tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post5501338554364703149..comments2024-02-16T11:41:37.696-05:00Comments on Todd Seavey: Retro-Journal: Globalizing India and an Amish Y2K in Late 1999Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-89847462344186902652008-04-04T17:40:00.000-04:002008-04-04T17:40:00.000-04:00But to get back to that global trade thing again —...But to get back to that global trade thing again — the fact that a likely-duplicitous Clinton campaign has to _apologize_ for even discussing free trade with Colombian officials is a reminder the Dems don’t belong in power: <br><br><a href="http://my.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20080404/47f5b5d0_3421_1334520080404511379605" rel="nofollow">http://my.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20080404/47f5b5d0_3421_1334520080404511379605</a><br><br>Disgusting. As my new favorite t-shirt (which I may have to wear a _lot_ once the weather gets warmer, if it ever does) says over a “No to Hillary” symbol: RE-DEFEAT COMMUNISM IN 2008.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-6854252164595855432008-04-04T11:58:00.000-04:002008-04-04T11:58:00.000-04:00Yeah, I assume people will have toy pitchforks and...Yeah, I assume people will have toy pitchforks and so forth — unless they’re too lame to participate in the theme at all, which is so often the case with theme parties. Make an effort, people. <br><br>In fact, it was right around the same time as my India trip that I went with Indrani and Nybakken to a “90s party” Kyle Smith threw and _no one_ except the three of us did anything to participate in the theme, unanimously thinking “but it _is_ the 90s, so there’s no way to ‘dress up like the 90s’ yet — it’s just a joke.” <br><br>But is it really so impossible to step outside the current moment and see some of its stereotypical elements, people? I went as a militia man, Scott was a grunge guy, and Indrani was a superfabulous Scary Spice. Victory was ours. <br><br>Then again, maybe the others were in costume as uptown yuppies…but I don’t think so…Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-40449281989387623202008-04-04T11:39:00.000-04:002008-04-04T11:39:00.000-04:00“Farm-themed party”?“Farm-themed party”?Davidnoreply@blogger.com