Thursday, March 12, 2009

Mindless Bashing

The Journal of Religion, Culture and Public Life today published an article that makes my blood boil. In an article entitled "How Soccer is Ruining America: A Jeremiad" written by Stephen H. Webb (Ph.d. University of Chicago), a professor of religion and philosophy at Wabash College, he talks utter crap about how soccer is ruining America and how it is dumbing down the good people of the USA. What a load of shite Webb! This is coming for a guy whose nation has Baseball as the national pastime, a sport with which I have come to love but I do also realize, consciously, that the game does have its dull points, but by no means is it more interesting than Soccer.

I'm really not going to talk long about this because his article is pure tripe and borders on insanity. In no way does it warrant a long detailed response as any reasonable person will discredit this article by the end of the first paragraph. A country cannot fail because of the sports it plays or does not play. It fails because and among other things as a direct result of a working education system: something that the United States has been suffering from for some time. Barack Obama has made education a priority for his term in government and that can only be a good thing. As an educator, I hope I can contribute positively to this change and move the USA up from number 18 in the league of the worlds education system as according to the United Nations and the OECD.

This article is an example of "a bible thumper from Indiana" with no idea of how the world actually works, see's the world around him. It is sad, that someone that is supposedly educated has such a terrorizing, narrow minded view of the world. This is an example of literary terrorism on the mind through the printing of completely unfounded and unwarranted ideas that prays on the weak and undereducated to initiate hatred.

It is plainly propaganda, spreading hatred of people who love soccer, (over one billion people watched the last world cup final compared to 200 million watching the world series)-he may have a PhD but by no means is he intelligent. He is a terrific example of a Nut (he is totally insane, as is the article), and as one of my good friends said to me, there's a "good chance he's got plenty of other terrible opinions to share too." I am not bashing religion, I am religious myself, but this guy clearly has an agenda that is clearly not for the good of humanity.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Summer Holidays

St John

Dreaming of warmer shores.....

It has been an exceptionally long, cold and snowy winter here in Boston this year. Snow first fell on Dec 13th and excusing one or two periods of little or no snow since then, snow has fallen consistently all Winter. We have had 55 inches of snow this year, way above average.

So, Lisa graduates college in May and we are going to a paradise island in the Caribbean called St. John of the US Virgin Islands to chillax and celebrate her achievment. I really cannot wait to go, lie on a beach, experience something new, scuba dive, sail, be lazy and, to do it with the person I care most about makes it even better. We will post pictures of our trip but in the mean time, here is a sample of the island. We are staying in an Eco Resort. The Maho Bay resort was built to respect the natural beauty of the island and the environment. It is sustainable, eco-responsible, environmentally green and eco-friendly tourism at its finest. We don't have electricity apart from 2 lamps in our EcoTent and we are SO looking forward to it. You can find a video synopsis of the island by clicking here.





Maho Bay


This is where we are staying

View from our porch


We cannot WAIT to go! On vacation from May 15-May 21!


Tuesday, March 10, 2009

This is my first attempt at blogging. I should be studying for my exams which are on April 6th and 9th but I need a break and this is proving a very adequate distraction!
More to come soon!