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Things I Do Not Understand

…truth hurts. What I cannot understand is that a nation of immigrants has become anti-immigrant.  Again, it must be opposite day. 6.  War (part deux) In every single conflict that ever was, there has always been a reason.  We look back at history and there are times (like Vietnam) when it was a very big mistake.  Yet, we are only able to identify mistakes after the fact and are not very good at stopping wars when we know they are a mistake (Iraq.)…

Madame Butterfly – Asian Women, Western Men, A Global Citizen Perspective

….  This is WHAT BOTHERS ME!  This is the point I’m trying to make and will come back to it.   4. She is sad and commits suicide. SO, here is my problem with the Opera. We in the West look at it as a very beautiful Opera and one that shows us the magnitude of love combined with the absolute devotion of those mysterious people from Japan. Yet, as a Global Citizen, one who understands both Japan and America I want to say WTF!!!   Perhaps I do not und…

What’s in a Headline? – Obama, Libya and Pundits

…“we” when in actuality they had nothing to do with the major moves of the company.  For me, I would just use the company name and say something like “X decided to go global so everyone is excited.” In a similar vein, regular citizens had no say in deciding whether the US should get involved in Libya.  There was no vote, and even congress had no say.  It was decided by the leaders at the top so I really wouldn’t use “we” here.  Instead I would say…