I have long followed Aung San Suu Kyi and when you read more about her and the struggles of Myanmar you'll know why I have her on one of the T-shirts in the "100 PENNIES" section. Here's a TIMELINE.......................................................... http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSBKK24904220070927 AUNG SAN SUU KYI http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html MYANMAR NOW http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSB58859920070927 AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY RIGHT? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/30/AR2007093001036.html 3 GUESSES http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2001/01may/may01corp10.html Hmmmmm Who would-a thunk it And despite what is now occuring in Tibet, Bush will be attending the Olympic games. I mean HELLO...Do you know how much money he's borrowed from China?

AND SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN... I BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE INSTANCES OF THE ABRIDGEMENT OF THE FREEDOM OF THE PEOPLE BY GRADUAL AND SILENT ENCROACHMENTS OF THOSE IN POWER THAN BY VIOLENT AND SUDDEN USURPTIONS. James Madison MAY http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=ROG20070521&articleId=5721 JUNE http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/June/07_ag_398.html JULY http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx072007 http://www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/118489654058910.xml&coll=7 BOOKS They Thought They Were Free http://www.buzzflash.com/hartmann/05/11/har05011.html You Have No Rights http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/hartmann/016

WE THE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION... Rapidly getting less perfect. http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/its_not_terrorism http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003226851_fragile26.html INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm (your bridge here) falling down,falling down,falling down... http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/02/bridge.collapse/index.html http://www.startribune.com/10204/story/1339911.html THE OTHER AMERICA http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2131974,00.html

Well the 4th Estate might be kaput but there's always the 4th branch of government. As follows the Washington Post, 4 part article on Dick Cheney. You might want to print it out. Makes great reading at the beach! After you throw up you can cover it with sand. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/chapter_1/ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/pushing_the_envelope_on_presi/ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/a_strong_push_from_back_stage/index.html http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/leaving_no_tracks/index.html Here's more info on the ramifications of the Oregon fish kill aspect of this story http://www.orblogs.com/blog/1186

The characteristic of heroism is it's persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits, and starts of generosity.But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic. Yet we have the weakness to expect the sympathy of people in those actions whose excellence is that they outrun sympathy, and appeal to a tardy justice. If you would serve your brother,because it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent people do not commend you. Adhere to your act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I BELIEVE, YES I BELIEVE. MORE I CANNOT SAY. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? John Lennon Well the site isn't even up and running yet but I like this photo. It's still a beautiful world...isn't it?