politics

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Re: politics

I have heard some Armenians say we should forgive the Turks, but I have never heard an Armenian say we should forgive our fellow Armenians.

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Re: politics

“I paint with my prick,” Renoir is quoted as having said.
Many others think with theirs.

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Re: politics

Marx said, other philosophers only tried to interpret the world; he was going to change it; but he was wise enough not to say “for the better”; he was even wiser when he said, “I am not a Marxist!”

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Re: politics

If as an Armenian among Armenians you can survive without kissing ass, you deserve an entry in WHO'S WHO.

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Re: politics

POLITICS
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If we don’t understand everything
it’s because a great deal is hidden from us.
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Consider what would have happened
if Germans had won World War II.
The Holocaust would have been covered up
and anyone who dared to mention it
would be charged with offending
Germanishness.
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If we don’t understand everything
it’s because there is a Trump in all of us,
including Obama.
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If we are willing to be subservient
to crooks and liars it’s because
it is quintessentially human
to prefer pleasant lies to unpleasant truths,
especially truths that may exposed us
as bloodthirsty barbarians or incompetent dupes.
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Re: politics

Tarzan: "It's a jungle out there."

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Re: politics

It is widely known among citizens of a democracy
that politics is the second oldest profession
and that in many ways it resembles the first.
Fascists agree but they think this does not apply to fascism.
Which amounts to saying,
“Our bordello madams, unlike yours,are virgins.”

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Re: politics

PROBLEM SOLVED
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To readers who demand solutions from me,
I ask: How many problems
did our writers from Abovian to Zarian,
or for that matter, from Khorenatsi to Naregatsi,
solve?
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Our problems will never be solved
as long as we are at the mercy of charlatans
who pretend to believe
the solutions of our problems
are well hidden from us.
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Speaking of solutions, here is one:
Why do we need two
and sometimes even three of everything
when one may well be more than enough?
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Re: politics

Monday, July 18, 2016
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EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
TO EVERYTHING ELSE
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On the radio this morning,
recent studies show that
computers erode our understanding
of reality and history.
Nationalist historians have been eroding
our understanding of history
long before the advent of computers.
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On Blacks murdering White cops:
We will never understand it
if we fail to connect these murders
to the degradation and pain of slavery.
If so far Obama has failed
to make this connection it’s because
he doesn’t want to be accused
of justifying these killings.
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On ISIS and the rise of terrorism:
Americans are to blame, of course,
but it is also useful to remember that
Muslims have been killing Muslims
as well as infidels long before Columbus
discovered America.
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Re: politics

Monday, July 18, 2016
****************************
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
TO EVERYTHING ELSE
***************************************
On the radio this morning,
recent studies show that
computers erode our understanding
of reality and history.
Nationalist historians have been eroding
our understanding of history
long before the advent of computers.
*
On Blacks murdering White cops:
We will never understand it
if we fail to connect these murders
to the degradation and pain of slavery.
If so far Obama has failed
to make this connection it’s because
he doesn’t want to be accused
of justifying these killings.
*
On ISIS and the rise of terrorism:
Americans are to blame, of course,
but it is also useful to remember that
Muslims have been killing Muslims
as well as infidels long before Columbus
discovered America.
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