Shervin: Archive

What it means to me to be an American.

I was recently informed that the US Government had chosen me as an Outstanding American by Choice. This recognition was established by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2006 to recognize the significant contributions and achievements of naturalized U.S. Citizens. I didn’t know what to think and then it got real when Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Alejandro...

Feb 22nd

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We might see the first trillion dollar company by... →

Jan 25th

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The Ride of A Lifetime.

“We ain’t even spose to be here…If you escaped what I escaped, you’d be in Paris getting f’d up too…That s**t cray.” - Jay-Z “It’s not, like, ‘We’re here! We’re balling harder than everybody.’ “It’s like, ‘I’m shocked that we’re here.’ Still being amazed, still not being jaded. Having...

Dec 7th

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Thanks and Giving with Tahrir on my Mind

I was in Tahrir Square in this October and participated in the protest against the SCAF or the Military Council. I met with some of the bravest youth leaders in my time there. It was clear that Egypt was like 2 nations: a nation of the youth who fought for their freedom and made history and the “nation” of the old who were trying to steal the revolution that the youth spilled their blood for. In...

Nov 24th

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Oct 21st

It's Finally Time to Convene a Constitutional...

“The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.” ~Woodrow Wilson “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” ~Elmer Davis In American history, no Article V convention has ever been convened. There have been over 700 applications to convene a Constitutional Convention and none have succeeded. In this age of Facebook, Twitter and...

Oct 19th

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Oct 17th

Revolution 2.0

Government in its current form has become obsolete and irrelevant. Youth around the world have risen. Armed with mobile and social networking technologies they can organize protests unlike anything the world has seen; faster and at a scale. Peaceful protests are preferred. Peaceful protests when confronted with violence will only scale faster. In some cases peace met with assymetrical...

Oct 17th

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New America Declaration

This post from July 2010 might be relevant now. “The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.” ~Woodrow Wilson New America Declaration Shervin Pishevar July 4th, 2010 We believe that the founding fathers formed a firmament that divided the world between light and darkness. The Free were promised in prepetuity unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit...

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