







Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
Submitted by Leah
On this Mother’s Day, I think of the Mothers of Iraq,
Venturing out in the soft, waning hours of the afternoon
To the market for food for their children,
And bringing home the sights, and smells, and fears of the destruction of their city.
On this Mother’s Day, I think of the Mothers of Iraq,
Cringing with fright as they hear our President boast,
“We will fight them on the streets of Baghdad,
So we will not have to fight them here.”
On this Mother’s Day, I think of the Mothers of Iraq,
Covering the broken and bloody arms,
And legs, and heads of their wounded children
With their black veils of sorrow.
On this Mother’s Day, I think of the Mothers of Iraq,
Wailing and weeping over their lost, dead children,
And I weep with them,
And beg their forgiveness for allowing this to happen.
Mary Oleary-McGlynn
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Amen!