my letter to syrian freedom fighters.

i think what id have to ask is how do you cope. you have death destruction and power outages surrounding yo. how can you fight a war for freedom when your very conditions you live in inhibit you. but most importantly, where do you find the courage to fight. as americans i think we take for granted freedom, and in the face of honest danger, civilian people might falter. my message is stay strong. your uprising is heard and supported. and most of all you are not alone. others fight similiar wars on different fronts, but you are never alone. the things you fight for are right and just and i encourage syrian freedom fighters to hang tough.

The War on Women and Resources

this is by far the hardest post i'll have written. this unit made me sick to my stomach and my heart botttom out. the images made me more mad tahn anything and the children carrying guns--  its not something i ever wanted to see. these people are victims of their homeland. No one knows what they are fighting for other than money. its just a fight over ego and power at the suffering of the masses. the pontential for greatness lies under roads that are destroyed.

the women , though strong live in fear. with one doctor heading their salvation, he is all they can hope for. the are attacked because of how they were born. because attacking women is the best and most strategic way to decimate a community.

the constant war and government that can not even keep its prisoners in cells are the problem in congo.


i never feel like i will ever be able to full express my opinions on this. some feelings will never find their way onto paper because they are to strong to express.

oh the images we see, but do we understand?

  when i see Africa i see the Savanna but thats not all there is.


 I think we also see this. this very sad stereotype is unwelcome in its prevalence. we see this so much and its so sad.


 this image is heart stopping. starvation is all together too prevalent.



thias country at first glance is war torn and starving. but this country is rich in culture. its worth the time to look in to this place and see whats truly there.

Let's Go Racing!

so if you want to talk horse racing you need to look to the Godolphin stables in Dubai. World classfacilities and world class horses. the best of the best gather here to race.
  The stables started out as a small stable block in 1992, in Al Quoz. it has grown immesnsely to state ofthe art buildings a horse swimming pool and a nine furlong(approx. 220 yards.) private training track. even the sand on the traqck is state of the art, a patented mix of wax coated sand fibre and rubber.

 horse swimming pool used for rehab work.
the facilities from the front.
 these stables are the racing horses winter home , they summer in england.
to see world class racing you wouldgo to Newmarket in about april to watch these horses run. it is a thing of beauty to see well trained horses running thier best. deffinatly a place to visit if you are a horse fanatic. these facilities are to die for and teh views are breath taking.

Nuclear: the red line and their rights.

Personally, i think that after signing the Non Proliferation Act, the Iranian people have a right to nuclear power. it is a symbol of advancement to a people who are very proud of their country. However, what i find  to be shady is how underground they made the enrichment of uranium.Nuclear energy advancement, nuclear technology? those are both fine and well accepted. i don't think any one should have nuclear weapons.no one at all, especially if everyone is supposedly preaching peace. As for the world at large, i say full disarming of nuclear weapons would be great. its not quite attainable yet. but i feel it would be for the best.If i were President, my red line would be at proven uranium enrichment AND proof of actual weapons. i don't like the idea of jumping the gun. so we need to tread on the nuclear pride of this country carefully.

The Long Way Around: Iranian Youth and Technology

The Iranian youth are a crafty bunch.if there is a back alley way to get what they want they will find it and use it. No matter the crackdown, short of all technology being confiscated and full internet shut  down they wont stop. the connection to the outside world means too much to lose.
With that being said, technology has and will continue to up the ante on how politics are handled, how policies are discussed. Technology allows the youth a way to vent , set up meetings and protests , and get the word out. its faster and more efficient than plain word of mouth. Also, with how back alley it has to be its less traceable. it can and will change everything about politics and how they are handled.
Looking at how restricted the internet is makes me glad to be where i am. I can sit at my laptop and babble about whatever i want. Give my opinion and all of that , and its ok. i dont have to use a proxy server i dont have to do this post from an anonymous internet cafe. my personal freedoms mean quite a lot to me, and quite frankly i would be ready to put up a fight to defend them. in Iran , they just have a more passive way to fight. internet use in America is so much more free than there, but they seem to use it not only to just chat , make friends and post about their life. they use it to be active to fight back.
i say: more power to them

Persepolis and the thoughts beyond

watching Persepolis was really eye opening. you never quite get to see this point of view. and having read the first two chapters of Children of Jihad along with it has been a sort of conflict of perspectives.they also meld really well,the Iranian people are very proud of their country and rightfully so.As a child of that revolution i might have been afraid. the change you fought so hard for really seemed to backfire.they need to find a balance of tradition and modern technology. i guess I'm probably biased but i think a democracy that really was a democracy would help. if they feel the need to keep religion a part of their government then that's fine but i think the people should decide the candidates, not a council appointed others. it isn't quite fair that  the people aren't seeing all of the candidates and options.Children of Jihad has shown me that the youth isn't quite satisfied with its government. that religion for them is something they have to do instead of follow. and i don't think its right for the government to take someones faith and twist it like this.