What has happened in Haiti is appalling. The suffering that we are seeing on a minute by minute basis from the rolling news channels makes one realise how fragile the structure of civilisation is, and how quickly it can be removed by a natural tragedy. Haiti is a poor country, the poorest, we are told, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
Who Is My Neighbour?
January 17th, 2010 1 Comment
Tags: aid · earthquake · GOP · Gospel · Haiti · neighbor · neighbour · Obama · St Luke · UN · US
It is happening here, in England and it is happening now!
July 6th, 2009 No Comments
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out–
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the [...]
Tags: Britain · england · fascism · intimidation · threats
Iran Election & Twitter, YouTube & Flickr
June 16th, 2009 No Comments
I’ve been following the events unfolding on Twitter and the various links to other social networking sites, and it has been fascinating. Despite all the recent scepticism about Twitter, this does seem to be a real time unrolling of events. If you want to follow what is going on you need to log into Twitter [...]
Tags: #gr88 · #IranElection · basij · election · Green Revolution · Iran · Mousavi · Obama · russia · Tehran · USA
