Blog #14

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOSO_WEuYUU  (If this doesn't work just type in Military Training: Soldiers from North Korea.)

This video clip is entirely dedicated to North Korea and their "Super Warriors". It's definitely a propaganda piece that tries to make North Korea out to be a tough, strong, and domineering country. This clip is exactly how communist countries work; they brain wash their citizens to believe that they are superior to the rest of the world. After a few generations, you get an army of true believers in the communist cause! 

More disturbing than the video are the posts under it that support North Korea and the communist actions that they take part in. 

Bigbutcowman wrote: 

Our communist brothers are strong! 

A North Korean woman could destroy an American Marine in hand to hand fighting.

Blog #13

Sponge Bread
Frog Legs


     Since the time I can remember my father has been an exploratory eater. My three siblings and I have grown up with him always pushing us to try new foods. There have been many occasions where we have gone out for a family dinner to "try something new." 

     Many times this "try something new" theory has worked out pretty well. From alligator to frog legs, various sea creatures, and other assorted creepy-crawlies there have been some pretty delicious tastes. Both the alligator and frog legs taste like chicken; as much as the "tastes like chicken" theme gets used, in these two cases it was true! I have had Thai, Japanese, real Chinese (not the American version), Italian, European, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and other food from various other origins. On the other hand, I will never forget the one time the "try something new" theory failed miserably. 

     I remember my father telling my mother not to make anything for dinner–we were going out that night. At the appropriate time we all piled into the car and made our way down into the rundown portion of Denver. After a good hour in the car we finally arrived at our destination: an Ethiopian restaurant. All of us, including my sweet mother, were all up for another exciting experience and climbed out of the van. A brisk walk across the old pavement of the parking lot and we were in the front door of the establishment. We stepped in, and were the only customers in the entire place, (this was probably a sign from God warning us). 

    I know we ordered lamb but I can't recall the other sides. In Ethiopia, part of every meal is the Demera bread, also know as, "sponge bread". It literally has the texture of a sponge and tastes far worse than a sponge! I can still remember how awful it was. No utensils are used in Ethiopia and so my family was stuck with our hands to eat the lamb and sponge bread. 

     As a collective agreement, my family and I decided to call it quits and went to The Black Eyed Pea! I am very grateful for being raised in a way to not be afraid of trying new things, but I will never eat sponge bread again!

     

Blog #12

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1) A protester throws a computer terminal at a branch of RBS.

2) Protests get violent near the Bank of England.

G20 membership includes the following countries/union:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union

Blog #11

I flipped the world around into various positions, peered at the screen, and then quickly twist the sphere again. Luckily, google earth doesn't given one the permission to play God when using their software– everyone would've just experienced severe trimmers and now massive headaches, ha! 

Eventually, out of mere chance, I came to this image. Amazing, isn't it! The glory of the Pacific Ocean. The western edges of Latin and South America can be seen at the upper, right hand side of the picture, and nothing else but water is visible. That's one whole side of the world, and it's completely water! Honestly, no wonder dolphins always seem so happy– they practically have half of it to swim in. 

According to several sources, the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest and google earth presents that very well. It is 60 million square miles– larger than the total land area of the world and 15 times the size of the United States. It was given its name by Ferdinand Magellan and its average depth is three miles, (2.8 but I don't care for decimal points). 

Truly, there is only one thing to be said: God is amazing!