QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND
"Never put a period where God has put a comma."
- - Gracie Allen
THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY
May 8th, 1962 - - In Belgium, 9 million people participate in a ten-minute work stoppage to protest nuclear weapons.
May 9th, 1914 - - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother's Day. The liberal Wilson, elected on an anti-war platform, will send many of the mothers' children to die in the European trenches, as well as oversee the invasion of Russia to suppress the revolution there & a 'Red Scare' at home.
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: Punk Voter Dot Com
http://www.punkvoter.com
RHINO HERE:
A happy Mothers Day to all the Rhino's Blog reading Mommys. Today's BOTTOM LINE, "In the Name of Womanhood and Humanity..." by WorkingForChange.com's Geov Parrish is a timely Mother's Day call to anti-war action and includes a reprint of the original 1870 Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe. Some of the rest of this weekend's blog is appropriately taken from last year's Mother's Day Rhino's Blog.
But first, who can guess why The Rhino & Nancy Reagan (a famous "Mommy" indeed) would be spending Mother's Day Eve together. The answer lies in the fact that Rhino was asked to serve on the dinner committee of a gala event in which Mrs. Reagan will break ranks with most Republicans in favor of using stem cell research to hopefully cure such diseases as diabetes and Alzheimer's. Here's a couple links to the details.
Finding a Cure - A Love Story; A Gala to Fund Stem Cell Research
Paying Tribute to Nancy Reagan, May 8, 2004, Beverly Hilton Hotel
The Find a Cure Gala is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's first fundraising event specifically for support of Stem Cell Research, from which many researchers believe the cure for diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other life threatening diseases will be developed. Approximately 128 million individuals can be treated by stem cell applications.
MORE: http://www.newsletternet.com/newsletter.asp?c=ETVUGPNKHY
Limits on Stem-Cell Research Re-emerge as a Political Issue
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, NY Times, May 6, 2004
WASHINGTON, May 5 - The debate over embryonic stem-cell research, which occupied President Bush during his early days in the White House, is re-emerging as an election issue as advocates for patients, including Nancy Reagan, press the president to loosen the limits on federal financing for the science. Mrs. Reagan, whose husband, former President Ronald Reagan, suffers from Alzheimer's disease, has made her support for the research known but has never spoken publicly about it. She is expected to do so in Beverly Hills on Saturday night at a star-studded fund-raiser sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/politics/06STEM.html?th
Mother's Day: History of the Celebration
Find resources on the different stories of the history of Mother's Day: Anna Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and other versions. From a day for peace to a sentimental and commercial holiday. http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/mothersday/
Mother's Day - What You Need to Know
The basic facts behind Mother's Day -- from several perspectives. Famous Moms, Ma's and Mothers. Plus some ideas for celebrating Mother's Day in the spirit of the original.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa020506a.htm
Mother's Day Promise for Peace
I hear Julia Ward Howe's call and commit to continue to build a strong and vocal international movement of women for peace.
http://www.codepinkalert.org/Get_Involved!_Mothers_Day_Pledge.shtml
The Gift of Peace for Mother's Day
By Medea Benjamin, Code Pink
It's true. Mothers Day was NOT invented by Hallmark. Or by 1-800-FLOWERS or even Sees Candies. In fact, the woman credited with initiating Mothers Day would have been appalled by its crass commercialism. Were she alive today, she probably would have told her kids to dispense with the roses and instead join her in an anti-war protest. Yes, Julia Ward Howe was a peacenik...
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