So, I have a lot of things to ramble about.
First up: I recently finished a book called "Dancing Under the Red Star." (Short interruption: Brick just came up to me with a carpenter's knife- closed thank goodness.) It is the biography of an American women who, as a child, went with her parents to live in Russia and was later imprisoned in a Stalinist labor camp. She is the only known American woman to survive a Soviet death camp. It was truly a fascinating book. The first half detailed her childhood in Detroit and then in Soviet Russia, the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of her father by the Soviets and the struggles she and her mother went through during World War II in Russia. The second half talks about her wrongful arrest by soviet police, the nine years she spent imprisoned and her struggles to leave communist Russia and Germany and return to America. This book kicked butt and spoke very plainly of the horrors of Communist Russia. I strongly recommend it to anyone who thinks that socialism or communism "isn't so bad."
Secondly: Friday night Mark and I went to see "The Day the Earth Stood Still" which was pretty cool. Finally, a role in which Keanu Reeves was totally believable. He maintained a nice monotone through the whole movie, which isn't really different from any of his other movies, but it actually fit here. Bonus: listening to him speak Chinese with a surfer accent was hilarious, or, if you are an actual Chinese person, cringe worthy. All in all, it was a pretty cool movie, but not too scary, as I earlier in that day came to the conclusion that should we be faced with an alien invasion I'm not running, but rather waiting in the comfort of my own home for them to kill me. It seems much more relaxing and as long as they kill all of us I'm fine.
Next: An apology to Danny. I may have mentioned, way back in October, while driving the girls somewhere, that Obama was the devil. I certainly tell Mailee on a regular basis that he wants to steal all of our money. I am truly sorry for influencing your apparently influential 5 year old, and, I look forward to celebrating Hanukkah with your family this year.
Which brings me to my next thought: the curious events surrounding Obama's open senate seat. What surprises me about this isn't that Blagojevich was attempting to "sell" the open seat or that the state of Illinois has a governor named Blagojevich. What surprises me is that everyone is so surprised by this "unexpected" corruption. O'Rlly? Illinois politics has been notoriously corrupt for decades. If this is news to you then you may be stupid, or at the very least, extremely unaware. I am neither shocked nor dismayed, but on the contrary, quite delighted. It is a delicious diversion to watch various officials stumble all over themselves to deliver denials and exclamations of shock. I haven't been this entertained since Jim McGreevey came out. I look forward to further developments.
This, I think brings me to the end of my thoughts. Should I have another thought during the day and the opportunity, I may honor you all with it.
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Politics in Illinois are inherently corrupt... Except for Obama. He maintained integrity throughout his entire career in Chicago.
That book sounds like one I read not too long ago. Too bad I can't remember the name of it. If I do, I'l let you know.
And to think that a new U.S. administration featuring "Hussein" (there might just be a clue in there?) at the helm...is not going to have subsersive, anti-American socialistic leanings (not to mention a clearly pro-Muslim agenda)...is purely ridiculous. Ahh, but sadly, those blind and gullible Americans, just back like in the days of Moses, choosing instead to believe the lie, have turned their backs on God--the very mention of His name; and will soon have more than enough of what they've asked for...
Thanks for your recent comments on "Dancing Under the Red Star."
~Karl~
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