15 May
Whenever election time comes around and all the candidates become poised in partisan battles the urge for people to label their peers liberal or conservative becomes more appealing.
I always find this cycle tiring because friends, family and readers try to slap some sort of label on me and they almost always fail miserably. Generally the […]
Posted in Umm...Why?, Conversations, American Politics by: D.B. Shobrawy
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29 Feb
Generally I enjoy 12 to 13 hours of sleep a night, I like to believe I cant function without it. Regardless of how much sleep I get, I cant stand waking up early when the birds are chirping and the sun has just come up, I like to wake up just in time to celebrate […]
Posted in God Bless The Internet, Culture, America, Conversations by: D.B. Shobrawy
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31 Oct
The other day I was accosted by one of those damn college students with a cause. I cant stand those little punks, dont get me wrong, causes have their purpose and someone has to fight them but if I talk to another amateur student tree hugger who doesnt know a damn thing about their cause […]
Posted in Liberal Fruit Cakes, Stupid People, Iran, Conversations, American Politics by: D.B. Shobrawy
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27 Sep
Well not yet but soon I think.
Now that the U.S. is tapping domestic phone calls people need to watch what they say, not because they have anything to hide but because in the course of an innocent conversation you can draw a lot of unwanted attention.
Not many people understand how domestic wire tapping […]
Posted in America, Conversations by: D.B. Shobrawy
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22 Jun
Memorable quotes overheard by me in the course of the last week or two.
“We need secular leadership throughout the Middle East. You think I want to walk around with religious police looking over my shoulder, every cute girl covering her face like a ninja and no alcohol on the tap for nearly a thousand miles?!”
“American […]
Posted in Me Myself and I, Chicago, Randomness, America, Conversations by: D.B. Shobrawy
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21 May
Last week Esra’a sent me a link to an article concerning the embarrassingly low geography aptitude of Americans. (I’d love to link the article but I cant find it for the life of me, I searched for almost an hour and I’d like to go to sleep before the sun comes up so I have […]
Posted in Stupid People, I Want To Punch You In The Ear, America, Conversations by: D.B. Shobrawy
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