What's for dinner?

Me to Brother : What's for dinner?
Brother : Thiru-puzhu-amudhu! (puzhu is worm in Tamizh)
Me : ?????!!!!! I have heard of Saathumudhu.. but what in Perumaal's name is thiru-puzhu-amudhu?
Brother : Maggi Noodles
Me : :)

ps. Not everyone might get this joke..sorry..

pps. this conversation happened a few months ago. for some strange reason, as reasons are always strange, remembered this just now!

The Pledge of Allegiance

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all."

this is the pledge that kids learn in school when they salute the US Flag.

Adults learn it either when their kids go to school here or when they study for the Citizenship test. In our case Jr. had already taught us the pledge and we were off to a good start on the Citizenship test knowing all about the Flag, the pledge, etc. etc. when she was still in pre-school.

The little one has been at school for four exact weeks (considering she missed the first few weeks because of the trip to India) and this week she was saying the pledge to herself while playing with stuffed animals.

She was trying to memorize it better! Initially we thought she was blabbering something but when we asked her to say it, she put her hand on her heart and did it..

except for one mistake..

she said ".......indivisible, With Little bit of Justice for all."

instead of Liberty and Justice for all.

Jr. pounced on her school teacher style and said "Liberty! Its Liberty! Not Litle bit!!!" and has now fixed the small techicality..

This whole episode had me in spilts.. maybe we do have only a "little bit of justice for all"?!

Is my sarcasm rubbing off on the little one, a tad too early?

We are now aligned with Liberty folks.

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Our way of life

The person who came up with this concept of "our way of life" was a genius.

When a politician comes up with a statement "this threatens our way of life", everyone does not pay attention to the "our".. they think "my"!

Everyone reacts in a way as to preserve what they hold dear as values, be it ones ability to shoot and kill animals, other people, desecrate the environment, their views on marriage, life, religion, etc.

Today a vice presidential candidate is hinting that a presidential candidate is a terrorist.. and it is not a subtle hint. It is almost an accusation!

Somewhere in the middle of her accusation is a logic that,

all muslims are terrorists!

Okay, I do concede that she has had to deal a lot with "all white trash are stupid", but, but, but, ....

is this not going too far?

again, I know, I know.. how far is too far? For someone who can go a long way to "nowhere", too far is going nowhere!

Really scared about my kids future now! We have dual citizenship and both places seem to be going nowhere. Is there a country out there that has a majority of the populace that is actually not bigoted, tolerant and has some collective sense when it comes to getting things right?

Now, if there is a majority of people in this country who subscribe to the "all muslims are terrorists" theory, then there is NO hope for not just the USA but for the world, going forward. Also they have apparently redrawn the voting lines based on statistics that go down to the individual house in some areas in the country during the last eight years. It is going to be very interesting.

India : USA :: Ramadoss : Sarah Palin

Now you get the picture?

ps. Got the link to NYT article via Laks.
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