Manning a hero, Peace, People's responsibility, money ain't everythin

Dec 14, 2010 · Bob Meola authored a resolution for Berkeley City Council calling Pfc. Bradley Manning a hero ... with the awarding of the Soldiers Medal, the U.S. Army's highest award ...

www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/14/meola.bradley.manning

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Another world is not possible, it is necessary

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It’s the people—finally somebody gets it

“The Chinese are the ones who should be celebrating Thanksgiving and we should be having a big Mardi Gras party,” Zakaria said. “But that’s what we pick up, a kind of a culture of overconsumption.”
Parker asked Zakaria if he had faith the American people could handle the fiscal discipline he advocated. Zakaria used the platform as an opportunity to attack Americans and refute the notion “the American people are wonderful.” His solution: Less consumption by the American people.
“No, I think the people are the big problem,” Zakaria said. “I mean, Americans — everybody wants to say the American people are so wonderful. You know, I think that when they come to recognize that they have to make sacrifices too that it’s not just wasteful — they need to have — they need to recognize that some of what’s going to happen here is fewer. They have to consume fewer things. They have to accept slightly higher taxes. And in the long run, you will have a much better economy.”
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The time for sharing

Christmas Island residents on a cliff above watched in horror as the boat — carrying about 70 people — broke apart with a crack, dumping screaming men, women and children into monstrous waves that pounded them against the rocks.
"It was just horrible. People getting crushed. Bodies, dead children, the whole thing was pretty awful," island resident Simon Prince told The Associated Press.
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Money ain’t everythin--finally

Lee is the first major free agent in recent memory to be targeted by the Yankees and to ultimately reject them. The Yankee dollar generally does not take no for an answer. This, only months after the Rangers outbid the Yankees for Lee at the trading deadline.

He is 32 years old. He’s seen what the end of a career looks like, in ’07, when he was dismissed to the minor leagues and left off an Indians postseason roster that played to within a win of the World Series. So, yeah, he told everyone how much he enjoyed his four months in Texas, and laughed when a reporter suggested during the World Series all that was left was to hire a realtor – “Uh, something like that,” Lee responded with a smile….