Today, the day I made the choice.

April 27, 2009 by marteenerud

And I did it, almost a day too late; luckily my brain understood it for me and broke down just in time. I am now home from the Venstre congress in Stavanger and is quite horrified. By myself, my party and by the swan who raped the poor duck in the lake in the city centre of Stavanger. You probably understand my horror for the last mark but I feel like I have to explain the other two.

My brain is now rested. And it really needed to be. I am not able to make a conscious decision when the only thing that is keeping me from fainting is coffee and love from friends. That explains why I could not make the decision this weekend even though I should have. But no excuses, I am a human, deal with it, I do.

When I was home at last, in the greatness of the double bed, in the safety of my parents house I turned on some music. I still could not sleep because the caffeinepoison was still in my blood preventing me from relaxing. And then it hit me:

“I thought I was smart – I thought I was right
I thought it better not to fight – I thought there was a
Virtue in always being cool – so when it came time to
Fight I thought I’ll just step aside and that time would
Prove you wrong and that you would be the fool -

I don’t know where the sun beams end and the star
Light begins it’s all a mystery

Oh to fight is to defend if it’s not
Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up
And be a man – for to lose I could accept but to surrender
I just wet and regretted this moment – oh that I – I
Was the fool “

It may seem ridiculous, but The Flaming Lips made me turn when it comes to Norway and the EU, and that is one day after Christina voted yes for me at the congress, and one day after Venstre chickened out and said no. Those bloody wimps. Venstre should stand up for what they believe, because if they don’t, then what the fuck is the point of politics.

So, to make it perfectly clear, I think Norway should be a member of The European Union, I think Venstre should mean that Norway should be a member of the European Union and I now see some meaning to my tears yesterday. Finally.

We all have meanings about the Middle-East

January 5, 2009 by marteenerud

I have read a a lot about one of the best known conflicts in the world. A lot of it is forgotten, but most of it is still in the back of my head, reappearing when the conflict enters the media and everybody starts talking about it.

Israel has entered Gaza and 5 Israelis have been killed. 500 Palestinian have died and over 2500 have been wounded. I found these number on bbc.com.  And righ here, ladys and gentlemen, is the core of the conflict. Israel has so much more power than the Palestinian. To have the only superpower in the world behind you, is not exactly a bad thing when you`re in a War.

The other thing Israel has, that the Palestinian don`t have, is a society that functions. They have democracy, most people live well and to an extent, human rights (to Israelis that is) is being highly respected. This gives them a responsability the Palestinians don`t have. If one Palestinian throws a rock, you can`t blame them all or the governement, because they don`t really have one. But if a missile hits Gaza and kills a bunch of innocents, you can blame the Israeli governement.

Space is a big problem around Jerusalem. Isrealis are day by day taking more and more land, that is stated by the UN, is not theirs. But they can take it, so they do. So is it so strange that many Palistinans hate Israelis ? Many of them are even grown up in the norm to hate them, because many of the parents still remember when their country was taken from them.

And the conflict goes on. Palestinians throws a rock and shoots some missiles and kill 4 Isralian innocent, The Israeli bomb the Palestinian to the fucking moon and kill 500 people.

How do you make peace with numbers like that?

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November 25, 2008 by marteenerud

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