I love this Colbert poster. Classic! It’s too bad that NBC has flubbed their coverage of the Winter Olympics. Any genuine sports fan will tell you that sporting events are made to be seen live and not pre-recorded. Give me a break! We’re in the same time zone for crying out loud and I’m forced to watch events that happened hours ago. Does the World Cup do this? Hell no. Do the fans out there care? Nope. In 2002, I remember getting up at some ungodly hour to watch Mexico play Italy. It was well worth it even if I woke up at 4 in the morning.
A common argument that I hear when discussing immigration is that immigrants should stay in their home country and create change there, (whether that needed change is due to a dictatorship, narco-violence, human rights violations, etc.) instead of looking for change here. I always come up with some counter argument essentially glossing over this interesting point that is made. Why do immigrants not create change in their home countries? I guess it’s the same reason why people don’t create positive change in their own country. One looks at cities like Detroit and quickly dismisses it as a has-been city and the butt of jokes. Why haven’t former Michiganders created a better Detroit instead of simply abandoning it? In the valley, we suffer from enormous brain drain. A significant number of our brightest people go to school elsewhere and never return. Why not come back to the valley and make it a better place? I guess the bottom line is that people go where opportunity exists. Why be an agent of a change that is going to quite possibly take a lifetime when one can simply move somewhere else. Is this right or wrong? I have mixed feelings. I stayed in the valley not because I was fearful of leaving. I stayed in the valley because this is my home. This is where I grew up. If my parents had never left Detroit I would probably still live in Detroit. Regardless of the reason, any individual should have the right to move where opportunity exists. Although I wish that there was change that would swiftly move Mexico in the right direction, at this point in history, that seems to be in a far off future. Until then I am happy where I am at now.
In the above pictures you can see a photograph of my former elementary school in Detroit, as well as a picture of an alley that led to my house…the same alley that would fill with snow…the same alley where we played with our Star Wars action figures.
» Unknown Caller – No Line On The Horizon U2
» 21st Century Breakdown – 21st Century Breakdown Green Day
» Wilco (The Song) – Wilco (The Album) Wilco
» If You Ever Go to Houston – Together Through Life Bob Dylan
» The Wrestler – Working On A Dream Bruce Springsteen
» Beyond Here Lies Nothin – Together Through Life Bob Dylan
» No Line On The Horizon – No Line On The Horizon U2
» Hearing Damage – The Twilight Saga: New Moon Thom Yorke
» Constellations (with Eddie Vedder) – En Concert Jack Johnson
We’ve really become fans of the Ginkgo tree to the point that we have have planted two at our house. If it wasn’t for the size of our lot and the many other trees that I have already planted, perhaps another would be in order. The thought of planting a companion Ginkgo to the one shown above has crossed my mind. My hypothesis on my tree obsession is that once you get to the age of 30 your perspective on life automatically changes. Things that were insignificant to you as a youth are now the complete opposite. The beautiful colors of fall finally catch your eye. The golden leaves of the Ginkgo are a yearly occurrence that last just a few weeks and then the leaves fall until the upcoming spring, but in the time what a sight to behold.
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