Earth Day, April 22, 1990, was celebrated by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in New York’s Central Park to express their support for environmental programs. When the event was over, more than memories were left behind—fifty park sanitation workers picked up an estimated 1,543 tons of litter the concerned demonstrators had left behind.
How come that the french forgot how they encouraged Gaddafi ? They even let him put a tent in Paris ! Read this article about the french-libian friendship.
So this was in 2007 (only 4 years ago):
Was Gaddafi a good boy than ? No. But he served french interest than. No more. So they realized he's a dictator. Over night.
Sick and tired.
Church officials, not knowing whether Saint Patrick was born on March 8 or March 9, decided to honor him on March 17, the sum of the two dates.
Nu am de gand sa intru in tumultul discutiilor/supozitiilor si acuzelor care s-au starnit ca un nor de furtuna asupra politicienilor in urma scandalului coruptiei din vamile Romaniei. Nu am de gand sa imi schimb blogul intr-unul de scandaluri mediatice sau politice. Sunt insa anumite lucruri simple care ma frapeaza. Toata lumea pare sa tipe, sa urle , sa acuze si sa ignore adevaruri simple.
Personal ma uit cu scarba si dispret la cele doua televiziuni "de stiri" ale Romaniei dar, ma mai uit. Si am fost uimit sa vad cum, in ultima saptamani majoritatea talk-show-urilor avand invitati "opozanti" incearca sa insinueze faptul ca fie PDL prin Vasile Blaga, Elena Udrea sau Sorin Blejnar ar fi "regi", "regine" etc. Lucru care imi pare absurd si ireal.
Asa cum stim cu totii mafia vamilor functioneaza de zeci de ani. Ea a fost mereu aceea mafie de care nimeni nu s-a atins, generatoare de venituri ilicite imense si mereu protejata puterii. Sunt convins ca vamile au sponsorizat campanii electorale, au ajutat sa fie construite imperii economice si au generat o serie larga de "baieti destepti" prin Dorobanti. Dupa zeci de ani insa "cainii urla, ursul trece" si mafia vamilor zambeste superioara. Pina acum . Am vazut un adevarat Armaghedon in vami, sute de arestari, dosare peste dosare si din declaratiile oficiale nu s-a terminat. Probabil ( sper) vine si "cireasa de pe tort": portul Constanta.
Logica simpla ma face insa sa imi pun urmatoarea problema : daca actuala guvernare ar fi beneficiara acestor "donatii" de ce ar fi declansat Armaghedonul ? In definitiv nici un alt Guvern ( FSN, PNTCD, PSD, PNL) nu a facut absolut nimic. In afara de a colecta. Daca PDL ar fi "regele/regina" nu ar fi fost "nebunul" care sa isi taie singur craca de sub picioare. Daca PNL/PSD/USLA/USL nu ar fi fost implicati ar fi aplaudat la scena deschisa aceste arestari.
O zicala populara spune sa nu omori vaca care da lapte.
O alta zicala spune ca hotul striga primul "Hotii".
Departe de zumzetul asurzitor la isteriei televiziunilor sa ne pastram calmul si sa apelam (mai des) la judecati simple.
Knocking on doors, writing a radio spot, or giving a speech are not the hardest things to do in a campaign. The hardest things to do, those most candidates and managers simply do not do, are to stop and think.
A large number of resolutions pass through the Texas State House every session, and Representative Tom Moore Jr. was concerned at how little attention legislators paid to the bills on which they voted. So in 1971, as a joke, he introduced a bill honoring Albert DeSalvo for his pioneering work in population control. DeSalvo, the notorious Boston Strangler, confessed to killing thirteen women in the Boston area. Moore’s bill commended the Boston Strangler for serving his country, his state, and his community. . . . This compassionate gentleman’s dedication and devotion to his work has enabled the weak and lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree of concern for their future....He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied psychology. The resolution passed unanimously. I’m sure Representative Moore could barely choke back his laughter.
Your campaign has unlimited needs but only limited resources. The candidate wants to campaign in every precinct. He wants the campaign to knock on every door in the district, and to attend every community meeting. But the resources, time, people, and money, are limited.
It is sometimes wise for the candidate to visit with his opponent(s) to inform her, him or them of the decision to run. Simple human dynamics make this an important strategy: it is always easier for people to criticize, attack, or in extreme cases even to vilify an opponent they have never met in person. So the candidate who meets personally with the opposition, and establishes himself as a real, reasonable and serious person, is significantly diminishing the opposition's power of attack.
If the United States is a democracy, then the Founding Fathers must have believed a democratic country was the way to go, right? First of all, the United States of America isn’t a democracy—it’s a republic. (Remember, “and to the republic for which it stands.”) The men who framed the Constitution disagreed on a lot of things, but on one point they stood united—that a democracy was the worst possible form of government. The idea that our country is built on “majority rules” is far from the truth. The Founding Fathers knew that a democracy would quickly lead to mob rule—that’s why our system of government is set up the way it is. We elect senators and congresspeople to represent us in Washington, D.C.; we vote for them, and they’re supposed to vote the way we want. If they don’t vote the way we want, we vote them out of office at the next election. It’s that simple and that complicated—but it’s still not a democracy.
Governor of Georgia Eugene Talmadge is remembered as a segregationist and for his book-banning agenda in state colleges. He was also a man who loved to wield power. When Talmadge was touring the Georgia State Penitentiary in 1936, he asked prisoners, as he passed their cells, one question, “Are you guilty?” The answer to the question always came back an emphatic no. But when he approached the cell door of Leland Harvey and Aubrey Smith, who were serving 150-year terms for armed robbery, he was shocked when both men answered, “Yes!” “It seems you only have two thieves in your penitentiary,” Talmadge said to the warden. “I will pardon these two men.” Harvey and Smith did indeed receive pardons from the governor, who later explained, “Truthful men should never be confined with a bunch of liars.” Sounds like something Congress should think about, too.
