Maps
As a foreign student who have lived in the US for the past 7 years, 3 under Clinton and the past 4 under Bush, I’m finding this country growing less welcoming and less appealing.
Four years ago, as I was about to start college, I remember thinking to myself, “life has been pretty good in the past 4 years, I can see myself becoming an American.”
. Ever since the Patriot Act was proposed, I have been feeling less and less inclined to “becoming American”
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From this map produced by USA Today, it looks like the America that I loved is rapidly shrinking.
One thing that I find repulsive is the self-righteousness from many people on the Right. More than ever, I find the frequent pronouncements of “America is still the greatest nation on earth” to be arrogant, ignorant and illusional.
Maybe there is hope, that it is not only about Red states and Blue states, the Left and the Right, as Jon Stewart so poignantly said on Crossfire. Maybe we should look at this as different shades of purple:
Here is a page with links to more maps of the 2004 election.
This just in: Greg Palast says Kerry won.
New
: Interactive map from the New York Times.
On a more Mono-related note, we made 2 releases on Election Day, 1.0.4 and 1.1.2. However, the pages to the packages and installers didn’t get updated until Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully it’s all sorted now.
Kenneth:
check this out
http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm
4 November 2004, 8:47 pmAn American:
Focus on Mono and get over your political problems. If you don’t want to be an American…then don’t. Its simple.
4 November 2004, 8:54 pmburntpopcorn.net:
Continuing on?
4 November 2004, 9:53 pmKerry Won?
American Dave:
Why don’t you just leave then.
10 November 2004, 10:18 pmRob:
if you don’t think America is the greatest country on earth, what the fuck are you doing here? Get the fuck out!
15 April 2005, 3:07 amRob:
Hail Bush!
15 April 2005, 3:10 amduncanmak: Maps:
[...] duncan mak (duncanmak) wrote,@ 2004-11-04 14:21:00 Current music:Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 DNC Maps As a foreign student who have lived in the US for the past 7 years, 3 under Clinton and the past 4 under Bush, I’m finding this country growing less welcoming and less appealing.Four years ago, as I was about to start college, I remember thinking to myself, “life has been pretty good in the past 4 years, I can see myself becoming an American.”. Ever since the Patriot Act was proposed, I have been feeling less and less inclined to “becoming American”.From this map produced by USA Today, it looks like the America that I loved is rapidly shrinking.One thing that I find repulsive is the self-righteousness from many people on the Right. More than ever, I find the frequent pronouncements of “America is still the greatest nation on earth” to be arrogant, ignorant and illusional.Maybe there is hope, that it is not only about Red states and Blue states, the Left and the Right, as Jon Stewart so poignantly said on Crossfire. Maybe we should look at this as different shades of purple: .Here is a page with links to more maps of the 2004 election.This just in: Greg Palast says Kerry won.New: Interactive map from the New York Times.*On a more Mono-related note, we made 2 releases on Election Day, 1.0.4 and 1.1.2. However, the pages to the packages and installers didn’t get updated until Wednesday afternoon. Hopefully it’s all sorted now.View this post on my blog(Post a new comment) fidelity_astro 2004-11-04 08:11 pm UTC (link) that map looks about the same as it was in 2000, and massachusetts is identical. have things in massachusetts really changed that much? i haven’t really noticed any differences, besides people complaining about stuff in the news more(Reply to this) (Thread) duncanmak 2004-11-04 09:33 pm UTC (link) I think MA alone might not have changed much, but the people’s attitude have certainly changed quite a bit. The surge of patriotism after 9/11 (completely understandable) gave way to a lot more overt nationalism (the turning point being the introduction of the Iraq war), which I find unpalatable (i.e. the my way or the highway philosophy). The new Patriot Act / immigration measures (mandatory fingerprinting, lots of guns in the airports) certainly do not it a welcoming experience as well. I see no sign of changes to this mindset.Maybe you are right, in my first 3 years here, I was sheltered in a small cocoon that is a liberal private boarding school in one of the bluest states in the country; and now I’m outside that cocoon.That doesn’t mean I don’t miss that cocoon, though.(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread) fidelity_astro 2004-11-04 10:08 pm UTC (link) fair enough!(Reply to this) (Parent) Log in now.(Create account, or use OpenID) [...]
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