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First, check out enigma4ever when you get a chance. You'll discover why we must never give up. She's over there on the blog roll

While I was there I found a comment by a woman of my generation who has recently begun blogging. Here's her January 16 entry. I hope she'll visit us here.

NO MORE!

Remember Lysistrata, the Greek play where the women decided to stop the war? I would like to see women everywhere take action on March 8. Of course, the action we might take would not be as extreme for we have been largely lulled into complacency and the effort it would require to simply stop whatever we are doing at a given time on March 8 to repeat the words "NO MORE" out loud or silently, might take every ounce of courage we can find within ourselves. What would people think of us? What are we referring to by this action? Is it possible we could be considering the civilians as well as our soldiers who are dying in Iraq or that we have let ourselves consider for a moment what it would be like to live in a country forever contaminated by depleted uranium from our "smart" bombs? To know that our children will be born with deformities and illnesses as a direct result of the modern way of waging war. The possibility that democracy will come might seem largely irrelevant, don't you think?

So we approach the third anniversary of Shock and Awe and I wonder if we are capable of giving it some real consideration and just maybe, the recognition it deserves for we are all responsible because in a democracy our leaders carry out our will, right? If they do not, they are not reelected. So the story goes. How come then they are still there and still discussing what is clearly the result of many lies. Three years can be a long time to permit a war to continue that could be stopped now. A Dept. of Peace could be created in a flash IF we the people demanded it happen. Peacemakers could replace armies, if we demanded it. Sixty Minutes last evening visited North Korea bringing back the message that their leader is convinced we will attack them. Note the 'WE will attack'....we are the labeled aggressor in the World today with predictions rampant that Iran first and then North Korea, the latter guaranteeing the use of nuclear weapons in the 21st century.

In many parts of the world today women are still slaves, still property to be bought, sold and traded. In the United States, we are largely not; we are free. Free to stop, think and say: NO MORE!

On March 8 how about women everywhere simply try to make a difference. You like twelve noon? One o'clock? Whatever....... it can be a LOCAL happening. You don't have to get on a bus and go to D.C. or N.Y.C. but certainly we can be cheering for those who do and support Code Pink...see Women Say No To War and sign the Petition! Who knows; we might even feel empowered and keep the momentum going.

Comments welcome!