The Ojai Post

From the Heart

“What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? When you teach a man to hate and to fear his brother, when you teach that he is a lesser man because of his color, because of his beliefs or the policies he pursues, when you teach that those that differ from you threaten your freedom or your job or your home or your family than you also learn to confront others not as fellow citizens but as enemies to be met not with cooperation but with conquest to be subjugated and to be mastered. We learn at last to look at our brothers as Aliens, Alien men with whom we share a city but not a community. Men bound to us in common dwelling but not in a common effort. We learn to share only a common fear, only a common desire to retreat from each other, only a common impulse to meet disagreement with force.”…Bobby Kennedy 1968

People still haven’t gotten over Bobby Kennedy’s Death. In an age of phony politicians, who seemed inauthentic, Bobby was the real thing. Bobby really did care, he wasn’t faking it. Bobby was really speaking from his own heart. Bobby was able to convey the need for coming together at a time when people really wanted that. At a time of crises, time of really deep problems, Bobby was able to give the sense that he was going to be brave and do something about it, and we miss that today.

The statement that all we had left after Dr. King was Bobby Kennedy cannot be considered an over statement. In fact only Paul Wellstone and from Minnesota and Dennis Kucinich from Ohio shine through since Bobby was killed in 1968.

From the movie “Bobby” written and directed by Emilio Estevez

Some men see things as they are and say why.
I dream things that never were and say why not? Bobby Kennedy

I couldn't get sound from the link but the picture says it all, especially the "L'AMOUR" in the background.

We all sing our song whether it is appreciated or not.

MT, I appreciate what you and Jock are saying. It's important because it rings true to me; just like John rings true to so many.

L'Amour. La Love. All we need is love, a truthful love.

yes, Dennis,

love is truthful ...

all-sided, not one sided.

or as Tevin would say, "free and kind" ...

voluntary, all-participants cultures respected.

aka nonviolent -- that is expressly for stewardship,
returning all our sacred relations, our beloved Mother Gaia,
96 percent eradicated ...

While Greece was preparing for its general strike tomorrow Thursday, 10 December, against the Karamanlis government and against the ECONOMIC CRISIS, and with the grassroots mobilisation in schools and universities growing for some time against proposed bailouts, Alexandros Grigoropolous, only 15 years old, was the unlucky choice to become victim and scapegoat of the police apparatus and was killed in cold blood by the State Police force.

At the moment thousands of school students are demonstrating outside police headquarters in Athens, but also in a great many cities and towns all over Greece.

Spontaneous demonstrations throughout the country are the result of political, popular anger with the Karamanlis government and the criminal actions of the police. The Greek government first armed and unleashed the killer cops, then set up a pathetic ballet of excuses and resignations, but is not punishing any police. In fact it is trying to shift attention by the destruction of public and private property, while attempting to end the demonstrations, attacking people with chemical weapons and torturing arrested demonstrators.

The revolt is only beginning. And the general strike, a union and social, political and class-struggle general strike, can transform the people's rage into organised, grassroots building of the human alternative.

In every country, capitalism's growing crisis is presenting the bill to the working classes and the exploited of society.

We must respond, in every country, by building together the social opposition that is needed to defend ourselves from annihilation in the name of the monarchist banksters.

may true peace find us, Alex..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g03o4GDpCog

Peace on Earth
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Peace is not just the absence of war,
Peace is: the whole world living in abundance and dignity…

When I hear from the experts that the subject matter is
Complex and complicated, I know that their subject matter is perverted
With lies and deception…

Life is transparent. In each moment of our perception,
We know the truth, yet we choose to go along with the lie to keep our position…

Our lives begin to end the moment
we become silent about the things that matter…Martin Luther King

In the course of survival we don’t have the luxury of being negative…Yoko Ono

You may say I’m a dreamer but I’m not the only one,
I hope now you’ll Join us and the World will be as one…John Lennon

For each of us, uniting to free the world realizes the knowledge of self,
And is at once the map of our spirit, and the guide to our deepest fulfillment…Tevin

Paradise is there, behind that door, in the next room;
But I have lost the key. Perhaps I have just mislaid it…Kahlil Gibran

How would I fulfill myself? How shall I unless I become a planet with intelligent Lives dwelling upon it? Is not this every man and women’s goal? by Kahlil Gibran

A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments)

Below is a list of the 613 mitzvot (obligations). It is based
primarily on the list compiled by Rambam in the Mishneh
Torah, but includes other sources as well. Rambam's list is
probably the most widely accepted, but it is not the only one.

For each mitzvah, there is a citation to the biblical passage
or passages from which it is derived, based primarily on
Rambam. For commandments that can be observed today,
there are citations to the Chafetz Chayim's Concise Book of
Mitzvot (CCA refers to affirmative commandments; CCN refers
to negative commandments; CCI refers to commandments that
only apply in Israel). Commandments that cannot be observed
today primarily relate to the Temple, its sacrifices and services
(because the Temple does not exist) and criminal procedures
(because the theocratic state of Israel does not exist).

1. To know that G-d exists (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6) (CCA1). See
What Do Jews Believe?.
2. Not to entertain the idea that there is any god but the
Eternal (Ex. 20:3) (CCN8). See What Do Jews Believe?.
3. Not to blaspheme (Ex. 22:27; in Christian texts, Ex. 22:28),
the penalty for which is death (Lev. 24:16) (negative).
4. To hallow G-d's name (Lev. 22:32) (CCA5). See The
Name of G-d.
5. Not to profane G-d's name (Lev. 22:32) (CCN155).
6. To know that G-d is One, a complete Unity (Deut. 6:4)
(CCA2). See What Do Jews Believe?.
7. To love G-d (Deut. 6:5) (CCA3).
8. To fear Him reverently (Deut. 6:13; 10:20) (CCA4).
9. Not to put the word of G-d to the test (Deut. 6:16).
10. To imitate His good and upright ways (Deut. 28:9)
(CCA6).

Torah

11. To honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32) (CCA17).
12. To learn Torah and to teach it (Deut. 6:7) (CCA14).
13. To cleave to those who know Him (Deut. 10:20) (the
Talmud states that cleaving to scholars is equivalent to
cleaving to Him) (CCA16).
14. Not to add to the commandments of the Torah, whether
in the Written Law or in its interpretation received by tradition
(Deut. 13:1) (CCN159). See Torah.
15. Not to take away from the commandments of the Torah
(Deut. 13:1) (CCN160). See Torah.
16. That every person shall write a scroll of the Torah for
himself (Deut. 31:19) (CCA15). See Torah.

Signs and Symbols

17. To circumcise the male offspring (Gen. 17:12; Lev. 12:3)
(CCA47) See Brit Milah: Circumcision.
18. To put tzitzit on the corners of clothing (Num. 15:38)
(CCA10). See Tzitzit and Tallit.
19. To bind tefillin on the head (Deut. 6:8) (CCA9).
20. To bind tefillin on the arm (Deut. 6:8) (CCA8). See Tefillin.
21. To affix the mezuzah to the doorposts and gates of your
house (Deut. 6:9) (CCA12). See Mezuzah.

Prayer and Blessings

22. To pray to G-d (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13) (according to the
Talmud, the word "serve" in these verses refers to prayer)
(CCA7). See Prayers and Blessings; Jewish Liturgy.
23. To read the Shema in the morning and at night (Deut. 6:7)
(CCA11). See Jewish Liturgy.
24. To recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10) (CCA13). See
Birkat Ha-Mazon: Grace After Meals
25. Not to lay down a stone for worship (Lev. 26:1) (CCN161).

Love and Brotherhood

26. To love all human beings who are of the covenant
(Lev. 19:18) (CCA60). See Love and Brotherhood.
27. Not to stand by idly when a human life is in danger
(Lev. 19:16) (CCN82). See Love and Brotherhood.
28. Not to wrong any one in speech (Lev. 25:17) (CCN48).
See Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra.
29. Not to carry tales (Lev. 19:16) (CCN77). See Speech
and Lashon Ha-Ra.
30. Not to cherish hatred in one's heart (Lev. 19:17)
(CCN78). See Love and Brotherhood.
31. Not to take revenge (Lev. 19:18) (CCN80).
32. Not to bear a grudge (Lev. 19:18) (CCN81).
33. Not to put any Jew to shame (Lev. 19:17) (CCN79).
34. Not to curse any other Israelite (Lev. 19:14) (by implication
if you may not curse those who cannot hear, you certainly
may not curse those who can) (CCN45).
35. Not to give occasion to the simple-minded to stumble
on the road (Lev. 19:14) (this includes doing anything that
will cause another to sin) (CCN76).
36. To rebuke the sinner (Lev. 19:17) (CCA72).
37. To relieve a neighbor of his burden and help to unload
his beast (Ex. 23:5) (CCA70). See Love and Brotherhood.
38. To assist in replacing the load upon a neighbor's beast
(Deut. 22:4) (CCA71). See Love and Brotherhood.
39. Not to leave a beast, that has fallen down beneath its
burden, unaided (Deut. 22:4) (CCN183). See Love and
Brotherhood.

The Poor and Unfortunate

40. Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21) (CCN51).
41. Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22)
(negative) (CCI6).
42. To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard
for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative) (CCI1).
43. Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the
ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9) (negative) (CCI7).
44. To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9)
(affirmative) (CCI2).
45. Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the
vineyard (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI8).
46. To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard
for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21) (affirmative) (CCI3).
47. Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the
ground (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI9).
48. To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for
the poor (Lev. 19:10) (affirmative) (CCI4).
49. Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19)
This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20) (negative) (CC10).
50. To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor
(Deut. 24:19-20) (affirmative) (CCI5).
51. Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving
what he needs (Deut. 15:7) (CCN62). See Tzedakah: Charity.
52. To give charity according to one's means (Deut. 15:11)
(CCA38). See Tzedakah: Charity.

Treatment of Gentiles

53. To love the stranger (Deut. 10:19) (CCA61). See Love
and Brotherhood.
54. Not to wrong the stranger in speech (Ex. 22:20) (CCN49).
55. Not to wrong the stranger in buying or selling (Ex. 22:20)
(CCN50).
56. Not to intermarry with gentiles (Deut. 7:3) (CCN19). See
Interfaith Marriages.
57. To exact the debt of an alien (Deut. 15:3) (affirmative).
58. To lend to an alien at interest (Deut. 23:21) According
to tradition, this is mandatory (affirmative).

Marriage, Divorce and Family

59. To honor father and mother (Ex. 20:12) (CCA41).
60. Not to smite a father or a mother (Ex. 21:15) (CCN44).
61. Not to curse a father or mother (Ex. 21:17) (CCN46).
62. To reverently fear father & mother (Lev. 19:3)(CCA42).
63. To be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) (CCA43).
64. That a eunuch shall not marry a daughter of Israel
(Deut. 23:2) (CCN136).
65. That a mamzer shall not marry the daughter of a Jew
(Deut. 23:3) (CCN137). See Prohibited Marriages and
Illegitimate Children.
66. That an Ammonite or Moabite shall never marry the
daughter of an Israelite (Deut. 23:4) (negative).
67. Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community
of Israel for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).
68. Not to exclude an Egyptian from the community of Israel
for three generations (Deut. 23:8-9) (negative).
69. That there shall be no harlot (in Israel); that is, that there
shall be no intercourse with a woman, without previous
marriage with a deed of marriage and formal declaration
of marriage (Deut. 23:18) (CCN133). See Marriage.
70. To take a wife by kiddushin, the sacrament of marriage
(Deut. 24:1) (CCA44). See The Process of Marriage:
Kiddushin and Nisuin.
71. That the newly married husband shall (be free) for one
year to rejoice with his wife (Deut. 24:5) (affirmative).
72. That a bridegroom shall be exempt for a whole year
from taking part in any public labor, such as military service,
guarding the wall and similar duties (Deut. 24:5) (negative).
73. Not to withhold food, clothing or conjugal rights from a
wife(Ex. 21:10) (CCN42). See The Marital Relationship.
74. That the woman suspected of adultery shall be dealt
with as prescribed in the Torah (Num. 5:30) (affirmative).
75. That one who defames his wife's honor (falsely accusing
her of unchastity before marriage) must live with her all his
lifetime (Deut. 22:19) (affirmative).
76. That a man may not divorce his wife concerning whom he
has published an evil report (about her unchastity before
marriage) (Deut. 22:19) (negative).
77. To divorce by a formal written document (Deut. 24:1)
(affirmative). See The Process of Obtaining a Divorce.
78. That one who divorced his wife shall not remarry her,
if after the divorce she had been married to another man
(Deut. 24:4) (CCN134). See Divorce.
79. That a widow whose husband died childless must not be
married to anyone but her deceased husband's brother
(Deut. 25:5) (CCN135) (this is only in effect insofar as it
requires the procedure of release below).
80. To marry the widow of a brother who has died childless
(Deut. 25:5) (this is only in effect insofar as it requires the
procedure of release below ) (CCA45).
81. That the widow formally release the brother-in-law
(if he refuses to marry her) (Deut. 25:7-9) (CCA46).

Forbidden Sexual Relations

82. Not to indulge in familiarities with relatives, such as
kissing, embracing, winking, skipping, which may lead to
incest (Lev. 18:6) (CCN110).
83. Not to commit incest with one's mother (Lev. 18:7)
(CCN112). See Prohibited Marriages & Illegitimate Children.
84. Not to commit sodomy with a father (Lev. 18:7) (CCN111).
85. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife (Lev. 18:8)
(CCN113). See Prohibited Marriages & Illegitimate Children.
86. Not to commit incest with one's sister (Lev. 18:9)
(CCN127).
87. Not to commit incest with one's father's wife's daughter
(Lev. 18:11) (CCN128).
88. Not to commit incest with one's son's daughter
(Lev. 18:10) (CCN119) (Note: CC treats this and the next as
one commandment; however, Rambam treats them as two).
89. Not to commit incest with one's daughter's daughter
(Lev. 18:10) (CCN119) (Note: CC treats this and the previous
as one commandment; however, Rambam treats them as two).
90. Not to commit incest with one's daughter (this is not
explicitly in the Torah but is inferred from other explicit
commands that would include it) (CCN120).
91. Not to commit incest with one's fathers sister
(Lev. 18:12) (CCN129).
92. Not to commit incest with one's mother's sister
(Lev. 18:13) (CCN130).
93. Not to commit incest with one's father's brothers wife
(Lev. 18:14) (CCN125).
94. Not to commit sodomy with one's father's brother
(Lev. 18:14) (CCN114).
95. Not to commit incest with one's son's wife (Lev. 18:15)
(CCN115).
96. Not to commit incest with one's brother's wife
(Lev. 18:16) (CCN126).
97. Not to commit incest with one's wife's daughter
(Lev. 18:17) (CCN121).
98. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's son
(Lev. 18:17) (CCN122).
99. Not to commit incest with the daughter of one's wife's
daughter (Lev. 18:17) (CCN123).
100. Not to commit incest with one's wife's sister
(Lev. 18:18) (CCN131).
101. Not to have intercourse with a woman, in her menstrual
period (Lev. 18:19) (CCN132).
102. Not to have intercourse with another man's wife
(Lev. 18:20) (CCN124).
103. Not to commit sodomy with a male (18:22) (CCN116).
104. Not to have intercourse with a beast (18:23) (CCN117).
105. That a woman shall not have intercourse with a beast
(Lev. 18:23) (CCN118).
106. Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man,
nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (22:24) (CCN143).

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HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 16, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated the First Latin American and Caribbean Summit, in Salvador de Bahia, with the attendance of most heads of state in the region.

The Summit, which focuses on regional integration and development, is taking place at the Costa de Sauipe beach resort, 75 kilometers from the city of Salvador de Bahia.

The Latin American and Caribbean leaders will consider serious issues, such as the current world financial crisis, increasing food process, trade, climate change and natural disasters, in a meeting that does not have the interference of any extra-regional powers.

The principles of solidarity and cooperation will be stressed on the final document to be issued by sub-regional gathering, according to several media outlets.

In the final document, the heads of government will insist in the need to approach close positions in order to face the global crisis, under the respect for international law, special treatment of the most vulnerable economies and the rejection of coercive and unilateral measures, like the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba.