Dreams Unlocked

By now, most of you are aware of this growing movement in America called "Occupy Wall Street". Tomorrow it crosses the broder to the north with a demonstration in Vancouver. I have a day filled up with kids birthday parties and the mayors prayer breakfast, otherwise I would be there. Here is why I support this movement: We are at a time in human history when large corporations and mammoth financial institutions hold a disproportionate amount of power over the economic, social and culture development of civilization. Most of the practices of large corporations are in direct destruction of our already fragile eco-system. Until responsibility and care are brought in, we are all living on borrowed time. Unrestricted capitalism has led to the dehumanization and commodification of human life. We have denuded human beings of their souls and dignity. People are mere commodities in the current economic model. And when that happens, empires fall. When material goods and products are mo...

3 that I'm thankful for. It was a nice enough day for us to venture out to a local park. Adam has gotten into football, thank to Charlie Brown cartoons on his ipod. So, we tossed the old pig-skin around. Football on Thanksgiving weekend - felt very New Englandish. We just needed to have a boat we were going to lunch on after. Felicia spent most of the day cooking a full Turkey meal. I kept the kids occupied. They're all hooked on this ipod game called "Monster Pet". They play it constantly. James just enjoys having books read to him - but now he has also started playing with some toy cars. I wrote a tweet earlier today for people to pause and actually give thanks in between the turkey eating. I should follow my own advice. I'm thankful for an abundance of food in our kitchen when for the first time in my life-time, people living in North America are using the term "food insecure" to describe lower middle-class Americans who now have to use food banks on ...