“This section attempts to answer the question: why is the USA so frequently the victim of resentment around the world?

The USA government blames hatred of democracy and envy at the American way of life for this resentment. Many people in the USA and a majority around the world look towards USA foreign policy for the answers. Much of this policy, its history and consequences is under-reported by the American media.

The American people are generally a friendly, kindly and compassionate people. If they knew one tenth of what their governments get up to around the world and in their dealings with foreign governments and people, there would be an enormous outcry. For this reason much is hidden or obscurred. Since the terrible events on 11 September 2001, many Americans have taken to the internet to find out more about the world beyond their borders.”

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Excerpts:

My friend’s mommy told me what Chocha means in Spanish. Then she showed me. A++!

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Salon talks about the Amazon Mechanical Turk, and also pointed me to the Sheep Market:

In its earliest days, someone posted a request on Amazon Mechanical Turk, offering to pay 2 cents for a drawing of a sheep facing left. Peter Cohen, director of Amazon Mechanical Turk, says the company was “puzzled by” the request. The requester was Aaron Koblin, a student in UCLA’s Design/Media Arts program, who was writing his master’s thesis about the site. He was intrigued by Amazon’s effort to “establish a framework for the utilization of people as computers,” as he wrote in his thesis. “My project was very tongue-in-cheek,” he tells me. “On the one hand, it’s using the system the way it’s meant to be used. On the other hand, it’s asking them to do this ridiculous thing.”

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I knew I was doing it wrong.

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An abbreviated link of the day:

This is the most important thing I’ve learned about dating in a decade. I even thought of dating WASP bitches again, so long as I could keep this in mind. Never, never let her know that she’s the only game in town. As soon as she believes that she’s your “everything,” she’ll start whining and bitching and making demands.

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Give it a try.

A fun contest over San Diego Serenade:

To win a copy of the DVD, as well as a nice “Got Reefer?” shirt, just post a comment detailing your ideal 4/20 song, or your best related experience. I’ll pick one at random and send the winner the DVD and the shirt, hopefully in time for Thursday’s festivities. The Contest will end at 3 PM California time on Tuesday the 18th.

I already submitted mine, which was that the first time I got stoned, I ended up spending the night masturbating and listening to the Cure (at the same time).

Let us begin! The Link of the Day: INTERNET VIBES.

From “Ghost Shoes” (New Balances appearing ghostly in photos) to the destruction of the Internet via blogs, Internet Vibes offers a dandy perspective on the odd and curious. This is serious stuff, sometimes, wrapped in the most delicious humor you could imagine. Take for instance, this paragraph on Lacoste shirts:

Some time in high school I started having strong feelings about Lacoste shirts. My friends and I used to go to the rummage sale at the Congregational Church and find great old Izod/Lacoste stuff probably last worn at the Glen Ridge Country Club’s ‘87 Fourth of July Gala.

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