MJ

Some further thoughts after a simple arithmetic: 1. There are more than 5 billion people in the world. If each of them sends $1 a month to the referenced above fund # 1, that would be approximately $5 bln a month into the pocket of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. With such monthly cash flow, we can create a new civilization a month. The world population really doesn't understand its own good. 2. Now, of the above 5 billion people, there are at least 2 billion Christians. If each of them sends into the fund #2 $10 a month (Christians are more devoted), that would be approximately $20 billion. With such an amount, our Catolicos can convince Jesus Christ to fulfill His second mission by next Christmas. Those Christian fundamentalists are not much smarter, either. 3. Finally, there are about 20 million Jews, worldwide, who get free ride on the backs of our Genocide. If each of them sends $1000 a month (Jews are richer) to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, that would be another $20 billion monthly cash flow. For such amount, our Serge can easily subject ourselves to another Genocide - once a month. You know what, when they say Jews are very smart, I don't think it is quite correct...

Karabagh is a small country - it doesn’t take too much to sustain it – for as long as there is still wealth left in Armenia to plunder. After there is nothing left in Armenia, sure, the issue of sustainability of Karabagh would become an actual one. But now that the world is busy with other, more important things, there is a window of opportunity to plunder Armenia to the bone (hasn’t it been done yet?) and to make the population of Armenia totally impotent, impoverished and demoralized. For now, the nationalistic hysteria helps. But, hey, Karabagh is our revenge against the Turks, after all. If, meanwhile, we need to sacrifice Armenia for such a holly purpose, so be it. The important thing is that we feel we have shown our 'might' to these darn Turks.

To think of it, we can also establish another fund: 3. "First Genocide of the 20th Century" fund. Especially, all those who have endured Genocide later, have to be thankful to us - we have been the first and we can claim copyright of this significant accomplishment.

I just thought of it. There is a simple way of guaranteeing steady cash flow to Armenia. All we have to do is to establish two funds: 1. "Cradle of Civilization" fund; 2. "First Christian Nation" fund. Then, every self-conscious person will send monthly contributions to these funds to express their appreciation for our contribution to the humanity and history. Of coarse, we have to advertise these funds well, otherwise how would they know that we even exist. I think we have to appeal to AAA and ANCA to lobby on behalf of these funds.

I beg to differ on the subject expressed in the last several posts. "Anti-Armenianism" is a non-existent category in the US policy towards Armenia. Armenia(ns) is nothing for America to be "anti." Armenia is a half-breathing country with a Diaspora in agony. I would rather think this incident has to be qualified as "message to Armenia." I still have a question: are there any active/inactive terrorist organizations functioning/registered in Armenia? Question 2: Does Armenia stand for something other then "preservation?" Question 3: Does Armenia has government? If yes, then Question 4: What has the government of Armenia done in the past 4 years or so? Finally, I think this incident, again, is characteristic of our mass psychology - "whatever it is, it is just someone else’s fault. They just don't like us because we are too smart." But I may be wrong - "these Americans may be too stupid to understand how important we are. They may not even know that we are the first Christian nation in history and they don't understand that they owe us big time for it. They haven't even sent us their payments, yet, for quite some time."

Azat, You are raising big questions and to be able to contain this conversation, I would limit myself to addressing just your question – within the limits of my competence. Obviously, being a private citizen, I do not have the necessary grasp on the issues to address them on comprehensive, and perhaps persuasive levels. Middle Eastern region indeed is an oil reach region, and this is one of the reasons why it attracts so much focus. However, the problems accumulated in this region are way beyond oil. As it always has been the case in history, this region is of enormous geopolitical significance. It is a region with huge conflicts, almost starving 300-400 million population and it is the hotbed of modern state and individual terrorism. It is a region where the interests of Europe, USA, Russia and other regional/super powers clash. The clash of the variety of interests is not triggered by oil – this clash is as old as the Roman Empire. Few things about Iraq: Iraq has signed capitulation treaty as a result of the Golf War. It has committed itself to the elimination of its relevant arsenal – primarily the weapons of mass destruction. Due to the lax attitude of the previous administration, Iraq has not honored its commitments, moreover, constantly has sabotaged the efforts of the arms inspectors to conduct compliance inspections. There exists a wide spread belief in this administration and, from what I understand, that given the opportunity, Iraq would use weapons of mass destruction against its population, its neighbors (even Syria and Iran not being US allies are concerned about this) or at least it will blackmail them. Moreover, given an opportunity, there is a belief that Iraq may strike US – perhaps not directly, but through a sponsoring of terrorist networks. You complain that the Administration doesn’t disclose its evidence. First of all, show me one administration in the world, please, that would disclose intelligence information unless it feels it is safe for its future intelligence efforts to disclose it. Second, Iraq has made its report available only on December 7th. It is being studied, currently. Perhaps the time will come that the administration would disclose its evidence so that to make the case for invading Iraq, if things go to that level. It is clear to me that if this administration had not brought down all the pressure on Iraq, UN and the NATO members, it would have been impossible to accomplish even the current level of cooperation from Iraq or UN. How would things proceed, I don’t know – I don’t get CIA briefings. However, I believe that there are Intelligence Committees both in the Senate and the House of Representative, which get the briefings. Both committees, including the whole Congress have cleared the way, as you have mentioned. Additionally, there is no argument in the International Community (at least in the Western Society - on governmental levels) that the government of Iraq has to be removed. The argument is about whether the US should accomplish that task on its own mandate or should seek UN mandate. Each problem has an angle from which one approaches it so that to provide whatever solutions. The Middle East is one hell of a problem. Apparently, by the opinion of those who are able to solve problems of such magnitude, or at least have grasp of their scale, it is deemed that Iraq is that angle. Iraq is the center of gravity around which a regional stability may be built and facilitated. (And it is in the utmost interests of Armenia to see that regional stability is established in its proximity, among other things.) Sure, if this region was not of interest from the perspective of world economy there would have been not much interest to it other than perhaps humanitarian – such as in some regions of Africa. But the fact is that the region is of interest to the world and it is not a bad thing. It is not just the availability of the vast energy resources in the region, but also the existing and potential roads, the straits, railroads, pipelines, electricity transmission lines, fiber optics cables, all other relevant infrastructures, etc, are of interest. This region connects Europe with Asia. Its stability is of enormous interest to the entire Eurasian continent. Europe, and increasingly so, Asia, are stable regions with huge potential. But there is a huge corridor between them - corridor of human misery, bloodshed, petty tribal interests, phony philosophical concepts, etc. The establishment of stability of this region would benefit first of all the starving people of the region by facilitating an increased utilization of the European, American and Asian resources. While the current status quo in the region facilitates the birth of "prophets," "visionaries," "warlords" – small people bringing big misery to whole nations and regions of the world. And then, small countries like Armenia get trapped in their own parochial misery. Your argument about Iraq’s readiness and desire to sell all the oil the rest of the world may want to buy is a proof on its own that this is not simply about oil. Otherwise, indeed, why not to buy it and limit the ability of the Saudi Arabia to exercise market power? Thank God, those at power are not that cynical. Same with Iran. We have not done OK in the last 10 years – we have pretended that we were doing OK. We have just shifted the burden from one administration to another, at least from one generation to another. Give the ‘bad guys" some more time, and it would be much harder to fight them. The indifference has given all the space to the tyrants to terrorize the world in the future. Should one act only when another plane, this time with weapons of mass distractions, for example, lands at the Empire State building, or do the States have obligation to prevent disasters rather than retaliating after they take place? To answer your last question, "State Departments" never have money - unless we are talking about regimes such as the USSR or Cuba. States don’t have their own money (short of the revenues collected through taxes, which is still not state’s money). Good States have obligation of creating climate, regulations, guaranties and securities for the private companies to create the prosperity for the people and they oversee that the "rules of the game are observed." And lastly, why this paranoia about oil? What is wrong with people exploring, producing, transporting oil? should it be done or should it not? Why "oil" is worse that grain or computer chips, for example? Sorry, didn’t have much time to be better organized.

The unexplained mystery is, however, what was the basis of the INS resolution in the first place?

quote:Originally posted by MJ: The Bush Administration's action follows extensive discussions over the weekend between Congressional friends of Armenia, Administration officials, the Armenian Government, and Armenian American community leaders, as well as a broad-based grassroots campaign initiated by the ANCA to alert President Bush to the gravity of the Armenian American community's concerns on this matter. Since news of this development first broke on the evening of Friday, December 13, the Armenian Government has been in constant contact with the U.S. Administration. What did they discuss? Did the government of Armenia promise something?

This message was distributed to the "ANCA News" list. If you received this message in error or would like to be removed from the list, send an e-mail with "Please Remove" in the subject heading to anca@anca.org. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please forward this message only to friends and family, who you know would be interested in this issue. Please note that sending unsolicited e-mail is considered "spam" and is illegal. *********************************************************** ANCA Press Release 12/16/2002 Armenian National Committee of America 888 17th Street NW Suite 904 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 775-1918 Fax: (202) 775-5648 E-mail: anca@anca.org Internet: www.anca.org PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2002 Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian Tel: (202) 775-1918 BUSH ADMINISTRATION REVISES I.N.S. POLICY ON REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF ARMENIAN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Grassroots Campaign Generates Over 10,000 ANCA WebFaxes in 24 Hours WASHINGTON, DC - The White House today reversed a controversial Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) proposal, published as an official government document this morning in the Federal Register, to include Armenia on a list of countries whose non- immigrant male nationals over the age of 16 would be required to register and report their movements to the INS, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The Bush Administration's action follows extensive discussions over the weekend between Congressional friends of Armenia, Administration officials, the Armenian Government, and Armenian American community leaders, as well as a broad-based grassroots campaign initiated by the ANCA to alert President Bush to the gravity of the Armenian American community's concerns on this matter. Since news of this development first broke on the evening of Friday, December 13, the Armenian Government has been in constant contact with the U.S. Administration. Within the first 24 hours of issuing an action alert, over 10,000 ANCA WebFaxes were sent to the President expressing the Armenian American community's profound opposition to this action. The ANCA, along with a broad-based coalition of Armenian American groups, worked to resolve this issue with senior Administration officials, Armenian Americans with close ties to the White House, the Congressional Armenian Caucus, and key foreign policy figures. "While we remain deeply troubled by the item appearing today in the Federal Register, we are gratified that this issue was brought to the attention of senior Administration officials and in the end reason prevailed. We expect that today's decision will be immediately reflected in the Federal Register," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "The Administration has made clear - time and again - that it appreciates Armenia's role as a strong partner in the war on terrorism and has gone on record several times praising the Armenian people for their cooperation in this vital undertaking. This point was underscored to us over the past several days by Administration officials who assured us that this situation needed to be rectified because it ran counter to the spirit of U.S.-Armenia relations." "Our community, proud of the enduring ties between the American and Armenian peoples, responded quickly and powerfully on this issue, generating a series of high-level contacts into the Administration and, at the grassroots level, producing over 10,000 ANCA WebFaxes - from all 50 states - into the White House in just a day," added Hamparian. Armenia was one of the first countries to join with the United States in the global war on terrorism. Recognizing this fact, President Bush, in April of this year, made a point of underlining the American people's appreciation of this cooperation and the enduring partnership between the American and Armenian peoples. Commenting today in Yerevan, NATO European Commander, General John Ralston said that he is well aware of the support Armenia has shown in the U.S. war on terror. He claimed, however, to not be aware of such decisions to include Armenia on the list of nations whose nationals are required to register with the INS in the U.S. "I understand the concerns of the Armenian citizens in this matter and I will immediately inform the US State Department of these concerns," stated the General. The Fresno Bee, reporting on the ANCA's grassroots campaign, described its "Internet-based lobbying effort, which in just one day bounced some 10,000 protest faxes to the White House, of which an estimated 60 percent came from California. The organization has also been mobilizing calls to both the White House and the 100-plus members of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues." The paper quoted ANCA's Hamparian as saying that, "The one thing that struck me about this was the speed with which the Armenian community responded. We've never gotten a 24-hour response like this."

Aaron, I have done my portion of writing for tonight, unless, suddenly, a new inspiration descents upon me.

I remember also that it is narrated in Armenian literature that our king Arshag II was imprisoned in the Iranian castle called Anoush, which perhaps also points at the Persian/Pahlavi connection. Arpa, Since you are not Armenian, and therefore, not worthy of God's grace, we can offer you baptism in the Armenian Orthodox Church so that to, at least partially, be worthy of a presence in a Hye Forum, moreover, to be entitled to an opinion. Off the type of my head, I can even think of few guys who could be your Godfather, to provide you with necessary spiritual guidance in your unworthy life on a capacity of an Odar. Time is running out on you.

I do agree that US has an objective of redrawing the Middle East map, however not in the physical sense of the word. Isn’t it good or bad, though? Isn’t it apparent that the culmination of world problems has its focal point at the Middle East? Something has to be done and I think this is obvious. The question is what has to be done (and the bigger question for us, Armenians, as a non-existent player in this game, however a party which would be indirectly but strongly affected by it, is what should our position be in it). There are two ‘insights’ illuminated by the author – Israel and Oil. While both items are significantly valid issues in the region, it is very simplistic, moreover primitive and incompetent attempt to explain the very deep processes as driven by Israel and Oil agendas. If I am not mistaken, among the countries that have border with Israel, only Egypt and Jordan have recognized its right to exist. Furthermore, on a relevant proximity of Israel only Turkey has normal relationship with Israel. Obviously, this regional policy pushes Israel into such a corner that it naturally prompts Israel to appeal to all available means to secure its place under the sun. Furthermore, US having strategic interests in the region, cannot be indifferent to the future of Israel, as much as the consecutive American administrations have had strong resentment towards many of the local Israeli policies. It is noteworthy that a significant part of the American Jewry (if not more than the half) does express deep discontent with the local Israeli policies. However, when the landscape is uneven, things are always seen on a relative basis when analyzing all available alternatives. Few words about Oil... Oil is an important commodity and is of strategic significance. There is no alternative to it in the foreseeable future. The production of Oil in the Middle East and other regions has become due to American investments from the times of Rockefeller and on. It was the American investments, which have provided the rest of the world (most importantly Europe) with access to significant oil resources, of which their entire economy is dependent. It is also apparent that some of the countries of the region are contemplating on using Oil as weapon against the western countries. Should it be allowed? There are two states that are most vocal regarding the current Iraqi crisis – Russia and France. Iraq owes Russia about $7 billion. This is a sum that Russia cannot afford not to receive. Additionally, it will speak out loudly in opposition of war against Iraq and use it as a bargaining chip to reduce its foreign debt. So will do Turkey – play a game back-and-forth, to reduce or have its foreign debt forgiven. Clearly, it is primarily American capital behind the IMF and the World Bank. France has arrangements with Iraq to explore some of its Oil and bring to world markets. It is concerned that if US deposes Saddam, these arrangements would not be honored. France is going to make all the noise possible to be given guarantees that it is going to get what it wants to get. Anyone who wants to get something is going to make a lot of noise with the purpose of getting a stake. I think they all are going to get a stake, eventually. But it is going to be a prolonged bargain, especially that the discussion here is about "splitting the fur of the bear which has not been yet killed." My personal projection is that at the end of the day, every country is going to be behind US. But on the surface, given that most of the European countries (especially), as well as Canada, are under a heavy pressure from their lefts, their governments are going to make out loud speeches condemning the "imperialistic policies of US." This is not a new game. One of the things that puzzles me in the media is the "revelation" of all these correspondents who "know" with such certainty what is in the minds of the "secret think-tanks" and they know the "ins-and-outs" of Oil Industry, while not being energy experts to any degree. It is a tested thing throughout history that the masses always jump on the "conspiracy" theories. For centuries it has been the "Jewish conspiracy," then the Freemasons. Now, these darn conspiring Oil Industry executives represented by the current US Administration (Note that Bush is a failed Energy Executive – he has tried to get into the middle of the big guys game in his younger days and has failed big time and gotten out of it. Dick Cheney has been an elective official or a holder of executive position all his life, and until he has retired he has never had anything to do with energy. After his retirement, he has held an executive position in an energy service company and not an energy company, i.e. a company which manufactures supplies for energy companies such us pipelines, valves, etc. This has lasted eight years. Now he is qualified as "sellout" to Oil Industry. ) In general, it is very funny to watch how every irrelevant (don’t take this word offensively) and unaware person "cracks" the problem immediately – "its all Oil." By virtue of profession, I have somewhat related to the Oil industry position and some of my salary comes [indirectly] from there. I also have access to some of the non-public information. With all that, I don’t see what the people with "special insight" see. I don’t see such evidence. I certainly see things being much more complex and uncertain than the one which could be simply phrases and portrait with a brush of hand, "It’s all Oil." As a statement descriptive of methodologies based on "corroborative evidence," I would say that on such level as in the article above, one may come up with 100 different theories, given that all that is going to be based on "conspiracy" theories and the threshold of acceptance with such theories is always very low – more sensational and less factual, more mysterious it would look, more "truthful" it would be. And once there is something mysterious, who else may be behind it other those "blood-sucking capitalists." " Just a couple of short comments: quote: Any occupation would certainly include protecting petroleum installations. Control of the country's vast oil reserves, the second largest in the world and worth nearly $3 trillion at current prices, would be a huge strategic prize. Some analysts believe that additional production in Iraq could drive world prices down to as low as $10 a barrel and precipitate Iraq's departure from OPEC, possibly undermining the cartel. This, together with Russia's new willingness to become a major U.S. oil supplier, could establish a long-sought counterweight to Saudi Arabia, still the biggest influence by far on global oil prices. It would be consistent with the plan released by Vice President Dick Cheney's team in June, which underscored "energy security" as central to U.S. foreign policy. "The Gulf will be a primary focus of U.S. international energy policy," the report states. So what is wrong or so bad about it? Wouldn’t the entire world benefit from it rather than guaranteeing cash flow into the pockets of extremist regimes, which after covering their "bottom line" are entering into the domain of "dominant civilizations?" Additionally, who is going to be the front-line facing the consequences of these types of "civilization wars," you think? quote:Some analysts prefer to downplay the drive to control Iraqi oil. "It is fashionable among anti-American circles ... to assume that U.S. foreign policy is driven by commercial considerations," said Patrick Clawson, an oil and policy analyst with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in an October talk. Rather, Clawson said, oil "has barely been on the administration's horizon in considering Iraq policy.... U.S. foreign policy is not driven by concern for promoting the interests of specific U.S. firms."You can bring hundred such arguments by the experts, but if someone has already made his/her mind on "conspiracies," it wouldn’t matter. They will always find some "hidden connection" with the "administration" and with the "oil industry." This is a very simple way – the more incompetent one is the higher his confidence in "what he knows." quote:Rather, writes Ledeen, U.S. troops would be put at risk in order to "liberate all the peoples of the Middle East." And this, he argues, would be virtually pain-free: "If we come to Baghdad, Damascus and Tehran as liberators, we can expect overwhelming popular support." Perle concurs on Iraq -- "The Arab World ... will consider honor and dignity has been restored" -- as well as Iran: "It is the beginning of the end for the Iranian regime." I think this last one is a significant angle, which has something (big time) to do with the future of Armenia. One can speculate all he/she wants and exercise all the conspiracy theories. The impact of all this on Armenia would be tremendous and irreversible, however. And rather than hyperventilating on the subjects which one has almost no knowledge about or has no control over, whatsoever, one can appeal to the help of the Armenian proverb: "Vodkerd vermagid hamemad yergaratsru!" I am tired… [ December 15, 2002, 12:22 PM: Message edited by: MJ ]

quote:Originally posted by sen_vahan: Da kishka tonka presidentom stat' Em Jo, kak prodvigayutsya uroki russkogo yazika ? P.S. Don't be angry about "Em Jo", I was kidding [/QB] Dorogoi St. Vahan, Ne do urokov russkogo yazika. Kak ne pechl'no, on teryaetsya ot neypotrblenya. Kak vizhu, c krizisnogo polozhenia eshche ne vishel? Ne garyui, muzhik, vse eto vremenno. P.S. Don't be flattered with the title "St." It's just a joke.

Dear Boghos, I definitely am putting a very serious responsibility on Armenia’s government, and some on the Armenian lobbying organizations. However, the failure of the lobbying organizations is a consequence of the Armenian domestic status quo. I think Turkey has attained significant importance in the region – more than ever, and Armenia has demonstrated irrelevance. I think Russia will be on-board with US regardless of their rhetoric. As to Iran, I think the message could not be any stronger. But Iran is another complex landscape, with 60% or more (?) population under 30 years old. Yes, I think Robik will stay in power – bad news but reality. An immediate reaction would be unwillingness of investors to come forward and further reduction of foreign aid. The consequence? More wors of the worst things that we have now!

quote:Originally posted by Boghos:Incredible..I think we have been seriously underestimating the influence Turkey and its lobbyists have attained. I am not sure, however, that this will be such a major coup against Armenia and Armenians, yet. Let´s see what happens next.. As to the Republican agenda: it doesn´t make me happy seeing the US turn into a semi-police state, the religious right having so much influence and the Judiciary moving into ever more conservative territory. These are not exactly free spirit oriented. But I don´t think that this announcement has anything to do with Republican ideology, but more of a sad coincidence... Boghos, I think the Armenian strategy has been fundamentally wrong in the last 11 years or so. It has gone into a deadlock especially after 9/11 with the regional role of Turkey being elevated, at least for the time being, to unprecedented heights. But I don’t think that this unpleasant incident with INS is the victory of the Turkish lobby. I suspect it is the beginning of the long list of things to come, starting from the reduction of the foreign aid to Armenia. Hypothetically, this may be an American way of saying, "We don’t like your government, especially your president." All this obligates us to making significant adjustments in our perception of the reality and the available to us perspectives. As far as the turning of US into a semi-police state is concerned, I differ with you, here. I don’t see our freedoms being undermined here in any noticeable ways.

MosJan, Inchov em garogh hrapurel, asa... Vstah em vor hayastanum shat hrapurichner kan, baits de mer zhamanke antsel e che? Kez pataskhanner talu hamar kabinetis het petk e khorhrdaktsem.

Domino, Take it slow, maan.... You haven't done anything on your own in yourr life, yet. Let's take it step by step, OK? First, you will work as an Associate. Then we will see.

Sen_Vahan, Ti ran'she bolee soderzhatel'nie zametki predlogal ko vnimaniu chlenov foruma. Kakaia mukha tebia ukusila? Skazhi, pozhaluysta, chto mozhno delat' chtobi vernut' tvoi kachestva? Vsegda gotov bit' poleznim!

MosJan, Paruyre mievnuinn e chi entervelu – inch ases karogh e khostanal. Yes kez lurdj ban em asum Du ari indz lsi, togh en jahelner@ gordze anen menk el nstenk irents kenats@ khmentk kex het. Baits te ashkhatelu tsnkutiun unes, asa inch es uzum - konn e. baits yes gini em khmelu…

Oh, dear... Don't be embarassed.

quote:Originally posted by Domino:Linked ? Yes I did, I have not said it was because of the book, but that it was this kind of prove that they probably needed. Was I wrong ? Maybe, but if you know why they did this, then be glad to explain it to us. Was it out of context ? Maybe. Thats the only way I have linked it. As for education, not comment... OK. First, my "educational comment" was a joke. I just forgot to put a "face" there. (BTW, Azat I meant that you might help with the whipping part, since Domino prefers spanking to smacking. ) About the material, the "link," the "proof," etc... What do we know at this time? We know that ANCA is disturbed by something that they have heard "from reliable sources," and they have not heard any "explanations." We don't know exactly what is it that INS is proposing. Clearly, there is no allegation that Armenia is being qualified as terrorist state. It claims that Armenian citizens older than 16 years old have to register with INS. ANCA claims that it is a selective implementation of a rule, and Armenia is the only Christian country (what a garbage - Armenia is not a Christian State but a secular one) subject to such rule. So, we have not heard anything from official sources, yet. At this time it is a hearsay. But let’s imagine that it is true and Armenians are in that list because, statistically speaking, most of the Armenian men arriving to US do not go back and disappear in the ghetto. Does INS have a legitimate concern here? I think so. Sure it is sort of an unpleasant thing, but if the police stops me for speeding, can I ask him why don’t you stop the others? Now, what I said is also an insinuation. So that not to insinuate (read masturbate), why not to do some research or wait for few days, before jumping the gun?

Well, Azat, we are all humans, after all, and all of us have our shortfalls. So give Domino slack.

Thoth, I disagree with you.

quote:Originally posted by Domino:Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Speak simple language. Use simple words. Structure your sentences as crisply as possible. Got to go.

OK. Our first lesson is over. Azat missed his chance, today. Homework assignment #1: 1. Practice the riles of crisp speech; 2. Till the next lesson, every night, before falling asleep, repeat to yourself 25 times: "I will only speak about things I know enough;" 3. Repeat another 25 times: "I love Armenia." Now, I need to go and take care of my appetite.