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Q. "Mr. President, have you approved of covert activity to destablise the present government of Nicaragua?"
A. "Well, no, we're supporting them, the - oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm sorry, I was thinking of El Salvador, because of the previous, when you said Nicaragua. Here again, this is something upon which the national security interests, I just - I will not comment."
- Ronald Reagan, former U.S. President, Washington press conference, February 13th, 1983, as quoted by John Pilger in 'Heroes'
Okay, I know there haven't been any entries for a long time and therefore this entry probably should concern what I've been up to but...I don't know. After discovering the truth when you've been fluttering around in a world of lies for your entire life, one just doesn't feel like writing about the trival things (oh, I went to party today! I went to the beach today!) Since birth I loved America. Sure, the the dissidents were always around but I ignored them. And hated them. If you don't like America, why are you living there? -I still feel the same. Either do something or get out. Stop complaining- But I was the biggest blind admirer walking around in that country. And it is really difficult to see out from the inside. You can't.
But now, with this whole war issue looming that doesn't seem to have a rational justification other than 'hey man, we're powerful. We'll teach you to fuck with us' and being here, in a third world nation that has been already been beaten down by 'covert' US operations, my faith is wavering. Big time. A long time ago in Mexico, some one pointed out 'You know, joining the military means you need to fight for the military's policies. Are those policies ones that you believe in?' And I can't say 'Why yes, I'll do it all to stay on top of the other countries with fistfulls of money in my hands'.
Last week, we went to the small town of San Jacinto to see the lava. (Which was a way cool trip, by the way!!) When we got out of the car, a small horde of kids ran up begging to be our guides for like the equivalent of an American penny. We saw their fathers coming home from a long day's work under the sun in a nearby camp. These men, for the efforts of an entire day, earn around 30 cordobas. That's apprx $2.25 US.
I don't really know what to do. I mean, how can one person change things? But I know now, and that's the first step. If I had stayed at home I never would have known becuase these are things you have to learn by yourself...you cannot be taught from a book or a college lecture hall. Your heart cannot feel injustice truly until you have seen it with your own eyes.
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar soaked fingers out of the business of these [Third World] nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the 'haves' refuse to share with the 'have-nots' by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans."
-General David Sharp [Former United States Marine Commandant 1966]
"I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime."
-Albert Einstein, 1947
A. "Well, no, we're supporting them, the - oh, wait a minute, wait a minute, I'm sorry, I was thinking of El Salvador, because of the previous, when you said Nicaragua. Here again, this is something upon which the national security interests, I just - I will not comment."
- Ronald Reagan, former U.S. President, Washington press conference, February 13th, 1983, as quoted by John Pilger in 'Heroes'
Okay, I know there haven't been any entries for a long time and therefore this entry probably should concern what I've been up to but...I don't know. After discovering the truth when you've been fluttering around in a world of lies for your entire life, one just doesn't feel like writing about the trival things (oh, I went to party today! I went to the beach today!) Since birth I loved America. Sure, the the dissidents were always around but I ignored them. And hated them. If you don't like America, why are you living there? -I still feel the same. Either do something or get out. Stop complaining- But I was the biggest blind admirer walking around in that country. And it is really difficult to see out from the inside. You can't.
But now, with this whole war issue looming that doesn't seem to have a rational justification other than 'hey man, we're powerful. We'll teach you to fuck with us' and being here, in a third world nation that has been already been beaten down by 'covert' US operations, my faith is wavering. Big time. A long time ago in Mexico, some one pointed out 'You know, joining the military means you need to fight for the military's policies. Are those policies ones that you believe in?' And I can't say 'Why yes, I'll do it all to stay on top of the other countries with fistfulls of money in my hands'.
Last week, we went to the small town of San Jacinto to see the lava. (Which was a way cool trip, by the way!!) When we got out of the car, a small horde of kids ran up begging to be our guides for like the equivalent of an American penny. We saw their fathers coming home from a long day's work under the sun in a nearby camp. These men, for the efforts of an entire day, earn around 30 cordobas. That's apprx $2.25 US.
I don't really know what to do. I mean, how can one person change things? But I know now, and that's the first step. If I had stayed at home I never would have known becuase these are things you have to learn by yourself...you cannot be taught from a book or a college lecture hall. Your heart cannot feel injustice truly until you have seen it with your own eyes.
"I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar soaked fingers out of the business of these [Third World] nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a solution of their own. And if unfortunately their revolution must be of the violent type because the 'haves' refuse to share with the 'have-nots' by any peaceful method, at least what they get will be their own, and not the American style, which they don't want and above all don't want crammed down their throats by Americans."
-General David Sharp [Former United States Marine Commandant 1966]
"I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime."
-Albert Einstein, 1947