Subject: The War
Issue: Iraq
Date: May 5, 2004
Author: Ken Larsen

As this insanity (elephant in the living room) gets more and more obvious, I suspect some people will refuse to get it simply because their ego is unwilling to admit it was wrong. I consider that ego to be the number one threat to our whole civilization at this time. If we re-elect Bush because our pride refuses to admit our errors, that pride will go before our fall.

Right now, America should be in sack cloth and ashes, on its knees, pounding the ground and humbly begging the forgiveness of our Founding Fathers and all who risked and gave their lives so that this nation could stand for moral principles. They should beg the forgiveness of all those past heroes who built our principles of freedom over the centuries. They should beg the forgiveness of the moral conscience of humanity. I don't think it will be a question of whether or not we will bow down. I just think the question is whether it will be voluntary. I can't imagine a just God letting this one go with just a warning ticket.

Hey! this idea just came to me. What if we schedule a day of penitence before mankind? What if the people at MoveOn.org gave it some publicity? What if millions of Americans came out into the streets and stood silently at night with candles as a gesture of apology? What if we publicly, as a nation, apologize to the world, to our Founders and each to his God or Goddess? How about it? How much lead time do we need? How about a week from Saturday, the 15th at dusk everywhere in parks or other public or religious gathering places? Maybe ten minutes of silence followed by an open microphone? Do we need more lead time? Someone take this and run. I can't steer it because my candidacy on the PCP might cost the support of those who oppose the PCP.

In fact, I'm going to post my above remarks around, in hopes someone will know someone who knows how to make this happen. Our public mourning should be as big as the mourning for the victims of 911. Then, we mourned the loss of some fellow-citizens. This time, we are mourning the loss of some of America's noble reputation, a far greater loss, as we are about to see.

Ken