My Comment on NYTimes article ‘Stop Pretending You’re Not Rich‘: I agree with others who are surprised at the resistance and animosity shown to this article. I think it’s the word “rich” that can drive folks into a frenzy. Folks complain about working 60 hours a week (good point, welcome to the club) and their debts and costs that eat away at an income of 200,000 or 300,000. So they claim they are really just middle class. Ridiculous.
June 12, 2017
April 17, 2017
War Tax Resistance letter to IRS explaining why they aren’t receiving the full amount we owe.
April 15, 2017
To the Internal Revenue Service:
We support our country in all its peaceful endeavors, but for reasons of conscience and religious faith we do not support our country in its preparation for war and in war making. We are deeply troubled by the fact that about half of the federal income tax that we owe the government is budgeted for military-related expenditures, (more…)
April 15, 2017
Confronting the face of war
Yesterday (Good Friday), in the spirit of Rabbi Jesus, a group of us assembled once again in front of Lockheed Martin (the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons contractor) in King of Prussia, PA, to confront the current face of war. Seven of us proceeded (more…)
August 9, 2016
Nagasaki Day — Paul is NOT arrested (this time)
Today (Nagasaki Day) we did an arrestable action of blocking the entrance to Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons contractor. But we were not arrested this time. Usually what we do (more…)
May 23, 2016
National War Tax Resistance Conference at Lansdowne Meeting
Lansdowne Friends Meeting and Lansdowne Friends School hosted a national conference of conscientious war tax resisters the weekend of May 13-15. There were about 30 attendees – 20 from around the country and 10 local. The conference included (more…)
April 6, 2015
Faithfulness on Good Friday.
In the paddy wagon again
Good Friday is significant for me as I see the teachings and life of the inspired Jesus culminating at this time. The day is particularly meaningful for me through my attendance at the annual Good Friday demonstrations at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer (more…)
February 14, 2015
“What would you do?” Building alternative communities, including chickens and bees.
Bee-built comb from one of our top bar hives.
Much of this blog is concerned with criticism of national and international events. One might ask “Well, what do you propose?” If I could answer that to people’s satisfaction, I’d be at the White House and UN, not typing this post. On the other hand, it is a reasonable question and I have some ideas that I am testing. I am working toward (more…)
January 10, 2015
Martin Luther King and Lockheed Martin (when will they learn?)
Today I was at the Martin Luther King Demonstration at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons manufacturer. I was attempting to read King’s Riverside Church speech to employees and police in their driveway. – but as pictures show, only got partway. Here is a sample of what they don’t want to hear at Lockheed Martin: “I knew that I could never again (more…)
September 18, 2014
Multinational corporations pay/bribe/finagle other corporations to not compete, and so they lay off workers.
I noticed in Macy’s recently that almost all of their furniture is imported from the Far East. On-line investigation showed that this is representative of American furniture sellers today. Whatever happened to all those manufacturers in our South? Mostly gone. CORRECTION, they are not hiring or manufacturing but many of those corporations still exist, often collecting money from China for NOT manufacturing. As this Washington Post article points out, (more…)
August 6, 2014
Hiroshima Day Civil Disobedience, 2014
Today was the usual Hiroshima Day demonstration at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest war profiteer and nuclear weapons’ manufacturer. Did my usual Civil Disobedience, although a bit different this time. FIRST, instead of (more…)