At Christmas time some of us eat too much but still there are leftovers. Here are some Christmas leftovers from Nonviolent Cow in the last week.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just made its first documentary video, Imminent Danger. It is about the dilemma of getting persons with mental illnesses treatment. For more videos of individuals in documentary and for the articles in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel check it out.

Some of you may be familiar with Francis Pauc who does the blog on www.nonviolentcow.org called Father At War. His recent letter to editor published in MJS last week was about Politicians Mocking Sacrifice of Soldiers in the recent National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.

Liberals and Conservatives that have read National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 agree that the bill passed by Congress and being put into law by the President does authorize the detention of American citizens without due process. The bill was passed by the overwhelming majority of Senators on December 15, 2011, the 250th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.

For those who want to fight the war at home there are colleges and universities like Marquette University, University of Notre Dame and University of Wisconsin in Madison that host regional base Schools of the Army, Navy/Marines and Air Force. They still refuses (or cannot answer) the academic, ethical and moral objections of being a military officer training center. These Schools of Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force account for over 80% of military officers. Recently I was part of a conference call with peacemakers in Baltimore who are battling the military training at Loyola in Maryland. One of the participants, David Tenney, was a former ROTC student who wrote an article for a local university magazine about why he quit ROTC. He is now a high school religion teacher. His article is called ROTC and Just War.

I have been thinking about the “Made in America” campaign that is taking on some new life. In response to a friend who thinks highly of Wal-Mart I found this quote from Same Walton the founder of Wal-Mart.]] : “So our primary goal became to work with American manufacturers, and see if our formidable buying power could help them deliver the goods, and in the process, save some American manufacturing jobs.” (Sam Walton in his 1992 autobiography “Made In America”).

As a Melkite Catholic I was touched by this Doomsbury Cartoon that was sent to me last week: You can find it at Editorial Cartoons or below. I hope you enjoyed some of the Christmas Leftovers.

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