But I'm reading the news anyway. A friend once jokingly told me: "You're an American, you don't need to read the news." It's probably true that most Americans find very little time to acquaint themselves with the goings on of the world, excluding Obama vs. Clinton politics. More is going on out there. No country is an island. In the spirit of my new degree (I have to do Wittenberg proud), I am now liberally reading the news. All thanks to same said friend introducing me to Google Reader.
The first thing I learned that sent me off my chair was that Putin had, at some point in time, been ousted from Russia. I remember watching the election date approach, Putin toe it back, and it creep back again. This is a head-in-hole revelation. More researching is in order. Who is this Dmitry Medvedev?
I also learned through other non-internet sources that New Mexico is equivalent to Nirvana in terms of beauty. No one ever told. North America's best kept secret? I've seen the sunken plains of Holland, the Black Forests of Germany, and the White Cliffs of Dover but I've never seen anything like New Mexico. It makes sense.
Time to get shit done.
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Putin ousted? Not that I know of. The election went completely according to plan for him. Medvedev was his chosen successor who placed Putin as his Prime Minister-- a position which is now being beefed up in order to make Putin more powerful.
Oh boy. That's what I didn't want to hear. There's nothing worse than a Democracy that only goes as far as one man can throw it.
Looks like we'll have the old KGB star amongst us for a little while longer.
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