Posted on 04/23/2010 4:06:46 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
Dissidents in the world's most oppressive countries aren't feeling the love from President Obama.
No one seems to know precisely who is behind the "Miss Me Yet?" billboardthe cheeky one featuring a grinning George W. Bush that looks out over I-35 near Wyoming, Minn. But Syrian dissident Ahed Al-Hendi sympathizes with the thought.
In 2006, Mr. Hendi was browsing pro-democracy Web sites in a Damascus Internet café when plainclothes cops carrying automatic guns swooped in, cuffed him, and threw him into the trunk of a car. He spent over a month in prison, some of it alone in a 5-by-3 windowless basement cell where he listened to his friend being tortured in the one next door. Those screams, he says, were cold comfortat least he knew his friend hadn't been killed.
Mr. Hendi was one of the lucky ones: He's now living in Maryland as a political refugee where he works for an organization called Cyberdissidents.org. And this past Monday, he joined other international dissidents at a conference sponsored by the Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University to discuss the way digital tools can be used to resist repressive regimes.
He also got to meet the 43rd president. In a private breakfast hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bush, Mr. Hendi's message to the former president was simple: "We miss you." There have been "a lot of changes" under the current administration, he added, and not for the better.
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And I also wonder how many Palin supporters now have "truth files" on them.
btw, thanks for the encouragement. I try to control myself, but sometimes........
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But die hard Bush personality cultists respecters of principle admire his fortitude, and will always do so.
FIXED IT!
Sortof a double entendre thing going on there, STARWISE. :)
Wow-—I have missed out on a lot over the last day or two! So proud of both of you! I look forward to hearing the answer to the ‘truth file’ question. Quite interesting. I was going to reply to a post by FC but I see his account has been banned. That makes sense!
I wanna know why ohioWfan gets a file and I don’t. She’s sweet and kind to people and I leave marks. Where’s my damn file?
She gets to have all the fun, I guess!
She gets to have all the fun, I guess!
She gets to have all the fun, I guess!
Trolls suck. Good riddance.
Mercifully, I see the troll is home in the Land of Zot. Truth File, huh? Someone took the time to research you, and then pass it on to the troll...hmmmm. This is supposed to be a forum for adults, not punks.
I’m sure he’ll be back in a different suit or girdle. I haven’t checked over at Liberty Post, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was over there with his fellow bannees.
The “Truth File” crap SUCKS BIG TIME.
I mean, I really tried.
I liked the part where we stuck glittery pasties on him.
You leave marks?
Okay, but only if you wear those heels I like.
When can I have a Woofie Truth File?
Too late. He already had his copy of the ohioWfan “Truth File.”
"Adults, not punks." Yes, indeedy. Couldn't have said it better myself, onyx.
I'll bet you any money that the "researchers" are the banned freepers at LP who come back reincarnated now and again and try to get away with trolling. And I know absolutely who the punk is who's ratting on me to newbies. Punk.
woofie and Deb, thanks for making me realize that it's an honor to have a "truth file" created by punks.
And Laz, you didn't suck at trying to help the guy. Just thought you should know that.
dmd25, you never know what's going to happen around here when the trolls invade. You gotta be vigilant. :)
Anyway, I feel MUCH better now! Thanks, all!
Anything for you, Lazzie.
Don't make a liar out of me, you two!
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