why is it that "peace" is such an obscure radical thought. why is peace a radical idea? there is nothing out there or un normal about it. what is wrong with you america? why do you arrest protesters who only want peace?? what is wrong with you ( Read more... )

these are from the movie, which was adapted by Liev Schreiber. although some quotes may be from the book as well ( Read more... )

"...And still to come would be the other questions to debate, and others after that. Questions from the beginning of time-whenever that was-to whenever would be the end ( Read more... )

john lennon. i like the things he says, they make me happy.

[i wanna be loved] 
[in the heart of hearts, i wish i was the only one in the world] -referring to being a good musician
[it was a fucking humiliation...one has to completley humiliate one self to be what the beatles were]
[i remember what it was all about fuckers, fuck you all, fuck you, you ( Read more... )

the education in America is supposed to top notch, but i feel like i have not learned in school.

there are so many things we do not learn about in school. 
what about foreign issues? 
how many years do we need to learn american history, when it is nothing to be proud of anyway?

Maybe I missed it in school, but I feel like i barely know anything about ( Read more... )

two thousand seven

I can not believe it is already 2007. The millenium, 2000, seemed like last year. 2007 is going to be a difficult year, but I won't go into it with a negative year. This year I am going to be incredibly busy, and I will have to work hard, but I am still looking forward to it.
First of all, my social life is disappearing ( Read more... )

what i don't get ..

is why "anti-war" is such a radical thought. i understand that in order for humans to be inspired to be good, there must be bad...but aren't the natural tragedies enough? for example, the tsunami-everyone became "good" people, and tried to help or donate to the cause. -which is great, not that we should have huge disasters to ( Read more... )

The Vietnam Syndrome
Agent Orange, used by the U.S. to defoliate Vietnam's jungles, has now poisoned a third generation. From Ho Chi Minh City to the town of Ben Tre, photographer James Nachtwey and the author confront that ecocide's most shocking legacy-horrifyingly deformed children-even as new lawsuits could bring justice for more than a ( Read more... )

johnny got angry, then johnny got his gun. mistake or no?

i love how confusing my mind is. when i first started reading the novel "johnny got his gun" last spring, I thought it was okay, but  i just didnt get it, and therefore i wasnt moved. i never finished reading it, and i hate that i did that. i picked it up again the other day, and i can not ( Read more... )

Johnny Get Angry

Once again, song titles are inspiring. [[the actual lyrics are nice, but they are what not how interpreted "johnny get angry"]] When I hear the name Johnny, I automatically am reminded of the novel, Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. It was a truly tragic story of a soldier who, in war, lost all of his limbs, his sight, his ( Read more... )