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Stateside: What Does It Mean For Me, Me, Me?
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 10:09 am | Rosalea Barker
Many moons ago, when I was let go by TVNZ (like, who hasn't been?), I chose the bag containing some career counseling instead of the money. I discovered that I have no ambition, dislike responsibility, but like to do a job that very few people do. ... More >>
Stateside: Attack of the PAC Women
Monday, 12 January 2004, 12:10 am | Rosalea Barker
Much of what I know about the US political system, I've learned through junk mail. This weekend the PAC women sent me some informative stuff that I thought I'd tell you about because it is a example of one of the strange political entities that exist ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: On Being An Immigrant
Thursday, 8 January 2004, 10:21 am | Rosalea Barker
One of the things about going to movies made here in the States is that so many things are now familiar. Not just props - I've got a phone just like that one on my desk! - but some of the cultural context as well. Two recent movies, both highly nominated ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Small News and Big
Monday, 5 January 2004, 12:41 am | Rosalea Barker
Aha! Apparently, the reason for the unusual early non-binding Democratic primary in Washington DC is to try to draw the nation's attention to the fact that residents of DC, who pay taxes and serve their country in time of war, have no representatives ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Happy New Year!
Thursday, 1 January 2004, 12:46 am | Rosalea Barker
It's the last day of 2003 here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the early morning TV news showed the fireworks in Sydney, while the local radio news jockey described "people waving lightsticks and dancing in a public square" in an unnamed ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: And they're off...!
Tuesday, 30 December 2003, 8:00 pm | Rosalea Barker
The gates have opened and the horse race has begun. On Monday, 29 December, absentee voting began in the first presidential primary election in the nation. For some unfathomable reason Washington DC decided it had to get in ahead of the traditional Iowa caucus ... More >>
(Touring) Stateside: California's Central Coast
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 11:04 am | Rosalea Barker
It's the day before Christmas Eve here in California, which is sort of like Christmas Eve itself Down Under. Boxing Day isn't recognised in the US, so the two-day holiday includes Christmas Eve day, making this the last working day before the Christmas ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: An Important Choice
Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 11:42 am | Rosalea Barker
The real story this week isn't the adoption by the US military of a meme from a fantasy movie - spider hole, indeed! - but the adoption by Afghanistan of a constitution. Will that country's governing body be the sort that has a separately elected President, ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: I Really Think So
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:44 am | Rosalea Barker
What did the Japanese know, and when did they know it? That's my question. More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Movie Review
Monday, 15 December 2003, 10:44 am | Rosalea Barker
A couple of weekends ago, one of the local movie theatres had a preview screening of The Last Samurai. I ended up getting back too late from a trip up the Marin coastline and had to be satisfied that day with a very Taranaki-like drizzly outlook over a ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Da Results
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 12:11 am | Rosalea Barker
The San Francisco election results put the two folks supported by the outgoing mayor into office. Kamala Harris won 56 percent of the vote against incumbent Terence Hallinan, who was seeking his third term as District Attorney. More >>
Stateside: If you're living in San Francisco…
Monday, 8 December 2003, 1:09 pm | Rosalea Barker
... be sure to vote Gonzalez on the 9th. All those who vote in San Francisco have a chance to make a difference in the world. More >>
Stateside: Vindicare (Part 2)
Friday, 5 December 2003, 11:52 am | Rosalea Barker
I'm a bit late with this, largely because I've been feeling sick. Sick of the sight of the police smashing a guy's kidneys in Cincinatti, a sight that has been screened over and over again in news bulletins at all times of day and night. More >>
Stateside: Still Raining Cats And Doggerel
Monday, 1 December 2003, 10:42 am | Rosalea Barker
Bushy cat, Bushy cat, where have you been? I've been to Baghdad to visit the troops. Bushy cat, Bushy cat, why did you that? To p*** off that travelling Hillary cat. Talk about pre-emptive strike!! More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: Vindicare (Part 1)
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 11:06 am | Rosalea Barker
There are only two things you need to know to understand the health-care system in the United States. It is not about health. And it is not about care. In More >>
Stateside: U.S. Political Briefs
Monday, 24 November 2003, 1:10 pm | Rosalea Barker
This week I got to see up close the workings of a Republican gubernatorial campaign. Not a real one - it was a play called Mothers Against, by British playwright David Edgar. Afterwards some audience members stayed for a discussion with the cast and ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Clayton For President!
Wednesday, 19 November 2003, 11:34 am | Rosalea Barker
It's really very hard work disliking Arnold Volksenegger - his disarming smile giving, as it does, the impression that he is genuinely delighted by whatever attention is being paid to him. I mean, it's not like he's going to wrap his hands around anybody's ... More >>
Stateside: The Demise Of The Machine?
Monday, 17 November 2003, 1:52 pm | Rosalea Barker
You can probably expect a lot of dramatic news this week that will keep the Republicans in the public eye. It's the 40th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination and something will need to be done to counteract the attention being paid to Democratic ... More >>
Stateside with Rosalea: This And That
Wednesday, 12 November 2003, 11:28 am | Rosalea Barker
"Can you just call yourself Dom?" my companion asked as we squeezed our way through the crowds at San Francisco's huge Concourse Exhibition Center last Sunday. More >>
Stateside: Miss Feasance And Her Brother Mal
Monday, 10 November 2003, 11:18 am | Rosalea Barker
The Bush administration should institute the draft. Oh, I'm sorry - there already *is* one? Of course, silly me - it's called "unemployment". More >>
