FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER MOVIE

(to sooth or to re-open old wound)

While many Cambodians and people in the movie industry are busy promoting the movie, "First They Killed My Father," poor Cambodians and Democracy in Cambodia continue to be victimized by many other actions of " First they ..."

The new "THEY" are taking advantage of the distraction created by the movie, to quietly work toward setting up scenes for another movie: "They Finally Succeed Their Quest To Commit a More Gentle But Deadly Killing Of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy (JFD) in Cambodia."

In an interview with ABC Good Morning America, Angelina stated that she was surprised by the easy going attitude of most Cambodians despite having lived through the tragedy. Has she ever thought that may be after some 40 years, the wounds have already been healed and people are beginning to work toward the future?

Despite the good intentions claimed by all parties involved in the making of this movie, I still have my doubts. Is it a good idea to reopen old wounds that had already been healed? Would this project be nothing but a cash cow for some? Would this become an unintentional tool/opportunity for people who would like to see the death of JFD in Cambodia.

Are we going to wake up one morning and see this headline: " They Finally Kill JFD in Cambodia?"

I appreciate what Angelina has done to help Cambodians. However, as important as remembering the history, one must also be mindful about the present, or the history will repeat itself.

I sincerely hope that the movie would miraculously make people aware that what is happening in the Kingdom now is very similar to what the Khmer Rouge (all of them - no exception) were doing in 1975.

WE WISH WE HAVE A MAGIC WAND

" President Trump pledged to ‘Make America Great Again’. On the campaign trail he promised when it came to our military, he would rebuild it and return it to one of the finest. Trump promised he would increase the size of our troops – adding 350,000 soldiers to our U.S. Army and adding 10-15 battalians to the U.S. Marine Corps. He also said he would add 1200 figher aircraft to the U.S. Air Force, as well as, 350 Surface Ships and submarines to our U.S. Navy."

Of course, every Presidents, every Americans, all want our military to be all mighty. If we could magically wave our hands and make this happened, we all would. However, there are things called reality. Social, financial, and military components are all intertwined. Balancing these three components are very difficult. Great Presidents are the ones who have the skill, knowledge, and common sense to strike a good balance between these components. I sincerely hope that Donald Trump would be one of them. If only one component were sufficient for the success of our country, a FOOL could do it.

THREE-CARD TRICK 

Speed Is The Essence

Just a few week ago, the push to replace ACA* was dead. Now it has become Johny 5** again. What change during the last few weeks? The official answer is that modifications have been made to the initial proposal. Were the modifications any good? Were there anything hidden from the public? Lets analyze some of the comments made in this video:



1. "ACA has failed": Not in my book. If it was not for the ACA, I would ha...ve been in a deep shit a few years ago. But this is just my personal experience.


2. "All law makers should come out and work together": Nice remark, but how can people work together if the GOP is doing the Mig 17*** thing, putting​ it up for vote only 17 hrs after the modification became public.

3. "Afraid of the truth be known": I am not Pelosi's fan, but I believe she is right on this one. Why the Mig 17? Why not giving a week or two for us to understand and may be to write our congressmen about how we see or feel?

ACA is not North Korean missiles. It does not need Mig 17 to resolve it. Is this a three-card shuffling trick where the soul purpose is to cheat with speed?

* Affordable Care Act.
** In reference to a movie about a robot being brought to life.
*** In reference to the speed of a Russian fighter, MIG 17.

HUMOR - America's Fate:

TWO DIFFERENT TALES ABOUT HOW WE GET HERE:

Rumors were that somewhere in a red-planet galaxy thousands of light years away from Earth, a young boy accepted a challenge while everyone else dared not to.

Now becoming an old man, he is fulfilling his promises. Although everyone knew that the old man had made promises, no one knew for sure, whom he had made the promises to.  Yet, others believed that it was a divine person who issued the challenge; therefore, they thought he was a chosen one.

Which story do you believe?

"OOMA," LAWS OF THE JUNGLE
A political satire by Sokha Ou-Uun


The dialogs are in Cambodian language, but the translation or the story goes like this:

Ducks Asking For Help

Once upon a time, there was an animal kingdom  called Thug's Law located some where in Southeast Africa. This kingdom is supposedly ruled by a spiritual rabbit who has been perceived to have been granted by heaven as the supreme leader of the kingdom.  There were also a bunch of small animals who want nothing but to live there freely and equally.  Among these little creatures, there were ducks who often stood up for the rights of all animals living in this Thug's Law kingdom. 

Then, there were a lion and a bear with a bunch of wild dogs roaming and enforcing the laws in  the kingdom. They took whatever they pleased and did whatever thugs do to control everything in the kingdom. They sometimes reached outside the kingdom to recruit new brainless dogs. Small animals often fell victims to the all mighty lion and bear; they were terrorized by them or even terminated by the OOMA** jungle law.

Consultation

In one instance, the lion and the bear decided to ban the ducks from swimming in any lakes, citing an article of the OOMA. For years, the ducks were trying to do everything they could to get back in the lakes. But nothing worked. Then, they thought of the supreme spiritual rabbit and asked him to grant them the permission to swim. For some reason, even though the law of the land had already granted the rabbit the power to decide, the chief went to the lion and the bear to confirm the existence of such law. 

In response, the lion and the bear told the rabbit that the laws of the kingdom, Art. BS.101 does not permit anything with GREEN feathers to swim.  The rabbit accepted the explanation and told the ducks the bad news. 

The ducks had no choice but to accept that explanation because telling the rabbit that their feathers are actually YELLOW and not green could be seen as a challenge to the supreme leader, which is the worst crime anyone could commit in the kingdom.

Bragging About OOMA

The Two Evils

After the rabbit had left, both the lion and the bear started to dance and chant "OOMA ! OOMA ! OOMA !...."

One might ask how did the lion became so powerful, and had more power than the heavenly spiritual rabbit. The answer is, the lion has sold its soul to, and has been supported or controlled by two evils, Mr. Vee and Mr. Chin.   

    

**  OOMA : Out Of  My Ass