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Stateside With Rosalea: An Election Aside
Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 5:09 pm | Rosalea Barker
I know I can be churlish and critical and downright negative about these united States, but I will admit that today, 2 November 2004, the immigrant dream came true for me here. Those San Francisco streets I walked more than two years ago, going door to ... More >>
Stateside Images: Dia De Los Meurtos Images (1)
Wednesday, 3 November 2004, 11:28 am | Rosalea Barker
The festival began with an Aztec dance group blowing on conches, drumming and dancing. More >>
Stateside with Rosalea Images: Dia De Los Muertos
Tuesday, 2 November 2004, 2:07 pm | Rosalea Barker
One of the loveliest things about Fruitvale is the architecture. This is a typical one-storey fancy brick shop facade from the 1930s. More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Dia De Los Muertos
Monday, 1 November 2004, 1:56 pm | Rosalea Barker
It's Sunday, 31st October here under the cloudless skies of Fruitvale, California, where pumpkins and marigolds have met with horrifying fates. The first have been hacked with knives and the second have been torn apart by hand. More >>
And It's 1, 2, 3: That's What We're Fighting For
Monday, 1 November 2004, 12:30 am | Rosalea Barker
Though it happened below the radar of most media, San Francisco's first ranked-choice vote election has already happened. The results were tallied by hand without a hitch and announced on October 26, 2004. More >>
Stateside: Important Notice To California Voters
Friday, 29 October 2004, 12:06 am | Rosalea Barker
Because of the success of recent voter registration drives, many newly registered voters might find that they don't receive their election materials in time for Tuesday's election. More >>
Stateside: What (Or Was) The Doctor Ordered?
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 9:27 am | Rosalea Barker
Pardon my cynicism, but you get like that in the US once you realize what a crock this ''model democracy'' is. How convenient for diverting the focus of the election from Iraq and the economy is the sudden news of Justice Rehnquist's thyroid cancer. More >>
Stateside: Straight From A Horse Wrangler's Mouth
Friday, 22 October 2004, 6:26 pm | Rosalea Barker
At 7.45pm on October 20, the moderator of the third presidential debate, Bob Schieffer, said that whoever is the president of the United States after this election will have to raise taxes. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Fright Night
Monday, 11 October 2004, 1:05 pm | Rosalea Barker
Missed the second presidential debate, didn't I. A visitor had just arrived from the old home sod and the last thing on earth she wanted to look at was George W. Bush and John Kerry. So, after a brief, muted glimpse of the scene on the telly, ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Veep, Veep
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 12:32 am | Rosalea Barker
You only had to look at who was moderating last night's vice presidential debates to see how rankism works in the United States. And the saddest thing is that many people would think that it was sooo democratic and inclusive to have a non-white, ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Pulling Rank
Monday, 4 October 2004, 12:24 am | Rosalea Barker
Forget racism, sexism or ageism. Rankism is the new target for social philosophers here in the United States. It's a concept that can be applied to all levels of a person's life from the intimate to the global. More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Hell Yeah
Friday, 1 October 2004, 10:51 pm | Rosalea Barker
I have a theory that Gretchen Wilson is to Republicans as Michael Moore is to Democrats. Unfortunately for the Dems -- who have only just discovered that one of the biggest blocks of voters out there are single women. More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: The Others
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 2:40 pm | Rosalea Barker
This Thursday, I'll miss the presidential debate - which airs at 6 pm here on the West Coast - because I'll be at a discussion given by a panel of young voters about what it takes to get young people interested in going out to vote. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Getting Down To The Wire
Monday, 27 September 2004, 12:29 am | Rosalea Barker
**Bush's secret revealed** Honestly, how daft can these television pundits be? All week they've been ruminating on the mysterious sudden surge in Bush's popularity among women, when it's perfectly obvious that there is no mystery. Leading up to ... More >>
Stateside Restaurant Review - The NZer, Alameda
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:20 am | Rosalea Barker
On account of a luncheon engagement, I dashed out the door before commenting that surely the W Ketchup thing is a complete hoax. The evidence is really on the web page where you can see the barcode label. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Around The Traps
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:33 am | Rosalea Barker
''I don't know on what lines the parties were drawn, or what principles they advocated. I think that the difference was just that some were in power and some were out, and that those who were out wanted in.'' More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Paradigm Gained
Monday, 13 September 2004, 12:08 am | Rosalea Barker
Here's a thought: if no other administration in the world wants to go into Iraq, why would anyone think a Democratic administration wants to? In other words, did the Democratic National Committee manipulate Kerry's nomination knowing that he would ... More >>
Stateside: An Interview with Arundhati Roy (Not)
Tuesday, 7 September 2004, 12:49 am | Rosalea Barker
Getting somewhat big for my boots, I wrote to Arundhati Roy's agent to ask for an interview with the author when she was in the Bay Area recently. The request was declined. So, instead, I went to see her being interviewed by the journalist David ... More >>
Book Review: An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
Monday, 6 September 2004, 11:58 am | Rosalea Barker
Stateside with Rosalea Book Review An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire, Arundhati Roy South End Press, 2004 $US12 paperback; $US40 hardback: www.southendpress.org More >>
Stateside: Convention In A Rear View Mirror
Monday, 6 September 2004, 11:55 am | Rosalea Barker
I never did get to write a Convention Watch for the final few days of the Republican National Convention, but I know what stands out in my mind as I look back on it. More >>
