Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Always Torture – v3

Finally, the words,
unambiguous, clear
torture, waterboarding
was torture, is torture
a position for the new administration
words with power, with consequences
Our country, bound by our creed,
by our beliefs, by law,
must not be party, must not use,
cannot condone
always torture, a statement of fact
words under oath, with power,
with consequence
may we ever be mindful,
of the words he shared
echoes of the words of our savior,
a foundation, a prayer,
a rock on which we all should stand


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The Hills of Zion – v3
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Is He Joshua – v3
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Lofty Words – v3
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understanding a moment – v3
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Words in Quotes – v3
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Words that Bind – v3
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Words chosen for a nation – v3
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&
January 21, 2013
Always Torture – v2
January 21, 2013
The Hills of Zion – v2
January 21, 2013
Is He Joshua – v2
January 21, 2013
Lofty Words – v2
January 21, 2013
understanding a moment – v2
January 21, 2013
Words in Quotes – v2
January 21, 2013
Words that Bind – v2
January 21, 2013
Words chosen for a nation – v2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
and his final speech before his assassination
and Inauguration of the President
Barack Hussein Obama
Invocation
by Myrlie Evers-Williams
Inaugural Address
&
several poems written in 2009
on the juxtaposition of the
80th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the inauguration of Barack Obama
as President of the United States of America
January 17, 2009
understanding a moment
January 17, 2009
Words in Quotes
January 17, 2009
Words chosen for a nation
January 17, 2009
Words that Bind
and the Presidential Oath, from the
US Constitution, Article I, Section 1, Clause 8,
repeated verbatim by the presidents. The only language in quotes
in the Constitution, unlike the general principles elsewhere.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States."
January 18, 2009
Lofty Words
January 18, 2009
Is He Joshua
January 18, 2009
The Hills of Zion
January 18, 2009
Always Torture
&
the message, “It’s not just a dream but a reality”
on the sign in front of church,
the story of Moses and Joshua,
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Joshua 1:1-9
along with
Micah 4:1-4
Matthew 5:43-48
the sermon, “Love Your Who???”,
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH,
and the hypothetical put to Eric Holder, nominee for Attorney General,
by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on the use of waterboarding,
January 15, 2009, during his Senate Confirmation Hearings,

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