Showing posts with label American dream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American dream. Show all posts

PostHeaderIcon Wild imagination of a Japanese prime minister's wife?



Eyebrows rise when she tells you of a visit to the planet Venus. Your skepticism gives way to bewilderment if it is the wife of the Prime Minister of Japan who says it.

"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," she explains in the tome she published last year. "It was a very beautiful place, and it was very green." ---www.independent.co.uk (09/03/09, Popham, P.)

Yes, Miyuki Hatoyama, the 62 year-old wife of Japan's Prime Minister-elect, Yukio Hatoyama makes claims of her exotic Venusian trip. She also says she has known American actor Tom Cruise in a past reincarnation. And that she was abducted by aliens while she slept 20 years ago. Creepy claims huh?

What is in Mrs. Hatoyama’s mind is anybody’s guess. Is she in a parallel universe---a world operating in a different plane? Anybody there in Japan to check?

The Japanese lady is a former dancer, a retired actress, a lifestyle guru, a macrorbiotic enthusiast, and am author of cook books. Perhaps, there is something the Japanese is missing. Her husband Yukio, the prime minister, whose serious job is to steer the country away from recession says his wife could just be dreaming. (Photo Credit: www.psychologytoday.com) =0=

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PostHeaderIcon Swearing of Justice Sotomayor & recalling America’s nameless achievers



Sonia Sotomayor, the 55 year-old Bronx resident and new member of the US Supreme Court is sworn into office today, August 8, 2009 as the 3rd woman justice in its 220 year history. The lady judge who for weeks has been scrutinized as a nominee and accorded attention for her “phenomenal” achievements, will seat as the first Latina associate justice, bringing pride and gladness to those who aspire to capture a slice of the American dream. Hoping that she will be fair in spite of some doubts whether she will be unbiased in her judgment, she gets approval to take oath of office with Chief Justice John Roberts.

Sen. Charles Schumer (NY-D) and other Sotomayor supporters speak of the woman with Puerto Rican parentage in superlative terms---as though achievement from the ranks through hard work in America is a rarity. In truth, Sotomayor’s inspiring life story of struggle from poverty to become the educated Princeton and Yale law graduate is not an uncommon experience in United States. In many ways many immigrants live a life of struggle and heroism that eacapes the public radar.

American achievers in their respective niches of endeavor populate the landscape. That is expected in the ranks of generations of dreamful immigrants and their descendants who flock to America for the opportunity it gives to those who want to be “set free” and have the chance to pursue something great in their lives.

Therefore, to celebrate Sotomayor’s rise to the Supreme Court is wonderful, but Americans must not forget the nameless heroic citizens out there with equally dazzling life stories who continue to work for the good of the country. Young Americans have a lot to learn from Sotomayor and the guys in the neighbohood--- as much as the simple unknown citizen who makes an honest living on main street. (Photo Credi;ZHL Photography) =0=

RELATED BLOG: Sotomayor becomes first US lady Hispanic justice Posted by mesiamd at 8/07/2009

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