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Dear President Arafat:
...I have the key to your success. I know how you can unilaterally end the killing on both sides -- and, as a bonus, wind up with a Palestinian state!
...My proposal is not a new idea. It involves no armies, no money, and no UN resolutions. It's dirt cheap. It has been tried many times, in many countries -- AND IT HAS NEVER FAILED. It demands no hatred and requires no weapon. In fact, it is all about no weapons.
It's called mass nonviolent civil disobedience. It worked for Martin Luther King Jr. -- his nonviolent movement brought an abrupt end to legal segregation in America. It worked for Gandhi -- he and his fellow Indians brought the British Empire to its knees without firing a shot. It worked for Nelson Mandela -- he and the African National Congress brought about an end to apartheid with no violent revolution.
Here's how it works: ...Just sit your ass down. That's it. It's simple. You just lay your bodies down -- often just a few thousand in the middle of the road will do -- and don't move and don't fight back when they try to drag you away. Instead of Israel always shutting down borders to Gaza and the West Bank, you shut them down. Just march peacefully up to the checkpoint and then sit down. No Israelis will be able to get to their settlements. No Israelis will be able to transport goods and natural resources from your land into Israel. ...The world will be watching -- especially if you embrace the wonderful world of public relations, and alert the media to your plans. (Trust me, CNN will take your call.)
...If you want, I will come and join you in your nonviolent protest. It's the least I can do after helping finance the bullets and bombs that have killed your people.
Yours, Michael Moore
9:11 PM | link
The American flag stands for the fact that cloth can be very important. It is against the law to let the flag touch the ground or to leave the flag flying when the weather is bad. The flag has to be treated with respect. You can tell just how important this cloth is because when you compare it to people, it gets much better treatment. Nobody cares if a homeless person touches the ground. A homeless person can lie all over the ground all night long without anyone picking him up, folding him neatly and sheltering him from the rain.
-- Charlotte Aldebron, age 12
9:34 AM | link
There are lots of groups that help you get outraged about world events but there are very few that actually tell you how to individually make a difference. So, my goal is once a week to read about a problem, get outraged, figure out who I can write to about it, and share what I did. Government of the people, for the people, and by the people means that we have a responsibility to make our voices heard rather than paying a lobbyist to do it for us.Stop by and check it out!