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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Lake Kunming At The Emperor's Summer Palace In Beijing, China On 7 October, 2008

Our Beijing Tour Guide Jack At The Entrance To The Hutong Suburb of Beijing On 7 October,2008

A Ceturies Old Magical Tree Inside The Forbidden City in Beijing on 7 October 2008

The Women's Residences At The Forbidden City in Beijing on October 7,2008

The emperor's wives and concubines lived here.

The Immensity Of The Forbidden City, Beijing 7 October,2008

A Former B-52 Pilot Endorses Obama

As a former B-52 Pilot and someone who has believed deeply in the Constitution of the United States as being one of the singularly greatest documents ever written, and as registered Republican who has watched in horror as core values of freedom have slowly but steadily been eroded under the Bush/Cheney regime, I have committed my vote and confidence to Barack Obama – I have hear the arguments that he doesn’t have the experience – but neither did Bill Gates when he started Microsoft or Steve Jobs when he started Apple – these two had a quality that is so desperately needed in America at this moment – they had vision. I believe that although youthful, Barack has vision, I also sense that he has compassion, something that Bush has made a mockery of standing on the ruins of New Orleans after Katrina and saying things like “I understand their pain” and then doing nothing – this has happened so many times in his 8 years.

America was built on the idea that dreams could be fulfilled through hard work and dedication, that each family could make life better for their children then they had, that our independence, our freedom, our ability to question authority, and our ability to work hand in hand alongside people of different religions, of varying ethnic backgrounds made us the strongest nation in the world – Freedom is strength… in my soul, I have slowly become more and more depressed as I have watched the complacency of allowing the atrocities that have gone on in Guantanamo reduce us to the same level as the very terrorists that we condemn.. I could not believe that when the truth came about the “WMD’s” that George Bush was not impeached… I can go on as to all the reasons for my depression, but let me say instead that for the first time in many years I feel a ray of hope, I believe there may be a very small glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel – I think that Barack Obama may be able to restore some of those freedoms that I so dearly cherish, he may be able to restore some or our lost prestige in the world, and finally, if he succeeds in helping to restore our economy and cut the dependence on foreign oil, we will be a much safer nation --- let us all not forget what brought down the USSR wasn’t internal revolt, it was they couldn’t economically support the Cold War any longer – at the moment, we are very much in the danger of not being able to support our position of strength in the world – and that is probably the most dangerous of all situations…

Like Jack, I voted for John McCain previously, but this is not the time for a dogmatic military leader – it’s the time for a charismatic leader with vision that can heal the wounds of division that GWB and company have done such a great deal creating and I think that person is Barack Obama – I would hope you join both Jack and myself Tuesday, and vote for the one person that may be able to start healing our country.

With Respect,

Orton Wisegarver

A Special Message From Queen Elizabeth

ubject: Message from the queen

To the citizens of the United States of America
from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy).

Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.

Both houses of Congress will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

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1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour,' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (Look up 'vocabulary').
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2. Using the same twenty-seven words int erspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of '-ize.'
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3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
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4.You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not ready to shoot grouse...
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5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
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6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
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7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.
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8. You will learn to mak e real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
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9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without ri sk of further confusion.
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10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
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11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty second s or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancy boys).
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12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
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13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
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14 An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
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15 Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.

God Save the Queen

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