Have you ever spent some time observing ants minding their business? Have you ever thought what the ants might think about us? Well, then you are in the wrong blog. Ants' Meat is...to be honest I am not sure what it would be about...
"My name is Sebastian Moustirats and I’m 18 months old. I was born with a rare immune deficiency syndrome known as Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS). My only chance of survival is to receive a marrow transplant and that’s where you can help!
The classic form of WAS is characterized by an increased tendency to bleed caused by a reduced number of platelets, recurrent bacterial, viral and fungal infections and eczema of the skin. I am receiving the best care possible at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, California, but at the moment I do not have a perfect marrow donor match. Myself and the many other children here at Lucille’s need kind people like you to join the National Marrow Registry and donate blood and platelets to help us fight this battle for our lives."
John McCain and Sarah Palin love (yes, they do!) the average (pro-America, I must say) Joe and particularly unlicensed plumbers and hockey moms who live in small-town pro-America. Oh yes, Republicans love the average pro-America Joe (they keep forgetting about Jane; this concerns me). Here you have some numbers about the “average America” to illustrate their love for Our Amerika:
According to the US Census Bureau, the average American, age 25 or older, made roughly $32,000 per year (in 2005), does not have a college degree (as of 2003), has been, is, or will be married as well as divorced at least once during his or her lifetime, lives in his or her own home in a suburban setting, and holds a white collar office job. Based on data from 2005, the average four-person family income as of 2008 is over $67,000.
The Iraq War has cost the average American family over $16,000 since the war began.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 2.2 million and the unemployment rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points.”
So, what the Republicans do about the deep socio-economic and financial recession that we are facing, well, they go shopping!!!
“Since her selection as John McCain's running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin” and her entire family, Politico.com reported.
Let’s see what Mr. McCain used to think about banal campaign spending not too long ago:
The Huffington Post stated, “It was revealed that Palin's fashion budget for several weeks was more than four times the median salary of an American plumber ($37,514). To put it another way: Palin received more valuable clothes in one month than the average American household spends on clothes in 80 years. A Democrat put it in even blunter terms: her clothes were the cost of health care for 15 or so people.”
I cannot wait for another fours years of failed policies and brutal wars, right!
Ants’ Meat as a group of individuals with different political and national backgrounds has decided to pursue our proposal for the North American Basque Organizations (NABO) to discuss and hopefully approve in their next business meeting that it will take place in Reno, Nevada on November 8, 2008.
Consequently, we call for the different clubs associated to NABO to help us to sponsor our motion:
“The Basque Country or Euskal Herria, a nation constituted by the provinces of Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Lapurdi, Nafarroa, Nafarroa Beherea, and Zuberoa, has the same right to become a united and independent state as any other nation. The North American Basque Organizations will consequently work actively to promote the right of the Basque people to achieve the goal of independence if this is the will of the majority of the population of Euskal Herria.”
Basque homeland newspapers (e.g., Basque Nationalist Party’s (PNV) paper, Deia) are already aware of NABO’s involvement in their political affairs by favoring a PNV agenda. It is too late for NABO to play innocent stating that they are apolitical and non-partisan according to their statutes of incorporation. It is too late for that. It is time for NABO to be a leader and stop following the dictates of the PNV and the Basque Government.
Ants’ Meat respectfully requests that NABO recognize the Basque Country as a historical nation and the right of its people to seek an independent state, constituted by seven provinces, if this is their wish. That's all we ask for. The Federation of Basque-Argentinean Entities (FEVA) did it 53 years ago. It is about time that NABO does the same.
Is NABO less committed to the Basque Country than FEVA?
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