Joe Scarborough: “earlier this week we had a rally on the Capitol talking about freedom in Tibet, and there were a lot of people talking…”

“earlier this week we had a rally on the Capitol talking about freedom in Tibet, and there were a lot of people talking about the need to pray for the people in Tibet. I believe, though, that we need to worry about the people of America and America losing its way, turning its back on the very things that Thomas Jefferson and our founders believed in regarding freedom in this country and in this world, for the country that has been called the last great hope for a dying world has turned its back on freedom loving friends across the globe for 30 pieces of silver. It seems Americans are confused by facts or more concerned about 9,000 points on the Dow Jones than what is going on. Nine thousand is a number that has mesmerized politicians in Washington. Nine thousand is a number that has mesmerized the wizards of Wall Street and those on Madison Avenue. But when we are talking about Tibet, I think we need to talk about some numbers that at least, to me, and at least to the freedom-loving people of this country should be more important than the 9,000 number when talking about the Dow. I am concerned about the number 50. That is the number of years Tibet will have illegally been occupied by China in the next few years. I am concerned about the number 1.2 million. That is how many Tibetans, one-fifth of the country's population, have died since 1959 because of the Chinese occupation.”