tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post7426532054671760449..comments2024-03-26T15:19:23.091-07:00Comments on false dichotomy by charles davis: U.S. journalist turns Iranian dissidentCharles Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-71320212955189802452009-06-22T07:44:40.020-07:002009-06-22T07:44:40.020-07:00Happy In Nevada,
Thanks for the feedback. Being c...Happy In Nevada,<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback. Being concerned about the people of Iran is a good thing, but I'd be less cynical if many of these newly-minted activists displayed the same commitment to freedom and human rights here in the U.S. or in the authoritarian countries our government claims as allies as they do when the country in question is an Official Enemy like Iran.Charles Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-46249663202742489942009-06-19T12:40:02.665-07:002009-06-19T12:40:02.665-07:00I was so glad to read this! I've been bombard...I was so glad to read this! I've been bombarded with e-mails/phone calls from friends who have their tails in a knot about this election, and wonder why I'm spending more time watching the committee discussions on health-care reform IN OUR COUNTRY.<br /><br />Why I'm spending more time at the local senior center helping get meals to the needy and confined, then I'm listening to the Iran election results or 'blogging', and not following their constant 'tweets and twitters'; videos, and all other forms of visual and text reports about a country who should be dealing with their own issues, as we should be dealing with ours.<br /><br />How many times has Iran become a critical 'hot spot' or 'media news point', in these many years I've been alive, I can't even count or remember them all.<br /><br />Why haven't we Americans realized that the same countries will continue to rattle their chains; bang their drums, and if it weren't for the media; television - blogging, web-sites, newspapers, magazines and the technology that allows us to 'know some of this', we'd all be focused on what's key to our own personal security and lives, and move within our communities with the goal of keeping those healthy; which feeds the health of the state, which feeds the health of the USA.<br /><br />How far do I want to extend myself, and what real good can I do with where I place my time and interest, is what counts. Writing/blogging/watching television and getting emotionally upset about what's going on thousands of miles from where we Americans live, seems ridiculous to me.<br /><br />I was SO GLAD YOU PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE! Thank you again!HAPPY IN NEVADAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214341069801731994noreply@blogger.com