The The World Helpline Team announces commencement of emergency assistance in connection with the 7.2 magnitude in Haiti that has left up to 3 million people affected.....

God Bless You, George Bush!

Marine one flew once over the National Mall and then circled around for one last view of the city that has been his home for the past eight years.

That was George and Laura Bush`s goodbye to Washington.

While the attention was elsewhere, 25 million people quietly in their hearts expressed gratitude for their freedom.

They were the people of Iraq who had given up hope in 2003. When nobody cared, nobody had the courage to stand up to Saddam Hussein, it was George W. Bush who did.
 

For those of us who have grown up and lived in totalitarian states the signs are ominous. The unquestioning adoration. The threats to anyone who dare oppose.

Washington DC
When I was a kid growing up in Japan, our parents told us `You can do anything, you can become anyone . . . . except President of the United States.