I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
I'd like to think Nathaniel Botwinick would have me think otherwise via his reporting on the Corner...
Representative Barbara Lee (D., Calif.) has proposed the creation of the Department of Peacebuilding. The DOP would be an executive-level department “dedicated to peacebuilding, peacemaking, and the study and promotion of conditions conducive to both domestic and international peace and a culture of peace.”
Representative Lee explained the rationale for her bill in a press release last week: “We invest hundreds of billions each year in the Pentagon, in war colleges, military academies, and our national defense universities all to develop war tactics and strategies. Now we need that kind of investment in peace and nonviolence here at home.”
The Department of Peace would have its own Peace Academy modeled on West Point and the other military academies, which would provide a four-year education in peace. The DOP would also be responsible for everything from stopping bullying in schools to declaring “peace days” in America to “encourage citizens to observe and celebrate the blessings of peace.” No need to worry over the nation’s increasing debt; the graduates of the Department of Peacebuilding will make sure our transition into penury will be peaceful.
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Mar '12
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
Oh come on!
Barbara Lee is good for a laugh 365 days a year (366 in leap years).
May '10
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
Dennis Kucinich in drag with a tan. These people are delusional. There are only two ways to achieve peace. Either both sides want it, which means it will manifest itself, or one side capitulates, again manifesting itself.
No one can "wage peace," as the lefties like to say.
Jul '11
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Peace be with you all. There, it's done.
Jun '10
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If I were rich I would establish a professorship at the Peace Academy.
I'm thinking we could call it the "Neville Chamberlain Distinguished Professorship in Appeasement Studies."
Oct '12
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Ok I'll play along.....but four cabinet depts must go .. And DOP is budgeted at 10% of the eliminated depts.
Mar '11
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Rep Lee, the best example I know for term limits....
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This is a proposal that should be allowed to rest in peace.
Mar '11
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I don't know if this is the ravings of a hippie, or the ravings of a fascist. There are hardly more dangerous people in the world than those who "wage peace". Usually they turn into Mao-level killers of millions.
Sep '10
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
Time to update my resume. Once that "Director of Hugs" position opens up I want to be ready.
Feb '12
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Department Of Peace, Equality, Surrender.
Jun '12
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We could call it MiniPax...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Peace
"No 'Department of Defense' ever won a war..." -- R. A. Heinlein
May '10
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Ok, then...
May '12
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
Is that the white flag under the choom eagle or Rep Lee's bloomers?
Nov '10
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
Sounds a tad like 1984, don't you think?
Nov '10
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My next-door-neighbor's kid is getting a graduate degree in "Peace Studies" at a state university. I suppose we have to find jobs for such people.
Nov '10
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It's the Peace Academy's football team I'd love to see. Wonder what their mascot will be? Surrender Monkeys?
Feb '12
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We already have three peace acadamies. They are located in West Point, Annapolis, and Colorado Springs.
Mar '11
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Feb '11
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This is a great idea that deserves our full supports. Volunteers will be predominently liberal. They will be sent abroad into hot spots, with one of the following consequences:
We need to turn the demographics back to our favor. This will help.
Jan '11
Re: I Checked the Calendar...It's Not April 1st
I wish I was smart enough to get elected.