Monday, October 31, 2011

Carnival of Chaos~ November 2011

Welcome to the Carnival of Chaos! It has been a busy couple of months for me and in the world. Occupy has spread worldwide. The American media, as well as the police, have shown that they are no better than any of the countries we like to demonize. I would like to remember that courageous group of NYPD in Albany that stood down and denied orders arrest the peaceful demonstrators!


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If you are part of the 99% and have a story or comment for the 1% then you can go here! Write to those that are in the 1%, this is my letter....
Greetings,
I have six children 5-16 yrs. and live off of $12-15,000 a year. As you can imagine this is a difficult task. I home school all of them, so my money has to do a lot. Paper, pencils, crayons and books are expensive in my reality. I buy all our clothes at a thrift store or Salvation Army. Just about the ONLY new thing we buy are socks and underwear. The only way we make it is because we receive food stamps. (for that the hoops are many and I see how many deserving families can not do it). It is about $1000 a month to feed all eight of us. I challenge you to feed eight people on that! And make it healthy!
Last week my husbands paycheck bounced. It then began the roll of fees in the banks and with those bills that we paid out on the funds. It will take us weeks to catch up and we will have to do without.
I wonder if you live paycheck to paycheck? What do you struggle with ?
I consider myself blessed to be able to educate my children and to afford a roof over my head(we have been homeless).There are others who have less than us.
I believe deeply that a roof,food, health care and access to equal education are rights not a commodity for the highest bidder. Profit is a well educated and healthy community not a large bank account. If you think we are asking to spread the poverty then yes, in a sense we are. I think you and those in your reality could do with less and the rest of us could do much better with a little more!
What do you believe? What God do you follow?What doctrine do you spread by your actions and life style?
"Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back with interest. "We are Indians and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."
Chief Maquinna, Nootka

May you be granted wisdom to accompany your knowledge.

I would also ask for all to remember Scott Olsen who was at the Oakland Occupy. A soldier of two tours in Iraq returned unharmed to be brutalized in his own country by those that live off of his tax dollars for exercising his First Amendment rights. Truth is stranger than fiction!



In my personal life, the bees were taken to the fields and the gardens are still being planted. The winter greens are so delicious. Halloween is tonight, I am wring ahead of post. The kids are in their costumes already(9AM!) and I have a birthday,turning 10!, tomorrow. Skate boarding has become a new obsession with the boys, any mode of transport is great with me.


Our submissions this time are quite wonderful. Take the time to visit and leave a comment that tells them where you found their link!



What I do for Eden


tecatti.com presents How to be limitless- Day 1 posted at Tecatti.



Jake Moses presents TeachMe Kindergarten review | Best Kid Ipad Apps posted at Best Kid Ipad Apps, saying, "In-depth review of a spectacular educational app for kids aged 4-6."


If you must spend $ but if you do not have enough to spend on iPad stuff look for open source!



It's Art


Danette M. Schott presents Secret Agent Society for Social Skills posted at Help! S-O-S for Parents.


A fun idea for any kid!



Chaos


Rebecca Turner presents How Your Perception of The World Map is Wrong posted at 1000 Weird Facts.


This is good stuff! For too long we have seen the world from the wrong view! We are the ones 'down under"!


Laura Grace Weldon presents Fun Theory posted at Laura Grace Weldon, saying, "Fun is highly individual. It can’t be easily pre-packaged, even though promoters of textbooks, curricula, and enrichment programs assert their products do just that."


Laura is right but what will you do about it? Someone once said "If you want your child to go to Harvard,send them outside to play". I am usually annoyed by forum moms/teachers that are sure they need the next new edu toy. The trees are my kids toys!


Rose presents No Routine posted at Learning at Home.Some good advice for all of us!


Natural learning can facilitate formal learning.


Jailan Marie presents Idle Thoughts, I Don’t Think So, posted at Innovative Solutions For Positive Change.


JamescReedJr. presents The Razor Blade: Morning Tea posted at The Razor Blade, saying, "Great little article on being a writer. Blog is a philosophical in nature but the writer ties everything together in a way that is easily understood."


Thoughts of a young man.


Aloysiusmenulis presents Can Civil Disobedience ever be moral? posted at aloysiusmenulis.

I believe it is more than moral, it is our duty!



                                                                                                                         Katie Gilbert presents 11 Important Leaders in LGBT Education posted at Best Online Colleges.com, saying, "LGBTQIA individuals and organizations still have a ways to go before they can enjoy full equality in today's society, but that doesn't mean accomplishments and milestones pushing them towards broader acceptance should ever go ignored or unacknowledged."


William Hambleton Bishop, MA presents The Oppression of Creativity and Progression | How regulation, oversight, managed care, and “Big Brother” oppress growth | thoughts from a therapist posted at Thoughts from a Therapist, saying, "this is a post about how regulation hinders creativity... it is a call to do things many ways instead of the"right way.""


Acumen Associates presents Dolch Sight Word Activities – Irregular Verbs posted at sight words game.


And so I say go in peace but when peace is not possible fight for the greater good!


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2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for sharing your account as one of the 99%. And thank you very much for giving the link that allows us to share our stories. Living on a small farm with limited means, it isn't easy for us to get to the OWS rallies. But I've attended and seen what is truly a transformative movement. Not that so many have risen up to speak against the injustice of corporations and their lobbyists controlling government for their own gain, although that's part of it, but the WAY they are doing so. The media (always reporting on the surface rather than the depth) portrays OWS as without a message or leader, but that's their real strength. They continue to let every voice be heard, to make consensus-based decisions, to truly empower the 99%. As Einstein said, “You cannot solve a problem from the came consciousness that created it.” And that's how this movement is making change. They're asking for solutions that don't come from the same narrow mindset and the process they're using is itself an example of wider consciousness. Very very heartening.

    Thanks too for including my post, Fun Theory.

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  2. It is my pleasure to share. I wish I still lived in New York(or any of the big cities) to be able to participate with my comrades but alas life carries me to other reaches. I believe that no matter how small we 'think" our actions are to a movement like this they are enormous because of how many of us tend to not speak out. When we share our stories others see themselves and can take strength that they are not alone. They did not create this system and therefore their foreclosure,their homelessness, their hunger, their unemployment,.....it was designed for their fall and was thrust upon us. Now is the time to share,speak and participate. Share the links,the video,do not be silent. Thank you for your kind words. I am blessed, I see the truth. I hope others will be able to have their veils lifted as well.

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Impressions from friends, thanks.