The story of Fallujah!

The Story of Fallujah
What do we really know about fallujah?

Fallujah in the past?
Fallujah after the 2004 war?
And More in Dahr jamail's webesite....

More!!....and more...

"Toy"

By: Crystal Jackson
Crystal, the student at DePaul University wrote this short short story in Winter 2008 for my Creative Writing class.

Toy sat and watched the roach on the wall lay still. She knew it was trying not to be noticed and she wished she too could descent into obscurity. Toy knew her mother would cry when she gave her the news. A year earlier she'd done the same thing. Waited until it was almost too late. Wishing it would just go away.

"I need some money Momma!" said Toy later that evening. "For what?" replied Janice. Toy hesitated and eventually blurted out, "I'm pregnant." Just as she'd predicted her mother began to cry. What she did not predict was the screaming match that ensued and Janice yelling, "You keepin' this one!" Janice's words were final. Even through the crack-filled haze she was often in, Janice never surrendered her authority to be the final decision maker in the household.

With these words Toy thought her only options were to prostitute herself or become a parent at fifteen. She'd thought of getting the money from the baby's father but wasn't really sure who that was.

Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet died

Aimé Césaire, Martinique playwright and poet died.
Listen to one of his poems in French.
And read his poems in English.

Jacques Brel, oh Jacques Brel....

Thanks Jacques for helping me to bear the graveness of reality in this brutal time of history!
Jacques Brel's La valse a mille temps.......A thousand times waltz....
And Quand on n'a que l'amour a song by Jacques Brel....

And Amsterdam......

And....Le Plat Pays...

And......Au Suivant...

And.....Jef

And.....Le Gaz

They don't think, they count! They don't talk, they cheat! And then there is....

Jaques Brel's Ces Gens La....

Knowledge is Power!

"Rising Powers, Shrinking planet" the New Geopolitics of Energy, is a brilliant book by Michael T. Klare. Listen to his interview on NPR - Fresh Air

"When danger looms, ignorance is not bliss. Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet defines a new benchmark for understanding the perilous complexities of strategic natural resources and how they shape the modern world. Klare articulates his message with sober honesty and appropriate urgency. If knowledge is power, it is also empowering; let us use this information to rekindle hope and commit to action, vigorously adopting the practical and profitable solutions that already do exist."—Amory B. Lovins, author of Winning the Oil Endgame

The Power of Music!

Listen to this beautiful Jewish-Arab Peace Song. A world of Peace and Love.