May 27th, 2008
Remember the comments of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who said in 2001 that we had become a wicked land, causing God to lift His safety net over America and allow the terrorist attacks of 9-11 to occur? Most of us dismissed such comments as ridiculous fear-mongering (and probably linked to a plea for money.)
Now there’s a New Age version of the same thing, only , as you might expect, it’s bad karma that’s punishing China. No less an authority than Sharon Stone (she of the famous leg-crossing scene) said it.
Asked by a Hong Kong TV crew if she’d heard of the earthquakes in China, our Sharon said of course, she had. She added,
“I’m not happy at how the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else… They’re not being nice to the Dhali Lama, who is a good friend of mine. And then all this earthquake stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma, that when you’re not being nice, bad things happen to you?”
May 27th, 2008
Here’s what I want to know: Is Danica going to be the lede on every Indycars racing story, regardless of whether she wins????
May 27th, 2008
So, Barack Obama wants to open up American– Cuban relations, maybe end the 40 year old trade embargo. Horror of horrors, wail assorted Bushies, McCainiacs and The Maha-Rushie. We can’t be talking to people who rule with iron fists, say they.
But it was Mr. Bush, or as Garrison Keillor refers to him, “the Current Occupant” of the White House, who went, begging for oil to the Saudis, who run a cruel, dictatorial regime that, aside from having no elections, doesn’t even let women DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last time I was in Walmart, just about eveything in the store was made in China, which similarly cracks down on all dissent, won’t even allow those passive Falun Gong exercisers to practice their relaxation exercises in the park, and stifles dissent in Tibet. Not a word from Bush about the Chinese crackdown in Tibet. Probably he wanted to be nice to them because he’s borrowing big bucks from the Bank of China to mail to us in “rebate” checks.
But oh how tough George & Co. are on those dastardly Castro Bros. Give me a break.
The trade embargo is simply daft. Our farmers would like to sell them products. Our contractors would like to build roads and buildings. Our citizens would like to vacation on the best beaches in the Caribbean. Several years ago, Illinois sent a trade delegation to Cuba with some of the top corporate and ag leaders in the state. We wanted to trade. But the feds said no dice.
Lift the embargo. Recognize Cuba. Let people visit. That’ll do more to change Cuba for the better than any speeches from the likes of President Dopey.
