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Birdwatching in the good ol’ USA

Posted in Immigration, International, Law, Politics, tagged , on April 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Borrowed the following from friend Lumpy because I think it deserves the attention it’s getting as a circulating email. As analogies go, this one’s a 10:
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it [...]

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‘Bush’s War’: In case you weren’t angry enough already

Posted in George Bush, International, Iraq, PBS, Politics, tagged on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Two nights ago PBS ran another of its documentaries, “Frontline: Bush’s War,” Parts 1 and 2. I knew full well what I was getting into, but I decided to watch it anyway. It was history. It would be a nice summation of the Iraq war and correct any erroneous ideas I had.
Well, I stuck it [...]

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Absolut vodka campaign in Mexico clearly crosses the line

Posted in Culture, Economy, International, Media, tagged , , , on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

There are boundaries in advertising that should not be crossed. Absolut vodka crossed one, with miles of room to spare, when they concocted an ad for their consumers in Mexico. The ad shows a map of the United States and Mexico, with the international boundaries redrawn to make a large part of the southwestern U.S. [...]

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Peace symbol, 50 yrs old today, once represented B-52

Posted in Culture, Design, International, tagged , on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s hard to believe the widely recognized peace symbol is 50 years old today, but downright scary to think that the Vietnam war protests were 40 years ago.
I was the right age to march in one of those protests, although our march emphasized support for the troops and the nation (”Color us red, white, and [...]

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