Call-In Day for Sen Jack Reed 1-800-GENOCIDE Wednesday May 2
Wednesday, May 2nd is Call-In Day for Senator Jack Reed. Call 1-800-GENOCIDE and tell him to move the legislative bill out of committee for Darfur and divestment and also to sponsor the bill. We would like his Darfur support grade to be better than “C”. The phone call will ask you who you want to talk to (this is a nation wide number) and ask you to press in your zip code. Talking points will be provided before you speak with anyone. Remember to thank Senator Reed for signing the Biden-Lugar letter to President Hu of China regarding Darfur.
May 2, 2007
Dear Person of Conscience,
We had a successful Newport Darfur Walk & Gathering Saturday, April 28. As disappointed as I was that all three network news stations said we were either too far away from their Providence office, that they were typically under-staffed on weekends or…. to come to our event, we did get great coverage from The Newport Daily News in Monday’s paper on two pages, complete with two colored pictures. I loved the picture with all of the signs. Incidentally the posters that were readable were so well-placed. And last Friday, they published my Darfur Letter to the Editor.
I have retyped the entire Newport Daily News article, it can be found by clicking the title of this blog post.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Your walking down the sidewalk near your street like you always do, everyday, when all of a sudden you hear a blood curdling scream “HELP!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!” What do you do? Most people go into auto pilot, adrenaline takes over, and they rush to go help. That’s what any of us would do. Right?
So why is it that when thousands of our human brothers and sisters are screaming bloody murder for someone to help, even when we do finally hear it, it does not cause this same reaction? If you are reading this blog, it’s because you did have that reaction when you learned about the genocide of the people of Darfur. You would not be reading this if you didn’t. Like me, you have come over to the Darfur house to look in and see why they are screaming. You have discovered that there are murderers in power in their government, and when you found that out, you realized that it’s not that easy to help them. You can’t just call 911 or the police. You have also, like me, discovered that those who do have the power to do something (like the UN and America) have been ineffective so far, and the terror continues. As the saying goes, when good men do nothing, evil prevails.
So what have we all resorted to doing? Two things mainly: Telling other people about the nightmare in hope that someone else will finally do something, and raising money for the refugees who have fled from their homeland. I think we should always help the poor and oppressed with our money, but don’t think that is a replacement for the fact that we are, in fact, doing nothing about the real problem which remains, the evil government leaders who sanction the killing of the Darfur.
“Oh boy, is this guy going to try to start his own vigilantly militia and run over to Africa?” you might be thinking. Of course that is out of the question (well, that is, unless you happen to be the godfather of a mafia and want to take this idea and run with it…just don’t forget to give me the credit for thinking of it). On the other hand, there have always been tactical and strategic ways to fight a war. Many of the greatest victories on the battlefield of history have been one without a single drop of blood being shed. This is what my blog is focused on. I would like to invite any and all to do a kind of self-educating-and-then-brainstorming blog in which we discover together the great strategies of the greatest war minds of history, and then come up together with a strategic master plan to corner our enemy, the governments in charge of the genocide, and pressure them into submission without even a fight. This is true victory. I would like to suggest starting with one of the greatest manuals on war tactics of all time, The Art of War by Sun Tzu, and ancient Chinese general in the 6th century BC, and a contemporary of Confucius. His book is still popular today among business people, as his tactics are timeless and work for both war and business (is there a difference?) You can read his extremely influential work at Link
Let’s start the united creation of REAL action through REAL strategy and wisdom now!

