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But Beyond All That, The Question That Is Continually Begged Is Why Isn't America Leading The Way Toward Total Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons.

Peace Is Not Just The Absence Of War, It Is The Active Presence Of A Capacity For Love And Compassion, And Reciprocity. It Is An Awareness That Our Lives Are Not To Be Lived Simply For Ourselves Through Expressing Our Individuality, But We Confirm The Purpose Of Our Lives Through The Work Of Expressing Our Shared Sense Of Community In A Purposeful And Practical Way; To Sustain Our Own Lives We Sustain The Lives Of Others - In Family, In A Community Of Neighborhoods Called A City, And In A Community Of Nations Called The World.

Our Vision Of Interconnectedness Resonates With New Networks Of World Citizens In Nongovernmental Organizations Linking From Numberless Centers Of Energy, Expressing The Emergence Of A New Organic Whole, Seeking Unity Within And Across National Lines... If Governments And Their Leaders, Bound By Hierarchy And Patriarchy, Wedded To Military Might For Legitimacy, Fail To Grasp The Implications Of An Emerging World Consciousness For Cooperation, For Peace And For Sustainability, They May Become Irrelevant.

I Have Worked To Expand The Health Care Debate Beyond The Current For-profit System, To Include A Public Option And An Amendment To Free The States To Pursue Single Payer.

In The Past Week It Has Become Clear That The Vote On The Final Healthcare Bill Will Be Very Close. I Take This Vote With The Utmost Seriousness. I Am Quite Aware Of The Historic Fight That Has Lasted The Better Part Of The Last Century To Bring America In Line With Other Modern Democracies In Providing Single Payer Health Care.