Parishioners pay their respects to
the victims of an elementary
school shooting while arriving
for mass at St. Rose of Lima Church
in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 16.
(Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP
- Getty Images)

Today we had snow, not enough to be measured at the airport, thus our record of days without snow continues.

Today I drove a friend to see his neurologist which led to another test of his brain at another clinic.

More talk today about the children killed last Friday but a young man with a military style assault rifle.

A brief email came today from the Archbishop to talk with some people about the 1.1 million dollars the Church made from the sale of Church properties in a the poorest, most segregated part of the city, and using it to provide basic necessities for people who live in this area, North Central Milwaukee.

And yes there was more remembering the 20 children who died in Newtown, Connecticut. A fried of mind wrote a brief article in an online publication Common Dreams asking us to remember all the children who die from senseless violation.

On Election Day I wrote a picture essay of “Why I did not vote?”. It was for the children of Palestine, Haiti and Pakistan. This article below makes the case for my not voting. We must remember all the children and vote with our actions not by talking.

Remember All the Children, Mr. President
by Bill Quigley

Remember the 20 children who died in Newtown, Connecticut.

Remember the 35 children who died in Gaza this month from Israeli bombardments.

Remember the 168 children who have been killed by US drone attacks in Pakistan since 2006.

Remember the 231 children killed in Afghanistan in the first 6 months of this year.

Remember the 400 other children in the US under the age of 15 who die from gunshot wounds each year.

Remember the 921 children killed by US air strikes against insurgents in Iraq.

Remember the 1,770 US children who die each year from child abuse and maltreatment.

Remember the 16,000 children who die each day around the world from hunger.

These tragedies must end.’‘

Bill Quigley is Associate Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in Haiti for years. He volunteers with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and the Bureau de Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port au Prince.

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