May 6, 2002
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One could title this post
Crass Consumerist Blather and Politics: the good, the bad, the ugly and the Gertie Ball
So! We have made a few purchases lately. One I am especially excited about is our Didymos Sling from the Kids Nature outlet store. It is the best best best! We are especially into the "cross carry" position. It is so comfy and Rose loves it. Yes.
Our other groovy purchase, much less expensive, is the Gertie Ball. We have one with glow in the dark stars.
On to political events!
I was so so so happy to hear on the BBC World News this morning that the Burmese government has freed Aung San Suu Kyi, but as she has said, "My release should not be looked at as a major breakthrough for
democracy. For all people in Burma to enjoy basic freedom - that
would be the major breakthrough". Yeah. In my opinion, the real breakthrough will be when they let her serve as the democratically elected (by like 80% or something) leader she is, and should be. Still, I heard the sounds of the people cheering as she walked freely out of her house for the first time in 20 months, and it made me cry. She is so amazing. Check out more information on how you can help to Free Burma.
On the other hand, on Democracy Now! (scroll down, but also note more about Burma here...), Amy was chatting about the Pentagon's ploy to get exempt from abiding by a just a few pesky little environmental laws, like the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and others involving hazardous waste and other silly little things. Great. In the name of "saving America from the Evildoeers", we can kill off all the dolphins and tweety birds!!!! GREAT! Ok, sorry, done now. So if you want to, you can call your congresspersons about this, and if you do want to, do it this week, they are voting on this quite soon. More details are on the Democracy Now site. To reach your representative, callthe Capitol Switchboard, call (202) 224-3121.
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