No Wonder The World Is Such A Mess!

I found this article very funny and scary:

"I don't remember all the students in detail unless I'm prompted by something," Tsurumi said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "But I always remember two types of students. One is the very excellent student, the type as a professor you feel honored to be working with. Someone with strong social values, compassion and intellect -- the very rare person you never forget. And then you remember students like George Bush, those who are totally the opposite."

The U.S. Empire Is Crumbling

Although it made me very sad, I have to agree with the Game Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling article by David Michael Green. The U.S. is damaging itself tremendously by persuing the wasteful and murderous policies.

I spent most of my adolescent and young-adult life in the U.S. and remember it as a great place with great people. I have many wonderful friends from the U.S. It's amazing what a mess the country has become in a few short years. The situation is a dramatic demonstation of what "Democracy" with an easily fooled (or outright stupid) population, immoral-and-overly-profit-oriented press, and some election cheating can do to a country, even a great one such as the U.S.

I hope the new Congress will stop and reverse this decline in time and won't allow the Invasion of Iran to happen.

Meanwhile, I am continued to be frustrated by the lack of result in cleaning up Thailand's mess left by the exiled-but-still-very-rich election stealer. I hope the effort shows some effectiveness soon, or my country will be setback again by another election by a stupid/easily-fooled population, immoral-and-overly-profit-oriented press, and election stealing before the year's end.