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		<title>Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian Bucur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[de•moc•ra•cy: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 
Which part of the people are we talking about, exactly? Because I only see fat guys and all sorts of idiots [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>de•moc•ra•cy: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. </p></blockquote>
<p>Which part of the people are we talking about, exactly? Because I only see fat guys and all sorts of idiots with money who have no idea how a regular guy&#8217;s life is. </p>
<p>If the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them, then why are the people the most who suffer? Are the people masochists, or actually they are the ones who have the least power of decision over the country?</p>
<p>Why should my fate be decided by some thieves? I didn&#8217;t ask for this. And surely I don&#8217;t want my fate to be decided by an idiot who doesn&#8217;t know where to put the stamp on.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d define democracy like so:</p>
<blockquote><p>a form of government in which the power resides in the hands of a few individuals preoccupied only by their own good fortune and in which the people have the illusion of liberty and power.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian Bucur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wise man once said: &#8220;Money is the root of all evil&#8221;. Despite these old words of wisdom and that history proven it, we still use money every day. Probably there is no domain that is not related in some way to money. You wanna find yourself a girl friend &#8211; you need money, otherwise [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A wise man once said: &#8220;Money is the root of all evil&#8221;. Despite these old words of wisdom and that history proven it, we still use money every day. Probably there is no domain that is not related in some way to money. You wanna find yourself a girl friend &#8211; you need money, otherwise she runs with some dude with a BMW, you wanna go to a public toilet &#8211; you need money, and I&#8217;d probably keep on with the examples till same day, next year.</p>
<p>Money makes the law. It has a consciousness of its own (like The One Ring&#8230; Golum&#8230; rings the bell?). The human species felt victim for it&#8217;s own invention. Robberies, murders, wars&#8230; all because of money. Probably they were invented for good causes, but greed and evilness transformed money into string tight to humanity and controlled by an evil hand. They only brought suffering and shame to our civilization.</p>
<p>Do we really need money to survive, to progress ? Technology advanced incredibly in the last 200 years. Now we have mobile phones, computers, INTERNET! and what not, but one thing remains unchanged since hundreds of years ago: money. Isn`t it the time we give up on this old habit and find a better solution, a solution to unite humanity, to throw crimes, wars, corruption into oblivion, a solution that can offer everyone the chance to a better life, whether it is an American, a Romanian or an African.</p>
<p>I hope from all my heart, we give up on this habit until it&#8217;s too late.</p>
<p>Imagine a world where you don&#8217;t need money to survive, a world where you can have everything you need, without paying, a world where you work, which you help grow, develop,  not because you linger for the money you use to buy your every day bread, but because you feel the need (the call) to do something for society, for the future, for your children.</p>
<p>I believe this thing is possible, but every each one of us needs to do something about it. We need to have the will to make a change, to give up on our old habits. No bank, no seller, no president will come and ask you to do this. The change must come from us.</p>
<p>We need to stop lingering for money, for the illusion that  if we have money, we have a beautiful life. It&#8217;s no way like that! Of course, that in the present, if you don&#8217;t have money, you&#8217;re doomed for sure, but that&#8217;s because of the system we live in.</p>
<p>We are not truly free if we are the slaves of money.</p>
<p>In the ending, I&#8217;d like to recommend you 3 excellent documentaries:<br />
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197#">ZEITGEIST: THE MOVIE</a>,<br />
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912">ZEITGEIST: ADDENDUM</a> and<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU">Home</a>.</p>
<p>UPDATE:</p>
<p>I would also like to recommend you an exceptional song:</p>
<p><strong>John Lennon &#8211; Imagine </strong></p>
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		<title>The Fast Food Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian Bucur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1st the vice tax&#8230; they say alcohol and cigarettes are bad and their consumption must be discouraged by imposing a higher price.
Well, yeah, they are bad in excess, but who do they think they fool with this tax? How many smokers have quite because of it? I don&#8217;t think there were too many who did&#8230; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1st the <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-vice-tax.htm">vice tax</a>&#8230; they say alcohol and cigarettes are bad and their consumption must be discouraged by imposing a higher price.<br />
Well, yeah, they are bad in excess, but who do they think they fool with this tax? How many smokers have quite because of it? I don&#8217;t think there were too many who did&#8230; My mom is still smoking like always. Did this tax reduce the number of consumers? I really doubt that. Did the government get lots of money from this? F yeah&#8230; And what is the Romanian government doing with the money? Hell knows&#8230;</p>
<p>And now&#8230; a cutter tax: <a href="http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romania-to-apply-fast-food-tax-as-of-march-2010-5271572">the fast food tax</a>. That means they&#8217;re putting taxes on fast foods, sweets, sodas etc etc. WTF ?! What&#8217;s next? A tax for unprotected sex, or on sunflower seeds cause you go to the bathroom too much ?</p>
<p>I just love Romania, politics and money&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The anthem of the Romanian emigrant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian Bucur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a song which describes, in a funny way (well&#8230; actually there&#8217;s nothing funny about Romanian emigrants trying&#8217; to earn some money to stay alive), the life of most Romanian emigrants:

A lot of the hard working Romanian emigrants are being discriminated against, because of the fewer Romanian emigrants who steal, kill, rape etc..
Every country has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a song which describes, in a funny way (well&#8230; actually there&#8217;s nothing funny about Romanian emigrants trying&#8217; to earn some money to stay alive), the life of most Romanian emigrants:</p>
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<p>A lot of the hard working Romanian emigrants are being discriminated against, because of the fewer Romanian emigrants who steal, kill, rape etc..</p>
<p>Every country has criminals so I don&#8217;t see why this is a reason to discriminate Romanians&#8230;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t judge a book by its cover !  </p>
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