Showing posts with label burma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label burma. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Shooting the hecklers


Pay attention America. When militaristic leaders don't like what they hear, they get rid of the most dangerous threats - buddhist monks and comedians. Watch your back John Stewart.

And how do military juntas grab power? They frighten the populace into believing that there is an imminent threat, and that the only protection we have is to surrender our liberties and to put in powerful military governments.

Yesterday, the Senate folded once again, and passed the Lieberman-Kohl resolution which urges the President (as if he needed a push) to name Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist group. This, as you may guess, is the first step in allowing the US to mount military strikes against Iran. Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton voted for the resolution, while Dodd and Biden voted against, and Obama was absent.

Where is the Democratic leadership? Cooking up excuses as to why they cannot find the strength to stand up to a morally bankrupt administration.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Tomorrow, ask your pastor when was the last time he or she marched against injustice


In Burma, the amazing fact that monks may turn the tide against a corrupt military regime is shocking the world. Hadn't heard about it on the local news, have you?

Would that the American clergy could rise up against war, violence, poverty and injustice. Jesus might just come around to finding a spot in heaven for them if they did.