Archive for August, 2008
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Poverty Spurns Greatness
It’s natural and easy to react with shock and appallment when hearing stories of these Chinese womens children’s gymnasts being taken from their families by the nat’l government at the age of 3, and from there beginning a strict, strict regiment of training for the Olympics.
One girl specifically (the captain) was only allowed to contact […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Scapegoats of Society, Why it Sucks to be #1
We’re a simple people, and while the 60s are long gone, we’ll always have a burning internal desire to create meaning and worth in our lives by fighting against “the man”.
We take bold stances by joining others fighting the same cause by placing the blame squarely on certain things for everything that’s wrong in the […]