For my Dad...

My dad took off from the safe world of corporate America and moved to the Philippines and start a buinsess in a third world country that needs his knowledge and skills.

I am inspired every day by his determination and it will work out for him as long as he keeps plugging away and following the buinsses leads that come across his way.

Sometimes I think he wonders what the fuck he's doing. Sometimes the struggle is what makes your life have meaning...





Cheers Dad... I love you!

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Jim Nichols
A Speculative Fiction
www.JimNichols4.com

Different world on the same globe...

My Dad in the Philippines notes that...

Poll violence fatalities (murders) during the current election campaign reached 100 this week.

And its not just poll violence in my eyes

Of the 100 fatalities in the campaign for Monday's polls, 52 were candidates and politicians, 36 were identified as their supporters and 11 were civilians, police said.

52 were candidates. That is assassination, no? I mean its poll violence but at least here in the States you think of poll discrepancies as having something to do with poll workers, voters, political activists; half of these deaths were candidates. Its kind of a small example of the problem they are having in Iraq. How do you get people to run for office challenging a status quo that needs to be challenged, but every time you challenge it you end up shot in a ditch?