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Today on the internets, where I spend too much of my time, I learned that America's current President will be attending the olympics in Beijing, the XXIX Summer Olympiad. It's an amazing thing to hear on our nation's birthday, similar in irony to the uncovered, pre-Stalinist version, of Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet being unveiled to the world on the same day. All year long, talk has been on Tibet more than usual, its gruesome tales and terrible history that continuously unveils more horrors as moons pass by.

Google Tibet and America and the first thing you get is this, which made me laugh because it happens to be about my people, those crazy Mexicans. Mexicans are famous for their pride of country. They've cried and died for their country, have sorely lost in countless wars yet in general have been known to be quite a peaceful people. They don't invade, they get invaded. Small countries (especially next to larger super powers such as The U.S. of A.) are like that. Makes one think...

A friend of mine, on another of her peace fasts, joins others annually to read the Declaration of Independence in the park. I admire her fortitude. Sometimes, many people feel like there's little to be done, while others do small things and make great impacts. God Bless America.