I think, it’s time to play a game.

A challenge for all of you out there

Everyone.

All first timers, Lurkers and whatnot.

I need you to show me the world.

Post a picture of your country / State.
The one you were born, the one you live in, whatever pleases you.
Show it off .

I will post (unless you don’t want me to, please state that in your comment) a thumbnail of your picture here with a link to your post.

Lets roll

(I will bump this post back to the top of the blog from time to time, so more people can join the fun

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Melbourne, Australia, - from Dan

Yellowknife, Canada - from Megan

France - from A.

Goa - from Cajie (now in Canada)

Winchester, Great Britain - from A.

Marina Crescent, Kuwait - from MacaholiQ8

Marina Crescent, Kuwait - by Patrick Seemann

New Zealand, Whangarei, from the Treehousedwellers

Norway, Bergen - from Øyvind

Qatar, Middle East - by Dan

Chittenango Falls State Park, Madison County, New York, USA - from Mrs. Mecomber

USA, New York, Staten Island, USA - from Frances

Wisconsin, USA - by Barbara

Most of you know that I’m German.
And like usual, I probably should just be quiet about what’s bugging me.
But as usual, I don’t stay quiet

We were watching parts of the election thing on CNN last night.
One thing in the US is that everything has at least two faces.

Like on one hand they keep pointing out that as a true American you should say that you are an American.
But they keep pointing out, whenever it deems them a good moment that someone is African American or Latino or Mexican American.

Last night the timing just seemed a bit off. Like I say, they use it in the perfect moments.

I say, make up your minds guys. Celebrate where your ancestors came from, but stop using it as an excuse.
Be proud that you are a very mixed nation, but stop abusing the country of origin for whatever reasons.

Just the humble two cents from a Dutch German who should just stay quiet.

Am I the only one that thinks it a bit ironic that Bush in Saudi suggests to the Amir to free the Saudi blogger Fouad Ahmad Alfarhan (one of the first that wrote under his real name) that got arrested 11th of December and is in custody since then without any charges. Legally the government can hold him for three months.

I think it’s Ironic, because the Saudi government pulls all off a sudden the “He’s a suspected terrorist” string.

Now, what about that prison where the US holds terror suspect without charging them, letting them see anyone, etc. for HOW long?
And now they go, once again, to another country and ask them to do what they don’t do themselves. I call it Ironic.

Don’t get me wrong, I wish Fouad Ahmad Alfarhan would be freed instantly.
And I wish stuff like that would not happen.
I think, Fouad Ahmad Alfarhan was originally arrested because he criticized the Amir or government. Using his right of free speech is not good in some places of this world? Correct me, if I got it wrong. Here’s a letter that he sent a few days before his arrest to his friends.

The petition link: http://campaigns.aicongress.org/FreeFouad

His blog: http://www.alfarhan.org/

The campaign website: http://www.freefouad.com/

Please help to spread the word!

> *
> Thought you might be interested in this forgotten
> bit of
> information………..*
>
> *
> It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were
> playing an old news video
> of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the
> Iran-Contra hearings during the
> Reagan Administration. *
> *
> There was Ollie in front of God and country getting
> the third degree, but
> what he said was stunning! *
> *
> He was being drilled by a senator; “Did you not
> recently spend close to
> $60,000 for a home security system?” *
> *
> Ollie replied, “Yes, I did, Sir.” *
> *
> The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of
> the audience, “Isn’t
> that just a little excessive?” *
> *
> “No, sir,” continued Ollie. *
> *
> “No? And why not?” the senator asked. *
> *
> “Because the lives of my family and I were
> threatened, sir.” *
> *
> “Threatened? By whom?” the senator questioned. *
>
> *
> “By a terrorist, sir” Ollie answered. *
> *
> “Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you
> that much?” *
>
>
> *
> “His name is Osama bin Laden, sir” Ollie replied. *
> *
> At this point the senator tried to repeat the name,
> but couldn’t pronounce
> it, which most people back then probably couldn’t. A
> couple of people
> laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued.
> Why are you so afraid of
> this man?” the senator asked. *
> *
> “Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that
> I know of”, Ollie
> answered.*
>
> *
> “And what do you recommend we do about him?” asked
> the senator. **
> **
> “Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend
> that an assassin team be
> formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of
> the earth..” **
> **
> The senator disagreed with this approach, and that
> was all that was shown of
> the clip.** *
>
> *
> By the way, that senator was **Al Gore! *
>
> *
> Also:
> Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in
> Israel in 1986. The Israelis
> captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the
> Oslo agreement with the
> Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release
> so-called “political
> prisoners.” **
> **
> However, the Israelis would not release any with
> blood on their hands. The
> American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and
> his Secretary of State,
> Warren Christopher, “insisted” that all prisoners be
> released . **
> **
> Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked
> the US by flying an
> airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center .
> This was reported by
> many of the American TV networks at the time that
> the terrorists were first
> identified. **
> It was censored in the US from all later reports.**