Mike Sauber

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  Mike signed the petition | about 1 year ago

  Stand Up for Dignity and Veto Anti-Immigrant Laws in Georgia
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  Mike commented on the article | over 3 years ago

  Daily Darfur: Looking Back at 2008 with Regret, Looking Forward with Hope and Apprehension

  Dana - I hope you're wrong. For the first time in it seems forever I truly believe that we as a country have a leader coming who will be a true leader, and not a 'puppet of the ruling class'.
  
  When George Bush Sr said (I'm paraphrasing), "We can't be bothered with every little thing in the world" when speakng of a past genocide, I was ashamed of my country. George Bush (both) went to war for oil. I believe Barack Obama will lead the USA in a way that is both moral and right when it comes to international intervention. I certainly can't live with the thought of continued apathy when it comes to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of fellow humans.
  
  I challenge you to watch SCREAM BLOODY MURDER and then speak your conscience.
  
  Mike_the_doctor
  

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  Mike commented on the article | over 3 years ago

  Daily Darfur: Looking Back at 2008 with Regret, Looking Forward with Hope and Apprehension

  I agree with Charlie Reed; the fact that there is no press coverage is concerning, to say the least. However we as Americans have more power than we realize, as PE Obama knows. The press will write about what they believe Americans consider important. To paraphrase a quote from the show THE WEST WING, "...is a Darfurian life more important than an American life?" At this point that is what the press believes and so they fail to cover the genocide in Sudan. If we let the press know that we as a country consider what is happening in Darfur important, then they will cover it.
  
  Dana Bellwether's comment tells me that the Janjaweed are merely thugs, and that an organized defense will more than likely scare these 'gang members' away.
  
  Why should America go to Darfur? Because we can. There are times when what is right smacks us in the face, and a mass genocide is so horrible that we as a country that has the military we have simply cannot, as human beings, simply ignore what is happening to thousands of fellow human beings that share our planet. Not for oil, as was the case in Kuwait and Iraq, but because the problem is so horrible and the solution so clear that failure to do so makes us less than human. Failure to do what we are able to do makes us no better than the Janjaweed; if we're not part of the solution then we're part of the problem.
  
  If you have not already seen it, watch the show SCREAM BLOODY MURDER, by Christianne Amanpour (sp?). This show was first on television in 1995; the fact that no action has occurred after this reporter made it clear that what is happening in Darfur makes me ashamed of my country. This is another Holocaust.
  
  When we say, "never again", let's mean it.
  
  Mike_the _doctor
  
  
  

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  Mike signed the petition | over 3 years ago

  Vote to End the Genocide in Darfur
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  Mike commented on the article | over 3 years ago

  Keep on a walkin', keep on a talkin' – reflections on fighting genocide in the holiday season

  My understanding is that there is a more acute need in Darfur than anywhere else; i.e. more persons are being killed in a shorter period of time in this Sudanese region. Does anyone have data that shows otherwise?
  
  We made a promise in the 1940's; genocide means our involvement. But even that reason pales when it stands next to the understated fact that genocide is a horrible crime against humanity, and we must go there because we CAN go there. NEVER for oil, but for our human neighbors, in whatever country they live. Understand that I am a pacifist, and yet I still make these comments.
  
  Once we show our intention to NOT tolerate genocide in even one location, those who up to now have acted without fear of reprisal may need to think twice; the 'sleepiing giant' has awakened.
  
  
  Let's keep this discussion going; make sure that what we say to those listening is clear and accurate.
  
  Mike_the_doctor