Israel's Apartheid Wall

Security is a legitimate concern for Israel. And being so removed it is hard to put oneself in the shoes of either an Israeli or a Palestinian. Regardless, the Wall of Apartheid that Israel is building around and through the West Bank is a rank injustice, imprisoning hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, stealing land, water, homes, farms, heritage and livelihood, and ALL financed by the American taxpayer.

Now walls can be a great blessing or heartbreaking tragedy. Nehemiah led the ancient Israelites to rebuild Jerusalem's walls, which represented power, protection and beauty. Contrarily, the Berlin Wall, built out of fear and hate, was a monstrous obscenity. Israel's apartheid wall is both blessing (for illegal Israeli settlers) and beast (for everybody else). In its desperate attempt to secure their citizens, Israel's wall will only further fuel the flames of discord.

Please see this link for information about this wall--at 408 miles more than 5 times the length of the Berlin Wall, and up to 24' high.
http://www.thewallofhate.org/film/thewall.wmv

And like the Berlin wall, I can't help but think that no matter how mighty it is, the pure force of righteousness will cause its demise.

If Watergate Happened Today

The difference between the Watergate break-in happening then or under the Bush Presidency now is the wide gulf between IMPEACHABLE CRIME and HEROIC surveillance acts on behalf of NATIONAL SECURITY.

This is spot-on accurate and true. A similar "break-in" today into the Democratic national HQ would be legal according to Bush's self-proclaimed "inherent" powers. The President would be protected, aided and abetted by a compliant House, Senate and Supreme Court.

His "heels-dug-in" religious/patriotic/moneyed base is the key enabler of this wrong-is- right, black-is-white world which is nothing more than a bridge backwards to the eras of dictatorships and which are, paradoxically, the antithesis of democracy.

We can only hope that we awaken BEFORE this phenomenon has us fully crossed over, much like Alec Guinness did before destroying the Bridge over the River Kwai and the Japanese horde's advance.