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Monday, Sep 18, 2006
Physician, Heal Thyself
From the Letters published today in the WSJ ...
Eugene Sullivan
Lieutenant Colonel
U.S. Army, Retired
Stanardsville, Va.
No army will ever be able to defeat a ruthless and barbaric enemy by providing it with food, water, hospitals and school supplies. The only way to accomplish that is the old-fashioned way: Kill as many of the enemy as possible. Our society seems to have lost its will to win if it requires bloodshed. What will it take to change this collective suicidal brainwash? Probably nothing short of a WMD attack. While the generals and the military hand out crayons, Iran builds nuclear weapons for, of course, "peaceful purposes," I'm sure.
R. Menendez, M.D.
El Paso, Texas
Democracy Now!
D and I just got back from seeing Amy and David Goodman speaking at the Rio in Santa Cruz. This talk was a benefit for KUSP,
and is just one of eighty stops on their tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of Democracy Now! and to support their new book, Static -- Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back.
Both Amy and David are very good speakers. David focused on the failures of the media. Amy covered many topics, but focused most on the cost of war and violence. Her talk was very dense with specifics -- of people, places, events -- but I didn't see her refer to notes once. She spoke from the heart and the head at the same time.
The book is currently 18th on the New York Times best seller list. The Times shows only the top 15 their paper. We bought three copies (one for us, one for folks in Chicago, and one for a local library) to help bump them up on the list.
Check them out in a city near you. It's an evening well spent.