Dan's wonderful work in Edmonton and the work he's done in the global justice movement including design and maintenance of the beautiful website http://www.globaljusticemovement.org/ proves you can't lose with justice.

Like we've all observed, even evil people like to be treated fairly... Heck –– even my dog likes to be treated humanely, and our family functions better when we look out for her interests.

In my work, I've witnessed a true hunger for justice. It's like the last 40 years or so (I date it back to the Sixties) humanity's taken this wild excursion off the road less travelled. And somehow, our social institutions got swept up in this swerve, and now we're way off beam.

People know this. And they're looking for ways to get back, to get re-centered.

And that's why the work of the global justice movement, I believe, will have a profound impact on not just getting back on track but taking a monumental leap forward in new ways that humans will live and work on this spinning playground.

Similar to many in my generation, I always enjoyed the Star Trek television and movie series. But I remember one rare episode where money was discussed. How did people obtain incomes so the civilization could "boldly go where no man has gone before." Well, Gene Roddenberry blew the whole thing off. There was maybe one line of weak dialogue that went something like, "Well, we don't have money anymore. Everybody now has enough to live on..."

Gee, if only it were that easy. Probably THE most important thing in life next to Tao is money. Economy. How do I earn a living? Where does the money come from to pay the bills? How do I have an income when I'm old and can't work or get around anymore?

And as far as I can tell, this critical subject has NEVER been structured around justice. Historically, it's been organized around screwing people over, and the favoring of the few in power, both politically and religiously, by the many slaving away, doing the real work of keeping life functioning.

Bob Crane's most recent article "Federalism: The Missing Arrow in the American Quiver" is dead on. We can't believe or accept injustice as a prerequisite to keeping the peace or garnering some type of fleeting security. The fact is life works exactly the other way around. And the diversity of all human cultures enjoying the freedom to live and work together? It's organic. The only "barriers" are ones erected by deluded humans that unfortunately (that's life, sometimes) rise to power.

Justice can surmount any obstacle. It has this unbelievable power and mass like love. Once you've been exposed to it –– and get INTO it –– your life will never be the same again~~Nemo