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February 2011

I am living in the wrong country.

I am quite proud to be an American, don’t get me wrong.  But lately (translation: ever since George W. Bush first took office and now that the “tea party” has been formed), I feel like our Constitution is a bit of a joke.  No one even follows it anymore.  Freedom of religion?  Please.  If you’re not white and attend some psycho right wing nut job evangelical mega church then you have no religious freedom.  Freedom of speech?  PPSSHH.  Granted, we definitely have freedom of speech - I will never argue with that - but more and more, my country is a country full of blind, deaf and dumb lambs who will believe any lie they hear rather than face up to the truth.  And don’t get me started on same-sex relationships and immigration.  Right now, we have a state that’s fighting to basically throw out one of the ammendments of our nation’s constitution.  AND, because I have a vagina and I happen to be dating another human being who also has a vagina, I am told that I do not have the right to marry her.  Education is a joke in this country.  Yes, it is infinitely better than the  education in a lot of other countries…but seriously?  It’s a joke.  Our educational system is set up to make students fail, both in high school and in college. 

*sighs*  This is not the kind of America my ancestors came to; and this is not the kind of America that my family has fought to defend in every war this nation has ever taken part in. 

So, yes…I do feel as if I should be living in another more liberal, more educated, country….which makes me sad because I’m very proud of my ancestry. 

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January 2011

ThunkaPotamus: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE REPOST IF YOU CAN! → thunkapotamus.tumblr.com

soniaanaortiz:

should you need to take a moment: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT.

Oh Egypt,

My prayers and heart go out to you.

roxanneritchi:

[via]

“To all the people of world”

Alicia Ali Marsden

To all the people of world

The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked.

And there is news that even the phone landlines will be cut tomorrow, to prevent any news agency from following what will happen.

Suez city is already under siege now. The government cut the water supply and electricity, people, including, children and elderly are suffering there now. The patients in hospitals cannot get urgent medical care. The injured protesters are lying in the streets and the riot police are preventing people from helping them. The families of the killed protesters cannot get the bodies of their sons to bury them. This picture is the same in north Saini (El-Sheikh zoyad city) and in western Egypt (Al-salom). The riot police is cracking down on protesters in Ismailia, Alexandria, Fayoum, Shbin Elkoum, and Cairo, the capital, in many neighborhoods across the city.

The government is preparing to crackdown on the protesters in all Egyptian cities. They are using tear gas bombs, rubber and plastic pullets, chemicals like dilutes mustard gas against protesters. Several protesters today have been killed when the armored vehicles of the riot police hit them. Officials in plain clothes carrying blades and knives used to intimidate protesters. Thugs deployed by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior are roaming the streets of Cairo, setting fire on car-wheels as means of black propaganda to demonize protesters and justify police beatings and state torture

All this has been taken place over the past three days during the peaceful demonstrations in Cairo and other cities. Now, with the suspicious silence of the local media and the lack of coverage from the international media, Mubarak and his gang are blocking all the channels that can tell the world about what is happening.

People who call for their freedom need your support and help. Will you give them a hand?

The activists are flooding the net (youtube and other sites) with thousands of pictures and videos showing the riot police firing on armless people. The police started to use ammunition against protesters. 15-year old girl has been injured and another 25 year old man has been shot in the mouth. While nothing of these has appeared in the media, there is more to happen tomorrow. Will you keep silent? Will you keep your mouth shut while seeing all these cruelty and inhumane actions?

We don’t ask for much, just broadcast what is happening

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“Sarah Palin has said she is glad that there is a “media blackout” on her right now because it means she will not be “blamed” for the Egyptian protests. Reports HuffPost: Speaking at a meeting of the Safari Club, a hunting organization, Palin apparently said that was fine with her. The boycott, she said, “sounds good, because there’s a lot of chaos in Cairo, and I can’t wait to not get blamed for it—at least for a month.” —

Egypt’s New Government Announced On State TV

Oh… Look, NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU, SARAH!

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I really cannot stand Sarah Palin.  She needs to shut up.  Seriously.  She’s a disgrace to hard-working women and mothers everywhere. 

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I am changing my major.

allysonkay:

To Library Wanderer.

My lessons include:

  • day dreaming
  • how to get into the I-can-finally-read-comfortably position
  • the art of imagination

The list could be longer, but it’s what I read that changes the curriculum of the day. I think I shall learn how to be a Little Prince or maybe even become a savage in a Brave New World.

If only I could. 

 I want this as a job.  Like, seriously.  I want to be paid for crashing in the library and used book store and just completely immersing myself in books… *sighs dreamily*

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“

To be alive: not just the carcass
But the spark.
That’s crudely put, but…

If we’re not supposed to dance,
Why all this music?”
—Gregory Orr  via artemisdreaming (via petitpoulailler)
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“I can’t actually classify my sexuality because I check out males and females. I can be aroused by either sex or what not, so I don’t see myself as a hetrosexual man or a homosexual man. I’m just Chester!” —

Chester Bennington, Linkin Park (via fuckyeahchesterbennington)


Probably one of the reasons why I have always loved Chester Bennington the most!! =]

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(via fuckyeahbisexuals)

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Al Jazeera In Cairo Being Shut Down, Press Credentials Revoked: Egypt State TV  → huffingtonpost.com

taniada:

“Egyptian state TV reported Sunday morning that the Al Jazeera office in Cairo is being shut down and Al Jazeera reporters are losing their press credentials in Egypt.

Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nolan tweeted the news at about 11 a.m. local time, adding that Al Jazeera’s licenses were revoked, per state media.

Nolan quickly added, “Don’t worry we’ll still report what’s happening in #Egypt no matter what new restrictions they put on us.”

Another Al Jazeera employee Evan Hill put the news this way: “State TV announces Al Jazeera’s broadcasting license and press cards are being revoked. Our bureau is packing up.”“

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if you know anyone in egypt.

carpe-cerevisi:

If you know anyone in Egypt, please pass this on to them. To bypass government blocking of websites, use numerical IP addresses: Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Fb ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”. A French ISP offers free dial up internet access ~ +33 1 72 89 01 50 Login password: toto. Please pass this on and share.

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“1 When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

2 When an adult, try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would.

3 Don’t romanticise your “vocation”. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no “writer’s lifestyle”. All that matters is what you leave on the page.

4 Avoid your weaknesses. But do this without telling yourself that the things you can’t do aren’t worth doing. Don’t mask self-doubt with contempt.

5 Leave a decent space of time between writing something and editing it.

6 Avoid cliques, gangs, groups. The presence of a crowd won’t make your writing any better than it is.

7 Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.

8 Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.

9 Don’t confuse honours with achievement.

10 Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.”
—Zadie Smith’s ten rules for writing fiction. (via unicornology) (via baringmysoul) (via writingadvice) (via the-write-idea) (via teachingliteracy)
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“What can be explained is not poetry.” —

W.B. Yeats

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