Although the Athens Olympic Park build for 2000 Olympics is now a shambles as shown on this
architizer.com article, even there other side benefits like a new subway, airport came with the Olympic. While many ex-Olympic cities are still using the Olympic facilities, ones I have seen include...
Have you seen Atlanta's MARTA system? It's great. So, leave off the Olympics.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
Federal Assault Weapons Ban
It is daft and dumb that the US Federal Assault Weapons Ban was so weak and it was let expire after 10years in 2004, without a law replacing it.
Abagond's recent article on James Holmes is a great read.
I think most people in the USA, know potential mass murders, most of white male between teens and forties. Why does white America continue to allow it's most unstable get automatic weapons?
The list of unsavory characters is too long already and do not need more attention, particularly this sad phenomenon being exported to peaceful countries like Norway. Remember that nutball.
See more Micheal Moore's Bowling for columbine or at least this short youtube from the movie "A brief history of United States of America".
It is crazy that people seem proud that the USA is the world's largest weapons exporter, even to Mexican drug gangs, while it's USA increasingly difficult to purchase any customer electronics manufactured in the USA. The Mexico was closest location I could find a recent LCD TV purchase.
For alternative ideas to Gun Control, there is Chris Rock's $5,000 for a bullet method
People really need to get the guts to stand up on the paranoia and fear that allows automatic, go on sign this pettion...http://signon.org/sign/ban-assault-weapons
Abagond's recent article on James Holmes is a great read.
I think most people in the USA, know potential mass murders, most of white male between teens and forties. Why does white America continue to allow it's most unstable get automatic weapons?
The list of unsavory characters is too long already and do not need more attention, particularly this sad phenomenon being exported to peaceful countries like Norway. Remember that nutball.
See more Micheal Moore's Bowling for columbine or at least this short youtube from the movie "A brief history of United States of America".
It is crazy that people seem proud that the USA is the world's largest weapons exporter, even to Mexican drug gangs, while it's USA increasingly difficult to purchase any customer electronics manufactured in the USA. The Mexico was closest location I could find a recent LCD TV purchase.
For alternative ideas to Gun Control, there is Chris Rock's $5,000 for a bullet method
People really need to get the guts to stand up on the paranoia and fear that allows automatic, go on sign this pettion...http://signon.org/sign/ban-assault-weapons
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Offical and Unoffical National Anthems
During the Isles of Wonder: 2012 Olympics opening ceremony four songs were sung to represent the 4 "home" countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland those being..
* England: Jerusalem, the BBC lists this 3rd English rugby song after God Save the Queen (official national anthem) and Swing low, sweet chariot. But any of these songs make most Irish people cringe, We hear enough of this songs at matches against the "Old enemy".
* Scotland: Flower of Scotland, although Scotland has no official national anthem, this song is very popular and a potential anthem. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, as it's a tale of the Scottish victories against English Army of Edward II, as loosely depicted in the movie Braveheart.
* Northern Ireland: Danny Boy, to the tune of "A Derry air" is popular and maybe less controversial the other songs such as The Sash and The Town I Loved So Well.
* Wales: Bread Of Heaven, personally I thought the official welsh anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (sometimes called in English: Land of My Fathers) is great song and would have shown the importance of the welsh language to the Welsh people) Of course, they could have one of the many other great welsh tunes, like the Stereo-phonics "As long as we beat the English" :-)
So Danny Boyle managed a fair representation of people of the U.K. without using a single official national anthem, so continue of theme of unofficial versus official national anthems...
United States of America: The Star Spangled Banner based a 1814 poem written by a battle of the War of 1812 in Baltimore harbor, it was only made the official anthem in 1931. The tune "God Bless America" seems to places where it should not be replace the official anthem, because there separation of Church and State, no mention of "god" should be made at publicly funded events, like a recent 4th of July festival I attended.
* England: Jerusalem, the BBC lists this 3rd English rugby song after God Save the Queen (official national anthem) and Swing low, sweet chariot. But any of these songs make most Irish people cringe, We hear enough of this songs at matches against the "Old enemy".
* Scotland: Flower of Scotland, although Scotland has no official national anthem, this song is very popular and a potential anthem. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, as it's a tale of the Scottish victories against English Army of Edward II, as loosely depicted in the movie Braveheart.
* Northern Ireland: Danny Boy, to the tune of "A Derry air" is popular and maybe less controversial the other songs such as The Sash and The Town I Loved So Well.
* Wales: Bread Of Heaven, personally I thought the official welsh anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (sometimes called in English: Land of My Fathers) is great song and would have shown the importance of the welsh language to the Welsh people) Of course, they could have one of the many other great welsh tunes, like the Stereo-phonics "As long as we beat the English" :-)
So Danny Boyle managed a fair representation of people of the U.K. without using a single official national anthem, so continue of theme of unofficial versus official national anthems...
Ireland
There was complains from fans other nations at Euro2012 football finals, that the Irish fans only were one song The Fields of Athenry, but it really one of the few songs everyone can agree on. Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish National anthem is problematic never heard A cappella, as gaeilge (in the Irish language) and the lyrics of this Soldier's Song is quite bloodthirsty.
Other options like "Wild Rover", "Whiskey in the jar" are alcohol themed and probably heard outside Ireland. Maybe we should try The Fairytale of New York
Rugby when Ireland plays an Island of Ireland team, rather the Republic of Ireland (26counties of the south and west) and Northern Ireland (6counties of the north-east), the recently composed "Ireland's call" is used alongside or instead of Amhrán na bhFiann as the anthem. Because of this comprise solution are prize for most rousing 6nations rugby anthem has go Flower of Scotland, followed by France's La Marseillaise and the Wales' Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Australia: The story of how Advance Australia Fair beat Waltzing Matilda in a 1984 vote to become the Australia's national anthem is at www.dfat.gov.au/facts/nat_anthem.htmlRugby when Ireland plays an Island of Ireland team, rather the Republic of Ireland (26counties of the south and west) and Northern Ireland (6counties of the north-east), the recently composed "Ireland's call" is used alongside or instead of Amhrán na bhFiann as the anthem. Because of this comprise solution are prize for most rousing 6nations rugby anthem has go Flower of Scotland, followed by France's La Marseillaise and the Wales' Wlad Fy Nhadau.
United States of America: The Star Spangled Banner based a 1814 poem written by a battle of the War of 1812 in Baltimore harbor, it was only made the official anthem in 1931. The tune "God Bless America" seems to places where it should not be replace the official anthem, because there separation of Church and State, no mention of "god" should be made at publicly funded events, like a recent 4th of July festival I attended.
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