The American Way

The following excerpt is from a tribute to former US president Gerald Ford, by GEORGE F.WILL :

Watergate and a presidential resignation were only two of the nation's problems that August. The mid-'70s were years when everyday things could no longer be counted on - inflation was undermining the currency as a store of value, and lines at gasoline pumps testified to the power of foreigners to get between Americans and their automobiles. Ford was a political sedative for a nation with jangled nerves.

Is it moral responsibility of rest of the humanity to provide Americans with their daily luxuries?

A bit of Melancholy

Orkut is a great thing. I found lot of friends, with whom I had lost touch over the years. It brought back lot of memories. But after few exchanges of who is what and where, I find myself at loss of words. That is quite uncharacteristic of me. I am a kind of person who loves to talk. I never had the problem of being in odd company. It is really strange that now things never move past some failed bonfire we had then. There are some people in my Orkut directory, which never were friends. They are there for sudden rush of "hey man whats up? long time no see", and courtesy that follows. Our sole connection is mutual information of existence. But there are people who were friends, qualifying the true definition of the word and all that jazz. I still have vivid recollections of our night long discussions, about Azhar's backfoot, Tahira'a ankles, KVS's annoyingly stupid presence and what not. Those were certainly good times. But it really makes me sad that we have to revive that nostalgia, in a hope it will lead to something more interesting. It is not we are trying to be polite. It would rather be polite, if we do not call on at all. The problem is we all have changed. For good? Only wise can tell.

I love yellow journalism

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