Hi Group,
A reason a thought about being lonely, was that I am in a new community.
No I am not lonely. But, i thought about those that are lonely on a holiday.
I thought about my active engagement on a holiday and how those that are lonely might be able to do the same.
With Christmas and New years coming as well, the holidays may be depressing for the LGBT community as we lack children.
So as we grow older and think of the friends we lost to AIDS, the friends we do not have as we do not live in Gay friendly towns, or we are in the closet, etc, we are getting older, etc and grow lonely, it is important to find things to do. I am not stating these are perfect solutions for all. Some even may lack money to make a dinner, go to a movie. Sometimes, by joining a local democratic organization, a local LGBT chapter, we might make friends. Yes, even join a local food bank. If you do not drive, than things may get complicated and i slowly run out of answers. Every community is different.
....Jake
--- In Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com, "Jake" <jakewest_tn@...> wrote:
>
>
> Warren,
>
> Wow excellent, idea. so if one lives by a base, lives alone (please
> check to see if living alone , or being alone is acceptable), the person
> may invite up to 2 service people from the base for a holiday meal?
> This would be great! also, i wonder with the openly gay military if
> they will allow gay homes to entertain gay troops? Don't anyone get
> nasty ideas. Maybe that is not a good idea. I know what you are all
> thinking. lolololol new in home dating service! deliver a hunk!
>
> ok, i have seen what is out there.
>
> ok, um, back to good intentions, warren it is fine idea. i guess we will
> leave the LGBT out of it.
>
> how does it work in safety for the troops?
>
> By the way, i been reading the cities are slashing funds for homeless as
> they deal with the occuopy wall street movement in each city. That is a
> shame,
>
> As for Food Banks, several democratic meetings i have gone to, often
> invite someone from the local food bank and every one is asked to bring
> cans to the meetings. Therefore, i usually bring 20.00 in cans or leave
> $20.00 each meeting with the food bank. I do call to find out what type
> of canned food they are in need of. Also, i check the local dog
> shelters as well as donations are required, I like to aupport things on
> local level rather than support big salaries in charities on fedl level.
>
> Anyway, what ever type of meetings you go to, even at work, invite a
> rep. from the food bank! Get the word out! Warren, thanks, so much for
> mentioning this!
>
> ....jake
>
> -- In Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com, Warren Field warrenfield1@
> wrote:
> >
> > People can pray at any time they so choose - either at home or in
> their religious institution of choice. The fact that some may choose to
> do it on Thanksgiving or on any other day is their own personal choice.
> Good for them.
> >
> > I completely agree with Jake's idea of giving thanks by volunteering
> to help out someone in need. I have an opportunity for anyone who might
> want to take advantage of it: Our service men and women who are
> stationed at military bases around the country - mostly far from home -
> are mostly not able to go home for major holidays be it Thanksgiving or
> Christmas or any other. It would be wonderful if each one of them who is
> far from home could be invited to come to your home for holiday dinner.
> Here in Chicagoland, Great Lakes Naval Base is just north of here and
> the Base has a program where folks can invite a service person (or 2) to
> their home - you just have to notify the base military office and
> someone is assigned to you. It makes them feel at home and expresses
> appreciation for their (volunteer) service. Some of them may even have
> already been on one overseas deployment or more. We owe them all so
> much. Just a suggestion - even though Thanksgiving is over, it would
> still work for Christmas.
> >
> > Also, another way of giving thanks is to donate to your local food
> pantry (2nd Harvest here in Chicago). With more than 1/3 of Americans
> now living in poverty and with 6,000,000 people scheduled to lose their
> unemployment benefits on December 31 because the unemployment extension
> is being blocked by our RepubliCON friends, more people than ever before
> need help to feed their families.
> >
> > Warren
> > On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:43 PM, BillBearNJ@ wrote:
> >
> > > SENDER_EMAILBillBearNJ@verizon@@net.png>
> > > I didn't say it was a religious holiday.
> > > All Jake said was no one goes to church.
> > > I said I did.
> > > My choice for expressing thanksgiving.
> > > Y'all need to calm down.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------Original Message-------
> > >
> > > From: Mark Fischer
> > > Date: 11/28/2011 10:37:51 PM
> > > To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Male/Gay
> Health-Discussion-PICS Re: Twink Wars-Nov 26,
> 2011-BoycottTrump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army
> > >
> > >
> > > If Thanksgiving is a religious holiday because some churches have
> services on that day, then New Years Eve is a religious holiday because
> some churches have services that night.
> > >
> > > Neither is a valid connection.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Jake jakewest_tn@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill;
> > >
> > > I am happy for you. But, thanksgiving is not in the bible. Jesus has
> not returned. I guess if Mormens have taken over, ThanksGiving in the
> USA is not a religious holiday. Period. It is a American Holiday. If you
> go to Church, than the church has found a reason to collect money.
> Didn't thew church hear about the expense of Turkey? And than the
> expense of Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
> > >
> > > Poor time to be in service when poeple should be out feeding the
> homeless; Gay Yourth Centers; etc!
> > >
> > > Shame! Shame! Shame!
> > >
> > > Don't expect me to be feel good about religion, You are marching
> down the wrong road here! LOLOLOL
> > >
> > > ...Jake
> > >
> > > --- In Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com, "BillBearNJ@" BillBearNJ@
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jake, I go to church. Is New Jersey part of the USA? lol. --Bill
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -------Original Message-------
> > > >
> > > > From: stanley blanc
> > > > Date: 11/28/2011 4:15:09 PM
> > > > To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Re:
> Twink
> > > > Wars-Nov 26, 2011-BoycottTrump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't know about trevor's experience but most of the people I
> lnow, even
> > > > som eJewish peopkle, have Turkey for Thanksgivinbg. It is a
> statutory
> > > > holiday an dthe American Thanksgiving started because they
> couldn't
> > > > celebrate the Thanksgiving omn the Church calendar in October
> because the
> > > > Pilgrims were building their cabins and at first didn't have
> enough food to
> > > > make it a worthwhile celebration.
> > > > I don't understand about why Trevor played down Thanksgiving.
> > > > We just don't make it like Christmas which is what Americans do.
> > > >
> > > > University students go home for Thanksgiving etc.
> > > >
> > > > Bucth
> > > >
> > > > Moderator: Butch, some Jewish People? eat Turkey? Well, Thanks
> giving the
> > > > USA is not a Religious holiday at all. Period. It is more
> spiritual and
> > > > thanks for the food and the land. No one goes to church. Indians
> gave the
> > > > pilgrams Turkey, so Turkey is eaten by everyone, regardless of
> religion,
> > > > ethnic. Unless one is vegeterian. shame we must go so off topic.
> Has nothing
> > > > to being alone on a holiday. and i did not start a conversation on
> relgion.
> > > > ..jake
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Trevor Scott trevors02@
> > > > To: Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 12:34 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Peckers_Pics] Male/Gay Health-Discussion-PICS Re:
> Twink
> > > > Wars-Nov 26, 2011-BoycottTrump-TARGET-FOX NEWS-Salvation Army
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, Jake.
> > > >
> > > > In Canada, Thanksgiving is not really a big deal, our biggest
> Holiday is
> > > > Christmas. Several years ago, I got fed up with feeling sorry for
> myself at
> > > > Christmas and started organizing what I called an "Orphan's
> Christmas." I
> > > > call a few lonely friends and had them come over, but there was a
> catch;
> > > > they had to bring someone else who was also alone for Christmas.
> This extra
> > > > guest could be a street person, someone sick (as long as not
> actively
> > > > contagious), an acquaintance from work, or whatever. The result
> was many a
> > > > great and memorable "Orphan" Christmas Dinner!
> > > >
> > > > BTW: if we knew the background of the "extra" guestin time, we
> always have a
> > > > small token gift.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Trev
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Jake jakewest_tn@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Hi, I hope that you all had a good thanksgiving. I know that many
> of you
> > > > live a lone and have no family and may have had no friends to be
> with. I
> > > > hope you did get out, go to a diner, grab a paper, a book, or made
> dinner
> > > > your yourself. I know it feels lonely on a holiday. i should have
> said
> > > > something beforehand. I had not been feeling well lately and not
> in the
> > > > mood to openly tal. For some reason, today, i feel pretty good.
> Anyway,
> > > > sometimes it helps to volulunteer to feed the homeless on a
> holiday, or some
> > > > think like that. Try to plan out in advance and give yourself
> something to
> > > > do. Even a movie. Or a movie and a diner! perhaps there is a
> friend who
> > > > is a lone. Get togehter. A neighbor?
> > > > >So start planning on christmas! There may be a gay youth center,
> HIV
> > > > center.
> > > > >Anyway, i put up a article in Twink wars today called: The
> Self-Destructive
> > > > Insanity of Pro-Palestinian Gay Activists. I was wondering if any
> one read
> > > > it. It is some what of a trick article. Opps, I just made it easy
> for you.
> > > > Now, right what is wrong, right, or what well know public person
> could have
> > > > written it?
> > > > >It could be fun!
> > > > >...jake
> > > > >
> > > > >--- In Peckers_Pics@yahoogroups.com, "Jake" <jakewest_tn@> wrote:
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> > > > >> Self-Destructive Insanity of Pro-Palestinian Gay ActivistsFront
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> > > > >> Magazine; Nov 25, 2011; Bruce Bawer
> > > > >> On November 22, the New York Times ran an op-ed by the radical
> leftist
> > > > >> lesbian Jewish playwright Sarah Schulman which did a great
> public
> > > > >> service รข€" it provided a perfect illustration of the utter
> lunacy of
> > > > >> the anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian queer left.
> > > > >> Schulman opened her piece, entitled "Israel and 'Pinkwashing,'"
> by
> > > > >> quoting a line from William Butler Yeats (a writer who,
> incidentally,
> > > > >> would have found both her work and her politics utterly vile).
> The
> > > > >> line, also the title of a famous short story by Delmore
> Schwartz, was
> > > > >> this: "In dreams begin responsibilities." Schulman maintained
> that
> > > > >> Yeats's words "resonate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and
> transgender
> > > > >> people who have witnessed dramatic shifts in our relationship
> to power."
> > > > >> She meant by this that while gay people have won rights and
> respect in
> > > > >> various countries around the world, "these changes have given
> rise to a
> > > > >> nefarious phenomenon: the co-opting of white gay people by
> > > > >> anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim political forces in Western
> Europe and
> > > > >> Israel."
> > > > >> Schulman went on to express her revulsion at the enthusiasm of
> some
> > > > >> Dutch gays for the late Pim Fortuyn and for the very much alive
> Geert
> > > > >> Wilders, and at the fact that the English Defense League has
> over a
> > > > >> hundred gay members. She also took me on: "In Norway," she
> wrote,
> > > > >> "Anders Behring Breivik, the extremist who massacred 77 people
> in July,
> > > > >> cited Bruce Bawer, a gay American writer critical of Muslim
> immigration,
> > > > >> as an influence." (In fact, Breivik made it clear in his
> writings that
> > > > >> I was not an influence on him - he considered me too much of a
> > > > >> libertarian. But no matter.)
> > > > >> The "depictions of immigrants" by people like me and Wilders
> "as
> > > > >> 'homophobic fanatics,'" wrote Schulman, "opportunistically
> ignore the
> > > > >> existence of Muslim gays and their allies within their
> communities." On
> > > > >> the contrary, I and many other anti-jihadists have written
> extensively
> > > > >> about gay Muslims. What Schulman "opportunistically ignores" is
> that
> > > > >> gay Muslims in Western Europe tend to live in terror of being
> found out
> > > > >> by their families and communities. Their very lives are at
> risk. So
> > > > >> dire is their plight that until recently there was not a single
> "out"
> > > > >> gay Muslim in all of Norway, where I live. I am now personally
> > > > >> acquainted with the country's first openly gay male Muslim and
> its first
> > > > >> openly lesbian Muslim, and I can inform Schulman that their
> lives have
> > > > >> been made exceedingly difficult by the Muslim communities that
> Schulman
> > > > >> is so eager to defend.
> > > > >> To depict Muslims as antigay, Schulman further maintained, is
> to "render
> > > > >> invisible the role that fundamentalist Christians, the Roman
> Catholic
> > > > >> Church and Orthodox Jews play in perpetuating fear and even
> hatred of
> > > > >> gays." Yes, there's hostility to gay people all over the place.
> The
> > > > >> difference is that even the most famously gay-hating Christian
> on the
> > > > >> planet, Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps, doesn't call for the
> murder of
> > > > >> gay people and, as far as I know, has not killed any gays
> himself. By
> > > > >> contrast, sharia law prescribes the death penalty for
> homosexuality - a
> > > > >> punishment that has been carried out innumerable times by the
> > > > >> governments of several Islamic countries as well as by
> countless Muslim
> > > > >> families both in the Muslim world and in the West.
> > > > >> But does Schulman care about that? Apparently not. She is the
> kind of
> > > > >> leftist for whom ideology will always trump reality. What she
> is
> > > > >> exercised about is the fact that Israel is, according to her,
> marketing
> > > > >> itself as gay-friendly: Tel Aviv's tourism board, for example,
> is
> > > > >> spending about $90 million "to brand the city as 'an
> international gay
> > > > >> vacation destination.'" Also, Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.S.
> Congress
> > > > >> in May "that the Middle East was 'a region where women are
> stoned, gays
> > > > >> are hanged, Christians are persecuted.'"Every gay and lesbian
> person who
> > > > >> has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a
> > > > >> survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will
> face the
> > > > >> same challenges."
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ....Jake <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join>
> Important
> > > > >> Notice: Our ObamaBiden2008
> > > > >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join> Group works
> hand -
> > > > >> in - hand with Peckers PICS (Both groups were co-created to
> work with
> > > > >> each-other). To prevent duplication of articles and questions,
> all
> > > > >> members of this group are urgently recommended to join
> ObamaBiden2008
> > > > >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join> . We have
> the LGBT
> > > > >> boycott list
> > > > >>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/files/Boycott%20List/>
> > > > >> and discuss end of DADT, etc... There are 3 gay teen suicides
> in the USA
> > > > >> - daily! There are Hate crimes against gay people. There are
> gay people
> > > > >> who are fired over their sexual identity. There are gay people
> who died
> > > > >> for our cause! These groups are focused towards Yahoo Members
> who
> > > > >> sincerely care about LGBT rights and are interested in Gay Mens
> Health!
> > > > >> Most important, we have a most critical election in 2012 that
> shall
> > > > >> determine the future of LGBT rights and our health care (as
> many suffer
> > > > >> from pre-existing illness)! Please Join Now
> > > > >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join> ! Pass This
> Bill!
> > > > >> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join> - Occupy
> Wall
> > > > >> Street! <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Occupy_Wall_Street/join>
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Science teaches how set fire to the mind. Religion teaches how set
> fire to
> > > > one's underwear.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
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