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Vietnam – An American complex

…rn powers decide to split the country with Ho Chi Minh in the North and non-communists in the south.  (Divide and conquer anyone?) Then the Americans support the south and China and Russia support the north.  As stated by a good friend of mine, the Americans “sent advisors, then more advisors, then the advisors started shooting.”  American invades and I don’t think any more explanation is necessary. What I am getting at with the history lesson is…

One Day Trip – Latin America, Japan, China

…ant Street. My favorite place to visit here is Vital Tea Leaf which offers free tea tastings.  Often times tourists are put off by the price of tea and quickly leave.  This is REAL tea from China and is completely amazing, so no, it is not cheap.  But, actually it is not very expensive either.  The tea is priced per pound and is often about $100 per pound.  Yet, a pound of tea is a LOT of tea!!!  I usually only buy a quarter pound and it lasts me…

NEVER AGAIN – Concentration Camp

…id pay a visit to Dachau So yea,  Never Again…………… Work won’t even set you free in North Korea!!!! Update 5.30.21 – “Never Again” is happening in China with the Xinjiang internment camps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_internment_camps The reality is there isn’t much the world can do that doesn’t involve major economic disruption, war or no. In the past thirty years I’ve learned nations usually do not engage in wars unless two basic reason…

Why I am not a Multiculturalist

…ng “The White Man’s Burden”. Although Kipling wrote most of his work tongue-in-cheek, the term “white man’s burden” was, according to Wikipedia, taken by its contemporary readers as racist, or taken as a metaphor for a condescending view of non-Western national culture and economic traditions, identified as a sense of European ascendancy which has been called “cultural imperialism“. An alternative interpretation is the philanthropic view, common i…

Things America should adopt from foreign cultures

…refresh yourself and take care of your health than by taking a nice stress-free nap in the middle of the day! If we think about “stuff” vs. sleep let us also consider the enjoyment we obtain from spending our time doing these activities.  If we accumulate a massive amount of stuff, we have to devote time to using the items we have purchased.  Now, if we ask ourselves if doing these activities are more enjoyable than sleep I think we might not be…