Vigil Day #100; Hunger Strike Ends; 3 days off Hill

More later, but for now, off the Hill until Monday when Day #101 Vigil Resumes 24/7 I expect.

Dennis Kucinich, God bless him, stops by several times per week now to thank me for my courage. And according to one of his staff members who stopped by this week, he is deeply moved by what I am doing, as I am deeply moved by HIS patriotism.

This solo campaign is proving to be of tremendous power. Enough to stop the war? Enough to keep me going at it.

REFUGE FROM THE RAIN. STRIKE DAY 13

Discretion is the better part of valor - so it goes.

The storm raging in DC today exceeded my ability to avoid becoming soaked so I accepted the kind offer of sister Ellen to accept refuge for the night.

I expect to be on the Hill days until the storm breaks.

WHY AM I ON HUNGER STRIKE?

An acquaintance just asked me. It is covered on this site, but shehe didn't have the time or interest to look at the site below so let me outline it here.

• The worst bullies in the schools we grew up in have been given by YOU AND ME $3 trillion dollars to rape and plunder Middle East oil by terrorizing the local population.
• If you don't know the human cost we've extracted from the Iraqis, US Forces, US POOR, and soon the Iranians I'll not insult you by telling you.
• The folks with the power, and maybe enough sanity to stop this warring are on Capitol Hill.
  
• The strongest, clearest way I can think to cast my vote is with my body on vigil, and often on Hunger Strike.
• "What is my demand?" I'm asked by this individual. My demand is that Congress shift 18o degrees from being Hell bent on rape and plunder to Waging Love to immediately end this war; and that they immediately act to PREVENT the Nazi's in the White House from bombing Iran.
• When will I stop? When I perceive that there is a better way for me to fight. My guess is a total of 20 days this time, but it may go longer, maybe much longer.
  

IF I'M NOT RISKING MY LIFE FOR MY FAMILY I AM PART OF THE PROBLEM (or they're not my family)

A dear friend reminded me that an activist shehe knows first lost eyesight and later mind due to Hunger Strikes. Now I don't expect that will happen to me, although I realize it might.

But it got me thinking. If when my family is being raped, pillaged and murdered by folks with the most cruel and deadly weapons ever conceived; by the bullies we all grew up with in school turned loose with $3 billion of your tax dollars to do the job, YOU RISK YOUR LIFE TO STOP IT! DON'T YOU?

And the US Forces, Irsnians and Iraqis ARE my family.

Hmmm. I'm surprised it has taken me so long. This riddle has been trying to fully solve itself within me for years - "How do you live in the face of Genocide?" "How do you live in the face of your country being the world's Terrorist?"

IF I'M NOT RISKING LIFE AND LIMB I AM PART OF THE PROBLEM.
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GANDHI ON HIS DEATH BED - I NEVER UNDERSTOOD

You know how in the movie Gandhi, whenever he was on Hunger Strike he looked like he was dying? I never understood. I have lots of experience with Hunger Strikes now and I never understood.

Now, I get it. I''ve never felt on day #44 what this time I'm feeling on days 4-7; deathly listless and sick. For the last 18 hours I've been taking juice thinking that might jolt me back to my old fasting self, but so far, no impact.

My body should be in a hospital seeking medical care which I will do as soon as all of my family in Iraq, Haiti, Darfur, Palistine and among the US poor can do the same; which will only happen when in mass we Middle Class realize that our Family consists of 6 billion, not 5 or 10. When the time comes I'd much rather leave my body than my Humanity that I seem to have at long last after decades of struggle regained

Beginning tomorrow morning I expect to be on Capitol Hill 24/7. It is too exhausting going back and forth to the Peace House and it is not time for half measures.

Start Loving
Wage Love and End War

9pm update:

I am feeling slightly better after 3.5 days. Calories, juice, soup and vitamins didn't seem to touch the deathly malaise that had me in its grip.

Then Thomas got me some bananas and I had some salt. I remembered that on Strike often potassium plummets. I am certainly a little improved.

Hunger Strike Day 4; Off the Hill till Monday

It has been a very interesting week, but day 4 of a hunger strike is usually among the worst and this strike is proving no different - no energy to write much.

My strike related poster reads "2o Day #4." My goal is 20. I'll do less if Good needs me elsewhere, and more if Good asks. My guess is the latter - but I'm not great at projecting these things.

My other posters are the same - 2 of the children we've mangled - 2 of the depleted uranium children.

Why not on the Hill till Monday? My focus is the Congressfolks. They take long weekends and will not be in session tomorrow as near as I can tell. My previous and current efforts leave not doubt in their minds as to my seriousness and commitment. With the Hunger Strike there is sufficient "punch" to my during-the-week presence that 24/7 will be marginal return. Better for me to accept the support of Ellen in the Peace House for daily transportation and a place in the evening to get online and sleep.

Start Loving
WAGE LOVE
ps: 'WAGE LOVE" is now tattooed on my cheeks in large letters.
pps: "WAGE LOVE" is the closest we'll get in the English language to how to save the world.

SCEDULE UNCERTAIN MON-WED

Hi beloved friends.

I am very well thank you, and I pray the same for you.

Much is going on this week:
1. My need to be on the Hill with our Iraq children (posters)
2. General Betray Us? is in town Tue/Wed
3. Another activist is planning an effort that may require me to be off the Hill video taping.

Your Loving brother,

Start Loving (Join Jesus, Wage Humanity)

OFF HILL THIS WEEKEND

Returning Monday I expect.

All is well with me; all is Hell with the world. No? You are not paying attention then.

A gift from our beloved sister Start Caring:

Song by Nickelback

It goes something like this

If everyone Loved and nobody lied

If everyone cared and nobody cried

If everyone shared and swollowed their pride

We'd see the day when nobody died.

Humanity begets Humanity. In/Unhumanity begets In/Unhumanity.

What will you spawn today?

WE'RE IN THE DARK AGES ALREADY! AM I THE LAST TO KNOW?

[Email exchange with an international activist / her0]

From: xxxxxxx
To: start_loving@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:53:23 AM
Subject: Re:

HUNGER AND THIRST FOR HUMANITY STRIKE 3/31/08 CAPITOL HILL 7/24

Hey Start, you are as close to Holy Man as I'm ever gonna see. Wouldn't
think to question your judgment.

If only this USA had the same sense of
outrage at the destruction we are causing and the moral courage to do
something about it.

I am ever your sister. keep me posted. Let me
know.

xxx

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Well by God you ARE my sister.

Xxxx, I don't go out on a limb, into the desert, or on suicide missions to learn. No ma'am I don't! I go when the Almighty Powers, as best I can hear It says "GO!" And many times now I expected it was a suicide mission. Fine with me! Just tell me what you want me to do!

But I'm still here Sister! About 5 times now God has asked for my life; I've said "ok fine" and I'm still here.

The point? God so far us using these things to tell me, show me stuff.

2 days and I'm off the Hunger & Thirst for Humanity Strike. If you had asked me 3 hours ago I'd have said with entire peace, "Sister, this is it. By end of next week I'm gone. We're headed off of the cliff as a species and we either start paying with our lives now or it is just too late. We're on the brink of the dark ages and these are our last seconds."

Xxxxxx, did you see my error? I didn't until 2 hours ago. Like everything I value I didn't "figure it out," flash - it was just there. "Start, you imbecile, WE'RE ALREADY IN THE DARK AGES! WE'VE ALREADY GONE INTO THE ABYSS! Don't rush off to die now, rather the flame is alive in you, you need to keep it alive until such time as Humanity is ready to regain its sanity."

Sister, did you know this already? This is big for me. I had misdiagnosed where we were, but now I think I have a better grasp of the problem, and a better idea of where to go/how to approach things/how to best serve - similar to what I've been doing, but with a better of idea of WHY - to keep the flame alive until such time. The monks of the dark ages did this - but mistakenly they went literally into the desert, or into caves. No, I think the "cave" we are to go to is "the least of these." For me I think it is on the Hill 24/7 with those signs, but not with the idea of flaming out.

I thank God for you Sister and about 7 others. That is not many.

Thank God for you Xxxxx,

Start Loving (Join Jesus)