Il faisait frais[e]

Just some news that currently holds my interest.  I never feel like talking about the right things, do I?  Oh well…

(from the International Herald Tribune) 

January 16, 2009 - Crash cause unclear, but not pilot’s heroism
"What might have been a catastrophe in New York was averted by a pilot’s quick thinking and deft maneuvers, and by the nearness of rescue boats, a combination that witnesses and officials called miraculous."  Good news is like hoodies; you can never have too many.

January 04, 2009 - Chinese aim for the Ivy League
"…the preoccupation - some might say a single-minded national obsession - of a growing number of middle-class Chinese parents: getting their children into America’s premier universities."  Makes me want to immolate myself, not out of shame, but rather out of ethical agony.  If you haven’t the background on this topic, please share the story of Bella Jiaqing Zhou with me in "Gilded Age, Gilded Cage" from National Geographic.

January 05, 2009 - The sport of the samurai lives on
"Each year, archers in feudal shooting gear climb on their decorated mounts for a lively competition on the beach of Zushi, a town just south of Tokyo, galloping in the sand as thousands of onlookers cheer and shout."  I dunno ’bout you, but yabusame sounds pretty epic to me. :]

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I never realized how strongly I felt for Tibet until I was forced to make a stand. …But I don’t fight; I deplore.  I don’t have what it takes to reveal those Western shitstirrers for what they really are.  I don’t try and comprehend the stifling political issues of the East.  I only know that because of some selfish individuals, countless innocent people have had to pay with suffering and loss of lives.

I have only one wish, for the one thing that can make any difference and further peace at this point.

Can’t we all have the truth?

Why can’t the world just step forward and see?

I was always taught that it was wrong to be sanctimonious.  But I live in a country where the government has very flexible morals.  The world is only allowed to perceive in one way.  If I speak out, I will be ostracized. So where is this invisible freedom?  When did it become a lie?