PEACE IS THE MORAL COMPASS

We all have great intentions until we find out the reality of the situation. Can you even imagine all the issues that President Obama is dealing with everyday? We are a country with over 300 million people and a large percentage doesn´t understand the issues well enough to know the difference between facts and spin. Those that don´t want to see change are holding up progress. Start thinking about your life and how you interact on this planet. Do you enjoy your days and nights with people you trust?

According to Global Issues, the massive increase in US military spending has been one of the factors contributing to the deterioration of the US economy since 2001. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI continues with, "In addition to its direct impact of high military expenditure, there are also indirect and more long-term effects. According to one study taking these factors into account, the overall past and future costs until year 2016 to the USA for the war in Iraq have been estimated to $2.267 trillion."

http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending#Spendingforpeacevsspendingforwar

The Peace lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, calculates for Fiscal Year 2009 that the majority of US tax payer´s money goes towards war:

2009 (in billions of dollars) 2009 percent of federal funds budget

Current Military Spending 742 30.9%

Cost of Past Wars 324 13.5%

Total military percent 44.4%

Health care 472 19.7%

Responses to Poverty 284 11.8%

Interest on Non-Military Share of Federal Debt 261 10.9%

Government Operations 166 7%

Education and jobs 52 2.2%

Science, Energy, & Environment 60 2.5%

Non-Military International Programs 37 1.5%

Eight years later after the War on Terrorism was launched, America´s financial system collapsed. How much of that launch was based on inaccurate data sold to the America people? Most of the propaganda manufactured was dishonest.

Our country is weak from the issues controlling us right now. Al-Qaeda´s Usama bin Laden has not been found and China owns a large portion of our debt. Maintaining a balanced budget would have kept the United States from engaging in military exercises that were increasingly expensive and draining our resources.

We are at a turning point in our country and will war continue be an option in the 21st Century? Our country use to be on the cutting edge of technology but war games have been commanding huge sums of money to remain barbaric. Should war be funded or would that money invested in education create more opportunities?

My vote is for education so our society excels, but first we have to get healthy. How many people are sick from all the toxins that our bodies take in? We are natural living organisms that need Oxygen, H20 and fresh food to survive. The chemicals that have been injected into our food supplies and infecting our air and water are responsible for the major increases in disease and cancer is at epidemic proportions. Anyone that profits from a company that has polluted our air and/or water, that´s a major crime against humanity that needs corrected.

Genetically Modified Organisms, GMO goes unlabeled in the United States. Europe banned GMO in 1999, because consumers knew which foods contained it and decided that the dangerous side effects were not healthy. When the DNA of a plant is changed with a virus or bacteria and chemicals are added, that plant is contaminated.

Playing video games is not what makes children obese, but eating processed foods that contain GMO does. GMO gets stuck in your body and makes you fat because it doesn't digest completely. Don´t eat foods that have ingredients listed that you can´t pronounce. Artificial flavors, additives and colors contain chemicals. Pesticides and herbicides are chemicals. Add up all the things you eat and drink everyday and see how toxic your diet is. Read the label before you purchase so you don´t take home more toxins. Eat organic foods that grow naturally without harsh pesticides and chemicals.

Ideas and innovations need to be developed and completed for progress to be accomplished. Teaching alternatives to violence that will change behaviors at home and around the world share compassion. Education is the guiding light that brings us together as people so we can understand each other. Stop the crimes against humanity that have been destroying our society with war, pollution, GMO and dishonesty. Take positive steps now towards peace.

As we become more evolved, understand that your health is your most important asset and that cancer is a side effect from too many toxins in your body. This realization moves you forward developing your healthy mind with positive attitudes, which will handle the challenges ahead intelligently. Eliminating violence and destruction are the next steps towards achieving peace.