William Lindsey Mar 6

"There’s been lots of death and destruction — including at a girls’ elementary school we bombed — and it has only brought more chaos and uncertainty to the region. More than 1,000 civilians are believed to be dead in this war. And the United States is estimated to be spending nearly $1 billion a day on this war. Yes, that’s billion with a 'b' every day."

~ Brian Kaylor

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Weekly Roundup: March 6

Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. We published a look at how Christian leaders responded to the United States and Israel’s new war against Iran and we announced a new podcast exploration into state bills purporting to mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

"Meanwhile, we’re told we don’t have enough money to provide health care subsidies to the working poor. We’re told we don’t have enough money to provide food for children who are hungry. We’re told we don’t have enough money to fully fund public education. We’re told we don’t have enough money to care for those who are unhoused and struggling with mental or physical disabilities."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 6

'We’re told we don’t have enough money for anyone who isn’t already a millionaire or a billionaire.

But we have a spare billion dollars to blow up each day?

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had it right as he stood in the pulpit at the Riverside Church in New York City: 'A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.'”

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Show threadHamish BuchananMar 6

"Approaching" in 1967. Well past it now.

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Show threadMad EngineeringMar 6

@wdlindsy Every warship launched is, in the final sense, a theft against those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not sheltered.

-D. Eisenhower (who was a high ranking member of the military)

Show threadMartinMar 8
@kevinrj @wdlindsy Well, I mean, his golfing flying tab must be astronomical, for the tax payers anyway.