Thursday, April 5, 2012

Write for Your Voice!



“Be the Change you wish to see in the world”  
Mahatma Gandhi
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I have watched as countless Americans sit back and voice their outrage over the Nations economic recession, or dire need for healthcare reform but I have yet to find anyone who had the courage to try and make a change.  Our parents sat back while their youth passed away, and in their old age they sit there frustrated, bitter and scorn towards the government for taking our Nation the route that it did.  Mahatma Gandhi may be one of the most influential men to ever impact a nation like he had done in India.  Through non-violence, Gandhi was able to liberate an entire nation from the oppressive rule of Great Britain.  Egypt had just undergone one of the greatest and most elaborate overthrows the world has ever seen, a revolution that all started from a program as simple as Facebook.  These precedents placed before us prove that it is possible to achieve reformation and change through the most unlikely of avenues.  All it takes is the ambition and willingness to usher it in!
When I am old and my children are thinking about having children of their own, I do not want to sit back and voice idle remarks about how things need to change when I have done nothing to change it!  I would rather go down with lessons learned from trying then to ponder on what ifs of not trying at all.  Gandhi said it correct, we must be the change we wish to see in the world.  We cannot rely on other people to take action when we clearly see a need for action to be taken.  Imagine what would have happened if Gandhi had never acted upon the need of a voice and leader to rebel against Britain, there is no guarantee that India would have turned out the way it has today.  I refuse to be a senior citizen that sits and complains of social security, and the poor economic situation that my generation has left my children and grandchildren in.  
With college tuition spiking at seemingly an all time high, and the job market and economic stimulus at an all time low, we are left with a recipe for calamity.  We as Americans not only face grave danger but as an entire Generation we are confronted with a serious threat!  For the continuity of our legacy and lively hood hangs somewhere between the plausible realities of both a great depression and a bright vibrant future full of potential!  A pendulum that reserves the right at any given moment to sway in either direction.  Is the legacy we wish to leave for our children and grandchildren one of depression, poverty and hunger?  Because I refuse to leave a legacy of such turmoil for my descendants, therefore arising the need for reform, a deviation from our current system of running things.  
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.”

Albert Einstein
        Our law makers, politicians and Americans are foolish if they believe that change is able to come about by merely doing nothing.  It is the same perpetual cycle with no deviation from routine.  Every four years we watch Presidential hopefuls travel and tour the country promising change and reformation, while they are mere demagogues seeking only to further their own career.  They are charismatic leaders who manipulate the emotions of their people to gain power.  And when they have gained enough influence and public approval they take office, but unlike their campaign which took them all over the country their term in office is shrouded with cloaks and daggers which seem to create the illusion of an Immortal President.  A President that is no longer in touch and on the same playing field as every other American.  Being President is a job that by no stretch of the imagination could I understand the pressure and responsibility involved.  But the quandary does not lay blame with the President as much as it does the system in which he dwells in.  Because if the President of the United States is our hand picked leader, chosen not only to defend our freedoms but represent us when we are unable to do so ourselves, then who will listen and care for us when he is too busy to do just that?  Who will voice the concerns and cares of the people to congress and senate when the President is unable to do if for us?
What many people fail to realize is that the true strength and power of the United States Government is not the Air Force, nor the Army but its citizens.  What is the responsibility and role of a power or leader with no one to govern or lead?  Our founding fathers have left us with a democracy, not a monarch nor dictatorship.  But what our democracy has come to in this current time is a mere shell of its true nature.  I believe that in order to ever expect anything to change we must first understand it is our right to have a say in government and our future!  Not a mere show of a mandatory satisfaction of the law, or as many call it a presidential election.  Because we must be involved in the progression and evolution of our Nation everyday of every year, not 6 months every 4 years.  And we must participate in our own reformation process not 1 day in November every four years but everyday!  We must WRITE for our Voice; it is our God given Write to Reform!  And may every word written or spoken move not only mountains but statues and monuments for the cause of expansion, progression and change for a brighter tomorrow!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Is Apple to Big to Fail?

Is Apple to Big to Fail? <<< Link

Interesting viewpoint on the success of the Multi-Billion Dollar company we know and love as, APPLE!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Our Economies Grim Reality

As I was traveling from Africa to Dubai, I meet an MIT graduate of Chemistry who had a comfortable job working for an Oil Company Abroad and lacked for nothing when it came to finances, but despite all this he still had some reserve when it came to the future. He told me of how things used to be nearly 10-20 years ago, where his MIT degree would hold more merit and weight in terms of jobs and opportunities. And I will never forget the words he said next, I believe it was the disappointment in the tone of his voice that made it so memorable; “Success is no longer achieved by what you know but by who you know”. He would later go on to tell me stories of people who were not qualified in terms of education and experience but got the job over a person who had an Ivy League education and experience in the field. At the time I was a young physics major facing all of the typical struggles a college student faces, but now on top of the typical worries came a new threat; THE JOB MARKET. In today’s economy the job market is ever changing, and not necessarily for the better. Even with a four-year college degree, whether it is from an Ivy League school or not; there are no guarantees that there will be a job waiting after graduation. The only GUARANTEE for after graduation is DEBT!!!

The average medical student debt after undergraduate and four-years of medical school is anywhere between the ranges of $350,000 to $600,000. Is there any profession or path in life that is safe from the wrath and destructive path of our economy? Jobs that would have been considered stable and respectable 10 years ago are quickly turning into a thing of the past. It will come to a point in the future where the notion of job security is not known by middle class and lower income families. And while many families struggle to live pay-check by pay-check, the gap between the rich and poor quickly expands. And the GRIM reality of it all is that, THE WORST IS YET TO COME. New policies implemented by corporations and many businesses are making the seemingly relentless job search even harder. Many employers are conducting credit checks on prospective employees and making it virtually impossible for graduates with poor credit, whether from student loans or other expenses, to find a job. But it is not the policy that frightens me as much as it is the difficulty it will cause to find a job with a slew of student loans dragging down our credit score. Because if a graduate with a four-year degree cannot find a job because their credit is bad, then what hope is there for financial security for the future?

The land of our forefathers, our rightful inheritance will one day be for our children the very land to which they are slaves too.

Political propaganda pushes slogans of garbage like change we can believe in, when the reality is that there will be no change. The freedoms that we have indulged ourselves with has slowly lulled us into complacency, and we will pay the ultimate price. We may not see the brunt of its ramifications in our finances or even in this lifetime, but our children and our grandchildren will feel the ripples of our actions everyday. A notion that I believe would benefit America, the notion that everything we do today affects our children and grandchildren. Every step, action and decision we make today will influence our offspring somehow. So I leave you with a simple question! ARE YOU WILLING TO REFORM FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROW??

 “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no-one thinks of changing himself.” 
 Leo Tolstoy

Our Economies Grim Reality

Our Economies Grim Reality

The First step to reform is acknowledging that something needs to change! :)