Garen Yegparian is a fat, bald guy who has too much to say and do for his own good. So, you know he loves mouthing off weekly about anything he damn well pleases to write about that he can remotely tie in to things Armenian. He's got a checkered past: principal of an Armenian school, project manager on a housing development, ANC-WR Executive Director, AYF Field worker (again on the left coast), Operations Director for a telecom startup, and a City of LA employee most recently (in three different departments so far). Plus, he's got delusions of breaking into electoral politics, meanwhile participating in other aspects of it and making sure to stay in trouble. His is a weekly column that appears originally in Asbarez, but has been republished to the Armenian Weekly for many years.
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He was a truck driver and remained a truck driver in his heart (no offence to the profession, the truck drivers in Soviet era Armenia were a special breed, they will steal part of the load, whatever it was). So, regardless of what he had, in his heart he was the same, there is no surprise. It’s a shame that someone, actually we know exactly who, labeled the trucker a General, thus de-valuing the rank and offending all the military personnel that went thru schools and battles to be raised to the rank of General. It’s the SHAME of the Armenian nation to call this trucker and Andranik generals, that is equal in rank. All that supported him need to be held to answer, from Vazgen to Serzh Sarkissians !!!
The first one to be thrown in prison should be Serzh Sargssian!
All this was happening under his nose and he was fully aware of it.
Not to mention that his brother and other members of his family are part of the oligarchy that has been sucking the life out of the poor citizens of the homeland for the past ten years.
No mercy to these criminals!
First, thank you for the “expose” article and the timeliness of your piece.
I am a 1st generation American whose parents were both survivors of the Genocide perpetrated/organized by the Turkish
Government in the 1920’s (my parents are deceased). Sadly, your commentary illustrates that the “sick” mentality of those
Turks, has manifested itself within the mindset of a particular group of ARMENIANS who have leadership roles in the very
country and people they represent. Instead of “murdering the masses,” through a physical plan, they instead opted to steal
from and pillage their OWN people through other means.
My parents and my Grandparents fled Turkey to escape the murder, rape, and pillaging by the Turks in Turkey. Now, in the
country of Armenia itself, another group, this time, Armenians themselves, are cannibalizing their own people.
Maybe we should learn and remember the lessons from the failed experiment of “Communism” aka tyranny, and its handmaiden ‘Socialism” and the toxic waste of generations caught in its aftermath. Maybe God (obviously I’m not an atheists) created us to have and practice freedom of thought and action. Maybe all deviation from that blueprint will always be a failure. There is no such thing as benevolent government unless it is unrelentingly held to the standard that It, the Government, is meant to serve and be answerable at All Times to its Master, the People, and not the other way around. Hopefully the younger generation of voting Armenians will not fall back on the concept of a Nanny State and entitlement mentality. The only ones to ultimately benefit from Big Brother governments are the Big Brothers and their ilk. Make Armenia Great Again!
title better as un-f’in-belivable… english speakers usually insert the f’in after the main stressed syllable… also, this can be an armenianism which is cute! thanks for the article!
It’s ironic that the corruption and greed that are the root cause of the declining fortunes of the U.S. empire, the richest and one of the largest of Earth’s sovereigns, are the same factors that have prevented the rise of Armenia, one of the smallest and poorest of the world’s occupants, except in the spirit of its people. It’s noble and salutary for an electorate to be idealistic and supportive, but not trusting and complacent. “Those who don’t learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it.” The history of nations remains constant because human nature does, also. Leaders usually become leaders because they’re strong and ambitious and sooner or later, they inherit a piece of the earth. In every instance, the meek pay the price for it sooner or later, in spite of their blessedness. Amot.
He was a truck driver and remained a truck driver in his heart (no offence to the profession, the truck drivers in Soviet era Armenia were a special breed, they will steal part of the load, whatever it was). So, regardless of what he had, in his heart he was the same, there is no surprise. It’s a shame that someone, actually we know exactly who, labeled the trucker a General, thus de-valuing the rank and offending all the military personnel that went thru schools and battles to be raised to the rank of General. It’s the SHAME of the Armenian nation to call this trucker and Andranik generals, that is equal in rank. All that supported him need to be held to answer, from Vazgen to Serzh Sarkissians !!!
The first one to be thrown in prison should be Serzh Sargssian!
All this was happening under his nose and he was fully aware of it.
Not to mention that his brother and other members of his family are part of the oligarchy that has been sucking the life out of the poor citizens of the homeland for the past ten years.
No mercy to these criminals!
Manuvel Grigoryan should be put in front of a firing squad and be shot, with
all the other people who knew what he was doing.
Garen,
First, thank you for the “expose” article and the timeliness of your piece.
I am a 1st generation American whose parents were both survivors of the Genocide perpetrated/organized by the Turkish
Government in the 1920’s (my parents are deceased). Sadly, your commentary illustrates that the “sick” mentality of those
Turks, has manifested itself within the mindset of a particular group of ARMENIANS who have leadership roles in the very
country and people they represent. Instead of “murdering the masses,” through a physical plan, they instead opted to steal
from and pillage their OWN people through other means.
My parents and my Grandparents fled Turkey to escape the murder, rape, and pillaging by the Turks in Turkey. Now, in the
country of Armenia itself, another group, this time, Armenians themselves, are cannibalizing their own people.
Maybe we should learn and remember the lessons from the failed experiment of “Communism” aka tyranny, and its handmaiden ‘Socialism” and the toxic waste of generations caught in its aftermath. Maybe God (obviously I’m not an atheists) created us to have and practice freedom of thought and action. Maybe all deviation from that blueprint will always be a failure. There is no such thing as benevolent government unless it is unrelentingly held to the standard that It, the Government, is meant to serve and be answerable at All Times to its Master, the People, and not the other way around. Hopefully the younger generation of voting Armenians will not fall back on the concept of a Nanny State and entitlement mentality. The only ones to ultimately benefit from Big Brother governments are the Big Brothers and their ilk. Make Armenia Great Again!
title better as un-f’in-belivable… english speakers usually insert the f’in after the main stressed syllable… also, this can be an armenianism which is cute! thanks for the article!
It’s ironic that the corruption and greed that are the root cause of the declining fortunes of the U.S. empire, the richest and one of the largest of Earth’s sovereigns, are the same factors that have prevented the rise of Armenia, one of the smallest and poorest of the world’s occupants, except in the spirit of its people. It’s noble and salutary for an electorate to be idealistic and supportive, but not trusting and complacent. “Those who don’t learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it.” The history of nations remains constant because human nature does, also. Leaders usually become leaders because they’re strong and ambitious and sooner or later, they inherit a piece of the earth. In every instance, the meek pay the price for it sooner or later, in spite of their blessedness. Amot.