Letters to the Editor
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IHOP
L.W.M. & bucky1.
AT IT AGAIN.GADS.
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W.T.'s @ IHOP?
With a chatty Lady.
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Late, but not too late?
Call it Congress Saving Time...spring forward, fall back?
The cynic in me sighs, yet holds out a certain degree of hope at the possibility that Congress will remember the voice of the people they are there to represent and the civil liberties they are there to uphold and the changing mood of the nation losing so much that is so precious; but has been eroded consistantly under this administration.
Is Congress finally waking up out of a self-induced coma? Are we only viewing a blinking of an eyelid, a brief yawn and then they will fall back into their former catatonic state? Is it late or not too late? Can one savor that rare spirit called hope?
I'm keeping the winter count. It's not yet Spring.
And if Congress follows through...will they also take that much needed giant step, and add Impeachment on their menu? However you want to spell it, IMPEACH is not a four-letter word.
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No offense, GC
Your poetry is just fine. Call me funny strange, not funny haha but I like the absurd and nothing makes me laugh as hard as one of those demented screeds. Call me twisted and sick if you like but laugter is the best medicine.
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bucky1
You work only to keep the status quo big government in power; and only want to see 'your people' running it so that you can vicariously feel powerful yourself.
While I don't think you are necessarily one hundred percent correct on this, I think there is enough truth to give a lot of people pause.
I'm certainly dismayed by the views of a lot of "liberals" and I considered myself one until not all that long ago. Tina Schrier and her fellow travelers left a very bad taste in my mouth that I'm having a hard time getting rid of.. I brush my teeth with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and tea tree oil and that concoction isn't even close to getting the foul taste removed.
Now I'm not really sure what I am.. "None of the above" seems about right.
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L.W.M. This is not a Sunday love letter... Respectfully. I do say you toss a lot of info. I enjoy being here in a worthwhile struggle...
It's luffa'ble to me that somehow the "poet" label is mentioned.... it's accidental
I hear what you say? Sometimes it's funny in a odd way for Salon readers... I'm sure.
It's hilarious to myself that I'm here.... Peers can't believe I blog. To blog, in their mind, is to be a barking dog at night who's is chained to a doghouse? I pretend to bark and howl?
A dear Friend gives me the finger when she says goodbye with a sad smile and I know why?
Because I'm a lame, and a scarred blog-barker? LWM. My joy and sadness do mingle. There is so much to do... Little time?
I use to vow I'd not buy a computer!
The good team mules work better.
My giggle has a toddlers innocents.
My weeping comes from being a elder.
Sentient critters are creature creators.
A rural driver passes me. Flips a bird!
I'll laugh with a tension relief moment.
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I never regret being here. Hospitality,
education, brothers and sisters, tech wizards,
spaghetti hurlers, hypnotist, and a few honest lawyers,!?
You get my 'drift' and ya's learn a bit about gynecology?.
Yes. A reader even gets to think with a supporter of genocide.
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Time’s take from India-based correspondents
By MADHUR SINGH/UNA DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH & SIMON ROBINSON/NEW DELHI
The Chinese authorities blame Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for the protests. The Tibetan government installed by Beijing alleged, in a statement released Saturday, that the demonstrations had been organized by "law- breaking monks and nuns," as part of a plan by the "Dalai Lama organization" to destabilize Tibet. Aides to the Dalai Lama said these allegations were "absolutely baseless," and that the unrest was "spontaneous." Earlier last week, the Dalai Lama told supporters gathered to commemorate the 49th anniversary of his escape to India after a failed anti-China uprising, that "repression continues to increase with numerous, unimaginable and gross violations of human rights, denial of religious freedom and politicization of religious issues," but that he would continue to advocate for dialogue with Beijing and a "middle-way' policy."
Young Tibetans, many of them born outside their homeland, have become increasingly critical of the moderation of the Dalai Lama and other exiled leaders. Although they remain loyal to the Dalai Lama, they believe that demonstrations or even confrontation might be more effective means of securing their rights. "There are two schools of thought," says Lobsang Sangay, a Senior Fellow at the East Asian Legal Studies Program at Harvard Law School. "One says you can never trust the Chinese government because they will never negotiate peacefully, and so confrontation is the best approach. The one led by the Dalai Lama says dialogue is the best approach."
The latest protests may mark a more serious shift towards confrontation, however. Tsering notes that this is the first time major demonstrations have taken place simultaneously inside and outside of Tibet, and that the two communities seem to be drawing encouragement from each other. There's also a sense that Tibet is fast losing the culture many Tibetans are so desperate to preserve, and that the prospects for compromise are receding. "The crucial factor is the age of the Dalai Lama," says Sangay. "Unlike the 50s and 80s, Tibetan people inside and outside are very well informed of events and what's happening around the world through radio and Internet, and they know that, for an agreement to be implemented effectively, time is a factor. Implementing an agreement, this only the Dalai Lama can do. And the Dalai Lama is 73 years old now. The sooner you do it the better. The people inside feel a sense of urgency, they want him to return to the land he belongs to. They want a closure to this tragedy of history."
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1722738,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily
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on power and government
You work only to keep the status quo big government in power; and only want to see 'your people' running it so that you can vicariously feel powerful yourself.
While I don't think you are necessarily one hundred percent correct on this, I think there is enough truth to give a lot of people pause.
I'm certainly dismayed by the views of a lot of "liberals" and I considered myself one until not all that long ago. Tina Schrier and her fellow travelers left a very bad taste in my mouth that I'm having a hard time getting rid of.. I brush my teeth with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and tea tree oil and that concoction isn't even close to getting the foul taste removed.
Now I'm not really sure what I am.. "None of the above" seems about right.
-- Aycharaych
I have a lot of 'liberal' friends and co-workers. My best friend is a perfect Catholic liberal of the world saving variety. Even he has come to see both sides are a big hoax to get the people in line.
We have to live in the empire for now, but we should always speak out against the government worshipers in the Republican Party and the government worshipers in the Democratic Party. I can think of no government in the 20th century that upon close inspection can not be shown to have engaged in horrible acts. Therefore, whoever does not want to cut government power and let the people be free is promoting evil. Some do it with full knowledge of what they do, but most through ignorance.
I'll add more later, but other duties call today.