Purrs 4 Peace Week 39: Make Education, Not War.

What are we doing? Where are our priorities?

Millions, probably billions being cut from education budgets across the United States. Yet what about the costs of war. Here are some staggering figures:

About $900 billion of taxpayer funds have been spent on Iraq as of September of 2010, averaging $7.3 BILLION (that’s billion with a B) per MONTH. 3.6 Billion per month in Afghanistan. That is $10.9 Billion total each and every month that just the U.S. spends on these wars.

It is estimated that it costs $390,000 to deploy one soldier to Iraq for one year. Recent estimates are $1 million per year for cost of keeping one soldier in Afghanistan.

The human costs are immeasurable in dollars. But the most recent statistics I have been able to gather indicate total FATALITIES of 6385 ( 4700 in Iraq and 1685 in Afghanistan) for U.S., U.K. and other coalition forces. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can we not see how foolish we are being? How monumentally stupid and wasteful?

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

2:59 p.m. Get ready to Purrrrrrrr for an end to stupidity. Support Education not War.

SET.

3:00 p.m.

Confucius Cat say: GO!

Purrrrrr.....Imagine the seeds of understanding taking root in every person. #purrs4peace

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrring...... See that seed grow into a tree of knowledge about the importance of education. #purrs4peace.

Purrr....See the priorities of our governments shift: increasing funding of education, eliminating funding of war. #purrs4peace

Purrrr.....Imagine every child and every adult educated to the full extent of their his/her abilities. #purrs4peace

Purrr.....See our schools filled with students. See our prisons emptied of prisoners. #purrs4peace

Purrr....See ignorance replaced with knowledge. See illiteracy become obsolete. #purrs4peace

Purrrrr....Where there was lack, see abundance of resources. Where there was ambivalence, see determination to do what is right. #purrs4peace.

Purrrrr.....See the intellectual imprisonment of ignorance replaced with the individual freedom provided by education. #purrs4peace

See the bright light of PEACE prevail over the ignorance of WAR. #purrs4peace

Peace * Paix * Frieden * Vrede * Pace * Fred* Paz * Shalom * Salaam * Om Shanti * Heddwch * Síochán * 和平

Purrs 4 Peace Week 21- Purrs beget Peace

"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."
William Gladstone

October is the deadliest month in the history of the war in Afghanistan. 40,000 more troops suggested? For what purpose? It seems to me that after the atrocity of September 11, 2001, our invasion of Afghanistan was intended to bring the perpetrators, the criminal masterminds, to justice. The United States commenced a war against two countries to essentially capture murderers. That would be akin to starting a war on the State of Wisconsin to try to bring about justice for the crimes Jeffrey Dahmer committed in Milwaukee.

Are we as a nation safer because of the carnage that has been wrought in these two countries. Most in the intelligence community and military say no. Instead those who would hate the U.S. and want to do us violence have increased in numbers. The injuries and deaths inflicted have only hardened new hearts against us. And isn’t this understandable. Violence begets Violence.

"People try non-violence for a week, and when it 'does not work'they go back to violence which hasn't worked for centuries.'

~~Theodore Roszak...

Peace is the only way to peace. It is not easy, but there was a reason that Jesus advocated turning the other cheek and to love your enemies. Jesus said to do good to those who hate you. There is a reason that Buddha advised the more evil done to you the more good do in return.

Confucius Cat says represent PEACE yourself and insist on PEACE from those who represent you.

2:59 p.m. Get ready to Purrrrrrrr.

SET.

3:00 p.m.

Confucius Cat say: GO!

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......

Imagine the peace that fills you springing outward as the water springs from a fountain.

Purrrrrrrrrrrr.....Peace and love flows out and showers down onto all the war ravaged locations throughout the world.

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr,

Purrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....Peace raining down and covering Iraq, Afghanistan, the middle east...

purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrinnnnnnnggggggg.

Peace taking hold Into Africa, North Korea... everywhere war and violence would try to claim a hold.

Purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrr, purrrr, purrrr, purrrrr, purrrrinnnnnnnggggggg.

Imagine the love you feel sinking into every heart so that there is no room for hate or anger.

Purrrrrrrrrrrr...... Your purrs bringing light where there is darkness. Bringing Peace where there is war.

Peace * Paix * Frieden * Vrede * Pace * Paz * Shalom * Salaam * Om Shanti * Heddwch * Síochán