Celebrations of a Different Kind
Two different celebrations occurred this weekend. Worlds apart.
On Sunday, Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s democracy movement, spent her 60th birthday under house arrest. Our nation, and our world, would be better off if more people knew about Aung San Suu Kyi than about Tom Cruise’s love life or Michael Jackson’s legal troubles. (GOP Bloggers)
Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and Anne Gust, a lawyer who’s been his sweetie since friends introduced them 15 years ago, got married in Oakland on Saturday, and it was romantic, traditional, pink-and-white and surprising to at least a few of their friends. (SF Chronicle)
Our positive wishes to both. We have no doubt that if Aung San Suu Kyi lived in Oakland, CA, she’d be mayor and if Jerry Brown lived in Myanmar, he’d be under house arrest. Strong character transcends national borders.
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