Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Bush...funny?


whether democrat or republican, here is a funny clip of george w. i guess i didn't realize he was happy to make fun of himself for some things. one of the guys in this clip is the real deal...it took me a while to figure that out!
at a time when everyone is a cut-throat politician who either hates bush or loves him, this is a clever act. isn't it good to see a guy not take himself too seriously? thanks to mike kelly for this link.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Immigrant Stories


i just finished reading a great book about the experience of immigrants as they come into the country. it's called The Chosen Shore and it chronicles the experiences of immigrants coming from nations near and far, that speak english, french, arabic, chinese, and many other languages, that have different cultural backgrounds and political and religious histories. it shows something of what it is like when an individual is placed in a totally new environment and then has to learn to live with little help from the outside.
the book is a great testimony to the power of perseverence because many of the stories do not paint pretty pictures. i am an anglo boy from new hampshire, so these experiences were very different from my own. the experience of an immigrant is full of suffering and hardship and do not always have happy endings. are you an immigrant? Do you have friends that are immigrants? tell us something of that story.