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She voted for the war, originally uploaded by seanbonner
Well, that about sums it up for me.
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As has been my tradition, I am making available for today only the full audio recording of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech *[mp3] - all 16 minutes of this landmark speech. This is for educational and non-commercial purposes only.
I am featuring this for 24 hours because it is still copyrighted by the King family, but I believe that this monumental speech denouncing all hate and warmongering in the world deserves to be in the public domain. Rev. King's message is the most succinct voice for peace that graced America in the last fifty years.
* This audio recording was removed on Tuesday.
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Here is my top 25 top artists of the year 2008 according to LastFM (I was really smitten by the Amelie Sountrack):
Below are my Top 25 Tracks of 2008 according to LastFM:
Wow, it certainly is Christmas in January!
Barak Obama wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton a close second, crazy Mike Huckabee won a decisive victory over Romney, Ron Paul beat Giuliani, and Giuliani was in 6th place!
It is clear who has the momentum in this race: Democrats. Just under 220,000 Democrats versus around 115,000 Republicans caucused tonight. All three Democratic front-runners would make excellent Presidents, compared to the whole field of Republican candidates.
Break out the popcorn on Tuesday and be sure to watch the New Hampshire Primary in order to witness the modern GOP implode. If Romney can't win in NH he is over and McCain will become the De facto leader of the race (the Beltway media is already doing this). Huckabee has little chance of winning NH, but if he comes in second, then the race will heat up between the evangelical Christians and the financial conservative coalitions.
As for the Democrats, Iowa has certainly given Obama momentum but if he doesn't translate that to another win in NH, then the narrative will become that he is untested and can't last. Edwards is best seated to take advantage of his "surprising" win in Iowa, where Clinton will be seen as fading as her numbers have nowhere to go but down.
Eight more months until the Democratic and Republican Conventions and anything can happen.
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Per the Great Circle Mapper and my My Year in Airports 2007 list, I flew 91,710 miles in 2007.
That's a lot!
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Daily city visits would increase the list, but that really isn't visiting, now is it?
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If you've wondered why I've been quiet, it is because I'm gearing up for the massive trip laid out above.
]]>The two videos were Rihanna performing Hate That I Love You and Nicole Scherzinger's Baby Love. Both videos featured the singers in underwear and/or revealing swimsuit in various video vixen poses
(you would know what I'm talking about if you've seen any rap videos).
The videos are below:
It is really curious: I wonder if I'm just making connections where there aren't any. Your thoughts are appreciated.
sweetchuck writes:
not sure what you're getting at with your video vixen post. are you surprised to see sexed up female singers? it's not like there's an abundance of ugly ones. you could have put up videos by mariah carey, j lo, pussycat dolls, gwen stefani, xtina agulara, britney spears, and any other number of quasi-talented hot bodies. you could even arguably go back to paula abdul and the teeny boppers of the 80's. it's just that the outfits have gotten smaller. men singers put sexy women in the videos to sell them, woman singers are sexy in videos to sell them.
I was thinking the same thing after I wrote this. Perhaps it all has to do with the female r&b context which was jarring to me.
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Another travel day; New York Penn Station to WDC's Unions Station - to and fro the same day.
Not complaining; tomorrow should be a beautiful day.
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