Unlike General MacArthur, I have returned. It was a long, arduous semester, I didn't perform as well as I expected, but I survived, as all people eventually do. I finished all my applications to graduate schools, I'm working on job/internship/fellowship applications, blah blah blah. I'm in for an easy semester as it concerns my schoolwork, and for that, I'm thankful.
Anyway, on to more important things. First of all, the year of "doom" is upon us. We all know what that means: time to party every day until the end of 2012 like hedonists on cocaine until we all wake up the next day and realize that the world is still here and you have to apologize to your boss and co-workers for telling them to all fu** themselves. Also, make sure to remember whether or not you had condoms on you for those hazy, insane nights.
Second of all, and probably more important, Barack Obama just won the 2012 election. No, I'm not a fortune teller; looking at the state of the Republican opposition, it's pretty easy to see that Obama has a clear edge. The current Republican frontrunner, former speaker of the house and moleskin rug Newt Gingrich, has been racked with controversy. Both his public and private lives are enough to make even Herman Cain say "Damn! That guy's an asshole." Because of the ultra-conservative nature of the Republican Party (Tea Party), Gingrich has been bashing everyone he can for being "too moderate." Just recently, he went on the offensive against Romney, attacking in particular Romney's health care bill that was instituted while he was governor of Massachusetts. Funnily enough, a memo was just released from several years back that had Gingrich praising the plan. Go figure.
Third of all, the Euro. The doomsayers are creating the image that the Euro will break apart, meaning the end of the European Union, blah blah blah. The European Union won't break apart. It's facing a similar crisis that the United States faced back in its formative years, in that the debts of several states were dragging down the country. The beauty of the European Union is that it has the ability to adapt and learn, and from this, they shall learn.
This post may have seemed scatterbrained, and that's because it was. I'm just out of practice, and it's kind of late. Until next time, then.
Allons-y!
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