-Ashley Smith (the lady who turned in and disarmed murder suspect Brian Nichols in Atlanta, Georgia) is only going to get $10,000 of the $60,000 reward offered. I can't figure this one out. I guess she didn't do enough *Rolls eyes* There is one thing that bothered me, however, about her testimony. She said that she thought God led this Brian Nichols to her so that she could talk him into giving up and that God saved her life. I just wonder where was God then when those people were being shot by Nichols? Did they not deserve to be saved by God too? Just a thought.
-I just discovered yesterday that the venerable Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh will be visiting Denver in September so I am VERY, VERY excited. I saw him once before but Lori was unable to attend. This time she will be able to attend and even my parents might be going. If you find TNH is visiting your area I would HIGHLY recommend checking him out. He is an AMAZING person and speaker.
-I hear from Reuters that the new U.S. Embasy in Iraq is going to cost $658 million dollars. The Congress, however, is opposing this "emergency spending." The place is probably going to look like a fortress. I guess America is not going to leave Iraq for a Looooooooong time. Wow, just think how much we could help social security if we could put $658 million dollars into the system. Not to mention the 1.8 billion dollars that will probably be granted by the Congress for "defense spending." And here I seem to remember that the Bush Administration said that the war in Iraq was going to pay for itself. So far the total cost of the war has pushed past $300 billion dollars. Hmmmm, I guess they were off by a few hundred billion dollars. This from an article titled, The 300 Billion Dollar Error. "Compare that to the 385 million allocated for the relief effort following the tsunami. No wonder that many throughout the world now see the US as being far more serious about making war than relieving the real suffering of human beings who face poverty, disease or disaster on a massive scale." For some good perspective (and a great timeline) about the war read this article, "Why We Went In: Version 10.0" by The Center for American Progress.
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To answer your question, "Where was God when the shootings occurred?" God had not been summoned. That's the whole point. This is a free will zone. That's why you do mantra and Buddhist practice, isn't it?
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