Memory Loss
On the fifteenth, there was a smattering of protests in cities around America—”Tea Parties” ostensibly designed to speak out against the Obama administration’s changes to the tax code. The cognitive dissonance level of the events was quite high, beginning with the fact that most people protesting will likely pay lower income taxes under the Obama plan, to a 60-year-old great-grandmother surviving on Medicaid and Social Security fearing the creation of a welfare state, to signs reading “Obama is a Socialist” and “Obama is a Fascist” being hoisted right beside each other.
One sign at a protest reads: “I love my country but fear my government”. Certainly an admirable notion—except these were the same people who but a year ago equated speaking out against the Bush Administration with treason and whose slogans were more to the effect of “Love it or Leave it.” It’s as if they’ve all suffered major memory loss.
Tanks in the Streets of Beijing
I popped out just a few minutes ago to the convenience store to get a bottle of water, and saw a convoy of tanks roll by right beside the second ring road.
Mainland Sightseers Defend Against Attacks
Last week, in response to aspersions cast on Zhao Genda, many mainland travelers have banded together and defended their actions while on Taiwanese soil.
Good By Any Metric
As an American, I often find it difficult to talk about popular music, especially when I mention how good Canadian music is. The reply is usually, “Canada? Really?”
Yes, Canada. Really. k-os, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The Hidden Cameras, The Dears, Constantines, The Weakerthans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stars, Death from Above 1979, Feist, Peaches, Duchess Says, We Are Wolves, Wolf Parade, The Stills, Final Fantasy, The Unicorns, Royal City, Cuff the Duke, Black Mountain, The Luyas, Wax Mannequin, Chad VanGaalen, The Meligrove Band, Jim Guthrie, Veda Hille, Tokyo Police Club, Islands, Frog Eyes and Sunset Rubdown, to be more precise. If you didn’t know, Sum 41 is Canadian as well, if you’re into them.
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