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Getting ready for US Presidential Elections 2012 [Video]
Maybe I just have a hankering for home at the moment, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the next US elections. I feel like it’s getting to be that time. Imagine less than 18 months to go! 😉
We need to dust off our memories and remember the tragedies of 2000 and 2004. Along with that, we can also remember the joy of victory in 2008. To this end, and as a remembrance, it’s appropriate to watch this video I’m Voting…Republican (thanks moveon.org for reminding us).
Take 3.5 minutes out of your busy schedule to watch and remember why.
It’s especially telling for those of you who are disappointed with the current administration’s progress on many fronts. It’s time to get out of that funk! See what could happen if the other side takes charge. Gulp! This is truly scary stuff.
And, if you’re not American, I heard somewhere that what happens in America sometimes affects other parts of the world…so it might be worth a watch for you too.
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Update: Mumbai’s Elusive Monsoon of 2011
What happened to Mumbai’s monsoon? It’s already getting to be July and everyone is asking the question. No one can quite figure it out. All that anyone knows is that nature is behaving strangely so far this season. After a gentle, cleansing and refreshing start [photos] to the Mumbai monsoon of 2011, and one Saturday of drenching downpours [photos], there has not been much action. It has been dry, hot and humid. Even the threat of rain – clouds or drizzle – is weak and seldom appearing.
This is what the season should look like:
A real Mumbai Monsoon (not much of it this year...yet)
And this is what it looks like:
Weak Threat of Rain While People Go About Life & the Beach in Mumbai
Watch it pour as soon as this post goes live! At least, Mumbai hopes it does.
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Photo 1 by: Jaxer at en.wikipedia [CC-BY-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Photo 2 by:By McKay Savage [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
The Yin and Yang of Life Anywhere 