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To: Neeka who wrote (163038)	4/6/2006 3:54:40 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793759

Vanderluen has a couple of really neat videos up on his portal today if anyone is interested. The politically incorrect Tahoe video is hilarious. ;) The Unbearable Heaviness of Being Islamic Lilkes, James, has a dream. No, not a Martin Luther King kind of dream.... Well, not exactly, but one that could lead to a Martin Luther King kind of dream. I was a Burqa Quality Control inspector. I am not kidding. I had to go around in Cairo, knocking on doors, making sure everything was covered up. At one point I found myself in a grim small flat full of cooking odors, looking at the peeling paint, hearing the sounds of the streets -- cars, horns, crowds, beeps, barking dogs -- and feeling immense sadness for the person who had to live in this room, swathed in sheets. The most haunting part of the dream came at the end: all the apartment doors opened to a balcony, and when Iâ€™d left the floor, the balcony retracted so no one inside could leave. A few year back the best answer I could come up with to "Why do they hate us?" was: "They hate us because we've got the groove, and because its is such a drag being them." Still works for me. americandigest.org

To: Neeka who wrote (163038)	4/6/2006 3:59:28 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793759

Know how you feel. But then, we live in a lopsided state...Heavy Dem on the West side of the Cascades, and the Repubs on the Eastern side aren't able to prevail, because there are more people on this side. More unions, more government workers, and just plain more Dems in 5 of the 38 or so Counties. Plus our 2 state Senators are both Dem. And not responsible ones at that. Where are the Henry Jacksons' of the state...? But if we give up, we lose big time. At least if enough of us, call the Senators and House Reps offices' and tell them our thoughts, they will have some numbers of people that are concerned. If we don't call them, they will never know. Nor care. In a way, I'm reminded of my Mom there...she used to get upset with a particular department store, and wouldn't shop there. I asked her if she had spoken to the Store Manager. She hadn't. I asked her if she thought it would change because she would take her money someplace else? It didn't change of course. If a tree falls in the forest, and you didn't see it, did it really happen?