[kj] Sun Smells antidote to election gloom!

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I just read this listening to 
http://www.myspace.com/mogwai
the relentlessly positive Sun Smells track

laughed like hell

--- On Fri, 19/9/08, cliffmonka at alaska.net <cliffmonka at alaska.net> wrote:


> From: cliffmonka at alaska.net <cliffmonka at alaska.net>

> Subject: Re: [kj] FW: DON'T DESPAIR: Fwd: Best antidote to election gloom!

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Friday, 19 September, 2008, 3:49 AM

> haha this is too weird,well we actually drove by and saw

> this last weekend,people

> protesting here in Anchorage..yer freaking me out,yer now

> talking bout where i live

> on the gathering and the world's seeming really

> small.Fuck Plain and McNaci

> CliffinAK

> 

> > That is fucking great! I hope they gas her like a

> badger!

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: gathering-bounces at misera.net

> [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf

> > Of fluw

> > Sent: 18 September 2008 22:14

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Subject: [kj] FW: DON'T DESPAIR: Fwd: Best

> antidote to election gloom!

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> > [The] Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was to be held

> outside on

> >

> >

> > the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown

> Anchorage.

> >

> >

> > Home made signs were encouraged, and the idea was to

> make a

> >

> >

> > statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all

> Alaska women, or

> >

> >

> > men.  I had no idea what to expect.

> >

> >

> >

> > The rally was organized by a small group of women,

> talking over

> >

> >

> > coffee.  It made me wonder what other things have

> started with

> >

> >

> > small groups of women talking over coffee.  It's

> probably an

> >

> >

> > impressive list.  These women hatched the plan,

> printed up flyers,

> >

> >

> > posted them around town, and sent notices to local

> media outlets.

> >

> >

> > One of those media outlets was KBYR radio, home of

> Eddie Burke, a

> >

> >

> > long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host. 

> Turns out

> >

> >

> > that Eddie Burke not only announced the rally, but

> called the

> >

> >

> > people who planned to attend the rally "a bunch

> of socialist baby-

> >

> >

> > killing maggots," and read the home phone numbers

> of the

> >

> >

> > organizers aloud over the air, urging listeners to

> call and tell

> >

> >

> > them what they thought.  The women, of course,

> received some

> >

> >

> > nasty, harassing and threatening messages.

> >

> >

> >

> > I felt a bit apprehensive.  I'd been disappointed

> before by the

> >

> >

> > turnout at other rallies.  Basically, in Anchorage, if

> you can get

> >

> >

> > 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success.

> So, I thought to

> >

> >

> > myself, if we can actually get 100 people there that

> aren't sent

> >

> >

> > by Eddie Burke, we'll be doing good. A real

> statement will have

> >

> >

> > been made.  I confess, I still had a mental image of

> 15

> >

> >

> > demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing

> "socialist baby-

> >

> >

> > killing maggot" haters.

> >

> >

> >

> > It's a good thing I wasn't tailgating when I

> saw the crowd in

> >

> >

> > front of the library or I would have ended up in

> somebody's

> >

> >

> > trunk.  When I got there, about 20 minutes early, the

> line of sign

> >

> >

> > wavers stretched the full length of the library

> grounds, along the

> >

> >

> > edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!  I could hardly

> find a place

> >

> >

> > to park.  I nabbed one of the last spots in the

> library lot, and

> >

> >

> > as I got out of the car and started walking, people

> seemed to join

> >

> >

> > in from every direction, carrying signs.

> >

> >

> >

> > Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a

> half years

> >

> >

> > living in Anchorage.  The organizers had someone walk

> the rally

> >

> >

> > with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400

> people (not

> >

> >

> > including the 90 counter-demonstrators).  This was the

> biggest

> >

> >

> > political rally ever, in the history of the state.  I

> was

> >

> >

> > absolutely stunned.  The second most amazing thing is

> how many

> >

> >

> > people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by.

>  And even

> >

> >

> > those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and

> awe-struck at the huge

> >

> >

> > crowd that was growing by the minute. This just

> doesn't happen here.

> >

> >

> >

> > Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up.  He tried to

> talk to the

> >

> >

> > media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20

> people who

> >

> >

> > started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be

> heard. Then

> >

> >

> > passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of

> 3, like the

> >

> >

> > Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved

> their signs

> >

> >

> > high.

> >

> >

> >

> > So, if you've been doing the math…  Yes. 

> The Alaska Women Reject

> >

> >

> > Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's

> rally that got

> >

> >

> > all the national media coverage!  So take heart, sit

> back, and

> >

> >

> > enjoy the photo gallery.  Feel free to spread the

> pictures around

> >

> >

> > to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most

> definitely does

> >

> >

> > not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska,

> who know her

> >

> >

> > best, have things to say.

> >

> >

> >

> > A bunch of pictures of that rally:

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > I'm sorry--I don't know how to get the

> pictures into the body of the email.

> > You'll have to open the attachments one by

> one--but they are worth it. I

> > especially like "McPain & Failin."

> >

> >

> >

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