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Building on Tradition - Obama's AMA Speech

Today, our president , in his address to an extremely hostile crowd - said: What are not legitimate concerns are those being put forward claiming a public option is somehow a Trojan horse for a single-payer system. I'll be honest. There are countries where a single-payer system may be working. But I believe - and I've even taken some flak from members of my own party for this belief - that it is important for us to build on our traditions here in the United States . So, when you hear the naysayers claim that I'm trying to bring about government-run health care, know this - they are not telling the truth. Tradition? Like Fiddler on the Roof? Tradition? . Lets talk about tradition. In the 50's it was traditional, to step outside for a cigarette. The top stars in film and TV constantly smoked. Humphrey Bogart was commonly depicted with a cigarette dangling from his lips. In the early sixties, research that was kept tightly circulated within Big Tobacco corporate i...

Thirst

Iranian Election Perspective, Part Two

There are a couple of other math issues regarding the elections in Iran I wanted to bring up. First, regarding the number of ballots. Voter turnout in Perseopolis was unprecedented. More people voted in this election than in any other before or since. So much so in fact that ballots actually ran out. Looking over the Iranian Guardian Council print statistics on a per-province basis we find two things. First, densely populated areas like Shiraz, and others - running out of ballots. These areas heavily favored the Green Opposition that so surprisingly lost. Second, the actual ballots that were printed late -and counted, only seemed to have arrived from provines that favored the incumbency. Shiraz, reported massive numbers of voters turned away due to an undersupply of ballots. The upshot of this, from a pragmatic perspective - is that a former puppet of an old regime - one who denies the holocaust, and argues for an Iranian nuclear state - has in fact tightened his hold on powe...

Let me google that for you

I just happened to notice, this morning, with safesearch set to moderate filter , if you type in the phrase "a promise"... on images.googlecom you will get a picture in second search resultset return - of an effiminate, naked semi-transgendered asian man laying down on his bed. With a plastic baby sitting next to his pillow. The first is of course, a childrens book .

Tin Foil for a Big Girl

Its been so long that I can't explain And its been so long that now so wrong My thoughts are creeping too late the show has begun like gorillas gathered around this great big black monolith I smash a jawbone on the ground you look inside hear the sound of a harpsichord see disraeli gears turn in the dark speak neon dreams catch a few waves tasty Just like. mom. used to make its a lot of work keeping up with the work force times distance bet you're gonna be gonna be a hot dancer don't forget to use the word little when you talk about my dying church nigger woman pastor dont forget to smile when you know you're right enjoy true love waits brb lol am i thinking of church, or singing? my favorite film is apocalypse now throw a priest into the jungle? add a few natives, and you get some hot scenes add salt I dont know the name of the thing I'm inside I try to find my way I forgot to mention being half asleep that I l...

The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

Singer Bianca Antoinette.

Iranian Electoral Math

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DURING THE COUNT: Iran's State-run Press TV states, during count: 10 million of 24 million votes counted. Iran's State-run Press TV statement, aired at the same time: "69% of the votes counted" 10/24 = 42%. , 69-42= 25% . How does a margin of error occur, that wide ? All sources agree that at the time the State Press issued the statement, less than half the vote had been counted. How does the government's official statement end up being 3/4 of the vote counted? Simple. The vote was being rigged. The returns that were being provided to the state were doctored returns. The vote turned in for official count, while exit and return polling showed count was underway - completely ignored the actual return. The final return shows a 63% margin of victory, for a widely disliked incumbent. - reading the graph, there's a total of 49.3M votes recorded on a voter registration base of 42M registered voters. 49.3/42 = 11.7% difference. Maybe he was so ni...

O Saya - MIA [AMV]

Pole dancer

The idea hung in the air for a while then it started to live colorless. green. pensive In form it looked like Betty Page and then it started to change thoughtful.caring. pensive It swept through the poets brain crippling him as he stands rational. biting. pensive And left him a hollow man wasted all the time psychic.war.veteran He pulled himself inside the horse stables , smelling the sweet scent of wood and tack, reaching up slowly , feeling the horses back, rubbing the area between the horses ears called the pole

HyperBallad - Bjork

Miracle Drug - Bono

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want to trip inside your head Spend the day there… To hear the things you haven’t said And see what you might see I want to hear you when you call Do you feel anything at all? I want to see your thoughts take shape And walk right out Freedom has a scent Like the top of a new born baby’s head The songs are in your eyes I see them when you smile I’ve had enough I’m not giving up On a miracle drug

The Black Tirade

Stars, Songs, Faces - Carl Sandburg

Gather the stars if you wish it so. Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and years. And then … Loosen your hands, let go and say good-by. Let the stars and songs go. Let the faces and years go. Loosen your hands and say good-by

Train Scene - Pather Panchali - Satyajit Ray

Disconnect

A person so disconnected from the natural world senses and feels and responds to a traces of it in a disconnected way. There's been a cottage industry of extreme sports and the like directed at these people to give them larger doses of whatever the natural world would offer. Not just 5 foot waves with your friends. 40 foot monsters you get towed into with a jet ski. BASE jumpers. Mountain bike races. Tris. some of them at least. People who make film set up scenes involving real human beings, who end up putting a real part of their lives into something. Then, like Plato would say - they'd make a 'copy of the perfect chair' and place that representation in mimesis - compared against a chair made by a carpenter. Or say. A carpenter's son. So it can be said that these representations use that kind of connection just because they are shadows. The actors are real. They're playing real memory games. My son sort of edged over my desk and interrupted me f...

Californication - RHCP

First born unicorn Hard core soft porn

Lady Sylvanas Windrunner

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Once the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, Sylvanas Windrunner was murdered by the death knight Arthas and brought back as a creature of undeath. After regaining her free will she rebelled against the Lich King and the Scourge and became the founder of the Forsaken faction of undead, who are currently allied with the Horde. She has styled herself the Dark Lady, Queen of the Forsaken, an expansion of her original title, "the Banshee Queen". Month 3. Recovering Warcraft Addict's Journal: I think I miss her the most. She made my life as an undead worth living. Her chambers were right next to the PVP battlemasters. If you weren't playing PVP you were hanging out with her. Dark Lady watch over you.

I Still Haven't Found (What I'm Looking For) - U2

I'm a white guy who goes to a black church. I sing in the choir with a gospel singer who sounds like Al Jarreau. I did a four part harmony last weekend that I'm pretty proud of, and one day I'd like to do this song. A good Part of the cinematography of this film was shot by David Hennings, an understudy of Oliver Stone, and Jean Marie Lavalou - whose best work was perhaps Blue Crush. His last film, Hannah Montana - had some beautiful shots of Tennessee, where he was born.

The names are chosen

I took them each today, and gave them their name. The four are: Daphne Owl Tarot Arya If your mom was either a psychologist, or a theologian - I have a question for you in the comments.