American Empire: The colony of Bolivia

Bolivian miners fought to the death the week of October 6, 2006 over access to that nation’s tin mines. These tin mines have been Bolivia’s single most important resource in the last 100 years. Therefore the nation’s economy has ebbed and flowed with the world price of tin. The miners are obviously fighting for the chance to stay alive with what little income they can get.

I encourage you to read the following information, it will certainly open your eyes to what the underlying problems are in that nation and region.

COMIBOL and the Triangular Plan: A case study in dependency

Bolivia - history

Country Studies - Bolivia

Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers

Mark Foley

Who has not read the ABC releases of he instant messages he wrote to the then 16 year old boy? What Mark Foley did is disgusting and he deserves to be held accountable to the law. Yet I must admit that I struggle to say that he needs forgiveness, and he needs the help of his family to become a better person. Scandal does not help anyone, but rebuilding someone's life does. [I edited this comment because I thought about how I would want to be treated in his case]

What gets me about the whole thing is that Congress wants Foley held accountable but screams bloody murder when William Jefferson (not Clinton) had charges brought against him for money that was found in his freezer.

I was in Borders Bookstore last weekend and saw how many books there were about the Bush Adminsitration, how he and others in the administration have lied to the country, and then I saw other books like Bankrupt that detail how morally and intelligently inept the Democratic Party is. My question is, "where are all the books detailing how morally bankrupt the party leadership is on both sides of the aisle?" Who is writing the New York Times bestseller about how we can't trust any of the elected officials? When are we going to realize that the party system as we know it is destroying this nation? WHEN?

Someone has to innitiate a process of change. Either two candidates vow to run their campaigns in a clean manner, or the press starts publishing articles on the full history and policy plans the candidates have, or we need to demand it ourselves. Something needs to change, or this country isn't going to be able to survive for much longer. Domestically we are corrupted, and internationally we are an empire. No nation has ever survived long with internal corruption and a far reaching empire.

Write your local paper and congressman. Tell them you want your country back and lay out the steps they need to take.