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My heart has been deeply saddened the last few weeks. There is nothing that gets me more worked up than issues of racism and discrimination. I am utterly disguisted by any group of human beings that foster hate. As if there isn’t enough on this planet already. This entire situation is a host allowing hate to grow and spread like a bad infection. And the media, you disgraceful pigs, should know I blame you the most.

These boys are all CHILDREN. This is not an earth shattering display of antiquated racism still present on the earth. They are immature, pissed off teenagers that acted upon the stereotypes their pathetic parents and culture (culture: symbols of person and place that are socially shared) have brainwashed them to believe. I would like to state here and now, I firmly believe that discrimination is a myth. Talking about discrimination “existing” personifies it and is speaking like its a terrible thing that has control of us. The ideals of this myth are given power by people talking about them and acting upon them. Well guess what world: DISCRIMINATION HAS NO POWER OVER ME.

THE MAIN QUESTION: WHY ARE WE TEACHING KIDS THAT VIOLENCE is okay!??!? Oh yeah you 6, you can beat the piss out of somebody if you want. We’ll all come protest that you were allowed to do that. NO MATTER WHAT THE CASE IS, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS JUST VIOLENCE.

I am tired of hearing about it, thinking about it. Today was a campus protest about setting the six CRIMINALS free simply because the person they beat the snot out was also a CRIMINAL. Too bad for everyone involved there’s no loop holes for the “he deserved it” clause. SO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. We have a law and a government and a police force. Protest them if you don’t like crimes being punished (and don’t call 911 if its you that gets the snot beat out of you). Here’s where some argumentative hate-breeder would comment about the unpunished harrassment that began the whole situation. My response: you’re right. Nobody wants to talk about creating a better world anymore. Theres millions of trillions of words being vomited in our faces about all the negative things and yet, nobody can seem to create anything. I’m sick of it.

I wish everyone (except myself of course) that have given this disguisting event attention could all just go away forever.

If this shot doesn’t scream Cambodia, nothing I have ever seen including being there myself does. There are some things in life more important than sales goals, bonuses, and bigger houses. Absolutely breath taking.

PEOPLE OF SIEM RIEP… ABANDONED…, originally uploaded by azli jamil - photographer not artist.

This was an amazing photo I totally randomly ran into on Flickr… reminded how bad I want to go back to Cambodia. I love Cambodia, my favorite country I have ever visited probably.

This is the gate to Angkor Thom and I have stood right at the spot the picture was taken. It was nice that person in the bottom left corner stepped in to give the immense gate some scale.

guarding angkor, originally uploaded by shapeshift.

As they say in internet speak, WTF? Aimed at you Ben Bernanke, WTF?

I don’t claim to be an economist or play one on TV. But I certainly can watch one on TV, the one that was in charge of managing the US economy through its most prolific appreciation in American history. That economist would be Alan Greenspan, the economist who says within the next several years interest rates will have to go to double digits to ward off inflation, and the economist who doesn’t seem to caver to pressure from a bunch MORON bankers on Wall St.

I believe in the free markets. In the free market, when a company really screws up, it goes out of business. Laws of the free market economy right? So why the hell are the banks (like the auto makers, airlines, and so many others) being bailed out? Those MORONS kept making (or buying securitized versions of) SHIT loans that there was absolutely no chance would ever be paid back. Said loans are now defaulting and those same bankers are stuck with their thumb up their ass… exactly like they should be!! Please excuse my vile rant but I could not feel more strongly about this.

So then the Fed comes in and cuts rates today by a half point. And like a bunch of SHEEP the markets cheer (as evidenced by the big run-ups all over the world today). What a short-term view on the whole situation. The banks who made bad loans don’t deserve to be bailed out, the investors who realized big returns on the stocks of those companies while it all went on don’t deserve to be bailed out, the moronic advisors who told people to buy those stocks don’t deserve to be bailed out, and the idiots who TOOK these loans on their home with no chance of paying them back don’t deserve to be bailed out!!

If inflation gets out of hand as a result of this rate cut, the economy goes to crap, and those (very few) of us who were smart enough to NOT be involved in this crap have to suffer because of it, I will be so pissed!!

WOW, calm down Dan (deep breathe taken). Long story short, I think the rate cut was bad idea, I think a rate cut that big was an especially bad idea, and I don’t know why anyone thinks this will change anything about the current credit crunch. The people who made the best moves in a free market and should be rewarded relative to others got screwed today I think.

“I am ready to hold talks with Bush on important global issues at the assembly,” he said. “Let us hold talks about Iraq and other issues. Then public opinion will judge … We will offer our global solutions.” The White House rejected Ahmadinejad’s call last year for a presidential debate, calling it a “diversion.”

I guess I don’t see what the problem is. Why would the president not look one of the leaders of an “Axis of Evil” country in the face and call him out if he is so evil? An interesting article at least and in my opinion a great discredit to the president on the issue of Iran when he can’t take a half hour to publicly TALK before fighting. We’ll see how it all comes out I guess.

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