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Violent Crime Rises for Second Year in a Row 2007-06-02 11:34:00 Anybody feeling a sense of pride while you're reading this headline? I didn't think so. We can do our part to change this, you know. Parents and caregivers, be smart role models. You are your children's first ones, after all. Teachers/educators, you are the second. They will listen to you if you teach them about non-violent conflict resolution in class. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian Freed From Prison 2007-06-01 12:16:00 From the article: "It's got to be legalized. That's the point," Dr. Kevorkian told WJBK-TV in Detroit. "I'll work to have it legalized. But I won't break any laws doing it." Love your reply. I agree with you, doctor. Dr. Kevorkian never should have televised that segment with Mr. Thomas Youk. He should have just gone on about his business helping people to die with dignity. I am pleased that Dr. Kevorkian is able to resume his life as a free individual. I wish him the best of luck and success in his endeavor. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Google Street Map View Images Causing an Uproar 2007-05-31 20:37:00 I am upset. VERY upset. This new street image technology that Google is using is way too invasive. I'm sure you've seen people on tv that have asked for their voices to be distorted and/or images blurred because they wish to keep their identities private for various safety reasons. Why then would we just sit back and say, "Fine - no problem" while allowing Google vans to violate us with their drive-by shootings??????!!!!!!! They could put many of us in danger by getting so up close and personal and I think we should do something to put a stop to this before the entire country is photographed!!!!!!! I for one am e-mailing my elected officials and stating how I feel about this issue. I love the aerial satellite map photography feature, but this new one is too close for comfort. READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ... Google

How Safe is YOUR Swimming Pool? 2007-05-25 14:47:00 Whether or not you have a swimming pool, if you live in the United States of America, I want to let you know that there are children dying because our pools are not fenced in. I just learned that 85% of the apartment buildings in Los Angeles County are not required by law to have a fence. This is completely and utterly outrageous and we need to get busy writing letters and making phone calls to the officials we've elected!!!!!! For your convenience, here is a website to help us contact our local officials within our country. All you need to do is type in your zip code and their names will come right up: Find Your Elected Officials It's not up to he or she to do this, it's up to you and me, my dears. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

N.C. House Members Tentatively Pass Legislature Banning Bullying in Schools But Support Paddling 2007-05-25 14:33:00 Bullying should not be tolerated anyplace in our society and as for paddling, well I don't believe in it as a form of discipline. I don't think parents should strike their children and I don't think teachers should strike their students. There are various non-violent methods that can be used to educate. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Canadian Top Officials Call for Handgun Ban Plus Stricter Gun Laws 2007-05-25 14:14:00 Excellent ideas, Premier McGuinty! I wish MY country would do the same with our handgun problem. I'm sorry that Americans have brought gun violence into Canada. I wish you all of the best success in the implementation of your new laws. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

The Violence Continues On and On and On Between the Israelis and Palestinians 2007-05-24 13:32:00 Ping-pong bombing and killing continues. Revenge and retribution goes on and on. This kind of mindset makes absolutely no sense to me and I am sickened by the news I see!!!!! I feel there will be no peace between the Israelis and Palestinians until all violence between them is stopped!!!!!!!!! Why is it so very difficult to sit down and discuss rational plans in order that both sides can begin to live their lives in peaceful co-existence in that region, anyway???!!!! READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Rocky Ride on Road to Passing of New Hampshire Mandatory Seat Belt Law 2007-05-24 12:49:00 New Hampshire is the last state in the country without a mandatory seatbelt law, although restraints are required for children and teenagers. In regard to being ticketed for failure to wear a seatbelt, there are those who may complain that their basic human rights are being violated. Well get yourselves ready to be surprised by my point of view, because guess what? I AGREE with you if you are one of the people who think this way, since in MY opinion, if you are an adult age 18 and older, you should have the right as an individual to decide for yourself whether or not you choose to wear a seatbelt for your safety. However, as far as a minor child is concerned, until he/she reaches the age of 18, I entirely support the state-mandated laws that pertain to the use of seat-safety measures.Even NOW, when I think about all of the babies and toddlers that I've seen riding in cars without being safely buckled into a carseat or a seatbelt, I can feel my blood begin to boil in my veins. READ AB ...

Vice President Cheney's Daughter Mary Gives Birth to Baby Boy 2007-05-23 20:11:00 I wish Mary, Heather and the baby everything beautiful that life can offer them. This child is a glorious addition to their relationship and if people cannot understand that love comes in many different shapes, sizes and sexual orientations, well then I feel very sorry for their narrow-mindedness and can only hope that they will one day open their hearts to the reality and beauty of a diversified planet. :) READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ... President

Senate Approves Smoking Ban for Bars, Taverns, Bingo Halls in Oregon 2007-05-22 19:22:00 While I realize how dangerous and unhealthy smoking is, I ALSO feel that as long as a person living in a free society chooses to embrace this habit, they should be allowed their freedom to smoke like a chimney, as long as certain conditions are met: 1) They cannot smoke ANYPLACE at all while in the presence of a child and by ANYPLACE I am including their own homes as well as their own vehicles. 2) They cannot smoke in any public places, either indoors or out unless first entering a specifically created "Smoking Allowed Here Only" room. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Gay Marriage Marchers Cross Two Famous American Bridges 2007-05-22 11:50:00 Governor Schwarzenegger (and everybody else who wields the power to pass this gay marriage law), you are doing people a great injustice in our country by sticking your noses into their private sexual business and this is so very wrong of you!!!!!! Why do YOU care if two adults who happen to be of the same sex decide that they wish to legalize their love by joining their lives together in marriage? How would YOU have felt if people would have had laws that were put in place at the time of YOUR marriage that would have prevented YOU from being legally married if both parties didn't speak English without a foreign accent, hmmmm, Mr. Governator of my state of California? I think it is a shame that people are deliberately withholding laws that would enable same sex marriage to take place within our country. It is against the human rights of individual people, a clear statement of discrimination that is totally and utterly disgraceful to my senses and I think we have lost something here ...

Idaho Gunman Kills Three Including Himself 2007-05-22 11:28:00 If we are sick and tired of seeing headlines like these in front of our faces, there is only one solution: LETHAL FIREARMS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM CIVIL SOCIETY AND REPLACED WITH LESS THAN LETHAL ONES. READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ...

Bear Wanted to be a Patient at a New Mexico Medical Clinic 2007-05-21 18:40:00 Woooo!!!!!!!!! now THAT sight might have caused some blood pressures to go sky high in that place, don't you think? I find it rather interesting and quite bizarre that we care about bears being dealt with in a non-violent manner via tranquilizing dart guns to render them incapable of causing serious injury to human beings, but why aren't we implementing this same type of premise to render human beings incapable of causing serious injury to human beings? I agree with Mr. Mario Mendoza when he says in his column: "Pistol type firearms carrying tranquilizer darts also exist; the shooting range varies between five and 50 feet in distance. In an age where terrorism has become a possible threat, police departments must proceed with caution and must apprehend terrorists before they commit deadly acts without hurting civilians and other bystanders. A perfect example is the tragic death of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes in the London Subway, the day after the July 7, 2 ...

My Opinion on the New Immigration Bill Now Being Discussed 2007-05-20 15:48:00 I've waited a few days to state my opinion on this new bill, because I wanted to digest as much information as I could from many sources before I took to my computer keys. Like many of you reading this, I TOO am a child descended of immigrant great and/or grandparents who have arrived in our America via the Ellis Island route. I've grown up hearing amazing stories of their struggles to become legal citizens of a country that they considered to be the greatest in the world. Has this influenced my opinion? oh yes, you better believe it has, my dears, for I believe that this bi-partisan bill will benefit us one and all. Why? Well first and foremost, I think it will allow the illegal immigrants who are presently living their lives in the shadows the chance to walk into the sunshine with dignity and self-respect so that they can feel free to go about raising their families with everyone feeling proud. Don't they deserve this? my answer is YES. Yes, because I would love to see the peo ...

Michael Moore Film "Sicko" Puts Down Health Care in America 2007-05-20 12:58:00 You know for years I've been seeing and hearing people spinning so fast and furious about this guy's documentary films, that I am tired of dodging the holes in the ground created by all of the spinning. Thus, I've decided to set a few nights aside next week so that I can have my own personal Michael Moore Film Festival and finally view all of the movies that I have never seen as yet. His new film, "Sicko" sounds very interesting to me, since I agree with Michael's sentiments regarding health care in my America. READ ABOUT THIS HERE Practice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. ... America  Film  Health