According to today’s New York Times, two Chinese women, both in their 70s, have been sentenced to reeducation camp. The charge? Applying for a permit to protest, in accordance with rules previously established by Chinese communist authorities. The women wanted to protest the eminent-domain taking of their homes in Beijing for the purpose of economic development (which, of course, brings to mind the Kelo decision which upheld the same sort of thing here in the United States).

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I wrote about how U.S. foreign policy ignites and engenders a variety of crises, especially since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Such crises are then used to get the citizenry all worked up and panic-stricken, which then enables the government to increase its power over the citizenry.

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In Knoxville We Spoke Up in Solidarity!

Pastor Martin Niemöller, a contemporary of Adolf Hitler wasn't a saint in his younger days, I hear, but he repented of his omissions and commissions later in life.  He is probably most remembered for the following lines that we have all heard at least once:

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Referring to Russia’s incursion into Georgia, President Bush says that invading a sovereign country that poses no threat is “unacceptable in the 21st century.” John McCain echoes that sentiment with, “In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.”

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