Perhaps I should note, right up front, that I am not equating Barack Obama to a douche. Or more accurately, I am, but not in the spirit of meanness. South Park fans will understand immediately. For the rest of you, let me explain. After major elections overseas and several state primaries, my thoughts turned to [...]
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Kyrgyz Clashes
Posted in General Mischief, tagged ABC, action, ammunition, appointment, arm, automatic, Bahkiev, Bakiev, Bakiyev, Bishkek, capitol, change, cheat, clash, CNN, concussion grenade, conscience, corrupt, cost, coup, damage, dead, demonstration, depose, determination, excessive, fair, fight, fire, force, freedom, government, governor, guard, gun, handgun, hostage, hurt, injure, interim, justice, killed, Kurmanbek, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, leader, malfeasance, mass, media, moral, news, Nightline, non-lethal, opposition, Otunbayeva, oust, police, politics, populace, population, power, president, price, protest, rebel, republic, resign, resignation, resolution, retaliat, riot, Rosa, Roza, rubber bullet, Russia, sharpshooter, sub-machine, Talas, tear gas, unarm, United States, unjust, USSR, utility, vehicle, video, violence, water cannon, weapon, White House, witness, wound on April 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve watched the world news or read a bit online, you’ve probably seen something about the riots in Kyrgyzstan, a former USSR republic that borders China and just tried to oust its president. Protesting masses took to the streets demanding a change in government, the president fled, hundreds of police were summoned to quell [...]
Dear Diary
Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, tagged acceptance, acknowledg, apathy, associated, assume, bad, better, blog, broadened, care, change, circle, circumstance, comfortable, conquer, content, contentment, curb, definition, depressing, discourse, dream, drive, eagerness, enough, expect, expectation, experience, fake, figure head, find, first step, fit, grow, happiness, happy, high school, hope, horizon, idealism, important, impotent, individual, job, know, lack, life, low, mean, measure, mental, mentally, moment, morose, non-hope, official, opinionated, people, person, physical, physically, place, post, power, problem, real, result, search, shift, silly, sixteen-year-old, solution, stolen, stubborn, success, time, truth, warp, world on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I recently read a blog post about the uncertainty of life, how we change as an individual over time, and how it’s important to live in the moment. I left a reply, which included the thought that sometimes realizing we’ve changed over time isn’t nearly as bad as realizing that we haven’t changed enough. In [...]
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