On the road again . . .
Feb. 23rd, 2012 23:19![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redleafI've spent reading week (aka spring break) in Washington DC visiting people and playing at being a tourist. I have some interesting reflections on Canadians that I will share when not sitting on the same bus as them. In the meantime . . . .
I put an effort into reading a good selection of Canadian, us, and European based news online on a regular basis and i'm sure everyone who does likewise has noticed the increased hostilities with Iran. I had been hoping there wasn't more to it then what I was seeing from outside . . . but I found that not to be the case. the media (at least the print, I didn't absorb many other venues while here) is clearly slowly poisoning the American public to Iran. i wish I had saved some of the articles and comments I encountered.
I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed. It seems clear now we will have some sort of skirmish with Iran before the year is out. You would think I wouldn't care as much as I have decided to try and stay for a while in Canada after graduating, but if anything, it bothers me more. Someone needs to fight this, and I know it isn't my turn yet . . . but what difference can I make if i'm in Canada.
I'm liking being an American more these days, no country will ever be perfect or inoffensive, but I have a good enough grounding in history (thanks public school system!) that I can defend things, and understand why we choose to do what we do. Since I am called upon to explain random events and governance actions I have also been becoming more aware of what I am proud of in this country and how I want to explain what it is to be American. More to come on this I am sure.
I am currently on a bus on I-95 just outside of B'more. We are about to turn NW towards PA and head straight on 'til morning - within twelve hours I will be in Canada again. I have been gone from Canada less then seven days, but I already cannot wait to be back.
I put an effort into reading a good selection of Canadian, us, and European based news online on a regular basis and i'm sure everyone who does likewise has noticed the increased hostilities with Iran. I had been hoping there wasn't more to it then what I was seeing from outside . . . but I found that not to be the case. the media (at least the print, I didn't absorb many other venues while here) is clearly slowly poisoning the American public to Iran. i wish I had saved some of the articles and comments I encountered.
I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed. It seems clear now we will have some sort of skirmish with Iran before the year is out. You would think I wouldn't care as much as I have decided to try and stay for a while in Canada after graduating, but if anything, it bothers me more. Someone needs to fight this, and I know it isn't my turn yet . . . but what difference can I make if i'm in Canada.
I'm liking being an American more these days, no country will ever be perfect or inoffensive, but I have a good enough grounding in history (thanks public school system!) that I can defend things, and understand why we choose to do what we do. Since I am called upon to explain random events and governance actions I have also been becoming more aware of what I am proud of in this country and how I want to explain what it is to be American. More to come on this I am sure.
I am currently on a bus on I-95 just outside of B'more. We are about to turn NW towards PA and head straight on 'til morning - within twelve hours I will be in Canada again. I have been gone from Canada less then seven days, but I already cannot wait to be back.