Obsidian, Damascus and the Sun

So, just droppin' by to check in with y'all. Just hangin' out here in front of the computer..

I did end up going out last night, but that is a different story for another time. However, it did effect the time I went to sleep, which was quite late this morning. I managed to roll onto the floor off the two mattresses I sleep on around 10 am. around this time, I decided that I should go to the bank and see why my card has not been working, however when I absent mindedly used it to buy a pack of gum and a vitamin water on the way to the bank, it appeared that the whole effort had been in vain. I did see the walk a mile in her shoes march.. I did not know that so many men in Keene were so comfortable in high heels, but it was for a good cause and I talked to lots of people.

when I got home, I did some yard work. The one thing I learned from this is that it is that it is time to break out the Gold Bond. Feel the tingle baby... But anyway, time for another current events observation...hhhhh..Scroll down...

I have been watching the news lately, and I have seen many things. One thing that has grabbed my attention of late has been the protests surrounding the Olympic torch. I used to think that the Chinese giving up Tibet and giving it to the Dalai Lama would be a good thing, because of course China brutally invaded the small sovereign nation back in the 5O's.. You may or may not agree with me. If you may, then what I am about to say may be annoying..

One of our esteemed presidential candidates recently stated president Bush should boycott the Olympics and that he should begin talking to the Dalai Lama.

This confuses me for one big reason, and that is because before the Chinese invasion, Tibet was a theocratic dictatorship and Its citizens had no rights what so ever. It was ruled by a priest class, who had the power of life and death over their people. This sounds nothing like the peace loving Dalai Lama of today, and granted I got this information from the same source that called Gandhi a pedophile and mother Theresa a cold blooded killer, but that does not change the fact that a system of leadership existed that was not all that different from the regimes of the Middle East today.

The freedom to choose our own leaders is one of the basic principles of liberty, and if China today were to give the Dalai Lama back his land at the request of the United States, would we not be denying one of our most basic rights to millions of people?.. Besides, It has been well over 50 years since the annexation of Tibet.. New generations have been born and raised, and are now far more diverse religiously than we are often led to believe, while only being allowed to dream of possessing the freedoms we have. My point is that we should not insist upon the re imposition of an unelected religious leader, whatever his intentions may be...

If you are a Tibetan Buddhist reading this, and chances are that you are not.... I would ask you to look at it from the point of view of a Catholic.. Would it really be fair to all the people of Europe if you were to insist upon the return of the lands of the Holy Roman Empire to the pope? No.. Not really..

Well that is all, As you can see... I do not like research or facts, but I would not have it any other way. Enjoy your Barley.