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| New Mexico promotes "peace tourism" |
| 2006-07-16 |
| by Ned Cantwell, Carlsbad (NM) Current-Argus Mark your calendar for September. New Mexico will stage her first World Peace Conference. Ever. And who better to host the event than Santa Fe, the epicenter of intellectual snobbery? Exciting. I can see it now. The Dixie Chicks will set the stage with the conference theme song, "Not Ready to Make Nice." Therein, they will warble their George Bush taunt, "How in the world can the words that I said send somebody so over the edge I made my bed and I sleep like a baby." OK, it doesn't rank up there with the classic anti-war ballads like "Where Have All The Soldiers Gone?" but these girls are no Peter, Paul and Mary, either. Cindy Sheehan will host, giving her further opportunity to embarrass herself. Howard Dean can be counted on to say something stupid. Michael Moore will stand there looking goofy to the wild applause of prancing, marching peace activists, painted blue, but not red, white and blue. They will be bare-chested, many of them female, the slogan "No More War" scrawled on their upper torsos. But, wait. That's not the case at all. This is an entirely different kind of peace movement. We're not talking here about activists crowding the plaza. No, think instead of guys in suits and ties, maybe some scarves and pipes. We're talking about people who think grass is something you mow. Were it necessary for New Mexico to stage a peace conference — a debatable proposition — you would think the government would step aside and let the Santa Fe private sector take care of that business. I mean, those folks know how to do peace. Instead, New Mexico leaders allocated $420,000 of your taxpayer money to pamper speakers at some posh hotel. All they needed to do was spend $834 on "Bush Sucks" T-shirts and spend the rest of the money on something we need. Fixing a road would be nice. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 Hey, Santa Fe is a great city, many fond memories. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-16 21:14 |
| #3 How's his Major League Baseball career working out? He's about as credible as Sen (I flew combat in Vietnam!) Harkin. |
| Posted by: Gravinter Clomogum6125 2006-07-16 12:04 |
| #2 ah yes, the man who offered Monica Lewinsky a job at the UN... boy, he sure takes his duties seriously |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-16 11:32 |
| #1 Governor Richardson's laying down some foundation for 2008. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-07-16 11:21 |