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What YOU Can Do
What YOU Can Do
by Saab Lofton
"In Oregon, author Andy Mangels organizes an annual October event called Wonder Woman Day to raise awareness of domestic violence. Original artwork of the Amazon princess created by the superstars of comic book artists is auctioned off, with the money raised going to women's shelters."
--Mike Madrid, from his book, The Supergirls
See, that's what I'm talking about! Here you have a fictional character (as a storyteller, that's my area of expertise) quite literally making the real world a better place! Since its 2006 debut, Wonder Woman Day has raised over eighty-nine thousand dollars for battered women's shelters and I hope/wish/pray this is just the beginning!
Pacifists, NOT Masochists!
Pacifists, NOT Masochists!
by Saab Lofton
"Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character."
--philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632 to 1677)
In the Star Wars saga, the Jedi are able to psychically detect and physically manipulate emotions in a variety of supernatural ways. Well, all too many whites in the peace movement are under the delusion that they're capable of the same exact thing and it's costing the rest of us dearly.
They Keep Us Safe And Free
They Keep Us Safe And Free
by Saab Lofton
Xerxes: There will be no glory in your sacrifice. I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned and every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out and their tongues cut from their mouths. Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. The world will never know you existed at all!
Leonidas: The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle is over, that even a god-king can bleed.
--from the movie, 300
Prejudiced Against Fiction
Prejudiced Against Fiction
by Saab Lofton
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world and all there ever will be to know and understand."
--Albert Einstein
... and I dare say Einstein is just a weeeee bit smarter than some of the fools I've had the misfortunate of dealing with over the years ...
I'm Gonna Whup Yo' Ass!
nuclear weaponsI'm Gonna Whup Yo' Ass!
by Saab Lofton
"If you believe that the world is going to come to an end -- and perhaps any day now -- does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on earth while we're here?"
--Bill Maher, from the documentary, Religulous
Let me make this as clear as I can: If 2012 comes and goes; if that much vaunted Mayan Calendar runs out and nothing cataclysmic happens, I swear by all that is holy and sacred ...
... I will personally hunt down each and every last motherfucker who made such a big deal about how the end of the world was supposedly just around the corner ...
Never Give Up!
Never Give Up!
by Saab Lofton
"Politicians are like weather vanes; our job is to make the wind blow."
--David Brower, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee
It's like I told my audience in Las Vegas: If you're going to gamble, gamble on Humanity's chances at achieving a Roddenberryian utopia -- don't bother with the kind of gambling done in a casino. Therefore, even if only a few people read this, I'm still going to encourage activism at all costs.
World Peace Day
today is world peace day...we can live in peace...it is possible...give it a try...
keep the peace,
freesouljah
A Small Price to Pay
A Small Price to Pay
by Saab Lofton
"Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength and power ... The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman."
—William Moulton Marston, inventor of the lie detector and creator of Wonder Woman
"Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform."
—Susan B. Anthony
There are times I wish I was a beautiful woman.
Peacemakers Kick Ass!
Peacemakers Kick Ass!
by Saab Lofton
"I don't know what weapons will be used in world war three, but in world war four, people will use sticks and stones."
--Albert Einstein
Lemme tell ya 'bout my boy, Kofi Annan ...
It was the end of the Cold War, and Slick Willie Clinton let the opportunity of a lifetime slip through his greasy fingers: Clinton could've hammered those Cold Warrior swords into plowshares and begun a whole new era of peace and prosperity, but like a typical Democrat, his first priority was making sure no inbred ignoramuses could ever call him wimpy or unpatriotic.
