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WHEN YOU'VE GOT YORRO YORRO, YOU DON'T NEED A FLAG
(Ed note: Woz submitted today's thread header about patriotism. Thank you, Woz!)
This may be too Australian - however, patriotism I believe, has caused more harm than good in latter years. Patriotism has become an excuse to hate, an excuse to suspect, an excuse to rape, an excuse to kill and to plunder. We need to redefine patriotism and nationalism. And in so doing we may redefine our image in the rest of the world.
The headline and quoted passages for this post are from Australian artist, cartoonist and writer, Michael Leunig. He is writing on Australia Day January 26, 2008. Leunig is remarkable in his talent for stating the most gigantic conundrum in a tiny little drawing or a few words.
Since 9/11/2001 our leaders have urged us all to rise up in our fervor of nationalistic pride and hate and invade countries to kill others. And we've acquiesced. Out of fear. His story of his Aboriginal friend who taught him the meaning of yorro yorro, is worth sharing
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Earnest nationalism has never taken root in Australia and most seem to like it that way.
IT'S AUSTRALIA DAY AND ALL the flags and words are flying in the breeze. It is a day of fantasy, because nobody really seems to understand what it's all about and nobody seems to care too much, either. Perhaps it suits the temperament of the bewildering Australian landmass that the national song, the national day and the national flag are all rather wonky and not up to the task of nationalism somehow, and seem quite naturally and pleasantly just a bit insignificant.
The citizens, in their wisdom, seem mostly content with this quaintly ramshackle situation, sensing that the failure of earnest nationalism to take root in Australia is a blessing that constitutes for them a very special and delightful freedom.
Many Australians regard their flag and song and national day, not so much with awe, but rather, a casual, bemused affection, in the way that we may regard an eccentric uncle or a peculiar spinster aunty. They are ours but they are not us.
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Many Australians regard their flag and song and national day, not so much with awe, but rather, a casual, bemused affection, in the way that we may regard an eccentric uncle or a peculiar spinster aunty. They are ours but they are not us.
Perhaps it is a sign of political health and great good fortune that these symbolic national devices continue to be slightly lame and pleasantly uninspiring to the nation. In spite of the perfunctory efforts of weary public officials and headmasters to solemnise the Australian identity and its symbols, it appears that the citizens of the southern land are inclined to be a shrugging, winking sort of people rather than the saluting kind; a people who don't want nationalistic things to function too well — with the obvious exception of sport.
Our dawdling and dysfunctional national song, for instance, works about as well as they want a national anthem to work and I suspect that many Australians quite enjoy its wacky dullness and the fact that they can't remember the words and regard this mass forgetfulness a wonderful, convivial joke.
My youngest son grew up believing the opening line for the anthem was:
"Australians all eat ostriches
For we are young at three".
I think this is a great improvement on the official version and no doubt there are other fabulous and worthy variations floating about in the minds of Australian children.
How wise and liberal of the government, to bestow to its people an anthem with a do-it-yourself component; an anthem wherein the citizens may innovate and roam or giggle and get lost and feel completely free. How inspiring can you get!
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But of course there are those who take nationalism and its artefacts terribly seriously, and for them Australia Day is an important feast, with no shortage of flags and fulsome speeches to satisfy the strongest appetite for national identity.
There is an experiment with American-style patriotism but this will fizzle out and the urban masses will continue to head off to the fleshpots and beaches to celebrate their globalism where there are only three identities: the rich, the poor and the frantic slaves in the middle. And so it will proceed.
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I once lived in a small town in central Victoria, and there it was my good fortune to dwell in a house across the street from a little old lady named Mrs Heggie. She was a bright soul and I often found her rustling about like a wren in her front garden and took delight in chatting with her about whatever was at hand. One autumn morning we were talking about the news: a ghastly story of a young woman taken by a crocodile in the Prince Regent River of north-west Australia.
"Frightful creatures those big crocodiles," offered my neighbour, and I told her how I had only just recently met an old indigenous man from that country and how much he had enchanted me as he spoke about the beautiful dangers of life up there in the Kimberley.
"Oh yes, and who would that be?" inquired Mrs Heggie in the most excited and unusually pointed way.
"David Mowaljarlai was his name," I replied.
"Oh, and how is David these days?" she inquired in a matter-of-fact voice.
After a moment of blank incomprehension, I told her that he seemed fine and thought that perhaps she had misheard me or was having a mixed-up dotty moment and inquiring after somebody in her imagination.
"Do you know of David Mowaljarlai?" I asked.
"Oh yes, he was such a lovely young man; he rescued me from the plane crash."
What then followed in the sunshine of our quiet little street was Mrs Heggie's astonishing story. She had worked on a mission in Kimberley during the 1930s where cyclones and pirates could suddenly descend from the sea to terrorise the community, and where the giant black crocodiles roamed freely along the river banks and shores of a wild land.
One day she had made a long and difficult journey in the region to attend to some practical business and was offered a quick ride back to the mission in a biplane piloted by a Salvation Army missionary.
"He was a good pilot but a dreadful navigator," recalled Mrs Heggie.
The plane got lost and ran out of fuel, resulting in an emergency landing on a mangrove flat surrounded by deep water and crocodiles in the Prince Regent River.
"We sat on the wings for nearly a week listening to the crocodiles underneath us at night and drank water we collected from the fabric of the plane. The Salvation Army man lost his nerve and I had to spend all my energy trying to calm him down. He was a terrible sook and this annoyed me very much.
"I told him that David from the mission would find us, as I believed he would. David and I had a special understanding of each other and he always seemed to know where I'd be."One morning I looked up and there across the water at the edge of the bush was David with his lovely smile. He had found us. He had the most beautiful smile. But you know, to this day, whenever the Salvation Army people come collecting at my door, I give them a donation but I always feel annoyed because of that pilot behaving like a frightened child — he really wasn't much help."
In later life David Mowaljarlai travelled the country and spoke urgently and eloquently of his concern for the wellbeing of white society, which he could see was suffering from a loss of spirit and an incomprehension of the land in which it lived.
His integrity and wisdom often included an important word from his Ngarinyin language: a word that could be very useful to this country in these depressed and anxious times. I use it often.
"Yorro-yorro" is the word — and it means "everything standing up alive" or "the spirit in the land that makes everything stand up alive".
Mrs Heggie had lots of yorro-yorro.
"Each day faces you like a murderer," said Mowaljarlai also — but he said it as an enlivening truth to stimulate the spirit and to remind us of yorro-yorro.
It's a beautiful Wandjina country word to use on Australia Day — or any other day, for that matter. David Mowaljarlai gave it to us and left us with it.
When you've got yorro-yorro you don't need a flag.
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Excellent article, Woz.
Thanks for sharing. The story of Mrs. Heggie and David and of course the word, "Yorro Yorrow" made me think quite a bit.
I think there are a lot of good analogies in the story to discuss.
Don't forget you can submit your thread header articles to me anytime!
BLACK BOX VOTING is questioning the New Hampshire election results
81% of New Hampshires (polling sites) use Diebold voting machines.
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I used the Comma delimited database: NH municipalities hand count vs use Diebold machines from BlackBoxVoting.org to see if there was a deviation between the results from precincts which used hand counts and those which relied on Diebold machines. The results were astonishing. :
Updated: 5:05 AM (EST) - Results tallied for 209 out of 236 of the municipalities.
By Percentage
Method Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
Diebold Machines 53.23% 46.77%
Hand Count 47.47% 52.53%
By Votes
Method Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
Diebold Machines 82860 72807
Hand Count 18898 20912
By Number of Municipalities Won
Method Hillary Clinton Barack Obama
Diebold Machines 54 33
Hand Count 43 77
About 81% of the votes will be "counted" by the Diebold machines.
Australian National Anthem - Advance Australia Fair
Waltzing Matilda
Just a little bit of Patriotism for the best Country in the Hemisphere, I say
This may be too Australian - however, patriotism I believe, has caused more harm than good in latter years. Patriotism has become an excuse to hate, an excuse to suspect, an excuse to rape, an excuse to kill and to plunder. We need to redefine patriotism and nationalism. And in so doing we may redefine our image in the rest of the world.
Amen
I just like to start with the premise that I'm a global citizen and then try to stop. As it is, I live where we create most of the pollution and consume most of the resources. What's to be proud of in that? I didn't choose it but can try to minimize it, but still, I share with the world's citizens the basic need for food, water, elimination and compassion. I don't share language but share the value of music, rhythm, dance, art, some semblance of security and even comfort. What is so special about this land that overrides that? To consider it is a luxury.
Bush - Satan or Saviour?
Is the world we live in a better or worse place thanks to the USA Govt?
I had a French student here summer of 2000. He came back 10 months after 9/11, for the 2nd summer (he eventually spent 4). There were flags everywhere. It was crazy. There were motorcycles carrying flags that were larger than the motorcycle itself. There have been entire photopictorial coffeetable books on the subject of what Americans did after 9/11 around the image of the flag.
To me, it was blasphemous and disrespectful to put the image of the flag on towels and coffee cups and shirts. It was shameful to put it out in the rain rather than on Flag Day or Memorial Day. It was a complete perversion of function and I don't think I can ever look at it properly again after that.
Anyway, I asked Marc, "Would you ever see the flag displayed like this in France?" He said, "It would be on government buildings and if someone had it on their house, car etc. we would probably assume it was a fascist." (He is talking about someone like a Le Pen supporter, National Front - "France for the French" - against the European Union - against the adoption of the Euro as a currency - virulently and vehemently against any kind of immigration - racist toward anyone not white etc etc). In my experience (I've been there 12x), it is true.
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Do you think I will have to do this for the rest of my life?
Welcome to Georgies Foreign Policy
Chavez Urges Latin American Allies to Begin Withdrawing Billions of Dollars From U.S. Banks
IAN JAMESAP News
Jan 26, 2008 13:21 EST
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies on Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis.
Chavez made the suggestion as he hosted a summit aimed at boosting Latin American integration and rolling back U.S. influence.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Chavez_urges_withdrawals_from_U_S_b_01262008.html
No Kangaroo that's fine .. my whole point was that this keeps marching on and on.
Annual War Cost at $171B and Rising
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012608A.shtml
Reuters reports: "The Iraq war may not dominate US news reports as the carnage drops, but a new report underscores the financial burden of persistent combat that is helping run up the government's credit card."
Officials Say US Cannot Manage Contractors in Wars
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012608E.shtml
The Washington Post's Walter Pincus says, "With even more US contractors now in
Iraq and Afghanistan than US military personnel, government officials told Congress yesterday that the Bush administration is not prepared to manage the contractors' critical involvement in the American war effort."
Robert Reich | Darker Days Ahead?
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012608F.shtml
According to Robert Reich in Newsweek, "Think the last few days have been bad for Wall Street and the rest of the world's markets? Hang on, things are probably going to get worse, says Robert Reich, President Clinton's former secretary of Labor and author of the recent book 'Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life.' According to Reich, who currently teaches public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, the United States might even be headed toward a depression."
How typical is this? The same level of government and organisations are responsible for this unknown, as the proponents of nuclear power everywhere in the world; (except Iran, of course) regardless of the waste that needs disposal. Next thing they'll design vehicles to cart nuclear waste into outer space and dump it there.
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Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit
Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit, Could Hit Earth in Late February or March
The Associated Press By EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Jan 26, 2008 (AP)
A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.
The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4195201
Obama wins South Carolina overwhelmingly
CNN and NBC call it for Obama.
Good poster sparrow. Hopefully voters, as well as candidates, will take note.
58% register democratic voters
Edwardss 2nd 35% vote
Sorry Edwards Hilliary still competing for second by the looks of it.
Obama at 70% at the moment edwards 17% Hilliary 12%
The problem is not 'patriotism', the problem is 'nationalism'.
Two very different words, very different.
Run Obama RUN!
I see they are saying things like 'massive' black voter turnout.
HAHAHA! Hell YESSSSSSSSS!
That is bea-u-ti-ful!
Yeh, Christy--after I posted the word patriotism I debated about changing it, but I figured it was a good point of discussion. (Woz said we needed to define both in her introduction and in the piece itself I think it used nationalism. But in my quick note, I just inserted one.)
Anyways...projections are for Hillary to be second and Edwards 3rd. Also check out the superdelegates from K.O.
PS. Hands are pretty sore..so I'm trying to not type too much.
They are calling it for OBAMA! HAHA!
I have probs with things about him, but it is so hard not to be freaking encouraged tonight!
Thank you SOUTH CAROLINA! God bless you.
Christy--since 2 days ago they were all but ready to ship Obama off to never-never land with Edwards, this is a good thing.
I will vote for the nominee but I do prefer a slightly flawed Obama over what I believe Hillary represents.
To be honest Sparrow, I am sick to death of 'the discussion' of how we got into this mess.
I want to hear the how to get the hell out of it talk.
It is just, it is a freaking endless debate about the past that occupies so much of the present no one is talking about wtf is going to happen tommorrow. They don't want us thinking about tommorrow. Like one of georgies dogs said once, they will change reality, and while we are all 'studying the new reality, they will act to change it again.
They can not do that from a freaking prison!
We all know how it got broke, now let's fix it before it kills us all.
TO THE HAGUE!
Obamas flaws next to the republican candidates looks like a charming quirk.
I never counted him out, I knew once our brothers and our sisters stepped up, it would be ON!
Massive black turnout.
OMG! I feel like I am watching a miracle of God unfold. I don't care about Obamas flaws. The man just ...initiated a FREAKING MIRACLE!
I feel like I am shaking inside.
OMG! UK Times: Brewster Jennings outed by 'treasonous' US govt official in 2001, not 2003
Investigate
Impeach
Indict
What in the hell was Valerie Plame REALLY into?
Good Lord. This is crazy.
He was predicted to win. It's cool if he did. Now on to other primaries .. see what shakes out.
SC has 51 delegates.
Look here to predict what's most important to win.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/delegates/index.html
What is the rundown on delegates that belong to primaries and caucusses vs those superdelegates?
Looks like Obama ran away with this thing - 51% - in a 3 way split
Pretty damn impressive
I was trying to see how important SC victory might be for Obama.
On February 5, 22 states will hold primaries and caucuses. He needs big momentum to win big states with lots of delegates.
Amazing - I actually looked at a little tv on-line (Tim Russert & some other talking head) for a little bit and they really had nothing to offer except that Obama beat poll expectations and they didn't know why.
So the numbers I saw on the screen still indicated that Clinton beat among white voters but Obama overwhelmingly won among black voters, just hugely moreso than in the polls.
They are still using exit polls but that's a large enough margin it would be harder for "them" (the cheaters) to cheat. In close elections, it's a piece of cake.
Nowdays, elections have to be landslides.
Watching Obama's speech. I love the "Reason to believe again."
Many more great quotes.
1,700 delegates are at stake on Feb. 8 -- slightly more than half of the pledged delegates to the Denver convention
..that's what I was looking for
Florida Governor endorsed McCain - 57 delegates up for grabs for the Rs
Please Romney knock him out b/c you'll be easier to beat
Old Man McCain endorsed by Sylvester Stallone yuk
Caroline Kennedy endorsed Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27kennedy.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
They say endorsements don't matter but they do to me, more than speeches and less than voting record. Who I would have a beer with does not matter as I do not intend to actually have the beer with said candidate.
Sparrow
Thanks for posting that about the SuperDelegates. I knew I had seen that information and needed it. I wonder if we will go all the way to Denver and end up with a "brokered convention"?!
Exit polls:
About as many South Carolina white men voted for Mr. Obama as voted for Mrs. Clinton, and 70 percent of white voters said they would be satisfied if Mr. Obama won the Democratic nomination, according to exit polls was conducted by Edison/Mitofsky for the National Election Pool of television networks and the Associated Press.
More than half of black voters in the state said the country was definitely ready for a black president, while only about a quarter of white voters reached the same conclusion. By contrast, about one-third of both South Carolina whites and blacks said the country was definitely ready for a women president, the exit polls showed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/us/politics/27assess.html?ref=politics
You know - I don't necessarily trust all that. People are such sheep. They jump on bandwagons. Unless they're hardcore racist or mysogynist, when a minority or woman gets a critical mass of support, how do we not know that it wouldn't suddenly be "cool" and acceptable to support them - for the mainstream. Then it ceases to be a "liberal" thing, though liberals led the way.
nmp
a "brokered convention"?
Obama also won more than half of the voters who decided in the last 24 hours, the exit polls showed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed5/idUSN2639633520080127?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
Woz .. that's why I'm so numerically oriented about this
brokered convention -
A brokered convention refers to a situation in United States politics where there are not enough delegates obtained during the presidential primary and caucus process for a single candidate to obtain a majority for the presidential nominating convention. Since no candidates receive enough votes on the first ballot to win the nomination, the convention is brokered through political horse-trading and multiple ballots.
(Wikipedia)
It happened in 1976. It is even more likely to happen for the Republicans. McCain, who was in single digits, is becoming a hot property whereas 9ui11iani and others have not stood up well so far.
It's more of a crapshoot when there is no incumbent so there are all these people fighting for the prize in both parties.
More horse race stuff. Actually, the most revealing data may be to go to the websites where people actually bet money on outcomes, wanting money rather than a particular candidate. They place odds on them and some of the biggest betters are from other countries.
More from Wikipedia:
In the 2008 election cycle, the possibility of a brokered convention remains for both parties.
On the Republican side, although some states award delegates using the winner take all system, many large states are dividing their delegation by congressional district, which will result in easier splitting of delegates. Pundits argue that with the lack of a front runner in the Republican field and the number of competitive candidates, voters will not coalesce around one or two candidates and a brokered convention could result.
On the Democratic side, the current split of support for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and the announcement on January 20, 2008 by John Edwards that he will remain in the race at least through the February 5th primaries could result in a 3-way race where no candidate receives a majority of delegates on the first ballot.
Several factors encourage decision in the primary process.
First, candidates tend to get momentum as they go through the process, due to the bandwagon effect. Thus, one or two candidates will be portrayed by the media to voters as the front runner due to their placement in the first primaries and caucuses, and as also-ran candidates drop out, their supporters will tend to vote for the leaders.
Secondly, political parties wish to avoid the negative publicity from a brokered convention .. a candidate nominated from the brokered convention will be seen as weak and must climb additional hurdles to gain election.
I thought it was illegal to bet on our presidential primaries and presidential elections.
Hmmm.
Christy
It's not illegal. You can go to The Iowa Electronic Markets or InTrade.
Example
http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/WebEx/marketinfo_english.cfm?Market_ID=214
It's not technically betting, it's futures
You can even buy these "shares," for whatever they're trading at - about whether the US is going to go into recession (InTrade).
These things are supposed to be pretty accurate, because the betters don't so much care about the outcome for ideological reasons. They just want money.
You can bet on the nomination or the general election and also besides US, bet for the UK and Australian elections. There are loads of internet sites for this.
Hmmm. I was sure it was flat out illegal to bet on a presidential race. Not that I would even if it is legal.
I personally refrain from gambling. Not that I am a prude... It just does not seem right to bet on it to me.
But, I guess people need thier amusements.
Christy said
Oops - you're absolutely right Christy. Thanks. I should have explained myself. Leunig's article was about nationalism. He got it right.
nmp said
They do to me, too. Endorsements coming from people I know a little about, and respect the values of, speak loads more than the nonsense that spews from candidates mouths sometimes. Getting elected is the ONLY thing that's important. How they do it is fair game. The slander coming from the Billary duo is absolutely pathetic and I hope it turns people away.
It was nice to read Caroline's endorsement. She's had to put up with some awful seedy press during her life. I'm glad that she's chosen Barack Obama.
sparrow said
Sparrow, his whole speech was inspiring, I thought. The poor lady who sent him a money order for $3.01 reduced me to tears. And the chant, is so inspiring - yes we can! More and more people who are tired of being disempowered in every aspect of their lives, are joining the chant. They are the ones who will make the change happen. It's the best speech I've heard in a long, long time.
Lots of scary stuff here.
From The Sunday Times
January 27, 2008
Hillary unleashes pit bull Bill
The ex-president has rushed to the rescue of his wife, raising fears about how the double act would play out in the White House should Hillary triumph
Sarah Baxter, Charleston
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3257068.ece
Brattleboro to vote on arresting Bush, Cheney
January 26, 2008
By Susan Smallheer Herald Staff
BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro residents will vote at town meeting on whether President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should be indicted and arrested for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice if they ever step foot in Vermont.
The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put the controversial item on the Town Meeting Day warning.
According to Town Clerk Annette Cappy, organizers of the Bush-Cheney issue gathered enough signatures, and it was up to the Select Board whether Brattleboro voters would consider the issue in March.
Cappy said residents will get to vote on the matter by paper balloting March 4.
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080126/NEWS04/801260359/1003/NEWS02
Go Vermont!!
The ex-president has rushed to the rescue of his wife, raising fears about how the double act would play out in the White House should Hillary triumph
Sarah Baxter, Charleston
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POSITIVELY INCESTUOUS AND INBRED....
Well rarely hear speeches or look at tv but I am always on the hunt for things like how many delegates and whether we could have a brokered convention, and whether Diebold machines can be tampered with or are being used.
It kind of puts things in perspective - the big picture. Like do we matter?
Seattle Times endorsed Obama
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/27/91038/0850/361/444078
..the more conservative of our two papers
http://www.silencedmajority.blogs.com
Predictions: (horse race stuff)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2008/01/demography_and_the_democratic.html
Not sure if this is the perfect storm forming, but the NY Times has three columns this weekend that put the dangers of Hillary candidacy in an appropriate context:
Frank Rich - The Billary Road to Republican Victory
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27rich.html
Bob Herbert - Question for the Clintons
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/opinion/26herbert.html
Gary Wills - Two Presidents are Worse than One
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/opinion/26wills.html
All three of the above authors, are card carrying liberals.
Obama Online Donations At Rate Of $500,000 Per Hour After SC Win
A Quick Fundraising Spike Online
By Matthew Mosk and Jose Antonio Vargas
A source inside the Obama campaign says the candidate's web site has seen one of its best hours tonight, raising $525,000 in one hour. A senior aide inside the Obama campaign said the candidate's site saw its "highest peak" tonight in both online donations and traffic, "bigger than after Iowa, bigger than after New Hampshire."
The Obama campaign measures online donations every 15 minutes, and the source said that online money was pouring in at the rate of more than $500,000 per hour.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/01/26/a_quick_fundraising_spike_onli.html
It is amazing to me that the 'liberals' that support hillary, honestly look at you like they have no idea why everyone else has a problem with her.
3 investigated over false Obama email
Hatch Act violation with email accusing Obama of being a 'radical Muslim.'
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/26/3_us_workers_face_investigation_over_obama_e_mail/
New Main Thread header, and in completely unrelated news (except in terms of my relations!)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/sundance/2008-01-27-sundance_winners_N.htmmy cousin Nanette won the Best Documentary Director award at Sundance last night!
She'll be buying next time we get together...
NMP
Thanks for the yearly images.
I DON'T need France when it's led by homophobic Sarko, however!
NMP
There is a "country" where US-style perversion of the "national" flag is more than acceptable.
It's our soon-to-be 51st state. Welcome to "Republic" of South Korea.
Those barbaric bastards will be HONORED to join the US as its 51st state, and help build a PERMANENT Republican majority.
Seriously, I just heard over the ethnic radio waves that the US Congress is preparing a "welcome" resolution for South Korea's new right-wing "government," an unprecedented move.
It's led by Ed Royce, a Korean puppet Congressman (of course, Republican) in Orange County, California. To make it "bipartisan," a few Democrats have been enlisted.
Smacks of the same shit they've done for the "Korean-American Day" five years ago, the only special-interest holiday to celebrate a specific ethnic minority. It was a Republican giveaway, with Democrats like Dick Durbin on board for an appearance of "bipartisanism."