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News from the G8 Summit has never brought me much other than a mix of skepticism, confusion or disappointment.
Basically an association of the world's badasses, the G8, whose member countries account for 60 per cent of the world's gross domestic product, says its members are united by common values of democracy, human rights and the free-market economy.
So they just met, as they do five times a year, to discuss various global economic, social and political sheezy.
And HOT DAMN did this make me laugh.
George Bush, introducing our Prime Minister to to the president of Nigeria, hollah'd: "Yo Harper," to get his attention. Here's the funny part. Opposition parties are actually CRITICIZING this as demonstrating the "ideological kinship" between the two Conservative leaders. -_-
YES, perhaps an international policy forum isn't the best place to be droppin' the slangs and certain rules of formality are what keep everyone at their best. Still, the stuffiness of political discourse should leave room for some straight talk.
Two hours of a single speaker: "INDEED, THE BIMODAL PLURALITY SCHEMES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDUCIARY etc. etc. ogod what's he even talk about anymore" vs. "Yo, Harper."
As if stagnating a discussion with confusing rhetoric doesn't betray "ideological kinships." In fact, it can just as easily obscure the truth or at the very least make the heart of the matter totally inaccessible. The faultiest arguments or the most single-minded conclusions can sound great under the subtle veneer of fancy language. Worry about this instead, and let playa Bush holla at Harper however he wants.
Anyway, for those who watched the Wimbledon final. Tough to see Federer go down. As much as Nadal deserved his win, and as epic as the five set match really was, 52 unforced errors from the Fed versus Nadal's best tennis made this disappointing. I have that preoccupation so many people do with our 'heroes.' Watching Federer lose just shy of setting a new record of straight titles won... well, it breaks that spell that heroes generate for us. Maybe we wanna see that unquenchable flame in others that we wanna see in ourselves, I don't know. I was bummed out to watch Federer lose - flopping on easy shots is demoralizing for the player and for the fans.
WELL NOW, more works for me to do. Hope things are good out there, miss a bunch of ya.
Hey, rap gets such a lousy name - bitches in the club, drugs and money, etc. Well, no art form is a slave to trends, rap is flexible and multifaceted too.
Check this out: Black Star - Respiration (ft. Common)
Black Star is a pair of rappers, Talib Kweli and Mos Def. Mad skills, conscious and poetic rappers. I luhhhhhhv that. Bringing in Common for this song is just icing on the cake.
Basically an association of the world's badasses, the G8, whose member countries account for 60 per cent of the world's gross domestic product, says its members are united by common values of democracy, human rights and the free-market economy.
So they just met, as they do five times a year, to discuss various global economic, social and political sheezy.
And HOT DAMN did this make me laugh.
George Bush, introducing our Prime Minister to to the president of Nigeria, hollah'd: "Yo Harper," to get his attention. Here's the funny part. Opposition parties are actually CRITICIZING this as demonstrating the "ideological kinship" between the two Conservative leaders. -_-
YES, perhaps an international policy forum isn't the best place to be droppin' the slangs and certain rules of formality are what keep everyone at their best. Still, the stuffiness of political discourse should leave room for some straight talk.
Two hours of a single speaker: "INDEED, THE BIMODAL PLURALITY SCHEMES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIDUCIARY etc. etc. ogod what's he even talk about anymore" vs. "Yo, Harper."
As if stagnating a discussion with confusing rhetoric doesn't betray "ideological kinships." In fact, it can just as easily obscure the truth or at the very least make the heart of the matter totally inaccessible. The faultiest arguments or the most single-minded conclusions can sound great under the subtle veneer of fancy language. Worry about this instead, and let playa Bush holla at Harper however he wants.
Anyway, for those who watched the Wimbledon final. Tough to see Federer go down. As much as Nadal deserved his win, and as epic as the five set match really was, 52 unforced errors from the Fed versus Nadal's best tennis made this disappointing. I have that preoccupation so many people do with our 'heroes.' Watching Federer lose just shy of setting a new record of straight titles won... well, it breaks that spell that heroes generate for us. Maybe we wanna see that unquenchable flame in others that we wanna see in ourselves, I don't know. I was bummed out to watch Federer lose - flopping on easy shots is demoralizing for the player and for the fans.
WELL NOW, more works for me to do. Hope things are good out there, miss a bunch of ya.
Hey, rap gets such a lousy name - bitches in the club, drugs and money, etc. Well, no art form is a slave to trends, rap is flexible and multifaceted too.
Check this out: Black Star - Respiration (ft. Common)
Black Star is a pair of rappers, Talib Kweli and Mos Def. Mad skills, conscious and poetic rappers. I luhhhhhhv that. Bringing in Common for this song is just icing on the cake.