Poet's Eye Extra--Burma Monks Killed

[jimboloco]

there was an anti-war sentiment inside japan thru the zen monks
there was also the martialization of religion as in lutheran and catholic germany etc
and continues today in the religious right's evangelical movement within the american military

one zen teacher was in charge of japanese controlled mining in Sumatra and rebelled, led an underground resistance movement against his japanese countrymen inside sumatra
due to the abuse of people by the japanese
he went to paris after the war and established a teachingcenter there.
taizen deshimaru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taisen_Deshimaru
i visited the new orleans zen center established by one of his students, robert livingston, i was down from shrevepport, stayed at the y on lee circle, rode the trolley uptown to the garden district

i think that there is some sort of collaboration between the international oil companies and the burmese military junta

you are right of course
when we destroy our credibility with the mis use of military power
we are unable to intervene in cases of human righrs violations, which is what we should be doing with the support and cooperation of the international community
but hey fuck the world
we are the champions of blowhards against the axis of evil
and don't have time for sudan or burma

and bush jr is such a moron his words are without merit

[stilltrucking]

But we should be the good guys in Burma

Interesting thought Clay. I think it is interesting how many americans still believe we are still the good guys.

good eye
thank you

Min Ko Naing - a nom de guerre that means "conqueror of kings" - was among the most prominent of those arrested today. He spent 15 years in jail, where he was tortured for his part in the 1988 demonstrations, but was released in 2004.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0 ... 27,00.html

Min Ko Naing also a musician, had a rock and roll band until he was banned. I heard a sound byte smigdeon of his music, sounded real good to me.'

[stilltrucking]

Jim I wonder how much time we should spend defending the dead?

Or of accusing them?



But then again

who is really dead anymore

Certainly not Jesus Christ.

Bush says he still talks to him.

But then again I talk to the dead all the time

Just in case they really know something.

I don't know how many times I have heard you say

"I am not a pacifist"

I am a pacifist at this point in time.

I don't hear any voices telling me I need to go to Burma and kill some people so they can have cheap gasoline. THe real issue in BUrma is ecconomic, this shit all started because the ruling junta raised the price of fuel.
But that is just something I read in the main stream press and NPR


At least that is what I been hearing, but there is a bigger issue for some
That woman who won the election in 1988 and has spent the last seventeen years under house arrest, I don't think she is in it for cheap gasoline.

People could care less about freedom of speech when they are starving.

But I am probably just a cynical old man.

I am a pacifist today
so far.
But that is just something I read in the main stream press and NPR

The Violence Within


sorry clay
sorry for the ramble
Burma been on my mind for weeks now
thanks to the BBC.
The infatada back in 1988 far worse in lives lost so far.
This whole thing giving me the Tiannaman Square blues again.

Yeah we the good guys okay
but all our heroes are dead
John Wayne, Ronald Raygunz, and I like Ike
I been thinking about putting a McCain 2008 bumper sticker on my car.

[e_dog]

Burma's gotta Joan of Arc.

The U.S. got a King George, the Madone.