Me, Armenia, and the World
Sad to say I fell to the mercy of some bug that had my temperature through the roof for days. Though I prepared a lot of work for the Armenia Diaspora Conference, I have not attended any of the sessions , nothing at all, though I hear I didn’t miss much. Newspapers the next morning had a spread of photos of people sleeping at the conference. Not sure if I would want to be called out like that, but it says a lot. However, I heard the fireworks, I better be recovered in time for all the 15th Anniversary celebrations. Yay, Good for us!
I’ve been glued to my couch watching CNN for days (poor me, but there are only so many DVDs in the house). Someone please tell whoever manages the local advertising on CNN that the middle of Bush’s address to the UN is not an ideal time for a commercial break for Viva Cell I’ve seen 100 times before.
That gets me to my next topic. There’s a Cu in Thailand, riots in Budapest against the Prime Minister, Muslims killing Nuns in Somalia in response to the Pope’s comments on Islam, continuing riots in Baghdad, Bush and Ahmadinejad playing word games at the UN General Assembly as if US is about to invade Iran, Sudan is becoming an exact replica of Rwanda as UN peacekeepers are being kicked out, Saddam is walking out of court as the new judge resumes the trials, am I missing anything? I’m sure. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. There were like 3 Breaking News topics overlapping last night. The world is turned upside down. This is of course discluding old but recent news of the Isreal invasion of Lebanon, the terrorist attempts in London, I’m getting tired of thinking about the state of the world. Oh, and all the stocks are dropping around the world like crazy too it seems. The housing market is in trouble, Germany is seeing a record low in years, Sony’s batteries are lighting on fire, this all certainly makes you appreciate the things in life that are not falling apart. Things in Armenia feel like a vacation compared to the world. When people start complaining about their life, I’m gonna start talking about the world problems, maybe they’ll snap out of it.
Just curious, how much of this news is reaching America(ns).
I’ve been glued to my couch watching CNN for days (poor me, but there are only so many DVDs in the house). Someone please tell whoever manages the local advertising on CNN that the middle of Bush’s address to the UN is not an ideal time for a commercial break for Viva Cell I’ve seen 100 times before.
That gets me to my next topic. There’s a Cu in Thailand, riots in Budapest against the Prime Minister, Muslims killing Nuns in Somalia in response to the Pope’s comments on Islam, continuing riots in Baghdad, Bush and Ahmadinejad playing word games at the UN General Assembly as if US is about to invade Iran, Sudan is becoming an exact replica of Rwanda as UN peacekeepers are being kicked out, Saddam is walking out of court as the new judge resumes the trials, am I missing anything? I’m sure. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. There were like 3 Breaking News topics overlapping last night. The world is turned upside down. This is of course discluding old but recent news of the Isreal invasion of Lebanon, the terrorist attempts in London, I’m getting tired of thinking about the state of the world. Oh, and all the stocks are dropping around the world like crazy too it seems. The housing market is in trouble, Germany is seeing a record low in years, Sony’s batteries are lighting on fire, this all certainly makes you appreciate the things in life that are not falling apart. Things in Armenia feel like a vacation compared to the world. When people start complaining about their life, I’m gonna start talking about the world problems, maybe they’ll snap out of it.
Just curious, how much of this news is reaching America(ns).
posted by Arsineh at 12:56 PM
5 Comments:
You probably have been watching too much CNN. That explains why you were watching Bush speak. Who wants to see him on TV? I only like the funny and embarassing things he says in public. The rest is B.S. that we've been hearing for the last 5 years.
I think all the issues you mentioned have reached the US, except maybe the nuns killed in Somalia. But I could be wrong - my main source for propaganda style news is BBC. CNN has been busy with reporting Ann Nicole Smith's son's death and the little baby that was kidnapped by a woman who had had a miscarriage. And Fox has been praising Bush and demonizing the liberals as usual.
:)
Arsineh, isn't it lovely we're in little ol' Armenia, cut off from the world, isolated, blockaded ? Nothing comes in, so nothing disturbing ever reaches us. :-)
Oh, and it's spelt "coup". "Coup d'état". Sorry. ;-)
Are you serious? Oh, I'm having flashbacks to days under the spell of American media. CNN World is fortunately not so brainwashing, but still obviously biased. At least I get the news though. And yes, I have been watching too much CNN... and I always like to watch Bush speak to analyze what's next. Sadly, he speaks incredibly well sometimes, like at the UN, and on those occassions, I only wish he meant what he said. He speaks of peace and spreading democracy and respecting all cultures and religions, etc. Too bad he does mean a damn thing. He even spoke strongly on the Sudan Genocide. Ah Bush, if only you meant it.
Coup? They were spelling it Cu on TV! I swear I thought it was Coup, too. Darn CNN screwing me up!
> Just curious, how much of this news is reaching America(ns)
I heard all of it. My exposure to broadcast is public radio primarily, no TV; buy a copy of the LA Times once a week; a lot of internet.
Yes, all those stories. And this morning, oh!, you should have seen the sunrise
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