Life in the World of Inequalities

Fighting poverty is on you and it doesn't matter what you do.

Hey!! I think I needed to talk about class status, wealth and poverty. In my short life, I came across thousands of people out there, yes thousands since my life hasn't been that long to consider me saying I met millions. And many of these people for the most part are those from deprived homes and their hopes are always to get the best they can to be the best and make the changes desired in their lives and families.
Many of them also complain and whine bitterly about the fact that we live in a world of massive wealth disparity/gap; thus the rich and the poor. But the truth is, they will never get anything to go their way so why even bother complaining?. It's like wasting of ones breath.
Anyway, I share their pains of how our world is looked at for some people work their way to be where there are and others get those through fortune (inheritance). While others work so hard all of their life and yet, there is nothing to show for. This is especially true for people in other countries like my mother continent Africa. 
Either way, it is their luck to win or inherit wealth and every human being is entitle to lucks.
Though I also share their concerns, yet I never stop to make it known to all that inequalities are part of life, just call it life. As far as life and humanity goes on, there will always be this disparity. We will never be equal, consider this to be the so called  parallel lines we learned in geometry, they can't and would never meet. We will always have smart and damn people, rich and poor, tall and short, advanced and under or developing countries, typically of the western countries and Africa countries, leaders and followers, just to mention a few.
Social Darwinism will always be at play, classes will continue to exist as far as capitalism and other perimeters of measuring wealth are concerned. People will fight and protest about this whole idea of classes and class warfare but then, I don't think we would ever have a solution to this? For instance in the US, the top 1% wealth and riches are equivalent to that of the bottom 99%. This is unbelievable but that is real and Cornel West would say is moral absurdity.
If you were born rich, then thank God everyday for the rest of your life and if not still thank God and hope you can pull yourself out of poverty one day. Poverty to many is seen as a curse and illness and nobody wants to be poor or associate themselves with the have not. Else, why would people do all kinds of dubious stuff in the name of money or conquering poverty?

How long?

God help mankind.
We can't all be rich else who would be the janitor, security man, public bus driver, the cook or chef, the mail man, and or the messenger and all the little people we see in our eyes as little or nobody, and even sometimes disrespect them?
Think about it,
Happy first December.
~Ron

Hello December 1,2012

Glad to be here on the first day of December 2012. I have a wedding to attend in about 8 hours from now. I better go to sleep now. I have been trying to baby sit this paper on this this Friday night but it seems impossible with me all over up there(the mind).

Last Day of November 2012

Glad today is Friday and sad it is the last day of the month of November in the year of 2012. This day will never come in the history of the world, never. However, every month does come with its successes and challenges and as a young and hopeful young man like myself, I often try to keep track of all the happenings around me in successive months whether good or bad.
Today was also the last day of my Chemistry lab class. All glad I don't have to wire up my brains to understand those senseless practicals.
Also in November, we saw a lot happened around the world thus, the US had an election that brought about Obama re-election, no need talking about that. Chronic territorial conflict between Gaza and Israel resulting 100s of lives lost, Palestine finally got recognition at the UN as an observer, Civil war in Goma, DRC and these are just the few. On a more personal note, I had grown with a lot to share. Emelia also graduated from her college and that is more exciting, at least something to be proud of in the family.

Bottom-line, in less than two hours we will be in December. Looking forward the blessings of the season of Christmas. 

Hurray!! be happy that there is life in you and therefore hopes alive. Everything will be alright.
Stay blessed!
Ronald

Late Arafat’s recall to our Troublesome World

The Late Yasser Arafat

Something in a form of a story caught my attention in our world today. I couldn't help but to discuss it with friends and colleagues. It’s about the exhumation of the late Palestinians President Yasser Arafat’s mortal remains. Arafat died in 2004 after short ailment in France’s military hospital. To the shock of the world, no autopsy was perfumed on him, a whole Head of State but his body flown to Ramallah, the capital for burial. Shortly after this, rumors had it that he was poisoned when traces of radioactive polonium was found in his preliminary specimens from stains of his urine, tooth brush, hair etc. What is also more interesting is that, it was believed that it was Israel who poisoned him and I wonder why this case was left to sleep for eight years until his exhumation today to take some sample of his remains for major studies to confirm if polonium was the true cause of his death. According to Aljazeera, a well acclaimed international news network in the Middle East, there was a team of international scientist at Palestine to take the samples. These scientists were said to have come from France, Switzerland, and Russia. So that means it is a serious issue. Talking about seriousness I could never imagine this exhumation exercise if it was a light transient issue. I wonder what will happen after the studies. God help us as we journey in this evil world of ours. Arafat was a good man whose sole goal was to bring peace between his country and others like Israel in the region.

I just think it was interesting to write this after having studied nuclear radiation and even gave a presentation sometimes ago on the topic. I wonder what happened to nuclear half-life considering polonium not having that longer a lifespan before it decay. Eight years is a heck of a long time and the man needed to rest in peace but suddenly all these international attention. Anyways, this is what made me choose the topic headline; ''Late Arafat’s recall to our troublesome world''.

I also know his wife has been a stout supporter of this whole issue. If you find a strong willed woman,man forget it she will always have your back even when you are dead and gone.

Peace to the world.

Yours humble Pal,

Ronald!

Cease-fire for Hamas and Israel

Some where in Gaza, God have mercy.

The other day news had it that the military heard of Hamas, Mr. Jabari in the middle East was killed in an attack by Israel. Guess what? it was like all of hell broke loose and there was bombing and trading of ballistic missiles back and forth Gaza and Israel. In less than 24 hours there were casualties pronounced from both sides of the conflict. Israel declared it was doing what was supposed to do o protect its people and Gaza said they were doing the same and not happy about the blockade. Gaza by the way is considered the most populous nation in the world, very dense population wise. A rocket from Israel that lands in Gaza is guaranteed a significant damage but the Gaza's rockets doesn't get into Israel because they have the missile defense dooms which prevents missiles from reaching their target of Southern Israel.

So in the end, their conflict grasped the attention of the international community because more and more Gaza people were getting killed than the Israelis. The reason also being, Hamas, thus in the Gaza Strip doesn't have a standing army like their opponent Israel which was a concern by many. Some people even got to the point of accusing Israel of committing atrocities by killing the helpless folks in Gaza. Why this conflict in the first place if you ask? It is simply because of their chronic territorial dispute which for some reasons existed since the beginning of time over there in the middle East. Israel has always had problems trying to stay safe in a region they can hardly pinpoint an ally. Of course the international community had to come in, with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in the region for cease-fire talks followed by the outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Egypt with Mr. Morsi and in the end, they were able to arrive on a cease-fire deal. I  glad and was able to catch glimpse of folks on TV in Gaza celebrating the cease-fire deal. These poor folks were happy to be free at last from all the troubles from this brief conflict. Nobody wants war, everybody wants to live their lives in peace, live and do the things that makes them happy.

Peace stand still, no fighting and fussing, for that comes with huge prices attached to be paid with blood.

Let there be peace in the world and not just in the middle East. Even as I talk, there is a 20 months old war still in progress in Syria and so as a civil war going on in DRC, my own continent. I don't really know what the hell is wrong with these people in Africa. Living and dying of hunger yet they have what it takes to fight?

God have mercy and don't always forget to pray for the world we inhabit.

Yours humble fellow,

Ronald L.

Thanksgiving 2012

College was on recess on Tuesday the 20th and all were mandated to vacate campus by 9pm with reasons that college wanted to save cash on security. Well, I had a class that day and after which I arranged to exit college with a friend. It was really good to be home by 10pm and everything to my amazement looks so different. I could understand why, for it was a long time since I went to school. I left to school when everything was still green around here, but when I came home, all the leaves were gone.

I got settled, everything in order, went to the mall with family, ran into Amanda and her friend Marwan and I was glad to see them. Don't forget I love to see folks I was once closer to.

Anyway, today was the reason why we came home in the first place. It's call thanksgiving day. It is as old as the republic or the empire itself, I mean America. When the colonist came to the nation in the early 16th Century and survived a year or so, they decided there were going to set a day aside to thank God for their successful lives in the new world, being America.

They were joined by the Indians in this regard who hunted them some deers and together they celebrated the day. But it was later made an official holiday across the nation with the use of turkey, the big bird and other stuff to thank God for the blessings. By the way, I think turkey is the right bird though it is expensive and not very many people can afford it if not in America.

Personally, we had a wonderful day with family and friends, a young lady from Ghana was here to celebrate with us. It was her first thanksgiving in town. To her, there was nothing like that you know.

I was truly glad to be home, celebrated with loves ones among others. Every day of course we suppose to give thanks and praises to the most high for our lives and blessings.

So that was it, the rest of my days before it's all back to the Mount, are fully schedule. I just want to be able to see everybody before going back. Live life fully everyday like tomorrow would never come. Love more today, hate less, be a blessing to other wherever you find yourself. the day time and hour of redemption, you will never know.

God bless you.

Yours humble pal,

Ronald

Obama and His Victory of Election 2012

Prez. Obama's victory night with family at Chicago.

Well, the elections on Tuesday November 6th came nice and easy and at the end of the day, I was privilege to be a first hand witness in watching the results from the various states tallied and sent in. In less than an hour or so, President Obama was pronounced the winner of the 2012 Presidential elections over his contender Mitt Romney.

It was a tough race between the two candidates and a lots of money was spent in the course of the entire campaign period. Many people were surprise the president won re-election because they said he didn't do a good job of bringing down unemployment and handling of the Embassy Benghazi's crisis was and it was a big blow on his part as well. I for one, wasn't surprise he won. Though he didn't have lot to run on, yet he had the best campaign team on his side and some of the key political figures backing him was a factor. regardless, he also came to office at a time the economy of the nation was at the brink of collapse. Former President Clinton was on his side, don't forget he is still extremely popular in the minds of the American people and so as Cocktail investor Warren Buffet. Obama also had a lot of unfinished jobs and kicking him out of the oval office after just a term, could be detrimental to the national growth and interest and many believed another four years could be enough to assess his presidency though he wouldn't have to run for re-election the third time. Everything is always possible, maybe the constitution can be altered to give him yet another chance to run, wait, did I just write that? over the dead body of this empire and its many ambitious politicians.

I was truly glad to be a spectator.

God bless I, the people of the nation, and the nation at last.

Yours humble servant,

Ronald Lawyer,

Shalom! 

Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney for election 2012

Barack Obama

Mitt Romney

   Americans are at polls today to elect the next president of the United States. It was a long expensive and aggressive campaign between President Obama and Former Gov. Romney of Massachusetts. And finally, at the end of today, and early tomorrow, we might be able to know if Obama would be approved for rehiring or he will be fired and have a fresh man from Boston into the White House. This can is a big and important election not only amongst the American people but folks from all walks of life across the glob. Remember my Norwegian friend last night told me there were following the elections closely. This Norway, the other side of the planet. From my point of view, whoever becomes the president would have a lot in his plate to handle. The economy is the top item that people are very much concerned about, second to that climate change which invariably result in storms like the one that came with hurricane sandy. It did a great deal of damage to cities in the East Coast etc.
The two men above have their respective differences and I believe if Obama doesn't win, whatever he did and was about to finished, will be completely wiped out and Mitt will have to start his agenda all over. Things like that doesn't normally bring progress that the nation needs to compete. I respect them as Obama has come from a strange background to where he is now, and Mitt Romney has also work hard and on his way to be one of the wealthiest politician in America. If he wins, it is more than likely that he wouldn't take the presidential salary of $400,00.00 a year. He is said to be worth $250,000,000.00. Sometimes I just wonder how on earth would someone of his wealth and prestige would want to be a president of an Empire like  America. Being a president is not a child play. If you think I'm making this up, look at Obama now and 2008, that is just 4 years ago.
Good luck America, there has never been a lasting democracy on earth than America. A good record of over 200 years is respected beyond any reasonable doubt.
I'm a spectator in this as I have no qualification to go to polls. God bless this country and God bless whoever comes in as an official representative of the nation in the world.

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All Saints Day Vrs. Halloween

It's first day of November, the 11th month of the year and I can tell you the year is over. I meant 2012. Today is also all Saints day in the Catholic Church. A day to remember all the saints, do who lived good lives die as saint and martyrs but was never recognized or honored, today is the day to remember all of them in prayer. It falls with halloween, believed to be a pagan holiday which does indeed glorify evil and witchcraft. I hope hope you were able to get a brief understanding of what I meant here.
God is love, stay bless and God be with you always.

More than expected.

The damage from Hurricane Sandy has been enormous. You won't believe it. It would take a long time for NY to truly recover from this considering the news footage we are getting on TV. God help man.