Comments for Deep Hum Productions http://deephum.com Deep Hum Productions is named for that deepest vibration, perhaps the vibrating strings of "string theory", perhaps the Om of Hindu and Buddhist theology, that gives us that sense of oneness with the universe. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by admin http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-66 admin Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:01:09 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-66 Thanks, Barbara. I actually was thinking about this post and that my reponse to my friendly critics might be different today. I think your analysis is good. None of wants to think that Obama is in cahoots with the "bad guys". But he keeps making such bad choices. Thanks, Barbara. I actually was thinking about this post and that my reponse to my friendly critics might be different today. I think your analysis is good. None of wants to think that Obama is in cahoots with the “bad guys”. But he keeps making such bad choices.

]]> Comment on Disposable People (in a Throwaway World) by admin http://deephum.com/disposable-people-in-a-throwaway-world/comment-page-1/#comment-65 admin Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:59:41 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=54#comment-65 Thanks, Cynthia. Somehow I missed seeing this comment come through! Thanks, Cynthia. Somehow I missed seeing this comment come through!

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by Barbara Currier http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Barbara Currier Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:34:35 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-64 Hello, Connie. I thought about you, found your site, and read this blog post. I was in the "give him time, he was handed a mess" camp back in 2009, as well. However, the man has been a profound disappointment. Now, we are in three wars and decimating human services at home. He is not who I thought I was voting for and I am greatly saddened. The image that comes to mind is of a little boy who is very good resolving issues in his group of friends who hang out in the school library. His friends encourage him to go try to get the playground back from the mean kids. But, in trying to be accepted by the mean kids in order to work with them, he becomes one. The nice kids need to get organized. The nice kids outnumber the mean kids. In all fairness, I don't think Obama's happy about what he perceives as things he has to do. Doesn't bring back the people who've been killed or build any kind of positive future for the rest of us. Hello, Connie.

I thought about you, found your site, and read this blog post. I was in the “give him time, he was handed a mess” camp back in 2009, as well. However, the man has been a profound disappointment. Now, we are in three wars and decimating human services at home. He is not who I thought I was voting for and I am greatly saddened.

The image that comes to mind is of a little boy who is very good resolving issues in his group of friends who hang out in the school library. His friends encourage him to go try to get the playground back from the mean kids. But, in trying to be accepted by the mean kids in order to work with them, he becomes one.

The nice kids need to get organized. The nice kids outnumber the mean kids.

In all fairness, I don’t think Obama’s happy about what he perceives as things he has to do. Doesn’t bring back the people who’ve been killed or build any kind of positive future for the rest of us.

]]> Comment on Disposable People (in a Throwaway World) by cynthia winton-henry http://deephum.com/disposable-people-in-a-throwaway-world/comment-page-1/#comment-13 cynthia winton-henry Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:49:31 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=54#comment-13 Such powerful, beautiful haunting words. I can see it as a you tube. images and words that spread. Such powerful, beautiful haunting words.
I can see it as a you tube.
images and words that spread.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by admin http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:11:59 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-10 Well, Marlys and Dale, I think I probably shouldn't have put the "to think I voted for him" remark at the end of the blog. I was angry. I do think he is certainly better than Bush, but I am disappointed in him. I have lost hope. Sorry, but that's the way I feel at this point. Well, Marlys and Dale, I think I probably shouldn’t have put the “to think I voted for him” remark at the end of the blog. I was angry. I do think he is certainly better than Bush, but I am disappointed in him. I have lost hope. Sorry, but that’s the way I feel at this point.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by Marlys http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Marlys Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:19 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-9 Your blog has been on my mind for several days. I am in agreement with Dale. To simply say, "To think I voted for him." clearly rules out any belief that he can and will, in time, bring us to a different place in the world. I hate the wars in Iraq and Iran. I hate that our president is sending more troops there. But this does not discount my belief in him as a person who shows me more hope than the travesty of the Bush years. Your blog has been on my mind for several days. I am in agreement with Dale. To simply say, “To think I voted for him.” clearly rules out any belief that he can and will, in time, bring us to a different place in the world. I hate the wars in Iraq and Iran. I hate that our president is sending more troops there. But this does not discount my belief in him as a person who shows me more hope than the travesty of the Bush years.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by admin http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:16:59 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-8 Well, Dale, I'm sorry you're disappointed in me. I want to point out that the McCain/Palin ticket was not the only alternative and I never would have voted for them. I felt uneasy about Obama when he denounced his minister whose comments made eminent sense to me at the time. (Since then the minister has made comments that I'm not in agreement with, but the comments Obama was criticizing were completely accurate from my point of view.) I strongly considered voting for Cynthia McKinney, but finally decided that since Obama was intelligent and thoughtful there was a chance that he might really make some changes. I got my hopes up. I have been writing him my point of view on issues on a regular basis in hopes that, despite the people he chose for his cabinet many of whom I strongly disrust, he would start taking this country in the right direction, and on some issues he has moved a bit (although not enough!). But this speech in Oslo was devastating to me. I feel betrayed. Well, Dale, I’m sorry you’re disappointed in me. I want to point out that the McCain/Palin ticket was not the only alternative and I never would have voted for them. I felt uneasy about Obama when he denounced his minister whose comments made eminent sense to me at the time. (Since then the minister has made comments that I’m not in agreement with, but the comments Obama was criticizing were completely accurate from my point of view.)
I strongly considered voting for Cynthia McKinney, but finally decided that since Obama was intelligent and thoughtful there was a chance that he might really make some changes.
I got my hopes up. I have been writing him my point of view on issues on a regular basis in hopes that, despite the people he chose for his cabinet many of whom I strongly disrust, he would start taking this country in the right direction, and on some issues he has moved a bit (although not enough!). But this speech in Oslo was devastating to me. I feel betrayed.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to President Obama by Dale Woloshin http://deephum.com/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dale Woloshin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:46:21 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=51#comment-7 It greatly saddens me that people of good faith, otherwise intelligent, so easily have been swayed to say things like, "to think I voted for [Barack Obama]". I have been a lifelong pacifist and conscientious objector, who objected to Iraq and to my countries involvement in Afghanistan, and who is dismayed by the continued presence of all countries in Afghanistan, but I also realize that the President is working through some very tough choices because of actions by his predecessors, most of which I consider somewhat less enlightened than he, and the last one before him the worst President I can think of. This is what he inherited: a wreaked economy, a major war and invasion of Iraq, the lack of anything to control Al Qaeda over 7 years by his predecessor, a health care system in decline for generations and in control of those who would have it continue to cost Americans more and more while leaving more and more persons without any health care, or destitute because of it. Obama inherited a tough and tight political situation already controlled by the very wealthy corporations, and promises made and left by the previous administration. He said that these issues would take more than a 4-year mandate to straighten out, and now he finds that many of those who supported him are ready to say, "to think I voted for him", publicly, no less, when we all know that the alternative, McCain/Palin and the Republicans, wanted more for the rich, less for the middle class and poor, and a much stronger military involvement in other peoples' countries. Would Clinton, Romney, McCain or others have given us even as little as he has been able to do so far? President Obama did not speak today about domestic issues. The Nobel prize was not about that, and the blog should not criticize him or imply criticism for this. He spoke about America on the world stage, and about what needs to be done, in the midst of difficult choices, difficult for anyone this side of Bush. He reintroduced America to multilateralism, as opposed to unilateralism. From an America that was hated here in Canada and in many other countries around the world, his America now garners respect. America CAN do more for peace now than it ever could under Bush, and for this President Obama deserves respect. If I had my way, Iraq and Afghanistan would not have happened 8 years ago. Maybe surgical strikes on both sides of the Afghan/Pakistan border to rout Al Qaeda. I am not sure I would have fought the Taliban, being a lover of self-determination, except where they harboured or interfered with bringing Al Qaeda to justice. But that is not to say that I would have been able to make those choices, were I president. I say give President Obama a chance. More than an 11 month chance. Given the MESS we all know was inherited just one year ago, he deserves that much. So does America, and the rest of the world. yours, Dale. It greatly saddens me that people of good faith, otherwise intelligent, so easily have been swayed to say things like, “to think I voted for [Barack Obama]“. I have been a lifelong pacifist and conscientious objector, who objected to Iraq and to my countries involvement in Afghanistan, and who is dismayed by the continued presence of all countries in Afghanistan, but I also realize that the President is working through some very tough choices because of actions by his predecessors, most of which I consider somewhat less enlightened than he, and the last one before him the worst President I can think of.

This is what he inherited: a wreaked economy, a major war and invasion of Iraq, the lack of anything to control Al Qaeda over 7 years by his predecessor, a health care system in decline for generations and in control of those who would have it continue to cost Americans more and more while leaving more and more persons without any health care, or destitute because of it.

Obama inherited a tough and tight political situation already controlled by the very wealthy corporations, and promises made and left by the previous administration.

He said that these issues would take more than a 4-year mandate to straighten out, and now he finds that many of those who supported him are ready to say, “to think I voted for him”, publicly, no less, when we all know that the alternative, McCain/Palin and the Republicans, wanted more for the rich, less for the middle class and poor, and a much stronger military involvement in other peoples’ countries.

Would Clinton, Romney, McCain or others have given us even as little as he has been able to do so far?

President Obama did not speak today about domestic issues. The Nobel prize was not about that, and the blog should not criticize him or imply criticism for this.

He spoke about America on the world stage, and about what needs to be done, in the midst of difficult choices, difficult for anyone this side of Bush. He reintroduced America to multilateralism, as opposed to unilateralism. From an America that was hated here in Canada and in many other countries around the world, his America now garners respect. America CAN do more for peace now than it ever could under Bush, and for this President Obama deserves respect.

If I had my way, Iraq and Afghanistan would not have happened 8 years ago. Maybe surgical strikes on both sides of the Afghan/Pakistan border to rout Al Qaeda. I am not sure I would have fought the Taliban, being a lover of self-determination, except where they harboured or interfered with bringing Al Qaeda to justice. But that is not to say that I would have been able to make those choices, were I president.

I say give President Obama a chance. More than an 11 month chance. Given the MESS we all know was inherited just one year ago, he deserves that much. So does America, and the rest of the world.

yours,

Dale.

]]> Comment on Running Internal Scripts by Dolores Nice-Siegenthaler http://deephum.com/running-internal-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Dolores Nice-Siegenthaler Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:38:29 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=45#comment-6 Thank you for helping us expose the myths of our minds. I'm picturing more gardens and fields and dwellings full of diverse plants and ways of looking at life and less monoculture or single paned windows to the world which makes for a healthy earth and society. Thank you for helping us expose the myths of our minds. I’m picturing more gardens and fields and dwellings full of diverse plants and ways of looking at life and less monoculture or single paned windows to the world which makes for a healthy earth and society.

]]> Comment on Nurturing Darkness by Nika http://deephum.com/nurturing-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Nika Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:20:40 +0000 http://conniepwll.com/?p=28#comment-5 Love what you're discussing here Connie. We live on a planet that creates the light-dark context for all life. Surrendering to the natural ease of that cycle releases our imposed struggle to always be shining lights. Turning inward and being "in the dark" taps our deepest richest sources. Love what you’re discussing here Connie. We live on a planet that creates the light-dark context for all life. Surrendering to the natural ease of that cycle releases our imposed struggle to always be shining lights. Turning inward and being “in the dark” taps our deepest richest sources.

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