FAST AND FURIOUS GOOFINESS

I had wondered why the right was foaming so at the mouth about a story that seemed to me to be more about competence and judgment than about ideology or politics.

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Poppy, I guess, but a real earworm.

The singer is of Dutch-English origin and grew up in Thailand.  The song is from the Khmer people
living in Thailand along the border with Cambodia.  A performance with some gravitas.

Dewi Perssik, one of the most prominent Indonesian dangdut performers.  "Mimpi manis" is "sweet dream."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBEzfZt3UuE

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/she-luc-robitaille-armpit-tattoo-grew-him-natural-130153849--nhl.html

I SCORE REALLY LOW ON THE PURITY AND SANCTITY SCALE

http://billmoyers.com/episode/encore-how-do-conservatives-and-liberals-see-the-world/#.T9T59PkjWAU.facebookIf you find this interesting, you might also like to look into Albion's Seed, a book by David Hackett Fischer, in which he identifies four cultural strains in early America that continue to find expression in today's society.