by 48 of the 50 states, and not mentioned, much less endorsed, in the Constitution, ensure that the candidates do not reach out to all of the states and their voters. Candidates have no reason to visit, organize, campaign, or care about the voter concerns in the dozens of states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. Policies important to the citizens of ‘flyover’ states are not as highly prioritized as policies important to ‘battleground’ states when it comes to governing.
The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes--enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for president. It does not abolish the Electoral College, which would need a constitutional amendment, and could be stopped by states with as little as 3% of the U.S. population. Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have come about by state legislative action, without federal constitutional amendments.
The bill has been endorsed or voted for by 1,922 state legislators (in 50 states) who have sponsored and/or cast recorded votes in favor of the bill.
In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong in virtually every state, partisan, and demographic group surveyed in recent polls in closely divided battleground states: CO-- 68%, IA --75%, MI-- 73%, MO-- 70%, NH-- 69%, NV-- 72%, NM-- 76%, NC-- 74%, OH-- 70%, PA -- 78%, VA -- 74%, and WI -- 71%; in smaller states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE --75%, ME -- 77%, NE -- 74%, NH --69%, NV -- 72%, NM -- 76%, RI -- 74%, and VT -- 75%; in Southern and border states: AR --80%, KY -- 80%, MS --77%, MO -- 70%, NC -- 74%, and VA -- 74%; and in other states polled: CA -- 70%, CT -- 74% , MA -- 73%, MN – 75%, NY -- 79%, WA -- 77%, and WV- 81%.
The National Popular Vote bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers, in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states, including one house in AR (6), CT (7), DE (3), DC (3), ME (4), MI (17), NV (5), NM (5), NY (31), NC (15), and OR (7), and both houses in CA (55), CO (9), HI (4), IL (21), NJ (15), MD (10), MA(12), RI (4), VT (3), and WA (11). The bill has been enacted by DC, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington. These seven states possess 76 electoral votes -- 28% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.
See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com