... do a US tour for 3 months and then I chill (in Uppsala).
Rules of blog engagement:
No dirty words? That way our kids can read this when they're old enough. Other than that, anything goes.
... not sure if that covers everything. What do you think?
With no further ado, let's get down to mapping out "the world according to us".
Healthcare reform.
A truly fascinating topic. What's your view?
I read news.bbc.co.uk more or less every day, generally speaking; they are a "left leaning" news agency. I will also go on record right now and say that they are possibly the most impartial news agency the world has ever seen. I would say that, right? After all: I'm a British national and I'm talking about the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Co-incidentally: have you experienced a huge surge in your national pride since leaving your homeland and moving to live abroad?
I have.
I never used to be much of a pro-British person. Just the opposite in fact. When I was living in England, I used to be super critical and kind of anti-British (example: I never wanted the English football, rugby or cricket teams to win).
It all changed after a few months in sunny Spain (well; sunny Catalunya, to be more politically correct).
I am so pro-British nowadays! It's incredible how often I find myself bigging up Britian and lauding it's superiority to other countries (most specifically Spain).
I've even started to root for the English football team (although I'm still very happy when England lose at cricket and rugby).
Can you identify with this? Have you had similar feelings about your adopted home and your original home?
Anyway, back to the beeb. The website really is great. First class journalism. I imagine there are few news agencies in the world that would print something like this. They actually depict themselves as a bit of an evil, bullying media empire in this story. With regards to the healthcare reform bill the coverage has been "pro-bill", but with a lot of focus on the flaws in the process that Obama's government have used to get the bill to where it is today.
It seems that there's been a lot of backroom deals and a lot of secret agreements made behind closed doors.
What do you think about all this? Why all the secrecy? Is it a case of politicians just doing the politician thing, or is it because the country doesn't really want healthcare reform and therefore the only way to implement it is to do it whilst the country isn't looking?
Historically, how would you compare the public outcry and outrage over healthcare reform with public outcry and outrage over the war in Iraq (I say "historically", because you've lived in the US through both events, so you'll have first hand memories)? I can't even remember if there was very much outrage in the USA over the war in Iraq, so I'd be very interested to hear what you remember, and what you think.
Music
Loved that Absent Minded video. He was the guy who recorded that track "A & R", right? I'll have to dig that tape out, he had some good tunes.
Some of our other hip-hop idols are about to release/or have already released new albums:
Q-tip (although I'm not sure if this is a hip hop release).
Reflection Eternal (Check out "Just begun").
Best album of 2010 so far for me: Love pt 1 by Build an Ark.
I think this is one of those albums that just about anyone can enjoy. Highly recommended.
Random, funny stuff.
Finally, have a look at this (if you haven't already seen it):
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