Thursday, October 31, 2002
Wow, it's been two weeks since my last post.... It's about time I did another one.
Since that time I've been to Sherman and back, D.C. and back, have written three papers, and participated in two protests against the possible war with Iraq.
My first anti-war protest happened, October 17th! Teri and I skipped our baptism outing (with several other CTS folk) and headed downtown. W. was speaking at some Republican party thing, raising support for that moron Saxby Chambliss, so it was a perfect oppurtunity to show the "President" that he does not speak for ALL of the American people. It was full of such energy; AND I was 4 feet away from Emily of the Indigo Girls. It'll be a pretty tough experience to beat.
I had a wonderful time at homecoming - didn't want to come back. I am having a great experience in seminary so far, have met some fabulous people and made great friends. Still, there's something to be said for the familiar. When I got back into the community I'd been a part of for four years, it made me really homesick (which Paula can attest to). Miss the comfortability, the easiness of being my whole self that the AC people give me. But I did make it back, and a good thing too.
I had an amazing time in D.C. last weekend. Don't know if you all follow the news, but there was a huge anti-war protest in D.C. (b/w 100,000 and 200,000 people are reported as being there) with corresponding rallies around the world. I went with several other students at the seminary - we caught a busfull of Atlantians headed up to D.C. to protest. It was the largest anti-war rally in D.C. since the Vietnam era, and the first to be "pre-emptive." Anyway, it was great feeling like we did some good. Met some really interesting people.
My other big thing right now: Paul Wellstone, the senator from Minnnesota (yay!) who along with his wife and daughter died in a plane crash last Friday. Now I'm not a consipracy theorist but it certainly is interesting that the key senator in the opposition against the war in Iraq who was engaged in a tight race (though the pools indicated had recently gained a 15% led) is killed in a plane crash. Regardless of any grassy knoll-esque theory, this is a tradegy for all those who had any hope left in the system. Here's a man who voted his conscious - what he thought the people wanted and not what coroprations or lobbying groups wanted. He stuck to his convictions and his values, going against his own party sometimes and sometimes being the lone voice of opposition on what should be a controversial issue (if everyone else hadn't been so nervous about elections and funding). He'll certainly be missed.
Since that time I've been to Sherman and back, D.C. and back, have written three papers, and participated in two protests against the possible war with Iraq.
My first anti-war protest happened, October 17th! Teri and I skipped our baptism outing (with several other CTS folk) and headed downtown. W. was speaking at some Republican party thing, raising support for that moron Saxby Chambliss, so it was a perfect oppurtunity to show the "President" that he does not speak for ALL of the American people. It was full of such energy; AND I was 4 feet away from Emily of the Indigo Girls. It'll be a pretty tough experience to beat.
I had a wonderful time at homecoming - didn't want to come back. I am having a great experience in seminary so far, have met some fabulous people and made great friends. Still, there's something to be said for the familiar. When I got back into the community I'd been a part of for four years, it made me really homesick (which Paula can attest to). Miss the comfortability, the easiness of being my whole self that the AC people give me. But I did make it back, and a good thing too.
I had an amazing time in D.C. last weekend. Don't know if you all follow the news, but there was a huge anti-war protest in D.C. (b/w 100,000 and 200,000 people are reported as being there) with corresponding rallies around the world. I went with several other students at the seminary - we caught a busfull of Atlantians headed up to D.C. to protest. It was the largest anti-war rally in D.C. since the Vietnam era, and the first to be "pre-emptive." Anyway, it was great feeling like we did some good. Met some really interesting people.
My other big thing right now: Paul Wellstone, the senator from Minnnesota (yay!) who along with his wife and daughter died in a plane crash last Friday. Now I'm not a consipracy theorist but it certainly is interesting that the key senator in the opposition against the war in Iraq who was engaged in a tight race (though the pools indicated had recently gained a 15% led) is killed in a plane crash. Regardless of any grassy knoll-esque theory, this is a tradegy for all those who had any hope left in the system. Here's a man who voted his conscious - what he thought the people wanted and not what coroprations or lobbying groups wanted. He stuck to his convictions and his values, going against his own party sometimes and sometimes being the lone voice of opposition on what should be a controversial issue (if everyone else hadn't been so nervous about elections and funding). He'll certainly be missed.
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