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Tags: Across the Universe, Balbina Herrera, Beatles, Cambio Democratico, Come Together, Obama, Panama, politics, PRD, President, Ricardo Martinelli, trust, Tu Politica, United States, vote
May 5, 2009
The concept of voting for governments started out being all-powerful and integral to a healthy society. There’s an inherent trust in the people, granted by themselves, to know what’s best for them. It’s very meta, and perfect since there really is no omnipotent sheep herder to tell us what to do; most of the world has grown enough to make such pivotal decisions on their own. It seems to me that throughout the decades, centuries even, leaving us to our own devices in a social system that encourages self-growth without a ceiling, policed by ourselves, has made this fairly-simple system a convulsed affair.
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Tags: 2009, Balbina Herrera, Cambio Democratico, elections, Juan Carlos Varela, juan-carlos-navarro, Panama, Panamenista, PRD, Ricardo Martinelli, Tu Politica, voto nulo
March 2, 2009
A quick tidbit more than anything; doing my daily rounds throughout the world wide web I ran into this peculiar website that, even though it revolves around Panama specifically, I think it’s a prime example of our democratic right to voice our opinion and be heard, no matter what our stance is. I don’t know [...]
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Tags: 2009, crooks, hellboy, juan_carlos_navarro, Panamanians, personal_opinion, political_ads, PRD, rap_sheets, Rob-Rivera, Video, youtube
August 30, 2008
This is the set-up: a man that’s known both online and off as Rob Rivera is lying down in bed thinking about the things people like Rob Rivera think about when they’re lying in bed (answer: chocolate) perusing the TV channels of his basic cable service. Mind you, my TV set has been busted for months.
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Tags: Arnulfismo, Articles, clubs, cops, corruption, Culture, juega-vivo, Martin-Torrijos, Memoirs, Panama, Panama Tourist Guide, Panamanians, politics, PRD, Rob-Rivera, society
June 20, 2006
Talking to my father yesterday brought this topic of corruption of the the state up. My stance on this “corruption” thing is two-fold, as I’d be somewhat of a hypocrite if I said I was totally against it if I’ve used it before to get what I want faster and better. And in Panama, even [...]
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Tags: 1989-invasion, Arnulfismo, Blog, corruption, Culture, jen-carrasquillo, juega-vivo, Memoirs, men-in-panama, Panama Tourist Guide, Panamanians, politics, PRD, Rants, Rob-Rivera, society, transportation, women-in-panama
June 16, 2006
I met the craziest greek guy last night. I dropped 2SXC off at her apartment where her and the rest of the Canadians were packing to go to different parts of the country and abroad. Brother-in-Arms “Key-K” was there and upon quickly realizing that our roles in this packing debacle were nothing more than taking [...]
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