NOTE: I originally posted this on Peoria Pundit, but took it down. I’m trying to limit the number of rants I run that site.
I trust everyone read the article on new Americans in this Sunday’s Parade (an insert in the Sunday Journal Star). The article told the story of a young Tibetan woman who was jailed and tortured for being a loyal follower of the Dali Lama.
These are the people with whom Caterpillar partners. This is where Peoria’s newest sister city is located. These are the people whose language they want to teach in Peoria School District 150.
When we do business with China, we do business with the Chinese Army, the very people responsible for the repression and the torture and the murders.
Ask the people of Tibet about how China is becoming Westernized.
I’m sorry. I know everyone wants to make money. I know that some people think peace and understanding is achived by holding hands and singing songs around a campfire. The reality is that communism equals slavery. That also is not a trendy thing to believe — Che Guevara T-shirts being all the rage — but it’s true.
