Disappeared News

So much to write about, if I had time to write and you to read. So news disappears even from Disappeared News.

What's have we forgotten?

Burma. Sudan. Congo, Palestine. Massacres, genocide, killing around the world. The killing goes on even if we never read about it.

How is East Timor doing these days, how is Aceh Province? How soon we forget.

Did you know that in 2005, NASA scientists studying the tsunami-inducing Indonesia earthquake of Dec. 26 discovered that it slightly changed Earth's shape and shifted the poles by about 1 inch? And I didn't report that. Sorry.

Kucinich. Gannett disappeared him from the Iowa debate. Are they trying to get us to forget him? Should newspapers work to influence opinion outside of their editorial pages?

Clinton. He was responsible for the "welfare reform" that drove single mothers into poverty and low-wage slavery. His sanctions killed probably a half-million Iraqi children. Hillary has chosen his advisors as her advisors. But we've forgotten.

Henry Kissinger. He's still around, giving his advice. How come he's not doing time yet? We've forgotten.

Last year the president of Sudan agreed to a cease-fire in the  Darfur region, but I think he forgot to do it.

Women's rights in Afghanistan. Forget about it. The USA did.

Here in Hawaii, the Legislature passed a couple of laws to provide relief from the excessive costs of prescription drugs. DHS head Lillian Koller was supposed to negotiate lower drug prices for Hawaii's seniors, those with disabilities, and those below a certain income level.  But I think she forgot about them. Or did the Governor put her foot down on Koller, to protect drug company interests so she can get elected to Congress? If that big boot were removed, would seniors have to choose between food and medicines?

Pedestrians were being killed in record numbers on our streets and crosswalks in early 2007. Hawaii still tops the entire country in pedestrian deaths in the older demographic, and injuries among school children are comparable or higher. But Governor Lingle hardened her heart and decided to forget about them, withholding $3 million that was to be spent on traffic safety. Never mind that there's a law saying it has to be spent.

I vaguely remember that we elected Democrats to Congress to end the war in Iraq. They did get elected, but someone forgot to end the war.

Check out also two remarkable Democracy Now programs featuring fast-paced reviews of 2007 with video and sounds. They are here and here.

Do you remember these names? They're all in the two programs: