THIS WEEK’S CONTEST: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican, 1869-1877) vs. George W. Bush (Republican, 2001-present)by Steve Lowery
MILITARY SERVICE
GRANT: From unremarkable beginnings—finished middle of his class at West Point—Grant rose to command the Union army during the Civil War and is generally credited with winning the war. Military historian J.F.C. Fuller called Grant “the greatest general of his age and one of the greatest strategists of any age.â€
BUSH: Information not available.
WORST: Bush.
FIRST IN PEACE
GRANT: When accepting Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, effectively ending the war, Grant offered generous terms that are credited with preserving some semblance of Southern pride, which was crucial in beginning the process of reconciliation.
BUSH: Presently threatening to veto a defense spending bill because it contains a provision prohibiting American soldiers from torturing prisoners.
WORST: Bush
DRINKING MEN
GRANT: Though the image of Grant as a heavy drinker is part of American folklore—there’s a dubious account of an inebriated Grant on a world tour having sex with his wife in front of wide-eyed British sailors—most facts point to a man whose drinking never affected him physically or mentally while executing his duties as general or president.
BUSH: Choked on a pretzel.
WORST: Grant (Even if it isn’t true, can’t get horrific image of grizzled Grant nailing his fiftysomething wife in public out of my head.)
FRIENDS
GRANT: Much of the turmoil and scandals that occurred during his administration have been blamed on giving many important government posts to ill-qualified and incompetent cronies.
BUSH: Said he picked Harriet Miers to take a spot on the Supreme Court because she was “the best person I could find.†Miers’ qualifications include having never been a judge, having been appointed to head the Texas Lottery Commission—by Bush—being Bush’s White House counsel, and working so closely with him she’s been described as his “work wife.†Miers has described Bush as a “genius.â€
WORST: Even
ECONOMICS
GRANT: Described as a man of “scrupulous honesty,†Grant had the poor judgment to allow himself to be seen with speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk, who attempted to corner the gold market, wreaking havoc on American business.
BUSH: “I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the . . .â€
WORST: Even
CLUELESS
GRANT: Americans hoping for a strong leader in Grant were disappointed when the president seemed bewildered by his job. A visitor to the White House described Grant as “a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms.â€
BUSH: “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.â€
WORST: Bush
RESULT: BUSH FINISHES STRONG TO WIN! The breadth of Bush’s cronyism—Supreme Court appointment is for life; RIP New Orleans—trumps Grant’s, though both showed an exceptional ability for killing Americans (Grant—Vicksburg, Shiloh; Bush—Fallujah, New Orleans).
October 14th, 2005
THIS WEEK’S CONTEST: Benjamin Harrison (Republican, 1889-1893) vs. George W. Bush (Republican, 2001-present) by Steve Lowery
FAMILY TIES: Harrison’s grandfather, William Henry “Tippecanoe†Harrison, was the ninth president of the United States and the first to die in office. Bush’s father, George Herbert Walker “Aunt Sally†Bush, was the 41st president and the first to vomit on a Japanese prime minister.
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
ELECTORAL MANDATE: Harrison was elected in 1888 despite receiving 89,596 fewer votes than Grover Cleveland. Bush was elected in 2000 despite receiving 543,895 fewer votes than Al Gore.
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
DEALING WITH DISASTER: The Johnstown Flood of 1889 killed 2,209 people. Harrison’s response was limited to sending Army engineers to build pontoon bridges, but, according to Richard Burkert, executive director of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association, “It wasn’t expected he would do anything. At that time, people didn’t conceive of the idea of the federal government having that kind of role.†Hurricane Katrina’s death toll was 800 at press time and continues to rise. Bush did little in the days following the disaster, which may have contributed to widespread violence, disease and death. But according to Barbara Bush, mother of George W., “What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is [flood survivors] all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the [Astrodome] here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.â€
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
TECHNOLOGY: Harrison was the first president to use electricity in the White House. Bush choked on a pretzel.
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
WORLD-VIEW: Harrison: “We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.†Bush: “The relations with, uhh, Europe are important relations, and they’ve, uhh, because, we do share values. And they’re universal values, they’re not American values or, you know, European values, they’re universal values. And those values, uhh, being universal, ought to be applied everywhere.â€
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
ECONOMICS: Despite being president during the Gilded Age—a period of American history distinguished by a growing gap between rich and poor—Harrison managed to sign the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and said, “I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.†Despite being president during what some have called the New Gilded Age—distinguished by CEOs who earn 1,000 times what their workers do—Bush managed to sign massive tax cuts for the rich while telling them, “Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.â€
WORST PRESIDENT: Bush
RESULT: BUSH SCORES EASY FIRST ROUND SWEEP! Faux Republican Harrison’s compassion and balanced world-view are no match for the 43rd president’s killer combination of entitlement, inaction and poor motor skills.
October 14th, 2005
Steve Jobs, Founder – Apple Computer
Overview
Name: Steven Paul Jobs
Position: Co-Founder & CEO, Apple Computer | Co-Founder & CEO, Pixar
Born: February 1955
Parents: Steve was adopted as an infant by Paul and Clara Jobs. Paul Jobs was a machinist for a company that manufactured lasers and Clara Jobs was an accountant; both are deceased.
Siblings: Steve has a biological, younger sister Mona Simpson, whom he tracked down and now has a close relationship with.
Education: Graduated from Homestead High School, Los Altos, Calif. in 1972. Attended Reed College in Portland, Ore.; dropped out of the baccalaureate program after one semester.
Family: Wife: Laurene Powell. They met at Stanford University while he was speaking at a class. They married in 1991. Both are vegetarians. Daughter Lisa was born when Jobs was 23 (Jobs didn’t marry her mother). Lisa lived with Jobs as a teen. He has three children with wife Laurene.
Residence: English style red-brick home in Palo Alto, Calif. built in 1930s. Valued between $3 million to $5 million. Sparsely decorated.
Appearance: Slender; wears jeans, usually with a black turtleneck and running shoes.
What’s he like: People say he is a high-strung workaholic, motivates others with his enthusiasm, has a “reality distortion field,” passionate about technology, a micromanager, arrogant and intolerant; can exude a Zen-like calm.
Heroes: Dave Packard, Bob Noyce, late co-founder of Intel, and Andy Grove and singer Bob Dylan.
Friends: Jerry Brown, former governor of California. Lawrence J. Ellison, billionaire software entrepreneur and chairman of Oracle. Sister and novelist Mona Simpson.
Net Worth: More than $1.2 Billion.
Honors & Awards: National Technology Medal from President Reagan in 1985, before founding NeXT.
Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987. Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine in 1989.
Bio
Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple Computer, a leader in the field of personal computing which he co-founded in 1976, and Pixar, the Academy-Award-winning animation studio he co-founded in 1986. His innovative idea of what a personal computer should be led him to revolutionize the consumer computer hardware and software industry. When Jobs was twenty one, he and a friend, Steve Wozniak, built a personal computer that they called the Apple. The Apple changed people’s idea of what a computer should be. Thanks to the Apple, people’s image of computers changed from being a gigantic and inscrutable mass of vacuum tubes only used by big business and the government to a small box used by ordinary people. No company has done more to democratize the computer and make it user-friendly than Apple Computer. Steve Jobs software design for the Macintosh introduced the windows interface and the mouse which set a new standard for graphical interface applications and interface interaction.
Jobs was an unlikely candidate to have become the prototype of America’s computer industry entrepreneur. While still in high school, Jobs attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto. He was also hired as a summer employee for Hewlett-Packard. Another employee at Hewlett-Packard was Stephen Wozniak a recent dropout from the University of California at Berkeley and an engineering whiz with a passion for inventing electronic gadgets.
In 1972 Jobs graduated from high school and register at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Going to work for Atari after leaving Reed College, Jobs renewed his friendship with Steve Wozniak. The two designed computer games for Atari and a telephone “blue box”, getting much of their impetus from the Homebrew Computer Club. Jobs was not interested in creating electronics and was nowhere near as good an engineer as Wozniak. Although he was not really interested in creating electronics, his business sense for the marketability of these products was the turning point. He asked his engineering friend Wozniak to help him build a personal computer.
Jobs sold his Volkswagen micro-bus and Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator, which raised $1,300 to start their new company. With that initial capital and credit lines with local electronics suppliers, they set up their first production line. Jobs encouraged Wozniak to quit his job at Hewlett-Packard and become the vice president in charge of research and development of the new enterprise.
Beginning work in the Job’s family garage they managed to make their first big sale when the Byte Shop in Mountain View bought their first fifty fully assembled computers. On this basis the Apple Corporation was founded. The name is allegedly based on Job’s favorite fruit and the logo chosen to play on both the company name and the word byte.
Steve Jobs was a true visionary who created the first truly personal computer, the Apple, in his garage. From calculating federal taxes to executing individual business operations, Jobs lead a hardware revolution by reducing the size of computers to small boxes and introducing them to the masses.
The development of the Macintosh re-introduced Xerox’s innovative idea of a user-friendly interface with a mouse. The Macintosh used a windows interface which contained picture-like icons representing a function or a program to be executed. The user would use the mouse to move a cursor onto the icon and press the mouse button to execute the function or program. The Macintosh interface has since been copied by every operating systems manufacturer in the world and become the standard interface format for both personal computers and super-computers.
On September 12, 1985 Steve Jobs stood up in an Apple board meeting and after years of internal political turmoil and power struggles, said in a flay, unemotional voice, “I’ve been thinking a lot and it’s time for me to get on with my life. It’s obvious that I’ve got to do something. I’m thirty years old.” Resigning as chairman, Steve said he intended to leave the company and start a new venture to address the higher education market. After leaving Apple, Jobs’ new revolutionary ideas were not in hardware but in software of the computer industry. In 1989 Jobs tried to do it all over again with a new company called Next. He planned to build the next generation of personal computers that would put Apple to shame. It didn’t quite happen that way. After eight long years of struggle and after running through $250 million in capital, Next closed down its hardware division in 1993. Jobs realized that he was not going to revolutionize the hardware industry; he had done that once already.
He turned his attention to the software side of the computer industry. Jobs envisioned that the NextStep operating system would revolutionize the computer. The core of the NextStep OS was a new technology called object-oriented programming (OOP). OOP lets programmers write complex software programs in a fraction of the usual time. NeXT Software was sold to Apple Computer in February 1997.
Steve Jobs is also Chairman and CEO of Pixar, the Academy-Award-winning computer animation studios which he co-founded in 1986. Pixar’s first feature film, Toy Story, was released by Walt Disney Pictures in November 1995 and became the highest domestic grossing film released that year and the third highest grossing animated film of all time.
As the Chairman and CEO of Apple Computer, he pays himself an annual salary of $1 per year. Steve still lives with his wife and three children near where he grew up in the apricot orchard now known as Silicon Valley.
Timeline
1970s
1974: Video game designer for Atari; worked there several months; used savings to travel to India; returned to California and spent a brief time on a communal farm.
1975: Attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, Calif., attended by friend and engineering genius, Stephen Wozniak; they joined forces and built a marketable table-top computer in Jobs’ parents’ garage; co-founded Apple Computer Inc.
1976: Introduced Apple I computer for $666; first single-board computer with onboard Read Only Memory (ROM) that told the machine how to load programs from an external source and had a video interface.
1977: Introduced Apple II; first mass-marketed personal computer; had a plastic case and included color graphics; Jobs encouraged programmers to create applications for the Apple II; this resulted in 16,000 programs from games to farm budgets; former Intel marketing manager Mike Markkula became Apple chairman and secured venture capital of $600,000.
1979: Development of a computer named Lisa, which would redefine personal computing; Jobs removed as project manager; he began working on the Macintosh personal computer.
1980s
1980: Initial public offering of Apple; market value of company rose to $1.2 billion; Apple III introduced with eight applications, including text and graphics; initial problems forced a recall; once fixed, it became popular with professional customers; situation created a management shakeup; Markkula became president, Jobs became chairman.
1981: Stephen Wozniak took leave of absence after being injured in a private plane crash; IBM sold its first personal computer, four years after Apple II; Apple’s sales continued to rise
1983: Public debut of Lisa, a powerful, more intuitive computer controlled by hand-held mouse; designed for computer illiterate; smaller, less expensive version called Macintosh also introduced; Jobs recruited former PepsiCo President John Sculley as new Apple president and CEO.
1985: Jobs essentially ousted from Apple in a boardroom coup after a power struggle with Sculley; resigned with $150 million but personally hurt; formed NeXT Software to develop computer hardware and software; Microsoft sold its first Windows 1.0 operating system
1986: Bought Pixar computer animation studios from George Lucas for less than $10 million 1989: NeXT produced a powerful but expensive computer, which was rejected by the arketplace; Pixar won an Academy Award for computer-animated film “Tin Toy”
1990s
1993: Still unprofitable NeXT ended hardware division to focus on software for programmers and building Internet sites; Sculley resigned as CEO of Apple
1995: Walt Disney Pictures released Pixar’s first feature film, “Toy Story,” first animated feature created entirely on computer; was highest domestic grossing film that year
1996: Jobs contacted Apple; Apple acquired NeXT; Jobs returned as non-salaried adviser to chairman Gilbert F. Amelio
1997: Apple’s revenues dropped significantly; Jobs negotiated deal with longtime competitor Bill Gates of Microsoft; Apple made deal to include Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser on Macintosh operating system; Microsoft agreed to invest $150 million of non-voting Apple stock and to develop Mac versions of popular Microsoft Office software; Amelio ousted by Apple board; Jobs offered CEO and chairman position, and he agreed to serve on an interim basis
1998: Apple Computer rebounded with three profitable quarters in a row
Quotes
“I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and idealistic industry. There weren’t many degrees offered in computer science, so people in computers were brilliant people from mathematics, physics, music, zoology, whatever. They loved it, and no one was really in it for the money.”
(Fortune)
“The personal computer was created by the hardware revolution of the 1970s. The next change will come from a software revolution.”
(Current Biography)
“The Macintosh turned out so well because the people working on it were musicians, artists, poets and historians who also happened to be excellent computer scientists.”
(The New York Times)
“We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”
(Time)
“I’m not a hostile-takeover kind of guy.”
(The New York Times)
“I am at a stage where I don’t have to do things just to get by. But then I’ve always been that way, because I’ve never really cared about money that much.”
(Fortune)
“Woz[niak] was the first person I met who knew more about electronics than I did.”
About Jobs: “Like the Bhagwan, driving around Rancho Rajneesh each day in another Rolls-Royce, Jobs kept his troops fascinated and productive. The joke going around said that Jobs had a ‘reality distortion field’ surrounding him. He’d say something, and the kids in the Macintosh division would find themselves replying ‘Drink poison Kool-Aid? Yeah, that makes sense.”
Robert X. Cringely, 1992.
Fun Facts
Mr. Jobs purchased the computer division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. in 1986 and incorporated it as an independent company under the name Pixar.
He was co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT Software was sold to Apple Computer in February 1997.
Before founding NeXT, Mr. Jobs co-founded and was chairman of Apple Computer, Inc. He guided Apple as it grew to a $2 billion company, during which time he co-designed the Apple II and led the development, manufacturing and marketing of the Macintosh and LaserWriter printer.
In recognition of his pioneering work in technology, he was awarded the National Technology Medal by President Reagan in 1985 and the Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1987. In 1989, he was named Entrepreneur of the Decade by Inc. magazine.
Brushes with Fame: Dated Joan Baez in his 20s; Ella Fitzgerald sang at his 30th birthday party; entertained President Clinton at his home in Palo Alto, Calif.
Apple Stock Holdings: Now owns only a symbolic one share; he’s paid $1 a year from Apple so that he can be on the health plan.
Email: Receives about 300 per day.
Raising Early Capital: After receiving an order for 25 Apple I computers, Jobs and Wozniak raised needed capital by selling Jobs’ Volkswagen van and Wozniak’s Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator
Phenomenal Growth: Sales of Apple II computer in the late 1970s totaled $139 million after three years, growing by 700 percent.
References
Conant, Jennet and Marbach, William, D. 1984. “It’s the Apple of His Eye”.
NewsWeek, 30 (January): 54-57. Gelman, Eric and Rogers, Michael. 1985. “Showdown in Silicon Valley”. NewsWeek, 30 (September): 46-50.
Goodell, Jeff. 1994. “Eve Jobs”. Rolling Stone, 16 (June): 73-79.
Halliday, David. 1983. “Steve Paul Jobs”. Current Biography 5 (February): 204-207.
Morrison, Ann, M. 1984. “Apple Bites Back”. Fortune 20 (February): 86-100.
Scott, Linda, M. 1984. “For the Rest of Us: a Reader-Oriented Interpretation of Apple’s 1984 Commercial”. Journal of Popular Culture (Summer): 71-78.
Sculley, John. 1987. “Odyssey”. Personal Computing, (December): 201-209.
Uttal, Bro. 1985. “The Adventures of Steve Jobs”. Fortune, 14 (October): 119-124.
October 14th, 2005
The Onion | October 12, 2005 | Issue 41•41
WASHINGTON, DC—In response to increasing criticism of his handling of the war in Iraq and the disaster in the Gulf Coast, as well as other issues, such as Social Security reform, the national deficit, and rising gas prices, President Bush is expected to appoint someone to run the U.S. as soon as Friday.
“During these tumultuous times, America is in need of a bold, resolute person who can get the job done,” said Bush during a press conference Monday. “My fellow Americans, I assure you that I will appoint just such a person with all due haste.”
The Cabinet-level position, to be known as Secretary of the Nation, was established by an executive order Sept. 2, but has remained unfilled in the intervening weeks.
“I’ve been talking to folks from all across this country, from Louisiana to Los Angeles, and people tell me the same thing: This nation needs a strong, compassionate leader,” Bush said. “In response to these concerns, I’m making this a top priority. I will name a good, qualified person as soon as possible.”
Among the new secretary’s duties are preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution of the United States, commanding the U.S. armed forces, appointing judges and ambassadors, and vetoing congressional legislation. The secretary will also be tasked with overseeing all foreign and domestic affairs, including those relating to the economy, natural disasters, national infrastructure, homeland security, poverty, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The secretary will report directly to the president.
For weeks, members of both political parties have been urging Bush to fill the post.
“Every day the president waits is another day he’s accountable for needless deaths at home and abroad, the stagnating economy, and the threat of terrorism,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said. “This post is far too vital to be left vacant. Mr. President, there is no reason to delay.”
“I applaud the president’s decision to find a strong leader for our country, but it’s imperative that he make his selection soon,” said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), adding that he and all Democrats hope to work closely with the new national executive.
“In the spirit of bipartisanship, we will welcome the new secretary,” Reid said. “Together, we will strive for a new dawn of American politics, one unmarred by partisan bickering between Congress and the White House.”
According to a nationwide poll conducted by the Cook Political Report, the majority of U.S. citizens find the question of national leadership to be highly significant, with 61 percent of respondents “strongly” believing that the country is suffering from a leadership vacuum. Fifty-four percent said they trusted Bush to find an appointee who will be able to effectively manage the country.
While many Beltway insiders have named senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) as likely candidates, White House sources revealed that Bush may be leaning toward a stalwart loyalist. The list reportedly includes fellow Yale graduates, Midland, TX business associates, and various GOP fundraisers with connections to the Bush family.
“Despite their inexperience in government, they’ve clearly passed the Bush character test,” said a White House staffer who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “I think the president is looking for someone he’s comfortable with and can trust, above all else. A [former FEMA director] Michael Brown type, or maybe even Brown himself.”
Bush said the creation of the Secretary of the Nation post directly addresses the increasingly complex and sometimes overwhelming challenges facing the executive branch in the 21st century. Although he acknowledged that the tasks facing the new appointee will be extraordinary, Bush ended his announcement on a positive note.
“As your president, it is my duty to see this nation through any crisis, no matter how severe. And as your president, I pledge to you that I will find a man capable of doing just that,” Bush said. “I will not—I repeat, I will not—let you down.”
October 12th, 2005
Author calls Harry Potter ‘gay’
Taylor asked to leave the classroom where he was giving a talk to kids
LONDON – A British cleric and top-selling author of children’s books was thrown out of a school where he said Harry Potter was “gay†during a talk to 12-year-olds.
Reverend Graham Taylor, who penned the novel “Shadowmancer†which, like the tales of the famous boy wizard created by J.K. Rowling, centres on witchcraft and battling evil, got his marching orders after teachers accused him of homophobia.
“As for Harry Potter, well, he’s not the only gay in the village,†Taylor told children at Penair School in Truro, southwest England, referring to a catchphrase from the popular British comedy TV show “Little Britainâ€.
He also said villains in Rowling’s blockbuster series were “wimps†and called TV “crap†compared to books.
Teachers stopped Taylor’s talk and asked him to leave.
“We were very disappointed to have to curtail a visit from Mr Taylor,†the school said in a statement on Thursday.
Taylor, whose book topped the British book charts for 15 weeks with the film rights also sold for 2.25 million pounds ($4 million), was unrepentant and accused staff of censorship.
“It was a joke; a joke from ‘Little Britain’ that the children would know,†Taylor was quoted by newspapers as saying.
“I didn’t set out to offend. I’m a priest and I’m very careful about not offending people.â€
October 6th, 2005
I haven’t posted a word to this blog since a few days before Katrina came ashore last month. The whole episode sent me into a tailspin trying to think of what we could do to help. My first thoughts were of the many members of our extended family of lifelong friends who had been affected. If you believe in karma then you understand I know for a fact – that all of my extended family members are now proven to be living good lives. It took a few days to find them all – to find out where they had ended up and that everyone was safe – and within a week most of them were here in north Texas waiting to see what would happen next.
In times of tragedy old friendships gain strength. I heard from people I hadn’t heard from in years – wanting to know if I’d heard from our New Orleans families. Thankfully the answer was always yes. Over the next week or so we discovered that, for the most part, not only were they all safe, but that their homes had been spared. Although I know of at least one job that was lost among my extended family, in the end they are all safe – and all back home in New Orleans as I write this.
Over the last three or four weeks We’ve been doing what we can here and there to help – and in some cases help with those who had to run from Rita as well – all while the media and politics put itself back into high gear pointing fingers.
In the end, our hearts go out to the many who lost so much. Ang and I have had a very tough year or so now – such that we’re both shocked that we haven’t given up. But to see the sickening loss that mother nature can inflict upon others instantly made us feel lucky; after all – we still had a roof over our heads, food to put on the table, running water, electricity…. ummmm… and satellite tv, high speed internet, working cell phone service (with web access even!)… and all sorts of other luxuries that thousands of people never had – and certainly don’t have now. We are blessed.
And now a little tidbit about relativity. I spent the week of September 19th in Boston. Katrina Would Have Flooded Boston from the North End to Sudbury. If you know Boston but don’t know New Orleans – or vice versa – boston.com has a superb graphic that is a mashup of New Orleans, Boston, and the area that was flooded. It’s an amazing perspective for anyone that knows the Boston area. The North End, Harvard Square, Brookline, Newton, Wellesley College, and Framingham are all under water. Shoppers World in Framingham is spared, but just barely.
So pray for those who continue to have need. Let our own hearts open in empathy to them, no matter where we are in the world, or what our personal background. In that way we at least make ourselves better people by opening ourselves up to being increasingly compassionate and kind to those in need. Pray for wisdom for those in power, because they certainly need it at this time.
And by prayer, I don’t mean some denominational affair. Just say your prayers to whomever or whatever you believe in. It is the healing energy you put out through your prayers that helps heal the wound. Nature IS energy. Give back to whence it came.
(see also ‘morphogenetic resonance‘ – read my ‘Cyberia‘ thread, or do a google search and you’ll understand. Maybe.)
October 6th, 2005
