http://github.com/dylang/node-rssGatsbyJSThu, 13 Mar 2025 22:32:40 GMThttps://www.murderforhope.org/posts/why-america-isnt-greathttps://www.murderforhope.org/posts/why-america-isnt-greatMon, 03 Feb 2025 17:30:09 GMT<h1 id="why-do-we-say-a-country-is-great" style="position:relative;"><a href="#why-do-we-say-a-country-is-great" aria-label="why do we say a country is great permalink" class="anchor before"><svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Why do we say a country is great?</h1> <p>How can America be anything? America is just a country made up of citizens. How can something that can’t be anything, be great? Through our actions as a citizen. The greatness of the citizens of a country is equally measured by how they treat their minorities, oppressed, under represented; not their majority.</p> <h1 id="what-color-do-you-paint" style="position:relative;"><a href="#what-color-do-you-paint" aria-label="what color do you paint permalink" class="anchor before"><svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>What color do you paint?</h1> <p><em>“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.</em>” This quote is on the Statue of Liberty; the beacon of what our country’s “greatness” is hitched to. We need to ask ourselves what our actions paint upon the canvas of our country. Are we painting upon the canvas of America through tolerance or ignorance with our words and actions?</p> <h1 id="what-is-great" style="position:relative;"><a href="#what-is-great" aria-label="what is great permalink" class="anchor before"><svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>What is Great?</h1> <p>What do we mean when we say “great”? Does it mean prosperous, equitable, or powerful? Many latch on to this word as a weapon, an excuse, but it can also be a salve. It doesn’t have to be something we say, but something we show through our actions.</p>https://www.murderforhope.org/posts/why-are-we-a-murderhttps://www.murderforhope.org/posts/why-are-we-a-murderWed, 08 Jan 2025 19:50:37 GMT<p>Crows are thought to be among our most intelligent birds, and the success of the American Crow in adapting to civilization would seem to confirm this. Despite past attempts to exterminate them, crows are more common than ever in farmlands, towns, and even cities, and their distinctive caw! is a familiar sound over much of the continent. Sociable, especially when not nesting, crows may gather in communal roosts on winter nights, sometimes with thousands or even tens of thousands roosting in one grove.</p> <p><a href="https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-crow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">citation</a></p>