Friday, O'chateal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Well, here goes.

I am not going to talk about where I am staying because things have calmed down considerably for me and I am not being slammed about by noisy, obnoxious neighbors.

I have to comment on what Larry King said today on his Larry King Live show. He said to the Republican guests on the show that he thinks McCain "is going to do it". Well, thanks again there Larry for being such a nice Judas. I'm sure Democrats are going to be shocked if they ever find out. I could not believe my ears.

So, I am going to stay here until after the election; in fact, I am going to enjoy election night right here on this beach. After this, I am going back to Thailand; and not do any traveling in Cambodia right now. I have been reading quite a bit about the genocide: "The Pol Pot Regime"and "Sideshow" and "Voices from S-21". I was a Therapist in my Professional life and was very surprised to read that the goal of the torture techniques was to alter the state of the subliminal mind of the Cambodian victim; in other words, send them right to hell. I"m sure their
ill fated fantasies, like all of the other ones, will not work and all of the deceased are in Buddhaland. There is one thing for sure and certain, there are no Khymer Rouge there.

About the books, it really looks at the years from 1975-1979 in detail and analyses the regine's failings. To start with, it was lost in some kind of time warp because those kinds of revolutions do not go on in 21st century. Because of this, their campaign of hatred and terror was doomed to fail but they did not know it because Cambodia was their universe; there was no world outside of
Cambodian borders, so they began to live such depraved lives that even the Communists were moved to do something.

Now, today, in the Cambodia of the tourist, it probably is pretty much just what you see because the people that are here today are mostly post generationKhymer Rouge survivors or the children of survivors. Nonetheless, it is a must to read some of the literature that is available or else you miss the inner story.

This is enough for today.