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Thursday, November 27, 2008
All the Trimmings

In today's Guardian column, I address the lazy liberals. On the question of Sarah Palin's turkey farm interview, they are dead wrong. If we learned anything from the 2008 campaign, did we learn to think in terms of principled opposition?

I was pleased to see a nice comment from SentimentalLentil, a vegan who has more respect "for people who actually get off their backsides, hunt, kill, pluck/skin/bone the animal themselves than these whining hypocrites." I totally agree!

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

that were published during the US election of 2008.

David Henry Sterry in Huffington Post on Obama's memoir versus McCain's. Do we, perhaps, deserve a president who is comfortable with language? I sure hope so.

John McWhorter's no-nonsense insights re Michelle Obama's situation in Boston Globe. I totally love this, but was already a McWhorter fan when I read it. This made me understand why I'm instinctively a Michelle fan.

George Will on ... the right to spend!

Dave Kiffer, mayor of Ketchikan, Alaska, comparing his town to Monica Lewinsky, argues that they actually need "that bridge." Ever so politely, he rubbishes the 'long-lost fantasy of small-town America' that Sarah Palin has desperately been trying to sell. Way!

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Proposition K - to decriminalize prostitution in San Francisco - addresses the racial profiling that has become so much a part of "anti-trafficking" measures. Bound Not Gagged is tracking results. Also, a live sex worker radio show on the election starts at 10pm EST.

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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Everything You Don't Know About Alaska

...and shouldn't be afraid to ask.

Watching this is a must, if you want to look past the hype, smoke, mirrors ...and the idiotic jokes which too many are making about this young, sparsely populated state.

A Uni of Alaska history professor (David Noon) answers questions from James Pinkerton about Alaska politics, mythology, economics, history and religion.

I had no clue about the Russian Orthodox parishes in Western Alaska and the native population. Wow.

So why the heck doesn't Sarah Palin take a minute to tell us this rich, colourful stuff about her state? Instead of twittering on about "the border" and the tiresome concept of Russia as "other"? Alaska has a historic relationship with Russia; you can still see old Russian architecture in Sitka (which was the Russian capital of Alaska.)

Anyway. David Noon asserts that Protestant missionaries were much more aggressive, while the Russians were more adaptive, translating the bible into local (native) languages. This conversation is a welcome change of pace.

I blame Republican handlers, my liberal friends, and Palin herself for the inane perceptions that pass for regional humor these days. She's doing her own state a horrible disservice.

Watch. Send this link to all your friends.

PS: If you find Sarah Palin puzzling, Noon has a theory about why she's not really built for national politics.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Reality Check: Who Were the Suffragettes, Really?

This excellent piece by Susan Levine may startle some idealists who doubt Sarah Palin's authenticity as a feminist. Levine basically points out that Palin is just as authentic as Susan B Anthony! Also, you'll notice that the suffragette who ended up on a dollar coin wasn't Lucy Stone (allied with Frederick Douglass.)

The names that flash most brightly in our collective memory are of suffragettes who turned their cause into a movement for gaining white privilege. That's one way of putting it. Or you could say they made certain compromises because politics is a dirty business. Susan B Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton... there is a direct line leading from these women to the likes of Sarah Palin. There always were a few "cranks" who thought that fighting for the vote was a mistake, a distraction from the real deal. Emma Goldman wasn't especially keen on the vote.

Send this link to every woman you know! Especially anyone who's even remotely attracted to Sarah Palin for "gender" reasons. Blech.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Australia Unleashed

In today's ABC Unleashed column, I respond to Pru Goward, contemplate hockey feminism, and relish a mooseburger. It's about Sarah Palin, but it's not.

Also

I agree with Gary Hart. Listen to his conversation with Robert Wright. Gary is very wise.

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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Democracy Wow: RNC Observations

At first, I liked Sarah Palin's Alaska crab centerpiece and her open-toed slides, but the more she talks, the less I like her style. Others have said that Palin sounds formidable. I'm sorry, but, to me, she seems abrasive. This supposedly rugged Alaskan manages to feed into some unfortunate stereotypes about American women. She sounds like a potential nag, but she also sounds canned.

As for our former mayor, it was comical to watch a New Yorker pandering to this braying mob with comments about "the left wing media." Good grief. Left wing media? What's that? New York magazine? CNN?

Also, what was the point of insulting all the ordinary people in this country who feel a responsibility to their community - whether they work in a soup kitchen, attend community board meetings, or, um, volunteer for voter registration drives?

These are among the people who call themselves community organizers. It seems misguided to me.

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