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Question of the Day | 04/22/2008 12:16 pm

Forty years ago, students shut down Columbia University protesting the Vietnam War. Have you ever marched in a protest?

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Willa Holmes
Willa, 4/23/2008 10:06 PM PDT. It was the fifth of May, 1968. I asked my son, Steve, what gift he wanted for his eighteenth birthday. “I want you to spend the day with me, Mom.” Did that melt my mother’s heart? You bet. He said to not ask questions, just come along. We went to downtown Portland (Oregon) and marched down the Park Blocks to protest the Vietnam War. My most vivid memory of the walk was of the person walking next to me carrying a naked rubber baby doll, streaked with fake blood and tied up with bandages. We ended our march at the Federal Building to call on our U. S. Senator to come out to talk to us. He didn’t come, but we stayed there, waiting. Near me, a priest asked that we pray. Nuns sang a hymn. Then came the one act that radicalized me more than any one act I’d witnessed. A man in a sharply pressed suit came in front of each person in our circle, raised a camera directly in front of each of our faces and took pictures. “FBI,” murmured the person next to me. The pictures of me and my son are in an FBI file somewhere because we marched and sang and prayed to end a war. What a birthday present, and it was more for me than for Steve. Willa
By Willa Holmes on 04/24/2008 12:08 am
Jenny Oops
I, too, think Dr. Klein is not too fond of women and have to wonder why he is here? Just likes to ‘bitch’, I guess. However, Women’s Lib is not the panacea for everything. It does have it’s downsides, plenty of them. We just seem unwilling to acknowledge the flaws or let them out into the light of day to be talked about. I enjoyed being a wife, homemaker and mother. Just had the wrong guy. No one taught either of us how to pick a mate that was going in your direction. I think that “Women’s Lib” has hit our kids hardest of all. I stayed home with my kids and can see in many ways, that it paid off. Right now, we don’t have a balance about male and female relationships or family responsibilities and, most especially, a balance about raising children. Don’t know the answer, but we aren’t there, yet. Guess we’ll have to battle it out a few more years.
By Jenny Oops on 04/24/2008 12:09 am
M Miller
I have never marched - but I sure admire those people who have over the years. I should HAVE marched against the Viet Nam war! I’m surprised there aren’t more marches against the IRAQI war! I certainly WILL MARCH if they ever try to overturn ROE V. WADE!!!
By M Miller on 04/24/2008 10:32 am
Micky Mc
How did women…”INDUCE” the formation of a vast gay male population? I don’t see that….The whole concept of women making that happen is just ludicris and I’m thinking your awful full of yourself Mr Klein. And maybe a bit lonely. Having to constantly “stand out” in a all womans web site shows just how lonely and un- male you just might be.
By Micky Mc on 04/24/2008 12:39 pm
Alice wonders
I did, for civil rights, against the war in Vietnam, against nuclear power and now the war in Iraq. But, marching doesn’t feel effective anymore. It’s depressing to feel so impotent. Those were heady days in the 60s and it felt like change could happen. I wonder, notwithstanding all the rhetoric about change being bandied about now.
By Alice wonders on 04/24/2008 1:14 pm
Carol Miletti
Yes, I protested at Kent State back in 1970 right before the 4 students were killed. I was not there that day- they told us to stay away and I did. I STILL wear my peace sign and hang one on my car- it’s still an issue. Carol
By Carol Miletti on 04/24/2008 10:20 pm
Jane Bigelow
I can’t say I never marched - at lease not that I can remember, however, I have the Tibetan flag in my picture window. I know there are a lot of drivers who go past my house every day as I live on a main drag and this seemed like the best way to get attention without burning a bra. (I am at the age where burning my bra would probably draw a laugh or two). There are so many serious problems in the world today - from local to international, that I sometimes feel helpless. This seems like the best way one voice can be heard on this particular issue. I see people look over at the flag every day. If it makes one of them take their own action, then it is worth it. Jane Bigelow Edmonton, Alberta Canada
By Jane Bigelow on 04/25/2008 2:29 am
RoseMerry Hoffman
Yes, I have marched! And people asked me - “do you think you did any good”. My answer is, Hell YES! It is great exercise and it gives me a place to channel my anger, instead of doing harm! And you meet the best people that I have had the pleasure to have known, true patriots. Especially, the veterns against the war (pick any war). No one knowns the insanity of war than they.
By RoseMerry Hoffman on 04/26/2008 3:12 am
M Morgan
Bribe-Addicted Legislatures “If a baseball player slides into home plate and, right before the umpire rules if he is safe or out, the player says to the umpire - ‘Here is $1,000.’ What would we call that? We would call that a bribe. If a lawyer was arguing a case before a judge and said, ‘Your honor before you decide on the guilt or innocence of my client, here is $1,000.’ What would we call that? We would call that a bribe. “But if an industry lobbyist walks into the office of a key legislator and hands her or him a check for $1,000, we call that a campaign contribution. We should call it a bribe.” : Janice Fine - Dollars and Sense magazine Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 30, 2007 04:48 AM An Order To Servant Peloci Urgent Impeachment Warranted An absolutely convincing argument as to why it should be started now and not a second later. By: Dr.MurrayM. Morgan “A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.”: Euripides = “Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.” : Anne Louise Germaine de Stael - (1766-1817) French author === Propaganda Tool and CIA http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/07/27/1/a-conversation-about-the-c… Tim Weiner A conversation about the CIA with Tim Weiner about … The History of the CIA”. === The Order to Speaker Peloci: According to the Constitution of the USA, government should be servant of people to execute the will of people. According to the self-rule right, the Speaker Of The House of a government-of-people by-people for-people is supposed to be our servant to execute our will. Accordingly pursuant to the expressed will/wish of people (reflected in polls), I, Murray M. Morgan, hereby, order Speaker Peloci to, without regard to not-having the required votes (for conviction), after listening to the July 13, 07 Moyers’ program on impeachment (http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/watch.html), reading of this and my other postings with Bill Moyers’ Blog (on PBS web-page), without any second of delay start Impeachment process against Servant Bush and Servant Chesney. So is ordered in the presence of God on this July 28th, 2007 and so shall be executed by the Servant Peloci. Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 29, 2007 03:01 AM Israel-i Lobby Hijacking US Foreign Policy By: Dr. Murray M. Morgan Read this and conclude for yourself, with a conscientious frame of mind, as to the veracity of the above title. Please, spread this far and wide to overcome the self-censorship of Press-titudes and media towards awakening sleeping public of our government being highjacked by parasitic corporative military-industrial-complex profiteers (at the back of almost the whole public. Here is the link to be clicked to read the whole article: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0707/glick072707.php3 Israel has experienced some achievements [of her own]regarding Iran over the past year. The UN Security Council did pass two sanctions resolutions against Iran. With the active lobbying of opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu, many US public employee pension funds are moving to divest from companies that do business with Iran. And this week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that like his predecessor Tony Blair, he will not rule out the option of using military force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 27, 2007 08:06 PM To be The Presidents of ISrael http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070726/pl_nm/usa_politics_iran_dc_1 “”Allowing Iran, a radical theocracy that supports terrorism and openly threatens its neighbors, to acquire nuclear weapons is a risk we cannot take,” Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois said in a letter to the Israel Project, a pro-Israel group that educates the public about Israel and advocates an end to investment in Iran. Obama’s tough line on Iran was largely echoed in other letters from seven other candidates, including Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, both Democrats. Two Republican candidates — former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas — stressed, as Bush has done, that the military option must remain on the table.”” Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 27, 2007 02:29 AM The Nonsense about Jihad @ Constantinopole Do you know that God exist? Can you look at yourself in the mirror when you attempt to distort Islam? Islam is a religion of peace. Jihad is advocated as a mean to defend oneself against aggression and to repel injustice and humiliation that has reached to an intolerable level. I found the nonsense as a comment (by somebody with the User-Name of Constantinople) to the article titled Parasitic Imperialism (by Ismael Hossein-zadeh). Somebody knowledgeable should respond to the distorting attempt (distorting Islam and the Prophet) of this tail-wagging/West’s-ass-kissing individual. Click the link (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17980.htm) and then click the “Comment” to find it among the other comments that are posted to the Hossein-zadeh’s article. Here is that West’s-ass-kissing comment by “Constantinople” (read the Constantinopole’s comment). I have heard that the “Hadis”ses that that Constantinople has cited in his comment (to draw conclusion from them)are the most controversial/ditorted/inaccurate(ask a conscienable Iranian moslem [not a West’s-ass-kissing-pro-shah one] sayings [Ahadis=racconts])of the “Ahadis”ses that are, purportedly, attributed to the Prophet of Islam. Dr. Murray Murray | 07.26.07 - 10:29 pm | # Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 27, 2007 01:44 AM Bush Speechwriter Calls for Attack on Syria By Gary Leupp Neocon officials in the Defense Department call them “low-hanging fruit”—- as though countries were produce ripe for picking and eating. The term refers to nations targeted for regime change that might be achieved with minimal strain, at least when compared with the effort needed to topple the regime in Iran. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18069.htm === US lawmakers unite to demonize Iran: The “threat of Iran” and the need to confront the regime has become a mainstream view in the US legislature, attracting support from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IG25Ak01.html === Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 26, 2007 06:10 PM The White House Cout http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18074.htm Murray Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 25, 2007 11:03 PM No Wonder! Bush’s Grandfather Advocating Fascism/Hitlerism A must listen to document. By: Dr. Murray M. Morgan BBC Audio Documentary Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 25, 2007 11:01 PM Servant Bush An Order to the President of the USA By: Dr. Murray M. Morgan According to the Constitution of the USA, government should be servant of people to execute the will of people. According to the self-rule right, the President of a government-of-people by-people for-people is supposed to be our servant to execute our will. Accordingly, I, Murray M. Morgan, hereby, order President Bush to, immediately and without any second of delay: 1. put stop to interference in the internal affairs of Iran (including their peaceful nuclear program), 2. put stop to bullying/coercive/humiliating treatment of Iranians (which also includes their rough government that, is up to the people of Iran only to, in the absence of feeling of any sort of threat rise against and re-establish their self-rule in there) 3. remove all of our [pirating\ naval forces from the Persian Gulf and vicinity (in the Indian Ocean) 4. evacuate all our military/clandestine-military bases abroad (specially the ones located in the Middle East and Central Asian countries) and bring all the personnel therein home 5. put stop to all his infringements on Citizens liberties (nowadays known to everybody) and put stop to indirect/coercive censorships. 6. It is the equal-and-with-respect treatment of others that assures peace and constant flow of oil to Europe and our country. It also pours water on all the inflamed sentiments that as a result puts end to “terrorism” which is, sinfully, abused so much these days by corporative military industrial complex that Late President Eisenhower warned us against their undue and detrimental influence — that has created a sort of Parasitic Imerialism. Therefore, it, also, hereby President Bush is ordered to put stop to Parasitic Imperialism that should be carried out with co-operation of the conscionable members of the Congress and Senate which, for sure, does NOT include the war-mongring Senator Joseph Lieberman. The era of imperialism is over. It is era of co-existance in peace that would, only, be possible through with-respect and equal-regrding of others. So is ordered in the presence of God on this July 23rd 2007 and so would be executed by the Servant Bush. Murray Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 23, 2007 08:38 PM Parasitic Imperialism I found this must-read article. It is superb. Sincerely, Dr. Murray M. Morgan ********************* Parasitic Imperialism By Ismael Hossein-zadeh How recent U.S. wars of choice, driven largely by war profiteering, are plundering not only defenseless peoples and their resources abroad, but also the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens and their resources at home. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17980.htm Parasitic Imperialism How recent U.S. wars of choice, driven largely by war profiteering, are plundering not only defenseless peoples and their resources abroad, but also the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens and their resources at home. By Ismael Hossein-zadeh 07/07/07 “ICH” — — Although immoral, … The coalition’s statement of principles points out, “American values are best advanced by engagement of American business and agriculture in the world, not by ceding markets to foreign competition” through unilateral foreign policies and military aggressions ( http://www.usaengage.org/about_us/index.html ). Non-military business interests’ anxiety over the Bush administration’s unilateral foreign policy measures is, of course, rooted in their negatively-affected financial balance sheets by those actions: “Hundreds of companies blame the Iraq war for poor financial … [3] Shakir F. et al., Center for American Progress Action Fund, “The Progress Report” (6 February 2007), http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreport/2007/02/deep_hock.h… [4] Robert Greenstein, “Despite the Rhetoric, Budget Would Make Nation’s Fiscal Problems Worse and Further Widen Inequality,” Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (6 February 2007), http://www.cbpp.org/2-5-07bud.htm >. … [8] Tax Policy Center, Table T06-0279, online: http://taxpolicycenter.org/TaxModel/TMDB/TMTemplate.cfm?Docid=1361 ; and Table T06-0273, online: http://taxpolicycenter.org/TaxModel/TMDB/TMTemplate.cfm?Docid=1355 [9] American Society of Civil Engineers, “What can happen if America fails to invest in its infrastructure? Anything,” news release (4 September 2003), http://www.asce.org/reportcard/index.cfm?reaction=news&page=5 [10] Seymour Melman, “They Are All Implicated: In the Grip of Permanent War Economy,” Counterpunch.com (15 March2003), http://www.counterpunch.org/melman03152003.html [11] Ibid. [15] AME Info, “Coke and Pepsi battle it out,” (8 April 2004), http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/37492.html [16] Ibid. [17] Jim Lobe, “Poll: War Bad for Business,” antiwar.com (30 December 2004), http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4235 [18] Ibid. [22] Naomi Wolf, “Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps,” AlterNet.org (28 April 2007), http://www.alternet.org/story/51150/ [24] Swint, Howard, “The Pentagon Ruled by Special Interests,” http://www.swintforcongress.us/Pentagon%20Waste%20Op%20Ed.htm Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 22, 2007 10:56 PM Cynical Media Silence Dr_Murray M. Morgan Phony pretexts repeated often enough become real reasons. Things that…are not true become true in the public mind simply through endless repetition.– Lenny Bloom http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18041.htm No Evidence of Iran’s role in violence and instability in Iraq – confirms British Foreign Minister By Mehrnaz Shahabi 07/19/07 “ICH” — — David Milliband, … security for the people in the region and for peace and security internationally. 1. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b9b5b078-2d57-11dc-939b-0000779fd2ac.html 2. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9cc4d5f4-2be3-11dc-b498-000b5df10621.html 3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070708/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_al_qaida_1 4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2085192,00.html **************** High on Hate? By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich & Nader Bagherzadeh Left without a pretext for a military assault on Iran, the Bush administration finds itself in a position where it needs to prepare the world opinion for mass genocide with a compelling reason. With its control over the media, it is accomplishing this by denouncing Iran as the killer of American troops while causing civil unrest in Iraq. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17877.htm (at the end of these …) Posted by: Dr. Murray M. Morgan | July 22, 2007 05:17 AM Impeachment is Timely, Wse, and Appropriate How Similar Hitler and Bush/Chesney are Does “Marg bar Amrica” really measns “Death to America”? Which one do we have? Democracy or “Dameé-Cos-Raazi”!? “Persian Gulf” or “the Gulf” “Khazary” Jews July 18,2007 By: Dr. Murray M. Morgan “Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervour - with the cry of … should punish offenders.” John Locke - 1632-1704 - http://www.constitution.org/jl/2ndtreat.htm === Does “Marg bar Amrica” really measns “Death to America”? Please do not fall for propaganda of those who want to stoke resentment/division to conquer/harvest/exploit-other/steal others’ resources by purposeful dishonest translations; such as the translation for “Marg Bar Aamrikaa”/”Marg Bar America” slogan. The word “Marg” in Persian/Farsi has these three meanings: 1. Marg = Death like the death time of the guy is arrived/He/she is going to die 2. Death = stagnation like stagnation of stagnant/nonmoving water 3. Marg = stoppage/stop It is the third Please, do not fall for the trick of England. Please, avoid calling “Persian Gulf” “the Gulf”. Use its true/proper internationally known name which is/has-been “Persian Gulf” for thousands of years the name for this body of water of the Earth. Please notice that, if you search the history, the name of the “the Gulf ” is ” Persian Gulf “. In fact, before Arabs fall into the manipulative trap of English colonialists, their respective countries used to produce maps with “Persian Gulf” as the name for the same body of water that, nowadays, call it with the ridiculous name of “the Gulf”. President Nasser of Egypt fell for the trick of “divide and conquer” of English colonialists. Taping on the Arab nationalistic pride, I am an American but I believe on being just. because “Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere: Martin Luther King, Jr. : 1929-1968 ” That one sentence you asked for: We need to stop teaching at schools and Universities that West culture is superior (read Les Grecs et les Barbares book series)because idiots like this disgusting one justify their atrocities by considering himself as being superior to the one he considers subhumans. “that until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there is no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race — until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained: Speech by H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I - California 28th February 1968 - “. === Damé-Cos-Raazi: Otherwise, as it almost is, we would be having (what Iranians call it) “Damé-Cos-Raazi”: which sounds almost like the word Democracy if you read it fast. Now let us see what “Dame-Cos-Raazy” means. In order to get the concept in it, I have to break the word and tell what each component means in Persian/Farsi language: The phrase “Dameé-Cos-Raazi” is comprized of three parts: 1. Dameé = at he edge of/at he shore of 2. Cos = Vulva — female genitalia which if you are artist and know gross anatomy of it, it looks like a fissure/slot if you like a narrow lake which has shores 3. Razzy means being happy and content Now read all the three componets together, “Dameé-Cos-Raazi” (which sounds something similar to when you read the word “Democracy”) is what we have here and in Europe which the inhabitants of which are , if you will, happy with sex. Imagine the “Dameé-Cos-Raazi” which means “being happy at the shore of the vulva. We do NOT have a government of people (made by people and for people). Now laugh by saying we have “Dameé-Cos-Raazi” Now draw a lake in the shape of vulva with two shores on each side with smiling people resting under paraplui/umberllas on each shore of the lake with some pimps around with having their hat high/obliquly. That’s it. That’s what our DEMOCRACY means. Cùest tout. Voilà === http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUN “Khazary” Jews Carrot and Stick an insultive policy ************** http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2007/06/wheres_the_party_1.html#c… Carrot and Stick Policy Seepage from Retarded Savage Mind Dog-Minded Mental Procesing Being in Iranian’s shoes, would we tolerate such an insult? If we were faced with such humiliating bullying attitude, we would, for certain, be telling the bully to shove both of them; that is both the carrot and the stick. It baffles me … Hegel says: “” We the “civilized” Westerners have to treat ourselves equally with equal treatment of each other, and respect each others’ rights and boundaries. But when it comes to the non-Europeans, we do not have to do the same because “whatever we do to them is better than the situation they are in.”” You see, we FIRST dehumanize (by Press-titude/propagandist West media and Press) the ones we want to infringe on their rights to, when we do it, nobody dares to raise objection against our treatment of the victim. The author of the “Les Grecs ET les Barbares”, by quoting from what the biased (in favor of Greeks/Romans) ancient Greek/Roman “Philosopher”s/”Historians” have written, demonstrates to the reader how they (compared with their own way of life) had been impressed by the more advanced culture and way of life of Iranians (see its evidence in the British Museum). He (the author) concludes that, if looked more profoundly and without prejudice, one would notice/find out about the enormous influence and life-improving impression/impact of Iranians’ way of life (culture,) onto the Greeks/Romans culture. One famous Western literary giant has wished as such:” World would have been in a better shape if Persians/Iranians had been the rulers of Rome because they always had been kind and just wherever they had gone”. Do you know that pants is an Iranian invention? It is Siaah-Jaamegaan of Khorasan (Abu Moslem e Khoraa-ssaani)who for the ease of riding on horse, invented pants that later on was adapted by Europeans as an alternative to skirts. ******************** Are We Civilized? By: Dr. Murray M. Morgan Dear Speaker Peloci, Hallmark of being (civilized)a member of CIVILIZED WORLD is JUST/EQUAL/with-respect TREATMENT of others. I would like to see people who dare to talk to power, to hear/demand truth from their government, and see that the President , Congress, Judiciary system and Press/Media are FRANK (with us to ADVANCE our WILL on our behalf), and held accountable for their actions. I am puzzled by nobody daring to tell President Bush that: “1. Hallmark of being (civilized) a member of CIVILIZED WORLD is JUST/EQUAL/with-respect TREATMENT of others. 2. You were picked (by George Shultz et al) to run for Presidency (to execute Wolfowitz et al hegemonic doctrine) because you were: A. in need of impressing your parents and siblings (who had, always, looked down at you), and B. that your urge/motive to punish Saddam was so strong that you were willing to do whatever you were/are asked to render realization to it. You were so, uncontrollably, OBSSESSED to RETALIATE against the audacity/daring of Saddam who: 1) had put a HUGE image of your father (for the purpose of humiliation) in the WALKWAY of one of the buildings in Baghdad (CBS showed it), and 2) had attempted to assassinate your father. It was shown on TV screens (as then candidate) Bush, after having had seen the image of his father in the walkway, saying that, I quote it (from my memory): “I would FINISH what my father did not do (failed to do) during the 1991 operation in Iraq “. I remind you of what Richard Clark said on TV. He said that President Bush in numerous occasions had told him to find something against Saddam even before the 9/11 manufactured incidence (like Pearl Harbor – that was used for our country to join the World War II). Please tell President Bush: “YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN AT ALL. YOU ARE SOMEBODY WITH HATE. A CHRISTIAN IS TAUGHT TO FORGIVE. ” Tell him: 1. To forget the BS of Aristotle (repeated by Hegel and Montesquieu) that WEST is CIVILIZED and Easterners, American Indians and Black are savages (Alexander The Great [Savage] in a letter has written… Aristotle this Kiss Ass friend of mine tells me these entire BS so that I [without any mercy] commit every atrocity imaginable to control the places that I have conquered). Here is the advice of Aristotle repeated by Hegel and Montesquieu:“…that the soul started in the wild emotional East and it developed and became CIVILIZED during its path to West WHEREIN it found its HOME and therefore we the CIVILIZED West should treat ourselves as EQUALS with Respect and law but we CAN do whatever we want to do on the emotional-wild-Easterners because whatever we do is better than the situation they are in AND that Iran had shown the potential to become CICILIZED like us but they failed during the process because wherever they went they treated people with mercy and respect. Tell President Bush that Iran is the MOST CIVILIZED nation in the world. It had given us the pioneers in Medicine (whose Books were our textbook until 18th century), basic science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy), philosophy, arts & sciences, literature (who were the mentors of our famous literary giants such as Goethe, … one of whom had wished as such: ” World would have been in a better shape if Persians/Iranians had been the rulers of Rome because they always had been kind and just wherever they had gone. By the way shame on the producer of movie 300-Spartans; Xerecsus was had been a fair King. In the movie, portraying Iranians/Persians as savages, it says that Persians are COWARDS because they THROW ARROWS from afar over the 300 !!!Spartan fighters. This reminded me of us having had been truly the COWARDS of all times because we launch cruise missiles from thousands of miles and kill people using unmanned aero planes/fighters/helicopters and explode chemical weapons on the people we unfairly engage and impose war on them to accept what we ask them to do. A fair mind (like that of mine) finds the ULTIMATE outrageousness in the immediately below-pasted quote from the mesmerized by power-Nicholas Burns, our under secretary of state for political affairs: “Iran is a country that for the United States has been one of abiding concern for the better part of 30 years”. Who the hell we think we are to …[click the link] The first thing that brings about peace is JUST/EQUAL and with respect treatment of others. We claim to be a CIVILIZED nation. JUST/EQUAL and with respect treatment of others is the hallmarks of a “civilized nation”. Hegemonic attitude of ours …[click the link] called CIVILIZED world. Iran does NOT intend to build atomic bomb. Please stop. Treat others as EQUALS then all the security of flow of oil to the West that we want would be assured. The COLONIALISM era is over. Uncontrollable greedy …[click the link ]. Stop the hegemony of military Industrial Complex then you will notice that terrorism stops.(Listen to President Eisenhower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8…h? v=8y06NSBBRtY). Let us get ourselves out of the stupid inferiority/superiority complex. We are NOT the boss/landlord/owner of the world. Declaration of Human Right becomes meaningless/sounds hollow when we and the other four countries have the VETO power and Permanent seat in the Security Counsel. To: Media (from Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, … to the ALMOST-loud-speaker-of-government-PBS) and the Press-titude(s): You are supposed to be eye and ears of public to protect the Constitution. How come is it …[click link] Stop from being the loudspeaker for the government. Have the BALL to write/report the truthful pieces of important news. Journalists are supposed to take risks and be ready to loose their job for the cause of INFORMING people. Please do your job honorably. Do not lecture them. Tell them the truth. Not reporting the truth is the worst type of lying through omission [of facts]. Be the FOURT PILLAR of for-people-govenment. Be the eyes and ears of people.
By M Morgan on 04/26/2008 6:30 am
M Morgan
Dear Ones, I am writing/posting these to inform the lazy ones and prejudiced/ignorants among us. Because such people are vulnerable to devious political manipulations because of their ignorance that they cherish it so much. Selfishness has caused demise of glorious civilizations. Nowadays, we can not say, “Oh well after me nothing is important”/”I don’t care what happens to future generations (we are talking about our children’s/grand-child’s future)” because our planet is endangered. So we can not behave like the irresponsible past demised-civilizations’ behavior. Do you know that the attack on American embassy in Tehran and hostage-taking was an American-made coocked-up plan to use it as an excuse to create obstacle to that beautiful revolution of Persians/Iranians (against their brutal puppet-dictator, the Shah [Sha-han-shah — The King of the Kings])? It was devised by Kissinger, Ruckfeller, Ashraf Pahlavi (Shah’s notorious sister), and one other person within the post-revolutionary regime (a spy) - whose identity is not known yet. We blocked Iranian’s assets abroad, and by cooperation of naives/traitors removed milliard dollars amounts from their frozen assets (The Algeria D’Accord) that were given, as “compensation” to the “Hostages” and the Banks. In my view we have to return whatever we have stolen from them back to Iranian Treasury. To have caused more trouble for the post-revolutionary government of the REALLY-elected President, President Abolhassan Banisadr, we created Iran/Iraq war that lasted eight years and one-million defending Iranian were killed (a generation of Heroes). We have to compensate Iran and offer them apology. Not, threaten them with bombing them. Their only sin is that they raised against our tyrany/bully-ism/exploitation and have aspired independence and scientific advancement. Shame on us.
By M Morgan on 04/26/2008 6:36 pm
M Morgan
http://www.wowowow.com/question/have-protest-Columbia-University-Vietnam… I participated in a revolution that was, stolen by opportunist.
By M Morgan on 04/26/2008 7:23 pm
GEORGE WU, A.I.A.
If the Chairman of China endorsed the Queen of Hawaii in Beijing and gave her a gold medal just like Bush gave Dalai Lama one several months ago, and then the Queen took over the Palace ground in Hawaii several days ago and protested ( in the news). which side,( I doubted every much that you ever cared enough,) would you march in a protest? and why?——in reference to Tibet……. No! China would not DIVIDE AND CONQUER another nation! China has been a peaceful country on earth, never invaded another country like some of the countries did.( you are well informed which country did which invasion in what year, etc.)…..The Chinese people used to mind its own business only until China is provoked!—- Tibet is one of the chinese provinces just like Hawaii is one of the states of the U.S.A.——-Any objections???!!!—-dancewu(dot)net
By GEORGE WU, A.I.A. on 05/02/2008 5:40 pm