It sure is a 'call to action' Mr President

Barrack termed his Nobel Peace Prize a call to action.  I’d say so – especially since there’s been none to date on the peace front. 

The irony must be armpit deep in the West Wing as Barrack tries to balance receiving the Peace Prize (which Gandhi never even received mind you) with the following:

• US Still in Iraq
   
• US Escalating Afghanistan – no clear exit strategy
   
• US Drone Bombing Pakistan – you *know* this is only the beginning
   
• US still engaged in Extraordinary Rendition
   
• US still hosting our lovely Guantanemo Bay B&B – complete with hot and cold running prisoner abuse.
   
• Still has not restored habeus corpus.

It was a lovely day in Reading Center.  I joined the great folks of Reading People for Peace at their monthly peace vigil.  My best friend Brewster was there of course. 

I asked him if I could take his picture.  He asked “Doesn’t that thing have a wide-angle lens on it?”

“Well – yeah,”  I replied.

B: “Won’t it make my nose look huge in these closeup shots?”

R: “Nah – nothing to worry about.”

B: “You’re sure?”

R: “Positively.”

B: “Okaay.. go ahead.”

Sorry Brewster, you were right..

 

Comments

[Glen]

Brewster is saying "patience man. patience." (Zen had to translate for me)

[larry p]

Brewster, being who he is, will likely forgive you. He doesn't hold grudges easily. He got to go to church for the "blessing of the animals" service. I think he didn't realize he was there to be blessed, so he went around blessing everyone he met.

[Roy]

@Glen - Please pass along my thanks to the beautiful (and wise) Zen.

@Larry - Brewster always knows just what to do. That's why I love the guy.