Sunday, December 30, 2012 *************************************** IN BRIEF ****************** A party of truth cannot survive Without a big lie. * If you can’t throw the bums out you can change nothing. * If the Pope is a crook can his bishops be honest men? * As long as we remain divided the Sultan continues to rule. * We agree only on one thing, to remain divided. * Turks conquered Armenia not after winning a war but after we lost many small battles. * A member of a party is like a dog who knows his master but not his master’s master. * A religious leader is a religious leader regardless of belief system. A politician is a politician regardless of nationality. Believe nothing they say. # Wednesday, January 02, 2013 **************************************** AS I SEE IT ****************************** Never underestimate the cunning of your adversary especially if you have been moronized into thinking you are smart. * I rate understanding above hating the enemy. I believe the more we understand the closer we get to God, including the God who stood by and did nothing to stop the massacre of the innocent. * We have been shaped by our mountains and valleys, and where there are no mountains we raise them; and where there are no valleys, we dig them. * Let Americans speak of the American dream; we can only speak of the nightmares we must avoid. * Teach yourself to say and repeat: God did not make me a dupe; I chose to be one. * In politics a whore has a better chance to succeed than a virgin. A bordello madam would make an ideal candidate. # Tuesday, January 01, 2013 ************************************ BON APPETIT ****************************** Let the world celebrate the New Year; I have more important fish to fry – and today I propose to fry our revolutionaries. * When revolutionaries become politicians they turn into cannibals. This is what happened in France; this is what happened in Russia; and this is what’s happening with us. Hence Zarian’s dictum: “Armenians survive by cannibalizing one another. * Among Armenians it is impossible to be a member of a political party without being a moronized fanatic. There are so many lies to swallow and so many blunders to cover up! * Consider the Ottoman Bank caper as a case in point. As a child I was brainwashed to believe it was a major coup even though our “heroes” survived and the people paid a heavy price – as many as 4000 innocent civilians (some say 6000) were brutally massacred in retaliation. * I was led to believe it was a major success because the whole world learned about our plight. In other words, it was a success as a publicity stunt. We raised the consciousness of the world. And what did the world do in the catastrophe that followed? Nothing! What is the world doing today a hundred years later? Even President Obama is afraid to use the “G” word. Some success! Some publicity stunt! # Wednesday, January 02, 2013 ************************************** “AGHBER” ****************************** “You are a disgrace to the nation.” “Was your grandmother a Turkish whore?” “Why are you single? Are you a homosexual?” “How much are they paying you to write as you do?” “You are full of shit, Baliozoglu!” “You are a tavajan.” “Nobody reads you any more. So why don’t you shut up?” “Nobody gives a damn what you think.” “You call yourself an Armenian?” * No! As a matter of fact I don’t. I do my utmost to avoid labels. First and foremost I identify myself as a human being, and I consider all other identifications accidents of history. Let others use them like flags with which to cover their nakedness. #