In many states right now John McCain is running an ad wherein he states "I'm running for President to keep the Country I love safe." CanNOT fault his motive.
A very, very dear friend of mine is reading a book right now - "Three Cups of Tea". I'll let you research that in the obvious places. What I know is that I picked up her copy and opened it to a page, random, that included this passage -
A Pakistani man was visiting with the first person (author) of the book and said (and this is a true story - please do your research): "Your President Bush has succeeded in making a Billion Muslims enemies of the US for two hundred years."
First, let's hope this is not true - the American people do not deserve this even if we did put Bush in office time and again. I don't wish this mistake even upon Mr. Incubate (read: Mr. At-Fault).
But, this book passage is not a remark from a street-corner rabblerouser. This is not a political ad. This is a poignant moment of sharing among individuals attempting to span the gap of an age and of a world -- to achieve understanding of world events even within the personal context of respect and admiration for one another.
Now, let's try to bring this back to Mr. McCain and his heartfelt proclamation that he's 'running' to keep us 'safe'.
Look. This is real simple. You tell me - do you think he has a clue? Let's hear from you - McCain: Clueful, or Clueless?
JT
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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Whatever else you get from John's message, READ Three Cups of Tea, read it again it you have to. But trust me, if it affected you as it did me, support Greg Mortensen's efforts to keep building schools in the very places where right now, today, free-thinking education efforts have to fight everyday against heavily bankrolled, Taliban-sponsored terrorist dogma that would obliterate again the right to basic education. One school at a time, Greg is one human being whose heart, mind and dedication is truly making a difference in the lives of so many children in the Middle East who can now call themselves "students", and do so proudly. Read the book, then give him every bit of support you can.
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