I will be posting in this new header from time to time I have created called Friday Facts.. But in it I want to bring awareness to particular facts that have touched me in some way. And these stories could touch our Hearts by making us Smile, Laugh or Cry…. I hope there will be more smiles than tears.. But sometimes I just can not sit by and do nothing. So I am adding my thoughts which I hope will also maybe just make those who happen upon my pages to ‘Think’! a little deeper as to the plight of others around our world as we venture from our own bubbles to view the world in a different Light.
Today I read several stories on WP and in my email box which deserve some attention. First I signed yet another petition, this one I had no trouble in signing is this ~
Quote: This 29 year-old analyst just gave up his whole life — his girlfriend, his job, and his home — to blow the whistle on the US government’s shocking PRISM program — which has been reading and recording our emails, Skype messages, Facebook posts and phone calls for years. end Quote.
If you want to read more about how you can stand with Edward Snowden then go here
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Second, earlier this week I caught a very powerful clip of music which has a very powerful message..This was first written by Bob Dylan and was a protest to Cold War arms build up of the 60’s. Here it is sung by Ed Sheeran who interprets the Song beautifully in its presentation in http://www.one.org/international/ to highlight this years G8 Summit, in a Protest Song.
If our Politicians spent as much Money, Time and effort directing it to HELP the world instead of Destroying it, then we could indeed Help stop the suffering of millions of people around our world.. So please listen to the lyrics of this Song entitled Masters of War
On the 17 and 18th June, is to be held the G8 summit at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh,Northern Island at the Lough Erne golf resort.
Among other things the International leaders will be discussing World Poverty, a fact is that around One in eight people in the world will go to bed hungry tonight. That’s 870 million people.
There are so many things I could say about what I think about a group of Leaders who effectively are not in touch with the REAL World’s problems .In fact I will lead you to a Blog which has far more skill at informing you in detail over at Learning from Dogs with Pauls post entitled G8 Madness .
And leave you with one more powerful Song. The Ghost of Tom Joad .
Sources:
http://www.one.org/protestsongs/
http://www.one.org/international/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/13/g8-hunger
http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
With Love and Gratitude for reading ~ Sue
Dreamwalker's Sanctuary 
Jun 14, 2013 @ 18:40:57
Sue, your mention of Learning from Dogs is very much appreciated. Paul
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 14:36:38
Paul thank you for allowing me to link your post!…. Just getting back to blogging world, from a busy weekend of working.. 🙂
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 18:46:24
This is a great post – very important subjects. Well done for raising them.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 14:37:55
Thank you so much creatingreciprocity for your comment, lovely to hear from you, wish I could get back to your Blog though to return the favour.. 🙂 Hugs to you 🙂 Sue
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 18:51:43
Thanks for sharing these stories. Everywhere we look if we are attentive there are awesome stories to inspire.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 14:38:58
Yes Alex and I hope to find more inspiration to share on Fridays.. All good intentions, as I ask the Universe to guide me 🙂
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 18:53:56
Cool! Love it….The more we can get people to see things as they REALLY are then we will make progress. Good job DW…The Ed Snowden story breaks my heart because they will not be happy until they have made him pay(probably with his life) for exposing what they are doing. If we don’t back these hero’s we will have let them down. Same for Bradley manning. Over here in the U.S. they are vilifying Snowden on the news 24/7. He’s a traitor, he’s a felon, he needs to be put to death. It is outrageous and disgusting. It is THEY who should be prosecuted for crimes!!!! Oh dear, don’t get me started….thanks DW. Have a great weekend my friend…Still raining here, 3 weeks straight now. Everybody’s gardens are dying. Sound familiar??? ughhhhh…..VK
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 14:43:08
Hi VK, thank you for that wonderful comment… I know exactly what you mean about getting started lol, as we wish to voice and show others the injustices which go on in the world.. The G8 it seems is about to set its agenda to speaking about conflicts and war… But then we knew that one was coming didnt we? … Peace in one hand while supplying war aids in another… dont get me started LOL….. My weekend was a working one, but enjoyable.. and I hope also you too enjoyed a peaceful relaxing one.. Love and Blessings ~Sue xx
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 20:29:08
Unfortunately helping the needy or developing instead of destroying does not yield the same profit margins, I mean the whole world revolves around money and let’s face it, if one is without then who cares? Not the governments and so called do-gooders of this world, oh no they only look after their own pockets, after all they live in a completely different set of circumstances to the rest of us, and I guess we at the grass roots level had better get used to it, as I do not see any changes on the horizon. Sorry for the pessimism Sue but the negativity is always a constant, and finding a solution is almost impossible in a world that thrives on greed. Maybe one day this will change but when? 😦
I like your idea for a Friday facts page, it sounds great 🙂
Andro xxxx
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:04:57
Thank you Andro, yes on the surface it may appear not many care.. But thats because of the onesided view we are being shown via the media networking side of life.. There are many out there who are caring who do care and who are making a difference in our world.. Its these peoples caring we are not shown… That doesn’t sell news.. I agree that many ‘So called’ Do-gooders! look after number one first.. And I was pleased as my hubby pointed out that some of those who cream off profit for their own unscrupulous uses using our hearts to reap in money for charity coarse’s are now being exposed… I feel that many more such criminals will soon be exposed as the ‘Light’ always reveals the Dark.. 🙂 Many thanks Andro for your most generous reply … I hope the Changes start soon too… It all begins with US.. you and I.. my friend… for we are the society and if we want society to change, we then have to look at the means of changing our selves..
Love and Blessings
Sue
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 20:45:58
Right there with you on what could be accomplished if those who governed had any sense of the reality the rest of the population deals with! 🙂
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:33:48
Yes your are so correct there TamrahJo… and with people like yourself I think we can help show them the way.. 🙂
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:35:53
I hope so – Though I truly believe any permanent change is accomplished from the bottom up, not top down – – that shiny capstone on the pyramid isn’t quite as nifty if it’s not placed on the top of a magnificient foundation! LOL
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:38:16
That is why my friend WE the PEOPLE hold the POWER!.. and it can come a toppling down with the alteration of the way the MASS Consciousness Wakes Up.. 😉
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:39:04
Sing it, Sister! I’m right there (albeit off-key) with Ya! 😀
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 20:56:14
Thanks Sue your theme inspires me. Love David
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:34:50
David Many thanks for your support…. 🙂 Your posts have been inspiring me… as i have done some ‘distance reading of them’ 🙂
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 23:09:08
Sue, you had some really powerful subjects here. The number of people without enough food is terrible especially in light of how much is wasted in the first world. There is no reason this should be so. True the planet could not afford to feed everyone the way some people eat in my country, the US, but we can feed everyone a healthy diet.
I too signed the petition, this isn’t the first time the whistle blower was punished instead of those carrying out illegal activities, I hope he is released soon and can return to the life he deserves.
I am shocked by the article from Ireland about the G8. The money spent to create those de als could have been better spent, and the reason for it makes me angry. These people should get out in the real world and talk to the people. They are so far removed from what is going on how can they ever be counted on to make the decisions the world so desperately needs right now.
But, I loved your choice in music, the Dylan song is very powerful.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:43:18
Yes Lois money is no object it seems when we see it wasted upon projects such as these, and yet worthwhile projects of Real need often get sidetracked and refused due to so called ‘lack of funds’… Thank you for signing the petition Lois.. We will eventually get the real world working together as we expose those who feed off the World via their profit making schemes Exposed for the parasites they are…. Harsh words I know… but so few have so much while the many have so little…
Love and Blessings..
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 22:56:47
Sue, there is a time for harsh words, and this is one of them.
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Jun 18, 2013 @ 19:08:00
Yes you are right…. Sometimes we have to bring the harsher realities to the fore also, So as those in their ivory towers get to open the closed one eye.. 🙂
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Jun 14, 2013 @ 23:34:01
Dear Sue…Thanks for sharing these facts, songs and stories…it is important for us to pay attention and to reclaim our voices!! Kim
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:45:14
Kim many thanks for adding your voice also here.. Sending you my love and wishes.. 🙂 Sue xx
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Jun 15, 2013 @ 05:31:32
Always good to get a peak into world affairs and analyze things.
Have a good weekend, sue
Xoxo
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:49:34
Thank you Ruchira, I hope you have an excellent Week.. 🙂
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Jun 15, 2013 @ 06:08:48
Hi hun!
I signed the petition and forwarded to all my friends when it popped up from either 38 degrees or Avaaz – I forget which – as this guy has exposed the beginnings of a global Police State.
The Stazi would have loved the powers the Western Governments are taking unto themselves!!! 😦
Love and hugs!
Prenin.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:55:35
Dear Prenin, thank you so much you have such a good heart… xxx
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Jun 15, 2013 @ 10:34:13
I caught the news item about the Whistle blower, Sue, brave man, .for he must have know the hornets nest he would stir up by his talking, but still he did it. We need more to stand and be counted methinks. I hope and pray the publicity helps him get his life back. … Poverty, and hunger are two of the most vilest words in the English language, but it seems no-one wants to take them on. The organisations seem top heavy to me, the need is there yet they move so slowly. We all feel your frustration Sue, and many must, like myself be donating every month to Charities that are growing in numbers daily. BUT there has to come a day (sooner rather than later) when the Leaders of the Richest Countries in the World come to agreement that these horrific situations of deprivation and starvation must come to an end, be no more, for this is the 21st Century not the Dark Ages. Love and light to you… xPenx
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:58:46
yes Pen, we would think in the 21st century that such suffering would have ended.. But one needs to open ones eyes to who is ruling the countries and its not always the governments…
If you have a couple of hours to spare Pen sometime… then Youtube the film ‘Thrive’ and watch… right to the end… your eyes I know are already open… but more still will be revealed… 🙂
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Jun 15, 2013 @ 12:26:53
Gold has a price, your heart is over any kind of value, great post.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 15:59:43
Bless you for this comment Enigma.. 🙂 Thank you
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Jun 15, 2013 @ 13:28:27
Just a wonderful important post Sue
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:00:23
Ginger thank you so much… Your comment is very much appreciated Thank you
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Jun 16, 2013 @ 11:12:29
Wonderful post Sue Thank you for the Links and the Message .
Enjoy the Video’s
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:01:00
Sheila so pleased you enjoyed my dear friend.. Thank you
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Jun 16, 2013 @ 17:21:48
I tried to send a comment through my email earlier in the weekend, but for some reason wouldn’t post …
I think Friday Facts is a great idea and look forward to your additions. This is a very powerful start.
(BTW — I don’t know where I have been, but I am just learning of Mumford & Sons a few days before this post …. I like them!)
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Jun 16, 2013 @ 17:22:17
Have a blessed week, Sue xoxox
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:02:53
Hi Becca glad you got to view and comment my friend.. And yes I am pleased you like the choices here of Video…. They are addictive after a while LOL…
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Jun 16, 2013 @ 21:21:39
Thanks so much Sue, I’ll be following up some of your links – thanks so much for the information. Take care 🙂
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:03:51
Hi Ruth, so good to see you, hope you are well, and there are some interesting things to be found among those links so enjoy… 🙂
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Jun 16, 2013 @ 21:22:14
As I read and listened to this post I had to wonder how much power all our protests have considering the huge odds against us globally.
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:08:26
Hi Ronnie, please do not get defeated!.. This is what I mean via our thought power.. We CAN and we WILL Change our World for the better… By each of us individually changing our ways of being and perceptions and views of the world and how it is being run… Every Action as an equal and opposite reaction.. Our thoughts play a huge roll in beating the odds… We are each of us responsible… and we can each of us Make a Difference.. 🙂
Love and light and Thank you So very much for taking time to comment.. 🙂
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:10:59
Hallo liebe Sue ein sehr guter und wichtiger Beitrag ich werde die Links mal anklicken Ja die Menschen müssen lernen und Hunger auf der Welt dürfte es nicht mehr geben aber leider lernen die Menschen nicht.Das Wochenende war mal wieder verregnet,aber heute ist es schön sind zur Ahr gefahren und wandern wieder etwas.Ich hoffe das es dir gut geht und deinen Garden.Schöne Woche noch von mir Gruß und Freundschaft.Gislinde
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Jun 17, 2013 @ 16:14:05
Gislinde, danke für das Klicken auf den Link und geben Sie Ihre Gedanken .. Ja Hunger ist ein großes Problem, dass die eine Hälfte der Welt, während die andere Hälfte hungert gedeiht ..
vielen Dank mein guter Freund, und ich hoffe, auch Sie haben eine schöne Woche ..
Liebe Sie
Sue
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Jun 20, 2013 @ 13:57:37
A great blog idea Sue, so many subjects yet each requiring deep consideration, one point that you made stands out clearly, that is that at G8, the subject always seems to focus on conflicts and war, instead of on poverty and peace
Peace to you dear Sue
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