We can learn a lot about differences and similarities from Venezuela
<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Sunday, May 11, 2003 By: Rainbow Sally
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 16:58:42 -0700 From: Rainbow Sally rainbowsally@zippnet.net To: Editor@VHeadline.com Subject: re: your VHeadline letter
Dear Editor: Both the left and the right are guilty of mass murders. Hitler was a rightist. The issue should strictly focus the Constitutions of our countries ... not right-left polarization.
I also am American.
Left and right polarizations are destroying the US ... we can't even agree on abortion issues. We have engaged in a war we did not want (until troops were committed), and we are a million miles from living up to our own Constitution. We have adopted an unspoken amendment honoring free enterprise at the expense of free speech, for example. (See current FCC regulation debate, for example).
Venezuela has its own constitution ... and its President (imagine what would happen here if this happened to Bush) was abducted, forced from office and then reinstated ... largely by popular demand.
We can learn a lot about the differences and similarities of capital-ism and democracy from Venezuela. We can learn a lot about how one side can cause a problem and then blame the other for not being able to stop them from causing the problem.
That's where I jumped into Venezuelan politics about two months ago ... I am speaking of the opposition's sabotage of the petroleum industry (implicit) and the cutting of electrical transmission lines (explicit).
Perhaps this is not a white hats v. black hats western movie?
Now then, if we assume that there are no good guys (as in "all have sinned?") we can also admit that their Constitution has no ulterior motives of its own and is likely to be impartial by its nature. So we can hope their Constitution is more readable than ours! Because we are not doing that well ourselves, my friend.
DynCorp -- buying and selling human sex slaves. How bad of an idea was it to have a privatized military?
How far have we already descended into a neo-plantation mentality?
And how can WE best recover some degree of humanity before God himself produces a little "friendly fire" out of his frustration with our obstinence, our deliberate incompetence (when it serves our purposes), and our incessant cheating -- and calling it "righteousness", trying to implicate even Jesus Christ in our murders.
Pray for our President ... pray that he be stopped by a valid impeachment process so that no other US President ever ever ever tries this again! War Crimes 'R' [NOT] Us.
And while you're kneeling by your bed, pray also that Venezuela's Constitution holds the key to correcting their problems.
Rainbow Sally rainbowsally@zippnet.net