Two Global Citizens

We are Lebanon!

Citizen Sann — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:42:05 +0000

A wonderful sentiment shared by many of us who are sick and tired of the polarization of Lebanon is spreading around the blogsphere, we duly post it here

Smart Parking

Citizen TheL — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:27:11 +0000

Georgetown on a cloudy day

Citizen Sann — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:24:24 +0000

Weekend in New York

Citizen Sann — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:06:58 +0000

Knotted Gun – United Nations

Angel of the Waters – Central Park

Central Park

Metropolitan Museum

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Subway – 49 Street

Subway

Falling From Earth

Citizen TheL — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:25:39 +0000

The film is set in 2008, 1990, 1982 and 1975.

Im Telech

Citizen TheL — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:05:40 +0000

Can’t sleep so I’ll share one of my favorite Idan songs.

Nader

Citizen TheL — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:57:00 +0000

So Ralph Nader is running again. Up until now, it had seemed that this representative democracy was fighting to be run by either the product of a very successful marketing campaign or by the policies that are based on politics of fear. Candidates of both parties have been, so far, superb representatives of special interests and lobbyists, crossing so-called bipartisan lines and working together towards the same goal, while stepping all over the constitution.

Unlike what the media after the 2000 election would like to have you believe, Nader is not a “spoiler”. He speaks in the name of the disenfranchised voters, as they are called, who would not have voted had he not been in the race. He caters to a very progressive but tiny base, that has no grand illusions of victory, but a simple request of having its agenda discussed. Whether it’s ending corporate control of Washington and The War On Drugs, repealing NAFTA and The Patriot Act, supporting a more humanitarian foreign policy, reducing America’s addiction to oil or addressing immigration as part of a “worldwide economic justice”… he addresses issues in a way that no other candidate does. Nader represented those who agreed with him when he said that his opponents were “Tweedledee and Tweedledum they look and act the same, so it doesn’t matter which you get“, in reference to Gore and Bush.

Issues that should not even be raised such as abortion, personal faith and a constitutional amendment to gay marriage are often discussed while these topics are ignored. Kucinich and Gravel were deemed a waste of time before their withdrawals and rarely given a platform, and the same goes for Ron Paul right now. Had they been given more time and media attention, issues more essential to the average American might have been raised. Nader will attempt to reframe the issues, and when he made his announcement on Meet the Press, he was quick to justify his right and need to run: “Twenty-four percent of the people are satisfied with the state of the country, according to Gallup. That’s about the lowest ranking ever. Sixty-one percent think both major parties are failing,” he said. “You have to ask yourself as a citizen, Should we elaborate on the issues that the two [parties] are not elaborating [on]?”. Inconvenient or not, I guess this is in defense of any third party candidate. But specially the road trip for Ralph.

Recommendation: Haven’t seen it yet, but this film aims to shed some more light on Nader’s long career.

Obamania

Citizen TheL — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:25:00 +0000

Shepard Fairey

The Date Farmers

Shepard Fairey (famous for his Obey posters plastered everywhere in L.A and the world) and The Date Farmers endorse Obama. They are selling their art online and will be using the proceeds to make more posters for the Obama campaign.Nice, I specially like the Date Farmers’ one, but this is becoming a bit too cultish for my taste.

While I have been Obamatized, excuse me if I’m not an Obamabot, don’t have Obama-rama or an Obasam every time Obamessiah speaks. Granted, I’ll take Obamerica over McCain’s America any day of the week, but can someone ask Obama what kind of change he’s talking about, and how he plans on achieving it?

Break

Citizen TheL — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:59:00 +0000

We haven’t blogged for a while, no reason in particular… We shall be back soon.

On the Streets of L.A

Citizen TheL — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:25:00 +0000

Chase – “Remember who you are”, Santa Monica

Chase – “Remember who you are”, Venice

Tim Biskup, Melrose

Banksy rat, Melrose

Banksy – No More Heroes, Melrose

L.A Bomber, Melrose

Punk girl, Melrose

Life is beautiful, Melrose

Greetings from Finland, La Brea

Muslim girl, Melrose

Bus vs. Bikes vs. Car ….

Citizen Sann — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:07:00 +0000

Sales – Lebanese Style

Citizen Sann — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:04:00 +0000

University Elections

Citizen Sann — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:07:00 +0000

Al Tayar wins elections in USJ

Perhaps it’s because I didn’t attend university in Lebanon but I just don’t quite grasp the relevance of these political elections on university campuses. Where I attended college, different parties ran based on platforms that promised to have the library open later, fight rising tuition costs and such …. I won’t deny that parties in American college campuses have some political overtones however the essential matters under which they campaign are issues of concerns to students which the elected representatives have a say in and not political or ideological persuasions.

How true…

Citizen Sann — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:07:00 +0000

Poor Lebanon. This nation has the misfortune to be caught in the middle of all the feuds and contradictions of the Middle East. Arab vs. Israeli, Shiite vs. Sunni, Iran vs. America — it all collides here. Let President Bush talk glibly about World War III, or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assemble his version of a war cabinet, and the mess lands on little Lebanon’s head.

“The trouble is that Lebanon has become an extension of the crisis in the region,” says Charles Rizk, the Lebanese justice minister and a Maronite Christian who is a candidate for president.

Quote from a Washington Post Article “A Nation Of Mideast Hostages”

Shame …. لبنان، بلد العبيد

Citizen Sann — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:07:00 +0000

«من كان يتصوّر أن ذلك يحدث في بلد متحضّر مثل لبنان؟». هذا السؤال الجارح تسأله دومينيك توريز في تحقيق يبثّه التلفزيون الفرنسي هذا المساء عن النخاسة الحديثة، ضمن برنامج «موفد خاص» على القناة الثانية

من يعتقد أنّ سكان الضاحية الجنوبية ومقاتلي المقاومة في الجنوب كانوا وحدهم الأكثر عرضةً للقصف الإسرائيلي خلال عدوان تموز، فهو على خطأ! هنالك فئة اجتماعية أخرى، لم تكن لتخطر في البال، وجدت نفسها هدفاً مكشوفاً، وبشكل عمدي، للقنابل الإسرائيلية: يتعلّق الأمر بما لا يقلّ عن 30 ألفاً من خادمات البيوت.
أولئك أُرغمن على البقاء أسيرات المنازل التي هجرها أهلها في الجنوب والأحياء الأكثر عرضة للقصف في بيروت. تمّ إقفال الأبواب عليهن، وتُركن برفقة كلاب الحراسة، حتى لا تتعرض البيوت التي فرّ أصحابها نحو وُجهات أكثر أماناً، للنهب والسرقة!
كم كان عدد قتلى الحرب بين هؤلاء الخادمات؟ لا أحد يدري بالضبط، أو بالأحرى لا أحد يهتم. فهنّ في الواقع لسنَ مجرّد عاملات في البيوت، بل يمثّلن نوعاً من رقيق العصر الحديث. ويقول الأب ماك ـــــ ديرموت الذي تلجأ إليه العديدات منهن في كنيسة القديس يوسف في بيروت: «أغلب الناس يرون الخادمات ملكاً لهم، ويعاملونهن كأمتعة أو أثاث، لا
كبشر.

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