Sit down reader, fellow, friend and rest with me for a moment under the sun. You've come to a place where the topics might toss and turn, rolling over you like clouds on a windy day and will hopefully ignite new thoughts in you with every fresh breeze. You might encounter good moods, bad moods - unpredictable like the weather - and find yourself in the middle of my political brainstorm, but never without a wink of an eye.
Today is a very normal day - one day out of many other ordinary days on which life just dribbles by in a slow, sweet way where most throught flit into thin air. It's 2,1°C, slightly cloudy, with a touch of cold and wind. And above all: boring! High time to focus on something new!
And like everything has to start at one point - today starts this, let's say rather curious, experiment. Rise of the sun! The beginning of this blog, provided by the freedom and biggest democracy - the world wide web! Speaking of democracy, there -was- something interesting happening on this dull day after all! Something that would make democracy's tummy churn - but not in public.
A certain President visited Washington for a little tea time and to make sure that the world would keep on nodding to his words. Probably also hoping everyone would not shut one, but both eyes, once again. And as always, I have the fear that luck was on his side. (...Probably ate his damn fortune cookie before flying to the U.S.)
I can only shake my head at the visit and smile with very morbid (and pitchblack) humor, considering how the self-proclaimed police of the world -you know, the ones that claim to free certain countries from evil terrorists- now smile at a nation where censure is daily bread and where freedom of mind and speech are put behind bars. Words about the improvement of human rights and essential freedoms that spew from the mouth of China's President are as empty as a small-talk about the weather. Before there are any real consequences to his nice lines about freedom, I believe his words to be nothing short of meaningless like 'how's the weather?'
It was a cloudy day; the real problems and injustices being kept covered up and concealed behind nice phrases. It was a day with a touch of cold because words of hope were spoken without the intention of seeing them through. But, also, there was a hint of wind: Maybe, just maybe, some change will progress after all. We can all cross our fingers and hope the sun will rise brighter tomorrow.
Daily laugh! (well, even if we cannot smile or laugh about how the country is run, we love the language, don't we?! Especially when tried to be translated...)
*crossingfingers*
ReplyDeleteI suppose we all know that money makes the world go round ... but I still haven't got used to leading countries flouting their moral standards without batting an eye.
On the other hand it is of course a question of in how far one country is responsible for taking measures to influence another country which does not follow supposedly right and good standards and laws.
Then again it's somehow depressing to observe the "prototypical" democracy strike a deal with the devil, called neo-communism, in the name of capitalism. (well, you know what i mean ... just trying to live up to the eloquent standards of this block ^^). I expected something more than this from Washington's number one. But it seems that these are hard times (or rainy days???!!!) for idealists ^^
Anyway, keep going Wetterfrosch!!! You're MY number one ;)
happity .... jiji
upsy-daisy ... of course i meant bloG .. Dein Block kann unter keinen Umständen eloquent sein :D
ReplyDeleteThe weather really is lovely isn't it? All sunny and hot and 'let's-burn-me-until-I'm-red-and-pink-and-hurting'! Beach weather. Muhahahaha. Should I rub it in a bit more?
ReplyDeleteI love your point, there seems to be so much bullcrap going on in politics that's just circling around and seems to be given so much value, it's really annoying.
The country I am in (warm, south, island, most of it is desert...wonder what it is), for example, if there is a problem, one would think the politicians would try to find a solution, yes? No! They sit down and argue about whose fault it is. Hurrah.
Police! Idjits! :D
Happity by with you ;)muhahaha
I loved the beginning of your blog, its as bright and hopeful as the rise of the sun indeed and its great to see how into this experiment you are. I can see your enthusiasm from the way you write and I like it.
ReplyDeleteAs a dual U.S. Studies and Asian Studies major this entry made me curious to know another's opinion of the events, and while I hold a little more hope that the 'hint of wind' will indeed lead to the winds of change in the future...that democracy and capitalism will somehow unite to morph the world's 'greatest' communist power into something we can all look hopefully upon as the future's greatest power (note the lack of communist in there). I hope that the talks in Washington made more difference than just false smiles but I fear that your cynicism is completely justified.
Lovely beginning, I'm working out of order here but each entry is pulling me into your thoughts and blog deeper and deeper.
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