Thursday, August 30, 2007

Librarians

San Mateo Daily Journal
Thursday
August 30 2007 Home Local News State / National / World Sports Opinion / Letters Business Arts / Entertainment Lifestyle Obituaries Letters
Librarians are not the threatEditor,Once President Bush reauthorized the Patriot Act, the FBI lifted the librarians’ gag order. This eliminated the possibility that the NSL provisions would be struck down. Today, the librarians are the only ones who can talk about life with an NSL gag, despite the likelihood that there are hundreds if not thousands of other similar stories out there. The prison term for violating the gag order was added to the reauthorized Patriot Act. The United States has reached a sorry state when librarians are considered a national security threat because they won’t turn over lists of books that people are checking out and reading. The real threat to America’s freedom is the hare-brained politicians and security officials who come up with such ideas and who are ready to throw innocent people into jail if they don’t comply with their unjust laws.
Ted Rudow III,MA Menlo Park

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

War games?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/28/18444412.php
War games?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday Aug 28th, 2007
"Evoking a worst-case scenario, Mr. Bush said that if extremists drove the United States out, “our allies in the region would be under greater siege by the enemies of freedom” and “early movements toward democracy in the region would be violently reversed.-- ”He castigated the Iranian government for supporting anti-American extremists in Iraq and elsewhere, and for pursuing a nuclear program that could lead to weaponry. “The Iranian regime must halt these actions,” he said
-->
The real reason that he is saying is the Bush administration will never allow the Iranian government to open an oil exchange (bourse) that trades petroleum in euros. If that were to happen, hundreds of billions of dollars would come flooding back to the United States crushing the greenback and destroying the economy. This is why Bush and Co. are planning to lead the nation to war against Iran. It is straightforward defense of the current global system and the continuing dominance of the reserve currency, the dollar. America monopolizes the oil trade. Oil is denominated in dollars. America's currency monopoly is the perfect pyramid-scheme. As long as nations are forced to buy oil in dollars, the United States can continue its profligate spending with impunity. (The dollar now accounts for 68% of global currency reserves, up from 51% just a decade ago). Even though the Bush administration has said that it will perpetuate the deficit-producing tax cuts. US has over-extended itself, it has lived beyond its income. It is living on borrowed money and borrowed time, and some day soon it's going to have to pay. The price of gas in the U.K is now $7.00 a gallon, but Americans love and worship their cars. The claim that Iran is developing nuclear weapons is a mere pretext for war.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Monday, August 27, 2007

Any parting words for Gonzales?

Quick Search SFGate Home Business Sports Entertainment Travel Classifieds Jobs Real Estate Cars Two Cents« Did Katrina change... Main Any parting words for Gonzales? Ted Rudow III,MA Menlo ParkThe words of politicians, Orwell wrote, are "designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." In "1984", it is a chilling depiction of how the power of the state could come to dominate the lives of individuals through cultural conditioning. It incessantly relays messages from the Party and simultaneously allows the dreaded "thought police to tune into the activities of any individual at any given timePosted By: Heidi Swillinger (Email) August 27 2007 at 08:47 AM Comments (0) : Post Comment

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/27/18443964.php
Any parting words for Gonzales?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Monday Aug 27th, 2007 11:35 AM
Any parting words for Gonzales? The words of politicians, Orwell wrote, are "designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
-->
In "1984", it is a chilling depiction of how the power of the state could come to dominate the lives of individuals through cultural conditioning. It incessantly relays messages from the Party and simultaneously allows the dreaded “thought police to tune into the activities of any individual at any given time." Ted Rudow III,MA

Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Daily Star

Home About Us Advertise Archives Forum Classifieds ePaper Subscribe Contact us Search Daily Star Sections Egypt Lebanon Middle East News Politics Business Editorial Opinion Lebanon Examiner Special Reports Interviews Readers' Letters Reader's Feedback Published on 25/08/2007
Readers' Letters and opinions
letters@dailystar.com.lb
America has armed Israel since its beginning and the horrible results of what Israeli weapons have done to Arab nations. The US reaped a very small fraction of what it has sown in the form of bloodshed and terror, the devastation and death it has made possible by its arms sales and its pro-Israel foreign policy.And the US hasn't even begun to reap the hatred it has sown in the Middle East and elsewhere, both because of its own wars, military interventions, missile strikes, murderous raids and assassinations and more. But the Lord keeps good books, and in His good time, He'll balance the accounts, rewarding every man and every nation according to their works, good for good and evil for evil.When people not only refuse to show justice and mercy and love and compassion for others, but go further and even persecute and slaughter others and commit all sorts of atrocities, and refuse to repent of their evil, despite much time and mercy and longsuffering and many opportunities from the Lord, He's forced to take action. He's a just God, as well as a loving one.
Ted Rudow III,MA
California, United States

Friday, August 24, 2007

Bloodbath

Sacbee: Opinion NewsletterBlogs Cartoons Daily Debate Editorials Forum Letters Friday, August 24, 2007
Cartoonist Rex Babin: Vietnam lessons
...(more) Friday, August 24, 2007
Bloodbath?
The president said today that a hasty withdrawal would unleash a bloodbath in Iraq reminiscent of the Vietnam War era. Mr. Bush accused the Congress of planning to pull the rug out from under American troops. He said the American pullout from Vietnam more than 32 years ago was to blame for millions of deaths in Cambodia and Vietnam, and for putting a dent in American credibility that lasts to this day. To the horrified dismay of the apparently now small minority of truly peace-loving, fair-minded and liberal Americans, Bush was again seeking to justify his stand. But God had to expose both him and his murderous majority and so that the world would know that evidently the vast majority of Americans are for wealth, war, oppression and selfish exploitation. If the general American public now permit their dirty-dealing President to get away with his illegal, underhanded crimes and criminal obstructions of justice and suppressions of the truth, it is beyond me!Ted Rudow III,MA

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Real threat to U.S.

San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco, California Change My City . NewsPoliticsEntertainmentSportsBusinessBlogsOpinionCity GuideLetters Ken Garcia
Letters
Real threat to U.S.
Once President Bush reauthorized the Patriot Act, the FBI lifted the gag order on librarians. This eliminated the possibility that the “National Security Letter” provisions would be struck down.Today, librarians are the only people who can talk about life with an NSL gag, despite the likelihood that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of similar stories out there. The prison term for violating the gag order was added to the reauthorized Patriot Act.America has reached a sorry state when librarians are considered a national security threat because they won’t turn over lists of books that people are checking out and reading. The real threat to America’s freedom is the hairbrained politicians and security officials who come up with such ideas and who are ready to throw innocent people into jail if they don’t comply with their unjust laws.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

You reap what you sow

You reap what you sow
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/22/18442383.php
You reap what you sow
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Aug 22nd, 2007
America has armed Israel since its beginning and the horrible results of what Israeli weapons have done to Arab nations. The U.S. reaped a very small fraction of what it has sown in the form of bloodshed and terror, the devastation and death it has made possible by its arms sales and its pro-Israel foreign policy.
-->
And the U.S. hasn't even begun to reap the hatred it has sown in the Mideast and elsewhere, both because of its own wars, military interventions, missile strikes, murderous raids and assassinations and more. But the Lord keeps good books, and in His good time, He'll balance the accounts, rewarding every man and every nation according to their works, good for good and evil for evil. When people not only refuse to show justice and mercy and love and compassion for others, but go further and even persecute and slaughter others and commit all sorts of atrocities, and refuse to repent of their evil, despite much time and mercy and longsuffering and many opportunities from the Lord, He's forced to take action. He's a just God, as well as a loving one.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Monday, August 20, 2007

Bush aides

Monday
August 20 2007
San Mateo Daily Journal Home Local News State / National / World Sports Opinion / Letters Business Arts / Entertainment
Letters
Bush aides defend spy law amid storm of criticismEditor,You see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good — to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword — it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it’s wielded.In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to “subvert the populace.” And, if you’ll notice, it’s being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold.The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, and the odd thing is, most of the world doesn’t even realize it yet, since it’s proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that is slowly being brought to a boil does not know what’s happening to him.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Is Clinton the woman?

Is Clinton the woman
Get the Mercury News on your mobile device. Customize the mobile site, sign up for alerts and look for jobs, cars and more while on the go.
San Jose Mercury News.com
columns letters discussion boards blogs
Opinion
Is Clinton the womant he prophet foretold?
Hillary Clinton's strong beliefs have been exposed in various publications. She's on the wrong side of everything. She's for abortion; she's for gay rights; she's against home schooling; she's for children's rights against their parents; and she's for children suing their parents, and on down the line. Before William Branham died, that great and humble prophet, one of the last revelations and visions he had was that the final ruler of the United States, who would bring the United States to its doom and would be the worst ruler they ever had, would be a very beautiful but very cruel woman.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Global Military

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/18/18441425.php
Global Military
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Saturday Aug 18th, 2007
Global military spending rose 3.5 percent last year to $1.2 trillion as U.S. costs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan mounted, a European research body said in its annual study. The United States spent $529 billion, nearly what the rest of the world combined spent, on military operations in 2006, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its latest yearbook.
-->
The $1.2 trillion sum is ten times the annual net development aid paid out by all rich countries. Imagine how much better off the world would be if all this money had gone to food and clean water and shelter and necessities, rather than the waste of war and its weaponry! Wars of the future may be fought just to run the machines that fight them.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Rove end

Sacbee: Opinion NewsletterGrover G. Norquist: The architect's great projectWednesday, August 15, 2007 Rove endKarl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, marking a turning point for the Bush presidency.Mr. Rove's departure removes one of the White House's most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration's role in shaping major domestic policy decisions, where the former Texas political consultant was a driving force. This is also the most important psychology of the magician who specializes in tricks known as sleight-of-hand. And Rove is the expert in this! Rove first evidenced a penchant for dirty tricks during his high school years, when the "classic nerd" pulled mental fakeouts on opponents in debate tournaments. Rove cares not a whit for the trail of political bodies he's left strewn in his wake. I have the feeling that it was sort of going to his head. A leader gets a little puffed up in his head and begins to think he's really a god. Delusion may take on many forms and is commonly understood, such delusions include grandeur, importance, wealth, religious delusions are common,inappropriate moral/ethical values and extreme alienation.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Rove end

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/15/18440866.php
Rove end
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Wednesday Aug 15th, 2007 10:07 AM
Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, marking a turning point for the Bush presidency.Mr. Rove's departure removes one of the White House's most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration's role in shaping major domestic policy decisions, where the former Texas political consultant was a driving force.
-->
This is also the most important psychology of the magician who specializes in tricks known as sleight-of-hand. And Rove is the expert in this! Rove first evidenced a penchant for dirty tricks during his high school years, when the "classic nerd" pulled mental fakeouts on opponents in debate tournaments. Decades later, pic claims, Rove upped the ante during even more duplicitous stunts to undermine Sen. John McCain in 2000 Republican primaries. Rove cares not a whit for the trail of political bodies he's left strewn in his wake. I have the feeling that it was sort of going to his head. A leader gets a little puffed up in his head and begins to think he's really a god. Delusion may take on many forms and is commonly understood, such delusions include grandeur, importance, wealth, religious delusions are common,inappropriate moral/ethical values and extreme alienation. Ted Rudow III,MA

Monday, August 13, 2007

Bridge

MondayAugust 13 2007 San Mateo Daily Journal Home Local News State / National / World Sports Opinion / Letters Business Arts / Entertainment Lifestyle Obituaries Classifieds DJ Designers Community Forum Archives Letters
Bridge crumbled like America crumbles
Editor,She is crumbling and will continue to crumble under the weight and pressure of the repercussions of this mighty blow of the decay of the cities. It’s going to be the belly button of the whirlpool that will drain America of its resources. Pain and suffering have been poured out on others for years by the Americans. America struggles to hold on to its wealth. Half a trillion dollars is wasted in Iraq and the Mideast. Instead of helping the poor, she conquers and destroys the poor. She’d been living on borrowed money all the time and wasn’t even raising enough money for her current expenses, much less to pay back her debts.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Saturday, August 11, 2007

WEEKEND

WEEKEND
August
11
2007

San Mateo Daily Journal

Home
Local News
State / National / World
Sports
Opinion / Letters Business
Arts / Entertainment
Lifestyle
Obituaries
Calendar
Special

Letters
Steroids users not kids' idols
Editor,


I believe Nathan Mollat when he proclaims how parents who allow their children to idolize Barry Bonds is beyond him. ("Sports Lounge" in the July 31 edition of the Daily Journal) Clearly, many things are beyond the mental grasp of Nathan Mollat.
"Parents are nuts not to let their kids know that many professional athletes are not the people to emulate. Forget the baseball aspect, the media paints Bonds as not a nice guy. Why parents would allow their children to idolize Bonds is beyond me. When I was growing up, I never looked at professional athletes as heroes or as someone after which to pattern my life. Maybe I'm in the minority."
Here, Here for Nathan! He had the guts to say it!!!
The link toward violence and steroids is a fact! "How they manage the risks of using steroids and other physique-enhancing drugs; how they understand the alleged steroid-violence link..." ("Bodybuilding, Drug and Risk," Lee Monaghan)

It's just like the grades in school now! What was a "B" 25 years ago now is an A++! Bonds, Romanowski and many others who had been accused of taking steroids. So they take steriods and the world just loves it!

Dr. Morris Mellion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has made a strong case that exercise addiction is every bit as real and serious as drug addiction and eating disorders and is very much like them in the way it works. He described the growing trends among young athletes engaging in more high-risk behaviors, such as drinking, taking drugs, having more sexual partners and higher rates of sexually-transmitted diseases, using steroids, violence, impaired academic work and smoking. "Without concluding that sports are necessarily bad for our kids' behavior, clearly something is going on here. Parents, school administrators and coaches need to get a grip on it."
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park

Friday, August 10, 2007

The Crash

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/10/18440039.php
The Crash
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Friday Aug 10th, 2007 3:20 PM
"The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly-the whole world monetary system will collapse!--And the bankers and capitalists will be left sitting on their stacks of bank notes which will be worthless!--
-->
The monetary system is about to explode and cause the capitalistic financial system to collapse! But how could that affect the Mideast? America would try to attack the Arab Countries and grab the oil ! Whatever super power possesses and controls those Arab countries would have all the oil and they would have what would be the most valuable things in the world at a time of crisis like that!" This was written in 1973-4 by David Brandt Berg and it a fulfillment of what happen today in the Mideast! There is a crash coming, no matter how often the feel-good economists predict that all things will continue as they are, just because they have been for the last several decades. The world's economy is a house built on the sand of debt, and a storm is coming, and great will be the fall of that house (Matthew 7:24-27). Ted Rudow III,MA

Bonds

Bonds
Sacbee: Opinion Newsletter
The Sacramento BeeNews Sports Business Politics Opinion Entertainment Lifestyle Cars Homes Jobs Shopping Contact Bee Customer Service Contact sacbee.com Advertise Online Privacy Policy Terms of Use Help Site Map GUIDE TO THE BEE: Subscribe Manage Your Subscription Contacts Advertise Bee Events Community Involvement Sacbee.com SacTicket.com Sacramento.com Go to Home PageContact The Bee: (916) 321-1000 E-MailGuide to The BeeSubscribe Editorial: Move over, HenryThursday, August 9, 2007Violence and steroidsThe link toward violence and steroids is a fact! Bonds has broken the home run record, but at what cost? Bonds,Romanowski and many other who had been accused of taking steroids. So they take steroids and the world just loves it! But what does it teach our children? Dr. Morris Mellion of the University of Nebraska Medical Center has made a strong case that exercise addiction is every bit as real and serious as drug addiction and eating disorders and is very much like them in the way it works. He described the growing trends among young athletes engaging in more high-risk behaviors, such as drinking, taking drugs, having more sexual partners and higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, using steroids, violence, impaired academic work, and smoking. Without concluding that sports are necessarily bad for our kids behavior, clearly something is going on here. Parents, school administrators and coaches need to get a grip on it."
Ted Rudow III,MA

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Frog in the pot of water

Sacbee: Opinion NewsletterEditorial: Caving in on surveillanceTuesday, August 7, 2007 Frog in the pot of waterYou see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good”to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword”it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it's wielded. In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to "subvert the populace." And, if you'll notice, it's being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold. The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, And the odd thing is, most of the world doesn't even realize it yet, since it's proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that's slowly being brought to a boil doesn't know what's happening to him.Ted Rudow III,MA

Hiroshima

San Mateo Daily Journal
ThursdayAugust 09 2007 Home Local News State / National / World Sports Opinion / Letters Business Arts / Entertainment Community Forum Archives Advertise With Us About Us
Letters American’s short-term memory
Editor,Hiroshima marked the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the United States has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third-world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them.The United States is no paragon of virtue. However, the funny thing is that most Americans do not realize it, or if they do, then they do not generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America, the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it is because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Hiroshima

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/08/18439494.phphttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/08/18439494.php
Hiroshima
by Ted Rudow III,MA Wednesday Aug 8th, 2007 11:39 AM
Hiroshima marked the 62th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with condemnation of a global trend toward nuclear proliferation. The wars and atrocities the US has perpetrated and the weapons it has developed are simply horrendous. America has been an agent of death and destruction in many third world nations, almost always leaving them in far worse shape than it found them. The U.S. is no paragon of virtue, but the funny thing is that most Americans don't realise it, or if they do, then they don't generally care much about it. They maintain a mental image of America the righteous, the virtuous, spreading peace and democracy everywhere it goes. Maybe it's because they have such a short attention span and memory. As one journalist commented, a short memory is a great boost to self-esteem. It helps when you can so easily forget the past and tune out of reality.
TED RUDOW III,MA

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Defend spy

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/07/18439326.php
Bush aides defend spy law amid storm of criticism
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com ) Tuesday Aug 7th, 2007 12:51 PM
You see, folks, all of this surveillance and monitoring is just for your good—to help protect you from criminals and hooligans, to protect your children from abuse, to protect the environment from forest fires or oil spills, and to manage disaster relief. And no doubt all these purposes will be served, but this technology is a two-edged sword—it cuts both ways, for good or for ill, depending on how it's wielded.
-->
In the days to come, this same technology will also be used for evil, employed by the A.C. system in keeping an eye on anyone who might be a threat, and to monitor any religious believers who might try to "subvert the populace." And, if you'll notice, it's being established in Europe, which in many ways is already becoming an anti-religious stronghold. The creeping destruction of liberty and privacy in these Last Days, And the odd thing is, most of the world doesn't even realize it yet, since it's proceeding so gradually in most places, like the frog in the pot of water that's slowly being brought to a boil doesn't know what's happening to him!

US wars

San Francisco ExaminerHomeMy NewsNewsPoliticsEntertainmentSportsBusinessBlogsOpinionCity GuideYeas & NaysLocal Politics Ken Garcia Technology LettersLetters: July 30, 2007
U.S. wars, U.S. slaves
As for terrorism, the United States has sponsored terrorist groups in Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba, El Salvador, Congo, Nicaragua, Angola, Sudan and Indonesia. The U.S. tried to assassinate Egypt’s president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Iran’s Islamic leadership, that crazy Ghadafi in Libya. Nearly every one of America’s wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory or oil. My God, how many wars have been fought in the name of freedom?American people are slaves, too, total slaves of their government. Taxes and burdens are so heavy that they’re working totally for the government half the time just to pay their taxes.Ted Rudow III,MAMenlo Park

The decay

Fall of the US EmpireSacbee: Opinion Newsletter
Rod Dreher: Fall of the U.S. empireThursday, August 2, 2007 To hold to it wealthShe is crumbling and will continue to crumble under the weight and pressure of the repercussions of this mighty blow of the decay of the cities! It's going to be the belly button of the whirlpool that will drain America of its resources. Pain and suffering have been poured out on others for years by the Americans. America struggles to hold on to its wealth. 1/2 trillion dollar is wasted in Iraq and the Mideast. Instead of helping the poor, she conquers and destroys the poor. She'd been living on borrowed money all the time and wasn't even raising enough money for her current expenses, much less to pay back her debts. Ted Rudow III,MA

The path of nonviolence

The path of nonviolence
Home About Us Advertise Archives Forum Classifieds ePaper Subscribe Contact us Search Daily Star Sections Middle East Egypt Lebanon Middle East News Politics Business Editorial Opinion Arts & Culture Lebanon Examiner Special Reports Interviews Readers' Letters Reader's Feedback Published on 04/08/2007Readers' Letters and Opinionsletters@dailystar.com.lbThe Daily Star is pleased to provide a forum for debate on a range of subjects, from local cultural activities to international politics. Dozens, sometimes even hundreds, of letters fall into the editor's mailbox daily. In order to keep the letters timely, The Daily Star generally produces a special letters section. When the influx of letters is particularly large, extra space is made available accordingly.If you would like to submit a letter for publication, please remember to include your full name (first and last) and address, including city. The Daily Star only publishes letters under 400 words, and these are subject to editing. The Daily Star will not acknowledge unsolicited submissions. Yet the path of nonviolence would not bring the Palestinians freedom and justice, only His return will do that. For the Palestinians are an occupied people, and unlike the British in India, those who occupy them will not withdraw. And, for the time being, there is pressure in the West that can be brought to bear on the Israelis. Those in power in the US will scarcely dare to criticize Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians, and if they do, their protest is more of a ritual than a heartfelt condemnation. And the common people of the US are either solidly pro-Israel or they do not understand the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and think the Palestinians are the aggressors, "Muslim terrorists and fanatics," or simply do not wish to be bothered with what they consider a complex issue. So Israel will continue its oppression, whether the resistance is violent or not, for it has no reason not to. The oppression will go on in secret, out of sight of the world, invisible to the media and the rest of the world.Ted Rudow III,MACalifornia, United States