Time to Speak Out

First Burma, now this. My heart goes out to these amazingly brave monks who are facing down the government of China. Don’t you think the US should be sending protesters? Or at least performance artists? Let them get busted and have the American people see what the Chinese gov’t does. We need to infiltrate who among the tribes of the movement is going and get some flights to china ASAP. Code Pink and Move On and partner with some right wing religious orgs too that are willing to send nuns to protest in solidarity. But I dont’ see any voices in the movement talking like this. It’s so ironic, but the only voice that says it’s our job to speak up is George W. Bush’s, which is really Michael Gerson’s. And he’s long gone. Dang. There _must_ be some show of being appalled at the games, but I wonder if we’ve got it in us.