May 2011 Archives
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) Ref: The Lincoln Encycloped ia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan , 1950, NY)]
On Saturday night, June 4th, at 7.00, Gush Shalom joins the march of peace movements and left-wing parties - a march of protest and hope - leaving from the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.
Ban on Circumcision Could Become Law in Santa Monica
KTLA News
4:24 a.m. PDT, May 27, 2011
SANTA MONICA , Calif. -- Circumcising a boy under the age of 18, even for religious reasons, may soon be against the law in Santa Monica .
A proposed ban on circumcision is already on the November ballot in San Francisco .
Now supporters of the MGM Bill, which stands for male genital mutilation, are hoping to do the same in Santa Monica .
Female circumcision, or also called female genital mutilation, is already outlawed in the U.S.
Jenna Troutman, a spokeswoman for the group MGM Bill and founder of the website wholebabyrevolution.com, says males should get the same protection.
The group describes circumcision as a painful and unnecessary procedure.
But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, circumcision has been associated with a lower risk for HIV, urinary infections and the transmission of STD's.
Circumcision of male infants is a religious requirement in Judaism and some say a ban would be a violation of the 1st Amendment.
The proposed measure in San Francisco would "make it a misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the foreskin, testicle or penis of another person who has not attained the age of 18,"
Under the San Francisco measure, circumcising a boy would result in a fine of up to $1,000 and up to one year in jail.
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it's decreed / the people rule
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste / in the dust
in the form of / shining valleys
where the pure air / recognized
and my senses / newly opened
I awakened / to the cry
people have the power!
Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows / a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you
people have the power
The power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
LISTEN
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power ...
Amidst the din of OBL, what are the fascist rePIGlicans up to...
Just passed the HOUSE: Anti-Abortion law and redefining RAPE and creating "RAPE" audits, women must PROVE they were raped in order to get an abortion.







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