"Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come." Carl Sandburg

     Osama bin Laden has been killed.  There is celebration in the streets of America.  So say the headlines.  Am I the only one that is saddened by this?
     Moammar Gadhafi's (ruler of Libya) youngest son and 3 grandchildren were killed by a NATO missile strike hours after Gadhafi called for a cease fire and negotiations.  Children were killed, people!
     What is wrong with humankind?  Why can we not stop the killing?  What's more,  what kind of people celebrate killing?  Osama bin Laden needed to be stopped and brought to justice, no question;  but partying?  Singing "We are the Champions"?  Drinking champagne?  Who are these people?  Will this help stop terrorism or will the callous partying increase it?  How does this help the victims of 9/11? 
     I am sad for all the world today and for all the children who will inherit what we have wrought. 
    

          This is a memorial to Cpt. Jason Dahl,  the United Airlines Captain of flight 93 which crashed into a Pennsylvia field on 9-11.  He lived in our community.  I took this picture today.  I sincerely hope his family, and all the victims' families have some closure.
          Peace.


"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."    David Friedman

"It is forbidden to kill;  therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."    Voltaire

"Revenge is sweeter than life itself.  So think fools."    Juvenal