Displaying 931 To 960 Of 992 Comments It’s interesting how this day means different things in different countries. In Canada, this is a very solemn day, Remembrance Day, the same as American Memorial Day, in which you remember the war dead. Canada sort of has a Veterans Day, called Canadian Forces Day in June, but it is not a big day there. A few parades and ceremonies, but it is not a holiday. In New Zealand, Remembrance Day is not that big of a deal, a few ceremonies, but not much. The big day there is Anzac Day, April 25, because that’s the day the Battle of Gallipoli began. Gallipoli is a very big deal to the Australians and New Zealanders (but not to Canadians, for some reason). Gallipoli played a role in creating more independence for Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Up until then, when the Brits said “Die for the King,” the other Commonwealth countries said, “How quickly, sir?” After Gallipoli, in which the Brits threw the Kiwis, Aussies and Canadians into an absolute meat grinder with almost no regard to casaulties, they started saying, “Um, wait a tick…” Gallipoli led to strong movements in NZ, Australia and Canada to become more independent from the UK. I think Canada became fully independent in 1931, Australia 1942 and New Zealand 1947. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On November 11, 2010 @ 9:15 pm The one we marched in last week didn’t have a lot of Mexican influence to it because they’re simply aren’t that many Hispanics in our area. I loved the giant puppets. It was kind of an odd mix of joviality and seriousness. It was cute to see little kids wearing death mask face paint having fun pretending to be dead. I remember as a child being very terrified of the idea of death, and I think a parade like that is a chance for children to mock death and lose their fear. I guess the parade means different things to different people. I know it can be a very sober day in Latin America. It was held on All Souls’ Day, which for old school Catholics can be a very somber day. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On November 8, 2010 @ 9:16 am Happy Halloween From PlanetPOV! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 31, 2010 @ 9:14 am » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 31, 2010 @ 9:04 am WATCH LIVE: The Rally to Restore Sanity That was fun. Now we play soccer. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 30, 2010 @ 12:06 pm Sheryl Crow! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 30, 2010 @ 11:18 am Beware of Greeks Blogging Gifts » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 29, 2010 @ 7:07 pm I’m going to take a wild guess here that you may be referring to a poster who posts a lot of very articulate and well-written spam. Unfortunately, he has also been known to lash out at women posters and on several occasions now has flung the C-word at women posters like a monkey flinging poop. He did this two nights ago … AGAIN. Hence, he is very, VERY controversial with a lot of posters on HP. And he probably will always be controversial. A lot of people like him, a lot of people hate him. I wholly respect that different posters will have different opinions of someone. A lot of that is based on your personal experience with someone and what you’ve seen them post with your own eyes. The frustration I have are people who “team up” and literally “go on the warpath” against others groups of posters they see as “opposing” someone in their group or someone they support. That’s what I find so childish. In any case, I blame those CM2s. Most CM2s are good folks, but I think those badges make some people act nuts and make the cliques more hyperventilated. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 29, 2010 @ 6:03 pm Boy, they’re deleting like CRAZY on HP right now. That place is nuts! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 28, 2010 @ 10:38 pm PlanetPOV – Mid-Term Election News Desk. Well, this is part of his campaign position. It isn’t hard to read between the lines: “I will work hard to protect our county and an individual » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 28, 2010 @ 11:33 am Here’s what we care about in Montana: A crazy teabagger carpetbagger cop from L.A. running for county sheriff after living here for two years. There’s a Democrat (our neighbour) and a very nice man running as an independent (because he believe sheriff should be a nonpartisan position). Secondly, there are a number of interesting state ballot measures. There’s one that would add a lot more regulations to outdoor outfitters, another one limiting interest rates on payday loans, and another one banning real estate transaction taxes. The really interesting measure would be to open up the state constitution for a total rewrite. Montana is one of the few states that votes to keep its constitution every 20 years or open it to a constitutional convention. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 27, 2010 @ 12:17 pm Did you hear about the Rand Paul supporter stomping on the head of a woman from Moveon.org? Ugh! http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/woman-stomped-outside-rand-pau.html » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 26, 2010 @ 10:02 am Christian dominionists and death Wow. Powerful. I had an argument with one troll who didn’t see a problem with these people following women around at abortion clinics and writing down their license plates numbers, etc. He said there was nothing “threatening” about that. Another troll said these women should be prosecuted for murder, so whatever actions the protesters do pales by comparison. There’s no reasoning with people like that. They are beyond reason. All you can do is oppose them. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 26, 2010 @ 11:45 am How I became an accidental American » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 29, 2010 @ 9:24 pm Born in Northern Ireland to New Zealand parents and grew up in New Zealand. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 28, 2010 @ 11:30 am Very good. Anna Paquin is a Kiwi to Kiwis. Russell Crowe is barely a Kiwi. He was raised in Australia. You didn’t get my favourite two, though — the blokes on the beach and the guy in the white t-shirt! I forgot. Here is another famous Kiwi: [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:61rVcxBCxeDqiM:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/cupenny/isurrender/WitchHuntersKeishaCastleHughes.jpg&t=1%5B/img%5D » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 27, 2010 @ 3:33 pm Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Can you guess all the Kiwis in the pictures? 🙂 » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 27, 2010 @ 11:58 am Thank you, HITO. You are so kind. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 26, 2010 @ 4:16 pm Hamuti! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 26, 2010 @ 4:16 pm Did someone say sexy? 🙂 [img]http://www.ea-wannabe.com/dvd/flcl_box_booklet_back.jpg[/img] » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 26, 2010 @ 9:20 am I’ll put that to the test!: It’s still quite tall, but at least it isn’t blowing out the whole page like before. I had to scrub that image before! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 2:32 pm Is there a way to control the size of the image so it doesn’t come in gigantic? Because the first image I pulled in was bloody huge. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 2:20 pm I can tell Adlib is still tinkering with this. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 1:40 pm Whoa, that was a big honker! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 1:29 pm It’s easy, Patsy » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 1:29 pm You do it like this: » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 1:19 pm Cool! » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 25, 2010 @ 1:14 pm A Problem with ‘Original Intent’ I’ve always thought hunting would be more fair if the deer and elk had heat-seeking missiles strapped on their backs. Then, it would be “sport.” » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 21, 2010 @ 4:00 pm I honestly think context does matter. Like in the Ginsberg poem, I cringed when I read it, but realized it is what he wrote. It was his craft. I don’t have to like it, but it didn’t hurt my feelings. Say two black guys meet each other on the street and they say, “Hey, ‘N word” how is it going?” to each other. Is it offensive? Same thing in sporting events. Men say awful things to each other in the trenches and then they go out for beers and laugh about it afterward. But, if a guy were to say the “C word” to my face, there would be no laughing about it. It would really sting and there would be real hurt and humiliation. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 21, 2010 @ 7:37 pm What’s so strange is his most ardent supporters are WOMEN! I don’t get that. I honestly don’t. I guess if he had made ANY effort to apologize, I personally might be willing to “forgive and forget” and move on. But, he never did in any way, shape or form. So, he doesn’t get my forgiveness. » Posted By Haruko Haruhara On October 21, 2010 @ 5:55 pmComments Posted By Haruko Haruhara
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The crazy teabagger is part of that crowd that thinks it’s really the sheriff’s job to protect citizens from the federal government. That’s his whole platform; “A vote for me is a vote to keep Barack Obama from having authority over you.” With the other two guys splitting the vote, this guy might actually win.
Montana has a very good constitution, which guarantees public access to waterways (so hunters and fishermen can come onto our land and fish the river behind our property. We just ask them not to make a mess, please.) and guarantees a “clean and healthful environment.”
That clean and healthful environment provision drives right-wingers nuts. Crazy teabaggers want to open up the state constitution so they can get rid of this provision, which they see as being anti-business and pro-environment and has been perverted by “overzeealous and activist judges.” They also want to try to add bans on any new taxes and a balanced budget provision to the constitution.
We are cautiously optimistic this measure will fail.
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But, if a white guy in a bar or cafe says to a black man, “Hey, you ‘N words’ aren’t welcome in our place,” the context is dramatically different. That word is meant to hurt and intimidate and humiliate.
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