A few snapshots of interesting words around town - (you may have to click on some of these images to read the full text. They should open in a larger version in a new screen).
This is another from the awesome tax sensitization campaign series. It's pretty faded by this point, but still one of my favorites. If you look carefully at the bottom, you can see that the Ministry of Finance has nicely noted that this is part of the tax sensitization campaign.
The official seal of Liberia, as displayed in the joint chamber of the Legislature. The national motto, emblazoned across the top, is "The love of liberty brought us here".
A bit of background: Liberia was settled in the early 1800's by freed American slaves who came to the area and treated the indigenous population pretty horrendously for a good century, and then only moderately better for another 40 years. The tension between wealthy Americo-Liberians and native Liberians was at the heart of the 1980 coup led by Samuel Doe. These days, Americo-Liberians make up less than 5% of the population, so a seal and motto that focus on their arrival is somewhat controversial. Changing these symbols is a frequent topic of conversation and probably a pretty important step toward long term national reconciliation.
A sign in my building for an inter-ministerial league competition. MOPEA is the ministry where I'm working, and LISGIS is another governmental organization that's housed in our building (apparently in a somewhat maternal arrangement).
The most amazing description ever of Season 5 of Friends. Trust me, it's worth clicking the larger image to read it. We highly recommend reading it out loud in a somewhat dramatic fashion. Not that we've done that half a dozen times already or anything...
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