notes and comments

[arabaliozian]

Abc

THE ABC OF LEADERSHIP
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The unspoken slogan of all politicians:
Say the right words,
implement the wrong policies.
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Talk peace, make war.
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We don’t need critics,
we need solutions.
Words are a dime a dozen.
Funds and fund-raisers –
that’s different.
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What we need are men and women
whose favorite words are “Yes, sir!”
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Preach unity,
practice fragmentation.
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Our great poets and writers:
Praise them with words,
bury them with actions.
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Support the poor but only in so far as
they are willing to do our dirty work
for minimum wage,
and to kill and die in our wars.
Beyond that, treat them like white trash.
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[arabaliozian]

bread

GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DAILY BREAD
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Misfortunes did not fall on us
like thieves in the night.
We are first and foremost victims
of our own miscalculations, wild guesses, and lies.
Our 1% know this.
The rest are brainwashed to play the blame game.
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Where would communism and fascism be
without dupes? Great or charismatic leaders
are like orchestral conductors
and what they conduct is an assortment
of lies and dupes.
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As a boy I loved everything American.
But I changed my mind on the day
I set foot on the continent.
Being a dupe is as easy as being thirsty
and drinking a glass of water.
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No one can claim to be unbrainwashable.
I can make a long list of remarkable intellects
who fell for Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.
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What chance does a poor stiff have
who has a family to support
and is in need of a steady job?
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Don’t tell me I have said this before.
Tell me instead if some things
are not worth repeating.
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[arabaliozian]

crime

NO CRIME GOES UNPUNISHED
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On Schubert: “[On his death]
his estate was valued
at 63 gulden, while his unpaid bills
amounted to nearly 1,000 gulden.”
The bastards!
No wonder they fell for Hitler.
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Once when I identified myself as a failure,
a gentle reader wanted to know
when would I consider myself a success,
and I replied: “On the day
I make minimum wage as a writer.”
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When informed his fly was open,
Churchill is quoted as having said:
“No matter. The dead bird does not leave
the nest.”
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Armenians come in all sizes shapes and colors.
The most “foreign” to me are Armenians
from the Levant and Armenians
from the former USSR.
As for Armenians from Italy:
they are more Italian than the natives.
Armenians from Greece speak Armenian
with a Greek accent.
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When I make a mistake I am corrected.
I am even corrected when I am right.
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[arabaliozian]

insanity

IF I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE
IT BEARS REPEATING
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Speaking the truth or speaking one’s mind
is not a crime against humanity; and yet,
throughout history it has been treated as one.
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By contrast, slaughtering millions
is treated as a glorious page in the history
of the guilty nation.
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Wars have become routine occurrences
because each nation has its own version
of what happened and children
are taught to believe their own version
to be the only true one.
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Fear of lawyers is not a phobia
in need of psychological treatment.
Fear of lawyers means fear of injustice
and nothing can be more reasonable
than fear of injustice.
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The difference between justice and human justice
is about the same as that which exists
between night and day,
reason and insanity,
love and hatred, and
war and peace.
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Reason is a small island
in an ocean of insanity.
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[lampron]

Re: full of it

Concerts are being organized in a number of western capitals for "justice for Khojaly"

http://web.justiceforkhojaly.org/

Where are the Armenian superpatriots in western capitals organizing concerts for the victims of Sumgait, Baku, Getashen, Maraga...?

[arabaliozian]

seduction

ON THE ART OF SEDUCTION
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It is the easiest thing on earth
provided you target only women
who are planning to seduce you.
For more on this subject read
Casanova’s MEMOIRS and
listen to Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI.
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Bosses, bishops and benefactors
are more popular than writers
simply because no writer could ever be
a source of income to anyone.
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To judge a tree it is not enough to taste its fruit.
You must also analyze the soil
and calculate the rate of precipitation.
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I have never met an Armenian
who could be remotely classified
as Saroyanesque.
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When it comes to reality,
we can deal only in fractions.
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If you think I am predictable or I repeat myself,
it may be because I give voice to your silent thoughts.
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[lampron]

Re: full of it

FULL OF IT
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has nothing to do with our collective IQ.

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what is Armenian PR compared to Azerbaijani PR?

that is the test of our collective IQ relative to that of the adversary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4tVoTADXhI

[arabaliozian]

dupes

ON DUPES
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Far from being a harmless disposition,
being a dupe should be classified
as a dangerous form of insanity.
Consider the millions who
kill and die in the
name of God and Country.
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[arabaliozian]

kiss

KISS OF DEATH
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If what I write offends you,
I have a suggestion:
resist the temptation.
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If some respectable people like Obama
are having second thoughts
on the reality of our genocide,
it maybe because they think:
If the Turks are as bad as they
(Armenians) say they are,
how did they manage to live with them
for 600 years?
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I once had a childhood friend so handsome
that when he kissed a girl
she fainted (or so said he).
I also knew a girl so infatuated with him
that she pretended to be in love with me
to get closer to him.
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We are the offspring of men
who not only surrendered to the Sultan
but also dropped their pants.
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To this day we look up to men
like Gulbenkian and Mikoyan
who under normal conditions
and in a civilized environment
they would be arrested, tried,
found guilty of treason and betrayal,
and shot.
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There is something rotten
not only in the State of Denmark
but also deep with us.
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[arabaliozian]

full of it

FULL OF IT
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We are so full of it that
we can’t tell an insult from a compliment.
“It takes seven xxxs to fool an Armenian”
has nothing to do with our collective IQ.
It’s a warning, like
“After you shake hands with an Armenian
count your fingers.”
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Never pretend to know what you don’t know.
Remember, ignorance is good for making friends.
All smart women know this.
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Women are smarter than men
because they negotiate from a position of strength
by pretending to be weak.
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Only idiots brag about how smart they are.
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On our intolerance of free speech:
we don’t need commissars to enforce it.
We do it ourselves.
We are born commissars,
and all in the name of the eternal snows of Mt. Ararat.
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