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b. i thought about posting about how sad i found the coverage of the michael jackson trial to be.

i know all the hooha has quieted down a bit and this is old news. but i only write about it to fulfill my commitment. i hope this doesn't sound elitist; but i get impatient w/ how low brow and decadent our country's taste in what makes the news.

june 14th: michael jackson was declared innocent of being a sex offender.

also on the same day...

democracy a bad word for Chinese bloggers.
approximately 6000 people died of AIDS in africa.
1000 congolese died in the civil war there...

things that also happened that day(and in history) that were more noteworthy.

1811 june 14th: harriet beecher stowe's bday.
she authored a history changing book- uncle tom's cabin.
1940 june 14th: nazi germany marched through the arch of triumph in paris for the first time.

last week in history:

1862 :the u.s. congress outlawed slavery in the u.s. territories.
1971: thurgood marshall was the first black judge nominated to the supreme court.
1996: the USSR held their first democratic elections. boris yeltsin won.
1996: ella fitzgerald died.

today's chewable vitamin:
"it dawns on me more and more how trivial and short our lifespan is. it is like smoke; like a butterflyÂ?it passes so quickly, flying away. nobody, no one can bring back wasted years. one wishes that one would have always lived with eternity in mind."
~ emmy arnold