Merry Holiday.......Spotlight on Darfur.
It�s the holiday here or whatever you want to call it or not. While some fight about their rights to have Christmas called Christmas some are fighting just to live. Get over it people, seriously. Call it whatever you want, acknowledge other peoples religious holidays, or not but realize that it is not going to kill you if your Christmas is called a holiday or vice versa. No one owes you anything for you�re tolerance of their religion just as you don�t owe me a thing for having to listen to stories about the Jesus your God so freely crucified. I�m not complaining because the Pope wears Prada shoes am I?
My only question is when do these children get a holiday?
There are various organizations throughout the world,
easily found by anyone with access to a computer, which provide information on places to give money in order that these people can have enough food just to survive.
WorldVision
Amnesty International / Sudan
Doctors without Borders
Unfortunately recently it has been impossible in most cases for relief workers to even enter most of Darfur and their safety has often been compromised. We hope that is going to change but there are times when it appears this task is insurmountable. We encourage you to apply pressure as often and needed to your representatives on a local, state and national level; to press the issue of this ongoing slaughter of human life and spirit. We can not under any circumstance forget Darfur but remembering is not enough. A call to action must be forthcoming and the support of the world is needed on a profusely consistent and continuous basis.
Most current news on DARFUR.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200512140653.html
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/
Contine reading for information on the Spotlight on Darfur event being held on December the 16th; you can participate or just go check it out. Everyone is invited. ;)
posted by Cooper at 12/14/2005 08:03:00 PM
21 Comments:
Once again, you cut the issue down to its core. And I love it when you're simultaneously compassionate and hostile. I don't really have much else to say. Good job.
GotB: You forgot Festivus!
Sweet hot girl of the world and more. I was happy, not all that happy as finals start tomorrow, but happy enough and then I read this and I'm not so happy any longer but that's ok. I thank you anyway.
Yeah, wow. Perspective. The world looks scary in proportion.
Nothing left to say; not going to thank you for having a conciense and doing because that's what make you, you.
But I do have to thank you for the save at Pandagano. Didn't realize my post was going to be submitted; and wrote it for people who know me, I realized, or who can pick up subtlities, language plays etc etc
My sister sometmes introduces me as "Pia, she could have been an intellectual, but chose pop culture."
Don't mean to lighten the mood or the seriousness of what you are doing. But I really had to thank you.
right on alice - as usual.
thanks
for the fun stuff and for this stuff.
as always joe g
I am getting tired of agreeing with you :-)
Good for you Alice, but I gave up on my supposed representatives a long time ago.
Thanks for the Happy Whatever wishes-same to you
I'm very proud of you for the things you care about. But I also hope you continue to look into yourself, as per a couple of posts ago. It is good to want to help people. But don't lose yourself in the process.
Fight for Darfur. But also fight to find Alice.
"I'm proud to be an American where at least my TV's free..."
Oh, those aren't the exact lyrics? What do you mean?
Damn fucking right on. Oops. Speaking in French.
Happy ThankFestHanuChristaKwaanNewYear.
(Pia sent me... and keeps sending me...)
I've been donating to Doctors Without Borders for years. Excellent recommendation. And thanks for pointing out the Spotlight on Darfur event.
GOTB: You got it; money pit of a holiday. People spend all their time running around buying " the right gift" when they could be spending it in fellowship with their loved ones getting drunk, dancing, talking politics and arguing. The later is so much more fun and makes for good memories.. the gifts ..well I can't remember the name of one gift I have ever recieved for Christmas.
Wombat: Hostile is me, bbut you already know that.
Jake: can't be happy all the time and I'm actually pretty cold right now.
Doug: It is scary.That sock thing is still scaring me more though.;)
dan: right on is right, thanks for stopping by but please don't let pia break like your arm or anything..
Pia: No one needed to save you believe me.
My brother introduces me to his friends with "this is my sister,don't touch her she is smarter than you, she carries a machete and she knows how to use it."
joe: thanks
zydeco: maybe next time you can try to disagree ... for fun.
weird: I used to be in contact with mine from Maryland when I lived there, I was in high school and was writing him all the time. He is quite old, a republican but he is is very smart.. he voted against the renewal of the patriot act.
coyote: now you sou like my father. ;)
Chris: same happy happy to you.
Sar: Your welcome and thanks for working to bring the troops home.
(Scary Breathing and James Earl Jones voice): Alice, I am not your father.
Horrible, I know, but you set me up.
I meant on my feet.
Yea coyote I know...who my daddy is.
Dawg I was pretty sure it was your feet.
Its good that you know. Knowledge is power. Power leads to corruption. Hmmm, maybe knowledge isn't such a good thing.
Me sleepy.
I have been chceking in quite a bit but hadn't commented yet because, what is there to say?
You are right. I agree with you. Hopefully standing up for human rights, keeping the less fortunate in mind and helping out in any way one can is not a passing fad or the "thing of the season"... although the help of such people is help nonetheless...
And you girl... hope you have a great break from studying and a merry, happy, jolly everything... Happy New Year... that I can say right? ;-)
Get some sleep, Miss Cooper! You simply cannot stay up till 3 a.m. all the time.
That's my job.
Knowledge is power coyote that's why I stay up all night studying.
Mizzy B: thanks mizzy B I still have almost a week before it ends.
Mojo: You better get rid of that dsl mojo.
Well done!
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