Letter To Obama, Yes Men Screwed Post, Zelaya Wins One, Vietnamization Of Afghanistan.
Zelaya out foxed the Coup government and slipped back into Honduras. He is in the Brazilian embassy and asking his supporters to protest the illicit overthrow of his presidency. The evening news in Tegucigalpa has the citizens of Honduras being beaten by riot police. Not a pretty sight. More likely to gain support and sympathy for him than for the new regime.
Monday the Yes men put out a bogus edition of the New York Post with the headline “We Are Screwed”. The edition is all about environmental devastation. It is part of a series of protests leading up to the Copenhagen summit.
It seems like Obama is going to get hit up with a request for more troops for Afghanistan. This is starting to look more and more like the buildup in Vietnam, a weak corrupt local government, demands for a stronger military presence or else things will collapse. Almost identical to the build up in Vietnam. Except Afghanistan has not been anybodies colony. Afghanis chased out the Russians. Afghanis totaly destroyed a British imperial force. Only one man survived and he was left only to warn the others to stay out. The Great Alexander had to marry a local princess to win the loyalty of the Afghanis. They stayed loyal to Greek Satraps for centuries until the Sakas came and took over and they moved in en mass. Perhaps if the USA is willing to send millions to migrate to Afghanistan we would then win the nation over to our ways. Otherwise all efforts are doomed to fail. Half a million Russians couldn’t make a difference so what makes us thing a few thousand Americans and our NATO allies can?
I wrote a letter to the President.
Greetings Mr President,
First may I congratulate you on winning the Presidency. I voted for you and even gave some money to your campaign. I normally vote Green or for Nader but you impressed me.
Policy issues. 1) Support President Zelaya. Cut off all aid the the illegal regime in Honduras including military aid until he is reinstated.
2) Lets get out of Afghanistan. Do you realize that we are getting sucked up in a quagmire that no western power has ever been able to succeed in? Alexander the Great had to marry a princess of the land to win them over. I don’t think your wife will let you marry a modern Afghani princess.
3) We need the Public option in Health Care. We really should have gone for a universal medicare plan like President Johnson envisioned, but we need a Public option to keep this from becoming a total victory for the Insurance industry.
4) Lets get moving on cleaning up the environment. Investigate the new Natural Gas option. Find out if it can be accessed without wasting too much water in the process. Lets get mass transit moving with bullet trains and mandatory 50 mile a gallon automobiles. Encourage local food sources, and re-engineering cities so that we live in walking or mass transit distance of work. Move people out of single family housing into more cooperative housing with tax incentives.
5) Food policy needs to change. Outlaw or tax junk food and sodas to incorporate the health care cost of obesity and diabetes. Bring back gymnastics and encourage yoga and Tai Chi for people who don’t like sports. A big part of bringing health care costs down is going to be encouraging healthy living.
6) Pardon Leonard Peltier
Thanks, Gary
I don’t have much to say tonight. if you want me to write about a particular subject sent me a message and I will give you my honest opinion.
Tags: Afghanistan No Way, Yes Men Do The Environment A Solid., Zelaya Back in Honduras
July 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I practive both Tai-Chi and meditation on my spare time. It is really good for general health.”;’
July 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
What does this have to do with my post?
August 1st, 2010 at 10:25 am
i would also like to learn Tai-Chi but there seems to be no practitioner in our area;.:
August 6th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Tai-Chi can be learned from a book. It is easy. Again this has nothing to do with my posting.