India Trip Day 3, 4
Posted on April 27th, 2005 in General by tavaresforby ||
April 27, 2005
It is now about 6:30am and I am sitting on my balcony at my room and the view is beautiful. All I hear now are the birds chirping, and other exotic animals calling. It is so peaceful here at the Taj West End. But once you step out onto the local streets, it is completely different story. I went to this restaurant for the second time last night called the Blue Ginger. The food was good as usual, but I think I am getting sick of rice right about now. I am riced out! I will be getting ready soon for work. My driver will be here at 8:30am as usual. That means I must have my breakfast at 8am. Yesterday wasn’t so good for me. I had some stomach problems and I didn’t get to train like I wanted, though we did go through some good materials. Hopefully today will be more productive. Also, I didn’t take too many pictures yesterday but hopefully I will take a lot today.
After seeing all the poverty out here in India, I believe it tightens my conservative beliefs about the US. I do understand countries like India needs to be more liberal, because of the limitations of resources to prosper (good jobs, financial aid, etc…) to get a good start. But a country like the US is different. It is established and resources are plenty. One can work really hard out here in India and get nowhere. One can work hard in the US and the sky’s the limit. I guess I am just a strong believer in the merit system, the minimum excuse system. But sometimes this merit system does not always apply to all countries, especially a country like India. I am not saying one cannot do well in India coming from poverty, but it is extremely harder than one doing well in the US coming from poverty. Also, I honestly believe many folks out here in America abuse our public funding systems and they are always bitching and complaining that they want more. More this, more that, free this, free that. Well, where is all this more and free coming from. The people out here in India are poor and I don’t see them running around trying to increase minimum wage. I think people in America should spend more of their energy into bettering themselves instead of spending it on complaining what they don’t have that they haven’t worked for.
Post Work
The traffic was really bad today after work, worse than it has been so far. I noticed it was very foggy outside of the car on the way back to my room. I thought it was just typical fog. But once I exited the car, I smelled and felt the thickness of the air. It was all of the fumes from all the cars and bikes on the rode. The air was horrible, worse than I ever experienced in my life (at least I can remember). I am now in my room and I do not want to leave because of the air. Typically, I eat at this outdoor restaurant in the facilities, but not today. I was even thinking about exploring the town today, but only if the air clears.
April 30th, 2005 at 4:48 pm
It’s surprising that exposure to poverty would “tighten your conservative beliefs.” From what you have said, it seems you think that those who aren’t as successful as you simply haven’t tried hard enough. You’re right. I don’t think you’ll find a liberal out there that disagrees with you. It isn’t about excuses. It’s about a level playing field. Would you say you had the same opportunity as a rich white kid from West L.A.? Don’t you think it was a bit harder for you to succeed than it was for that kid that had everything given to him? It was. Liberals don’t believe in handouts any more than you do. They want to make it as easy for a black kid from South Central L.A. to succeed as it is for that rich white kid from the west side. I think you misinterpret liberalism.
May 3rd, 2005 at 3:41 pm
You’re right. It was harder for me than a rich kid from West LA. And it is cool that liberals try to make it a level playing field. But the reality is, it is not a level playing field. So what do people like my self have to do: “WORK HARDER!!!” and not wait for the fields to be leveled because if we did, we would probably get no where.
May 7th, 2005 at 11:28 pm
You’re smarter than you look, Forby.
May 9th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
I just love this idea of the ‘level playing field’, as if the field is any more level for anyone else. Yet this is what the Libs would have everyone believe, that if you are poor it is some kind of devious plan done to the poor by the rich and if you are Rich somehow you have won lifes lottery and have screwed someone to get where you are.
The public school system is a real disaster,thanks to liberal mindset, they teach outcomes, not the 3-Rs, it doesn’t matter to a liberal, that the kid who just graduated from High School can’t read the diploma he was just given, as long as he feels good about himself. That does a lot of good when he tries to feed a family when he can’t even compete with the kid next door because competition is not taught anymore but they(Libs)want to tax the Rich to make sure they pay their fair share. I have never been able to figure out how does that make my life better when the Rich have to pay more in Taxes.
Poor people don’t make jobs the ‘Awful Rich People’ make the jobs and that is where is is at.
When I think of the priviledged ‘Rich White kid’ I immediately think of Ted Kennedy or John Kerry(or pick your favorite democrat) When did these two ever do an honest days work in their life. Today if anyone made money like Joe Kennedy did they would be immediately thrown in jail. The man made money by running illegal Booze, and this is the example the Dems want to give everybody, some fine example.