January 08, 2007

Christmas in Darfur on Chicago Tonight [BRD]

Thank you all for your warm wishes. As a quick update, we will be appearing at 7 pm (Chicago time) on a program on Chicago's PBS station, Chicago Tonight. In support of the appearance, we've posted the results of some research about the number of people that have been burned out of their homes or killed in Darfur.

As mentioned, we will be posting regularly at the blog in order to provide updates about the status of the project, information and news, and pictures and stories from the trip. We do have a few interesting things in the offing, but we will probably sit tight on them a bit in the short term.

Past that, some folks have expressed an interest in what some of our next steps will be. Well, I am still digging out from a raft of emails, and don't have time to elaborate, but we will be explaining some of the Things That We Plan On Doing, and How You Can Help.

Again, the moral and direct support you folks have given has been of immense help, and honestly has restored some of my faith in the generosity of the American spirit.

Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at 09:27 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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1 I do not understand why Darfur is an American problem. We have our problems in Iraq and Afghanistan. Perhaps an African problem should be attended to by the rest of the world. The problems in Darfur come from 1. Religion. Not Americas doing. 2. Race. Again not Americas doing. 3. Starvation. Not Americas doing. People who continue to have baby after baby in a land the cannot feed them must learn another way. Even if the learning curve is difficult. Darfur is far. American Ghettos are near. One is not our problem. The other is. Rest of world where are you?
 
Chicago is poor comparison. Why? Because 30 miles away the grain fields are full every year. Millions of acres of corn just down the street. In Darfur the millions of acres of corn are across the ocean. Big difference.

Posted by: Greyrooster at January 08, 2007 10:50 AM (ovoks)

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