Well here goes - this is a continuation of the last blog where it got cut off at "of course I support our".........Democracy, especially the Democrat kind.
I have been in Cambodia for the last 4 months and will be here for election day in America and will be watching CNN for the results. There is the factor that I do not feel confident that, if posted, the one that I put in the mail in the first place would be the very same one that arrives at the Lee County Voters office.
I hope this blog clears up some misconceptions about my vote.
Friday, October 31, 2008
October 31st, Ochheuteal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Well, here goes,
It is probably a good idea for me to explain my vote. I registered with Democrats Abroad but never got get up with the Internet Vote on Line. This was discouraging, but I kept at it anyway.
Then I found a place on the Internet where I could vote online that would be accepted, but could not find a place to print it. But, this is actually the clincher. I decided that it did not matter, my vote, because the Lee County Board of Election Commissioners would not count my vote because I have not been at either of the 2 places listed as my address in the last 2 years. Unless your address is verified within the last 2 years, my vote would not be counted. I am in constant contact with my Bank which is in Lee County and am in occasional contact with my addressee in Venice, Fl. , but I just do not think they would count my vote. In my lifetime, there are very few times that my vote actually did get counted, so I have given up at this point. I support and would vote for Obama if I could vote and he knows it. That's about all for this for me for now.
I know that some of my fellow Democrats are disappointed in this but what to do? These kind of things just keep happening to me. Of course, I support our
It is probably a good idea for me to explain my vote. I registered with Democrats Abroad but never got get up with the Internet Vote on Line. This was discouraging, but I kept at it anyway.
Then I found a place on the Internet where I could vote online that would be accepted, but could not find a place to print it. But, this is actually the clincher. I decided that it did not matter, my vote, because the Lee County Board of Election Commissioners would not count my vote because I have not been at either of the 2 places listed as my address in the last 2 years. Unless your address is verified within the last 2 years, my vote would not be counted. I am in constant contact with my Bank which is in Lee County and am in occasional contact with my addressee in Venice, Fl. , but I just do not think they would count my vote. In my lifetime, there are very few times that my vote actually did get counted, so I have given up at this point. I support and would vote for Obama if I could vote and he knows it. That's about all for this for me for now.
I know that some of my fellow Democrats are disappointed in this but what to do? These kind of things just keep happening to me. Of course, I support our
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Saturday, O'çhateal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
I want to comment a little bit more on the Cambodia of the Tourist because this statement implies that most of what one sees and experiences is staged pretty much for the tourist's enjoyment, which is true. However, you then do not get any kind of realistic picture of what Cambodia is. The tourist Cambodia, more likely than not, is a lot of fantasy about the past; and very little about today. This fabricating of reality for the tourist goes on in many countries; but for those of us who travel for years at a time, this kind of presentation will not do. I don't want to live in somekind of fantasy about the past in some foreign land; it is more important and a better growth experience, if you are allowed to look at things with your own eyes. So, I must say that I consider myself to be so lucky to be able to visit Cambodia this way. In Asia where it is rather difficult to know what is really going on culturally, experiences like the one that I am having now is really helpful and fulfilling.
I also know that in Thailand, there is not much reading going on; and a whole lot of "full moon parties and laying around on the beach getting a tan but nothing else. I am going to try and find some good books when I am there; I'll just have to wait and see.
This is enough for today.
I also know that in Thailand, there is not much reading going on; and a whole lot of "full moon parties and laying around on the beach getting a tan but nothing else. I am going to try and find some good books when I am there; I'll just have to wait and see.
This is enough for today.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Friday, O'chateal Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Well, here goes.
I am not going to talk about where I am staying because things have calmed down considerably for me and I am not being slammed about by noisy, obnoxious neighbors.
I have to comment on what Larry King said today on his Larry King Live show. He said to the Republican guests on the show that he thinks McCain "is going to do it". Well, thanks again there Larry for being such a nice Judas. I'm sure Democrats are going to be shocked if they ever find out. I could not believe my ears.
So, I am going to stay here until after the election; in fact, I am going to enjoy election night right here on this beach. After this, I am going back to Thailand; and not do any traveling in Cambodia right now. I have been reading quite a bit about the genocide: "The Pol Pot Regime"and "Sideshow" and "Voices from S-21". I was a Therapist in my Professional life and was very surprised to read that the goal of the torture techniques was to alter the state of the subliminal mind of the Cambodian victim; in other words, send them right to hell. I"m sure their
ill fated fantasies, like all of the other ones, will not work and all of the deceased are in Buddhaland. There is one thing for sure and certain, there are no Khymer Rouge there.
About the books, it really looks at the years from 1975-1979 in detail and analyses the regine's failings. To start with, it was lost in some kind of time warp because those kinds of revolutions do not go on in 21st century. Because of this, their campaign of hatred and terror was doomed to fail but they did not know it because Cambodia was their universe; there was no world outside of
Cambodian borders, so they began to live such depraved lives that even the Communists were moved to do something.
Now, today, in the Cambodia of the tourist, it probably is pretty much just what you see because the people that are here today are mostly post generationKhymer Rouge survivors or the children of survivors. Nonetheless, it is a must to read some of the literature that is available or else you miss the inner story.
This is enough for today.
I am not going to talk about where I am staying because things have calmed down considerably for me and I am not being slammed about by noisy, obnoxious neighbors.
I have to comment on what Larry King said today on his Larry King Live show. He said to the Republican guests on the show that he thinks McCain "is going to do it". Well, thanks again there Larry for being such a nice Judas. I'm sure Democrats are going to be shocked if they ever find out. I could not believe my ears.
So, I am going to stay here until after the election; in fact, I am going to enjoy election night right here on this beach. After this, I am going back to Thailand; and not do any traveling in Cambodia right now. I have been reading quite a bit about the genocide: "The Pol Pot Regime"and "Sideshow" and "Voices from S-21". I was a Therapist in my Professional life and was very surprised to read that the goal of the torture techniques was to alter the state of the subliminal mind of the Cambodian victim; in other words, send them right to hell. I"m sure their
ill fated fantasies, like all of the other ones, will not work and all of the deceased are in Buddhaland. There is one thing for sure and certain, there are no Khymer Rouge there.
About the books, it really looks at the years from 1975-1979 in detail and analyses the regine's failings. To start with, it was lost in some kind of time warp because those kinds of revolutions do not go on in 21st century. Because of this, their campaign of hatred and terror was doomed to fail but they did not know it because Cambodia was their universe; there was no world outside of
Cambodian borders, so they began to live such depraved lives that even the Communists were moved to do something.
Now, today, in the Cambodia of the tourist, it probably is pretty much just what you see because the people that are here today are mostly post generationKhymer Rouge survivors or the children of survivors. Nonetheless, it is a must to read some of the literature that is available or else you miss the inner story.
This is enough for today.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Monday, Oct. 13, 2008: New Beach O'chateal
Well, here goes.
Just a little about the trials and tribulations of the road. I have been staying on Serendipity Beach at Serenity, a very nice Guest House,; however, the guests staying there are some of the rudest most egotistical people I have met on the road. Last evening, at 10:00 pm, the neighbor's upstairs were out on the verandah over my room literally pounding the floor with a hammer for about 1 hour. In a normal world, the police would come and haul the troublemaker off, but not for those of us on the road. I have to take back all of the good intentions I had behind the statement that world travellers tend to be decent folks. Ever since I made that statement, I have been attacked on a number of occasions by Europeans for whatever unfed hostility that they had against Americans. At this point, I think that the travelling folks in Cambodia are not decent at all; they are so caught up in there wild blue yonder fantasies that they have forgotten what reality is for Cambodians. So, I moved this mornin
Iry yr irv
Just a little about the trials and tribulations of the road. I have been staying on Serendipity Beach at Serenity, a very nice Guest House,; however, the guests staying there are some of the rudest most egotistical people I have met on the road. Last evening, at 10:00 pm, the neighbor's upstairs were out on the verandah over my room literally pounding the floor with a hammer for about 1 hour. In a normal world, the police would come and haul the troublemaker off, but not for those of us on the road. I have to take back all of the good intentions I had behind the statement that world travellers tend to be decent folks. Ever since I made that statement, I have been attacked on a number of occasions by Europeans for whatever unfed hostility that they had against Americans. At this point, I think that the travelling folks in Cambodia are not decent at all; they are so caught up in there wild blue yonder fantasies that they have forgotten what reality is for Cambodians. So, I moved this mornin
Iry yr irv
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Oct. 3, 2008: Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Well, here goes again.
I listened to the VP debate this morning and I could swear I heard somebody say that Obama voted against the bailout package, which is a lie; he voted for the bailout. Now, I like him again and will probably vote for him. I am also wondering how much of a victim have I been of cheats, lyers and falsehoods. Probably most of my life since the accident.
So, I am hoping now that the bailout package passes and is put into law and we can get some anxiety removed from our daily lives. If it does not pass, the world is in for hell and brimstone and a lot of disappointment. So, I just have to wait and see.
I have decided that I am going back to Thailand on December 1st and will go to Koh Samui. I am hoping and praying that Tum will help me out with a good rate and TV and then I will stay there for as long as I can. I like it more now in Cambodia; but it is not the safest place in the world. It is probably even less safe than Nepal and the Ambassador thought it would not be OK for me to continue at my flat outside of Thamel.
Oh, the trials and tribulations of the road. It has not been easy.
Got to go.
I listened to the VP debate this morning and I could swear I heard somebody say that Obama voted against the bailout package, which is a lie; he voted for the bailout. Now, I like him again and will probably vote for him. I am also wondering how much of a victim have I been of cheats, lyers and falsehoods. Probably most of my life since the accident.
So, I am hoping now that the bailout package passes and is put into law and we can get some anxiety removed from our daily lives. If it does not pass, the world is in for hell and brimstone and a lot of disappointment. So, I just have to wait and see.
I have decided that I am going back to Thailand on December 1st and will go to Koh Samui. I am hoping and praying that Tum will help me out with a good rate and TV and then I will stay there for as long as I can. I like it more now in Cambodia; but it is not the safest place in the world. It is probably even less safe than Nepal and the Ambassador thought it would not be OK for me to continue at my flat outside of Thamel.
Oh, the trials and tribulations of the road. It has not been easy.
Got to go.
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