2015-04-24 Cherie Yang speaking to the US military

It was great speaking along with Cherie Yang and another speaker (who prefers to remain anonymous) on the US army base.

However, I forgot to inform them about one key fact: The soldiers would be dressed in military fatigues. They both stopped walking when they saw the US soldiers. The other speaker, who had served in the North Korean military, went outside to smoke a cigarette. He returned a few minutes later, then left again.

Then finally he told us that he was so nervous that he wasn't sure he could give the speech. He had been taught to kill US soldiers, that US soldiers were blood-thirsty and enjoyed killing for fun. Seeing them in their uniforms alarmed him.

He calmed down and gave the speech.

Cherie was also quite nervous, so I asked her to stand with the soldiers to take a photo, but she refused at first. So I took her there, and took a photo with her!

But as you can see from some of the photos, she was having a great time talking with the soldiers.

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2021 reflection:

* At that time, we didn't have a real organization.

* One US soldier made this happen. As usual, even when there are many people around, it takes one person to lead and push through things. When there is pushback or the usual people raising concerns, one person needs to answer the objections and keep things moving. There are many great ideas in this world that never get done because some people mistake their words for action.

* It took more than a week for us to get the photos approved. We had to censor the US soldiers at the orders of the US military. Finally, about a week later, they approved us posting the photos, then the next time we had an event on the US army base, we were allowed to take the photos and post them without any of them being censored. The event was held on April 15th, we uploaded the photos on April 24th.

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How not to get your ass beat by the police

The black president of the United States stupidly commented on the arrest of a black Harvard professor in his own home by a white police officer. Some random thoughts and memories: * I'm sure most people are still trying to figure out who Prof. Gates is. As G.K. Chesterton once wrote: "Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones is dead' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive." * Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Gates' arrest was "every black man's nightmare." Perhaps. But having a criminal in my house is even more of a nightmare. Also, having the president of the United States talk off the cuff about me about something he doesn't know is pretty bad. And getting shot by a cop after I escalated a situation would also be worse than getting arrested. Anyway, I have had my own dealings with the police over the years: * Back when I was a college student many many moons ago, one of my brothers and I got stopped by police in Bro...

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Walter E. Williams on Rush Limbaugh

Professor Walter E. Williams will be hosting the Rush Limbaugh Show 8/24/10 from noon-3 p.m. EST. Thomas Sowell will be his featured guest the second hour. In case you can't hear the show or can't wait, you can listen to me interview him back in 2007 (hit the free user button, wait for countdown, then download). We discussed reparations for slavery during one show and the minimum wage on another. By the way, I was really thankful that he agreed to be on my show twice during the three months I was on the air. I interviewed him another time when I was a guest host and he interviewed me on the Rush Limbaugh about a paper I wrote about education in Washington, D.C. When I contacted him and told him that I was going to have my own show and that I would be delighted if he would come on from time to time, he hesitated at first. I waited. He then said it would be okay. I know he won't do anything if it is inconvenient for himself, so I asked if there was a conflict. He said he had...

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