What is it about having nothing to write about specifically
that seems to generate an idea or two?
Actually just looking at the news headlines generates
laugher, astonishment and disappointment.
Headlines:
A GOP senator suggests hormones could be behind military
sexual assaults. Good grief!
The Oklahoma tornado broke a record for width. Another proof
that the weather patterns are changing.
France says tests prove Syria used nerve gas against the
rebels. Now what?
And then I remembered what was historically important on
yesterday’s date. June 4th.
The world of early June 1989 watched the beginning of the
tension between Chinese citizens and their oppressive government. It was on
television. A single man standing in front of tank stopping its forward
movement. Abruptly, the television signal was cut off. Slaughter took place.
To this day the Chinese Government continues to deny that
anyone but soldiers died in the massacre. The collective heart of humankind
knows the truth and it weeps.
Force will never conquer the desire, or the active quest for
freedom in all its forms. History validates that truth over and over again on
the crumbled actions of failed oppression.
Truth and tolerance, compassion and education, common
courtesy and common sense are the only values that will sustain a government in
power and elevate the condition of its people.
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