rememberpeace's blog

Blame a verb meaning to find fault or to hold responsible. It is something we all do. We point fingers, call names, and tear down those who cause the acts we do not approve of. It is meant with a negative connotation and is rarely followed with forgiveness. Most of us blame others. Some of us blame our selves.

So I was watching TV at my great uncle’s house last night and al jazera happened to be on. I could not believe my eyes. Fathers and mothers were running from crumbling houses while holding the dead bodies of their children. Israel keeps launching attacks on civilians and we are letting them do this.

Please withdraw from the race for a democratic nomination. It's just not your time. You need more experience to help lift this country from the pit it's dug itself into. I am not saying that your dreams of going to the white house shall be completely erased just postponed. The truth is I think you would make an amazing vice president right now.

Racism, it happens everywhere, in classrooms, dining room tables, board meetings and even out of the mouths of babes. It’s as prominent in this country as it was fifty years ago yet most people would like to say it’s not that bad. No one is being lynched; no one is being beaten; all that are said are words.

Why must we, on a Hallmark holiday of love, commit an act of hate? The Northern Illinois University shooting should not have occurred. Simple as that. Acts of crime have a root and that root is usually a lack of love. So the cruel irony is that such an act of hate was done on a day of love. But what can we do about it?

We all say we care. We all have a cause and mission, but do we ever do anything about it. We look at things online, like congocast.org or we watch t.v. and see what horrid conditions people live in and we say that it so horrible. For a moment there we might even shed a tear for these people.