An email response to Cecelia

On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Cecelia Ariaz wrote: 
 Subject: Fw: Sentence of Reid
Sentence of Reid
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?
 Did you know his trial is over?
 Did you know he was sentenced?
 Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio?
 Didn't think so.

Yes, dear, I have read the judge's comments. Did not hear it on teevee because I gave that up six years ago. Too much junk, too much propaganda, too many jerks and liars, too much noise. I have my apartment radio tuned to one station. It is KALW in San Francisco. Listener supported. They subscribe to NPR and the BBC for their news programs.

I take the time to scan the online edition of the SF Chronicle and the NY Times. I read many politically oriented web pages and communicate with many people by email. I read many books, a few popular and not so popular magazines. I have recently attended two peace vigils sponsored by MoveOn in San Francisco. I take pictures and share them on the internet. Sometimes the overload button lights up on my 82 year old head.

I am an American citizen and have not missed voting since my first time in 1945. I am sick and tired of the miserable flag waving so-called patriots and fundamentalists who voted for the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States. The administration wants to keep the people of this country living with fear of OTHERS. That is not a healthy condition nor does it promote peace in the world.

It was right of the judge to sentence the nut case with the shoe bomb into a long term stay in jail. I wish that someone had the guts to do the same with bush/cheney and company. Those two are just the tip of the iceberg.

Get out there and do something to bring back the hard won civil rights to our country that have been removed by those in our country who terrorize and bomb people in other countries. They claim it is for our freedom. That's the biggest lie of all.

Sonnie