Evil is walking on our land

Photo: Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing more than 140 people, medical officials and witnesses said. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA)

Photo: An Israeli F16 fighter jet lands at air base near the border after a bombing raid in Gaza December 27, 2008. Israel's air force fired about 30 missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, destroying several Hamas police compounds and killing more than 140 people, medical officials and witnesses said. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (ISRAEL)

As Michael Franti said: The F-16 is a homicide bomber.

Photo: Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters and Palestinians in a Beirut suburbs shout slogans during a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 195 people in one of the bloodiest days in the Palestinians' conflict with Israel. REUTERS/ Issam Kobeisy (LEBANON)

Photo: Protesters shout anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip in Amman December 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 195 people in one of the bloodiest days in the Palestinians' conflict with Israel. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN)

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Death toll is now over 220. Were these policemen the ones who fired the rockets? I doubt it. And I doubt that they could have done anything about it. Recently, the rocket firers hit two Palestinian girls and killed them. It is beyond stupid and very evil for them to fire rockets at Israel.

But is it vastly more evil for Israel to do this in response, and vastly more stupid too. It will only result in a continuation of the violence.

Last night I had two dreams – one where I and some local friends (about 8 in total) were on trial and facing jail for civil disobedience. I did not dream exactly what it was that we had done, but it was clear that we were trying for some public attention to ongoing human rights abuses by our own government. And we were very much in solidarity with one another – we knew that if this was just one or two people, then the media would ignore it. But since it was about 8 of us, they were paying attention. It was also clear that we were going to serve prison sentences for the civil disobedience.

And the second dream was much weirder – there was some evil spirit in a very large building, with multiple adults and children running around. There were some police there too – although they seemed to be hanging out in a safe room and not going after the evil person. The problem was that the evil spirit would move from person to person – actually, from child to child. Capturing it was going to be impossible, and killing off the child who had the evil spirit may only end up with an innocent dead, since the spirit could move to another child in an instant. Besides, we didn’t always know right away which child ‘held’ the evil spirit until they started acting violently. And it was frightening, because this spirit wanted to kill people and torture them.

I have been having an ominous feeling of dread, of impending doom, for weeks now. In my personal life, things are going fine. I had a nice holiday season, and made it to some parties and dances – and got lots of sleep. I had time for long walks. I figured out months ago that the best we can expect from Obama is a continuation of the Clinton administration….. and that is an improvement, but far from an ideal outcome. And I long ago figured out that the economy is going to get very bad – but, as long as I have a job, I personally won’t suffer much directly. I have been bumping into more and more people who are homeless, and I read in the paper today that the state employees health plan (that covers me) is running out of money – again, not much of a concern, since I am healthy.

But something dreadful is going to happen, and then things are going to get much worse. I can just feel it. I don’t know if it has anything to do with this bombing of Gaza, or with Obama inauguration. I suspect not. But I think my dreams are warnings of what is to come.

Evil is walking on the land……. And looking for a home (person) to reside in – or maybe has already found such a person or persons.