"From the point of view of the United States, engraving the names of citizens who died in the Vietnam War on an immense marble wall in Washington was a just act. From the point of view of the Vietnamese killed in the US invasion, there are sixty walls missing." -- Eduardo Galeano (Uruguayan journalist,
1940-present)

When I think about Karl Rove making talking points for Bush, this quote also comes to mind: "The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly...it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over." -- Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister 1897-1945

This is the start of what I hope to be a nice long series of small thoughts. Hopefully some of the ideas expressed in this new category "Thought of the Day" will be further expanded upon in later entries.

Remember September 11th:
On September 11th, 1973, Augusto Pinochet, with the backing of the CIA, led a coup in Chile -- overthrowing the democratically elected Salvador Allende. The US feared Allende because he was Socialist--even though Allende agreed with the Chilean Congress to uphold its constitution.