2008 Republican National Convention to be held in the Twin Cities?! That just might have ended my considerations about moving myself back to St. Paul. I was in New York City for the last one of these things the Republicans held and it was hell! If I'm in 'Sota for the next one, I might be accused of ghastly things . . .St. Paul being called, "The House the Norm Build." Yea, when he was a democrat! Now that sucker is riding the torn tails of the Republican party to DC. Why couldn't the democrats been a bit quicker with their bid?
Out with the international ultimate Frisbee crowd last night. They are all government employees - UN or other country's missions - and these conversations are hard to keep up with in this crowd. These people make lives out of discussing global politics and history, they speak multiple languages and have been living abroad for most of their adult lives. More often than not I find myself sitting back in my chair eating my pizza in fear of being engaged in the conversation. I like to think I'm relatively intelligent - granted, I'm not the best speller, but I can hold a fairly intellectual conversation. But with these folks I often feel like I must have missed some serious school days or didn't watch BBC News enough. Are these people normal representatives of their countries - probably not the average. They hold this diplomatic positions because they know diplomacy. But I do believe that the average American does NOT get the global education that people of other countries get. The Americans who are up on these things have to find their sources and seek them out. Our general media do not encourage the US public to be up on these things. I didn't miss any days of school and I do read the New York Times and listen to NPR, but I don't think like these people do. I wasn't raised to, like a lot of people in The States. So, if The Twin Cities and the Republican convention come up next time, I'll engage. Might be my chance to show that I at least read the newspaper.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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Oh Molly! I thought I was the only one not politically savvy enough to live in Eastern Europe (and with that, I think I've made my 100th Balkan gaffe since arriving). You're right, though; we in America don't seem to know as much as the rest of the global village. All we can do here is keep on reading BBC.com, and any indy media we can get our hands on, and when worse comes to worst, stuff a wad of pizza in our mouths at opportune moments.
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