sound bites

All the turmoil in North Africa, what is it good for? Soundbite, it has a melody. Tell me what is it good for?

I always thought it was the goodlife in North Africa. But why did all the people from there come to Europe in the sixties, seventies and eighties?
We had of course, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Ike & Tina Turner, the Ramones, or on way to the disco era.



Of course they came here for the music. We all go where the music is.
We all come to churches where the music is. We come to the popconcerts where the music is.
So now we have to go to North Africa where the music is. But who cancelled our flights to where the music is?
Aren't we allowed by our own Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hear the sound of music in the streets of Tunis and Cairo?

You really should watch this Antwerp flash mob video..... we only need music to be happy.
But it's a shame that a company is behind it. It's not original anymore.

If I have this thought and let it apply on the situation in Egypt, then it isn't really the voice of the people but the voice of the movement behind it. Nevertheless such huge organized protests must have organisers. Hopefully the organisers do what is in the interest of the people of Egypt.

Sallie

World Peace might come about if {we} blogged about it. More importantly it begins with a smile to a stranger, a kind word to another; consistently. A touch, a hug, ... a meaningful glance into a troubled eye. IF everyone helps and produces positive thoughts, even when it hard to do so... The World would turn differently. IF people only would try... and maybe be less-selfish. Negative War Blogs promote distruction even when they are against the distruction... just the thought/reality promotes. ~sad~ {Bravo... on this post, it is worth thinking about}

By Sallie on Blogging for peace on 30/07/06
 
I haven't heard from her since a long time. She needs a HUG.

being small

To extend my last post, even in peace lacking Mosul (Iraq) there are some lucky people, like Najma and her fiance. Maas from Mosul is writing again as dr. Human after being busy with her study.
Dr. Human, aka Maas and Najma were friends when I read their blog for the first time some years ago. Now their blogs aren´t linked anymore. Hopefully their friendship is still there.

Today, April 4, it´s 400 years ago since the ship de Halve Maen sailed from Amsterdam. The VOC ordered the English captain Henry Hudson to sail along the edge of the north pole to find a new route to Asia. He disobeyed orders and discovered land in his effort to find another passage to Asia and more specific the Dutch east Indies. Hudson failed in his mission and found Mannahatta, in the language of the native people. On nowadays Manhattan the first settlers founded Nieuw Amsterdam.
The West Indian Company claimed land that Henry Hudson sailed and called it nieuw Nederland. In 1624 the first settlers from the Dutch Republic arrived.

In 1664 the English attacked Mannahatta. It was the end of the Dutch presence. Nieuw Amsterdam was renamed New York.

Peace

In the midst of on economic crisis nations realize what's more important than economic prosperity. That's a long and durable peace.

I know there are some people who ignore that. Like an Israeli Professor, but his country is constantly at war. Israels Prime Minister Netanyahu prefers a long and durable peace with the Arab world. Watch and see how this episode in the history of the Israelites continues....

The Netherlands did host the World Forum on Afghanistan today. Appr. 70 countries were in The Hague to show unity. Some citizen in The Hague said that their city needed this Forum to show their importance to the World (of course there are some temporary tribunals of the International Court of Justice and it's headquarter)
It needed to be a success. Well, saying that some 70 countries talked about the Afghan situation they had their success before the chairman opened the meeting.

Today was a really fine day. Time to enjoy the sun. In my lunchbreak I went outside to eat an Italian icecream. Sitting in the sun close to a small sluice in the river. Because of the running water from the sluice I didn't hear the city noise.

At 1 pm my colleage and I had an appointment with another department. My colleage works temporarily at another location and forgot the meeting. After a phonecall he did come with some delay. Actually I forgot the meeting too, but Outlook reminded me when I was upstairs again. It must be the tranquillity of the afternoon.

Days when everything works out without troubles are really fine days. And this was one of them, one day of peace.