Category Archives: News & Politics
Veterans Among Us
Written on November 11, 2010 at 8:30 am, by cct
Honor Flight Guardian at the USMC (Iwo Jima) Memorial
As Ed read out the names of Veterans at Sunday service, he left out the rank but affixed to each name a branch of service and the war in which each had served. With every name that echoed within the grey concrete walls of the gothic-style cathedral of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, a Veteran was supposed to stand to be recognized. Not all names had a Veteran present, but enough were there that America’s legacy of twentieth-century wars came to life:
World War II…
Korea…
Reading Between the Lines: CNN’s Falcon Lake Story
Written on October 28, 2010 at 4:15 pm, by cct
There’s a part of me that is truly sympathetic to the plight of the Falcon Lake widow that is the focal point of this CNN story, but I was equally annoyed by the story as well. It may have been personal – I lost a dear friend to the senseless violence going on in Mexico less than a year ago. Bobby Salcedo was young and lived a life full of promise. He will inspire people for years to come. He was also an American. In fact, he taught me a lot about what it means to be an American because at one time he was my Economics/Government teacher in high school.
Burning Qurans. WTF.
Written on September 7, 2010 at 11:10 pm, by cct
My bookshelf
I heard this on NPR and read it on CNN – a pastor wants to burn Qurans on the anniversary of 9/11. I mean, really…seriously? How does that solve anything? How is this a stand about being American and supporting America? Being American should mean that you value the freedom of religion and that being a Christian or Muslim or Jewish or Buddhist or not believing in anything is okay.
As a Christian, should I turn my back on my fellow people, burn their holy books because I don’t agree with them? No.
No Exceptions: Marriage Equality
Written on October 16, 2009 at 11:24 pm, by cct
Equality California
The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out any racially based limitations on marriage in the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia case. In the unanimous decision, the court said that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the state.”
The above is the closing paragraph of the CNN article about the racist Louisiana judge who would not marry an interracial couple. In my previous post “Empty Spaces/A Moment without Hapas“, I mention briefly my support of same-sex marriage, but to not draw away from the point of the post, I didn’t elaborate. I am elaborating now…
Pandits and Pancits: Peace Prize & Olympics
Written on October 12, 2009 at 12:36 am, by cct
Pictured is Pancit Palabok. It was on Wikipedia.
This conversation relates in part to my blog post Obama and the Peace Prize with reactions from its feed on my facebook. I will try to integrate some of that feedback within the context of the conversation, since it’s obviously not on my blog itself. This conversation also involves other aspects such as the closing of Gitmo, the war in Afghanistan, economic crisis and the Olympic bid.