[Dialogue] Sunny re Kerry's Wife

[Suzanne Heilman]

   Try  inviting  your son-in-law to a showing of Fahrenheit 9/11 as your
   guest-if he hasn't already seen it-perhaps that would give you a wedge
   in his case? Humbly, your colleague,
   [emrose.gif] Suzanne K. Heilman 
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   >From:  David  Dunn  <ddunn at ica-usa.org> >Reply-To: Colleague Dialogue
   <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>        >To:        Colleague        Dialogue
   <Dialogue at wedgeblade.net>  >Subject:  Re:  [Dialogue] Sunny re Kerry's
   Wife  >Date:  Sun,  18  Jul 2004 20:10:52 -0600 > >On 7/18/04 5:58 PM,
   "jim  rippey" <jimripsr at qwest.net> wrote: > > > I hope some of this is
   useful  to someone. At least I've learned a lot. Jim > > Rippey > >Jim
   and  others, > >I second the suggestion that we work on this matter of
   bearing  witness  to  >broader, deeper possibilities together. I found
   all of Jim's suggested >responses germane and helpful. > >I take issue
   with one thing that Jim wrote and my issue exactly defines my >anguish
   these  days.  >  >Jim  wrote  as  a  suggestion  for 'the reply to the
   mother':  >  >  >  Even though we disagree on this political matter, I
   still  love  and  respect  > > you. I want to honor all the good we've
   shared.  Can't  we  just avoid this > > subject? > >It's the 'can't we
   just  avoid this subject?' that I don't believe is >satisfactory these
   days.  My  perception  of  our  situation in American is that >it is a
   moment  with  more  dire  outcomes than permit 'avoiding this.' Are we
   >not  at  a  moment of life and death choices for our nation? > >It is
   not  satisfactory  to live as vacant-eyed thralls of this preposterous
   >emperor without clothes and his hangers-on and minders. > >(Yes, yes.
   I  admit  it;  I  began  to  play  with words.) > >This illustrates my
   predicament.  I  am caught in a dilemma, perhaps like >Sunny. It is my
   son-in-law who has neither eyes to see that our nation is >headed on a
   disastrous  course  nor that it is the result of voters' choices >that
   we have headed down this dangerous path. In the face of such dismay, I
   >try  to  puff  myself  up  like  a  blow fish to seem bigger and more
   effective  >than I am, as if to catch my son-in-law's attention and to
   scare  him  into  >seeing  what  I  see.)  >  >Yet I know that I am so
   appalled  that  others  appear  blind  to reality that I >am virtually
   unable  to keep my calm and speak quietly as Proverbs counsels. >There
   is  such  high heat in me that my energy fairly spits my understanding
   >as  indisputable  fact.  >  >So here is where I need help and where I
   think  we  need  to work: I believe >that we need to figure out how to
   identify  the  people  in our lives whom we >can help awaken to what I
   perceive  to  be  the truth, namely, that though the >Democrats are no
   salvation,  the Republicans in charge are a truly disastrous >force in
   the  world  today; we got to 'throw the bums out.' > >I believe that I
   must  work out in my soul how to be 'wise as serpents and >harmless as
   doves.'  (Is  that  how  that goes?) To my mind, the moment calls >for
   ferocity  without anger and light without scorching heat. > >How do we
   awaken  sufficient numbers before the election to become an >effective
   force  that  follows  mystery's  lead--interdependence, collaboration,
   >global  equity  and human development, the transition from militarism
   and >empire to shared security forces and effective diplomacy, etc.? >
   >David   Dunn   >  >  >_______________________________________________
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