<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">FRI July 4th</span></b><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">It was a
lazy day. I got up by 7:30 and heard that the Culbertson Fire Dept was serving
a biscuit and gravy breakfast with orange juice and cinnamon roll. The pastor’s
wife volunteered to do laundry for us. So first thing in the morning I put my
laundry in a bag on her back porch. Then I went down to the fire station and
had breakfast. When I got back to
the church I discovered that the Marchers that didn’t want the Fire Dept’s
breakfast were cooking scrambled eggs and fried potatoes. I added some
scrambled eggs to my breakfast. We identified our place in the town’s 4</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">th</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> of July parade, lined up and
waited for the parade to start. There
were 2 guitarists and we sang Izzy’s repertoire of songs: one of them was <u>This
Land Is Your Land.</u> We also
handed out NE Interfaith Power and Light flyers that emphasized our stand
against Keystone Pipeline. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">A woman who
was at least my age, stopped me. She said, “China is the biggest polluter. We won’t be able to
stop climate change if China continues polluting.” I discovered that I didn’t have a response. I agreed and
moved on in the parade. Later I
reflected:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">1.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">We’ve set the
example and China has adopted/copied our Consume-and-Throw-Away-Lifestyle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">2.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The US—Walmart as
an example—imports a massive amount of goods manufactured in China, because of
low prices.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">3.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">So first of all the
US must change our lifestyle in order to give China a new lifestyle to copy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">4.<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">And then the US
must put a tariff on things manufactured in China and begin building our own
economy with new jobs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Izzy is
strong on Buddhism. He’s spent a lot of time at Omega Institute. He's invited me
to bring Lin and visit the Omega Institute in NY. When we got back from the parade, I asked him if he was aware
of the times when he practiced “compassion” and aware of the times when he was
without compassion. He indicated
that he was aware of some times when he practiced compassion. I told him that I wondered about compassion when
he sang <u>This Land Is Your Land.</u> And that I found myself refusing to sing that song after I spent some
time with Native Aborigines in Australia, and Kikuyu tribesmen in Kenya. And when I returned to W. IA, I realized
that we had stolen <u>This Land</u> from the Native Americans living near us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">After the parade we had an impromptu
lunch at the church then I
checked with the pastor’s wife about my laundry. She indicated that she had seen the bag and then it
disappeared before she got it inside. I checked the campsite and discovered
that someone had moved it from the porch to the campsite. I got it back to her and she got it done
by mid-afternoon. I hung my laundry on the line and it dried by late afternoon.
The rest of the day was a Rest Day. We had a lovely evening meal and got ready
for the next day’s March. Those sleeping outside had to deal with a sudden
thundershower. I don’t know how long
it lasted but they got wet.</span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></font></span></div></div>
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