This is my new Vactionship mate Isabel, from Australia, the Ugly Lady, and BGK sharing a bit of a snog.
Also, York rocks and I think I blew about a hundred quid on shopping.
Also, Absinthe and Cobblestone streets make BGK’s happy.
I love that she’s the Ugly Lady, yet she’s the only painting of the Women of Britain line that’s actually used to advertise the Royal Museum. In affect, it’s the Ugly Chick that sure of herself that gets to party in the Pubs and streets of York. The rest of the snobby ones have to stay home
Sorry ’bout that folks, but until BGKev.com starts rolling in the bank, one must keep up the bills.
To make blogging worse, soon BGK will be hopping a plane and running around the United Kingdom, spreading US Intelligence and hopefully making a few friends along the way, including hopefully a few good bgkev.com quality stories.
As a progressive, As a human, and as an awake being on this planet; I want to scream from the mountaintops and in people’s faces, that this is how we are seen. We are seen internationally as the nation of Hypocrites, who preach about the godlessness of the world and then kill people in the name of company profit. I know, that when I leave this country’s borders, I’m going to get a bunch of Anti-US anger directed at me, because its the only time people feel they’ll have a chance to have their say about us. I’ll have to politely explain the political situation, apologizing for the mess my Nation’s made. They’ll forgive me, because no one person should have to bear the weight of their nation’s past, England especially. (Amaritas Massacre, anyone?)
The war’s not on the news now; we’re too busy as a nation throwing a gala for the different factions of the country and having the “American Idol” style competition for who should be the Commander In Chief and Top Policymaker of our nation. Because we’re not in project Shock & Awe, we’ve forgotten the audacity of the battle. Its not a subject of popular conversation, because it highlights our nation’s inability to move with the world.
We’re so busy being God’s beacon of righteousness, that we’ve forgotten how to be moral. We claim to be land of the free, yet we accept TSA’s ridiculous safety measures that protect us from nothing. We accept that some 5 year olds will be on no-fly lists because their names are similar to that of terrorists. We accept that 1 in every 4 women in the United States will be raped in her lifetime. We accept that Police officers will just not review cases that involve minorities because its too political.
Dear Democratic Friends: 2008 is a Democratic year-at all levels in all the states. The opportunity is ours. We just have to seize it.We experienced an exciting, intense, sometimes difficult, campaign to nominate our presidential candidate. Now it’s over. Barack Obama won. I supported Hillary Clinton and am proud and pleased that I did. But she lost. Barack Obama won. It’s over.It is time for all Democrats, supporters of Senator Clinton and all other contenders for the nomination, to stand with him to secure his election and the election of Democrats at all levels of competition. I must confess a bit of fatigue and irritation with people who continue to carp, complain, and criticize the results of the primary and lay down conditions for their support. The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t establish conditions to recognize the Boston Celtics as NBA Champions; Roger Federer did not demand concessions before recognizing that Rafael Nadal defeated him at Wimbledon. It is time to act in a mature and resourceful fashion. It’s time to put the primaries behind us. It’s time to support Barack Obama without conditions or demands.It’s time to WIN for Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, America, and our future. We have an unparalleled opportunity. I hope we will all do everything we can to seize the moment. See you at the Inauguration. Sincerely, Don Fowler DNC Member At-Large, South Carolina Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee Alice Germond Secretary, Democratic National Committee
What they intended:Come together, right now over Barack!How it came out?Why you whiny Bitches no support Obama? To compare a primary to a sports event drastically reduces down the concept. Part of the primary season is about influencing policy, making party changes to previous structures, and it’s another avenue for the mainstream people to get a better voice in their system. If we just had Hillary & Barack play ping pong to decide the outcome of the primary I could follow this analogy, but it does start to breakdown.
Let’s look at Edwards. (You know, he was running in this primary, right?)Edwards had the most progressive campaign I’ve seen in an election year. (Yes, Kucinich supporters, when your guy went with Ron Paul he lost those Progressive Votes.) His stance focused on poverty, urban renewal, implementation of greener standards for industry, and a Single-Payer Universal Healthcare system. When he dropped out of the election, outside of my hopes being dashed to rocks, he made policy changes. Both Barack and Hillary took the campaign standard of Poverty Reduction higher into their personal platforms, and he did get other concessions on smaller environmental issues as well from his candidates. That’s part of the primary cycle.Telling people to stop whining and support Barack “OR ELSE!” is anti-democratic and ultimately foolish.
The Democratic Party acts at though they are the only players in the field. The more the Dems continue to give the “Fall in Line” rhetoric; the more disinterested in the Democratic Party I, and other progressives like myself, become. If Change comes to the United States; it will not be because people fell in line; It will be because people screamed and marked candidates words and held them accountable. So take your Party Unity Crap and shove it up your Ass! Perhaps the reason Obama’s not getting the support has to do with his drift to the Right and not that all the Hillary Lovers in the world haven’t just fallen in line.
hat tip to feministing.Seriously, this is not the way to preach your message. Way to objectify your daughters as well! BTW, shouldn’t it be enter when married?
Speaks McSame: ”Asked by Diane Sawyer whether the “the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent,” McCain responded: “I think it’s serious. . . . It’s a serious situation, but there’s a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I’m afraid it’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border.”Iraq & Pakistan don’t share a border. The only country that touches both is Iran. No you cannot nuke it. Yes, we do expect you to know the difference.
Edwards had the most progressive campaign I’ve seen in an election year. (Yes, Kucinich supporters, when your guy went with Ron Paul he lost those Progressive Votes.) His stance focused on poverty, urban renewal, implementation of greener standards for industry, and a Single-Payer Universal Healthcare system. When he dropped out of the election, outside of my hopes being dashed to rocks, he made policy changes. Both Barack and Hillary took the campaign standard of Poverty Reduction higher into their personal platforms, and he did get other concessions on smaller environmental issues as well from his candidates. That’s part of the primary cycle.Telling people to stop whining and support Barack “OR ELSE!” is anti-democratic and ultim
ately foolish. 
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