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Sep. 29th, 2010 12:02 amA magnificently snarky comment on the BBC's discussion of whether Nigeria will change their flag:
No new flag please!! New flag = new flag design planning committee, new flag design competition, new flag design budgetary allocation, new flag design budget defence meeting at the House of Representatives, new flag design budget approval by the Federal Executive Council, new flag design agitation by disgruntled members of the "National Association of Disabled Flag Designers" for non-inclusion in final shortlist of qualified flag disigners, new flag design million dollar budget appropriation by the Senate causes palaver and "wahala", new flag design ministerial committee disbanded for non-inclusion of minorities in its composition, new flag design contract finally awarded to North Korea (being the largest and most efficient flag producing country in the world), US government threatens sanctions against Nigeria for awarding flag contract to North Korea when it (the US) is the most patriotic nation on earth, new flag contract cancelled and re-awarded to the US, new flag contract subject to US Congress investigations due to reports of over-invoicing, FBI charges US firm over new flag deal, new flag eventually released and launched but cancelled abruptly when sample is the wrong shade of green, new flag project cancelled/shelved indefinitely. New flag? = Don't bother. We love the old flag!
-Segun Adewale, Lagos, Nigeria
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This is interesting. Some guy took the ethnicity data from the 2000 census, and made maps of population density and racial distribution. Each dot is 25 people.
Pink - white
Blue - black
Green - asian
Orange - hispanic
Grey - other
Columbus (where I live).
Some of the maps are quite attractive, as well as informational.
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The Pew poll on religious knowledge has been in the news of late. If you went by the headlines, you'd think that atheist/agnostic respondents had the highest scores, which frankly sounded plausible. You can't live in a strongly religious society like this one and take a dissenting view without spending a great deal of time thinking the matter over. The poll results shows that Jews are actually the highest scorers, with A/A second, and Mormons not that far behind.
You can take the poll yourself, and see how you measure up to the average American. I got all fifteen, although I did have to guess on the final one.
No new flag please!! New flag = new flag design planning committee, new flag design competition, new flag design budgetary allocation, new flag design budget defence meeting at the House of Representatives, new flag design budget approval by the Federal Executive Council, new flag design agitation by disgruntled members of the "National Association of Disabled Flag Designers" for non-inclusion in final shortlist of qualified flag disigners, new flag design million dollar budget appropriation by the Senate causes palaver and "wahala", new flag design ministerial committee disbanded for non-inclusion of minorities in its composition, new flag design contract finally awarded to North Korea (being the largest and most efficient flag producing country in the world), US government threatens sanctions against Nigeria for awarding flag contract to North Korea when it (the US) is the most patriotic nation on earth, new flag contract cancelled and re-awarded to the US, new flag contract subject to US Congress investigations due to reports of over-invoicing, FBI charges US firm over new flag deal, new flag eventually released and launched but cancelled abruptly when sample is the wrong shade of green, new flag project cancelled/shelved indefinitely. New flag? = Don't bother. We love the old flag!
-Segun Adewale, Lagos, Nigeria
*****
This is interesting. Some guy took the ethnicity data from the 2000 census, and made maps of population density and racial distribution. Each dot is 25 people.
Pink - white
Blue - black
Green - asian
Orange - hispanic
Grey - other
Columbus (where I live).
Some of the maps are quite attractive, as well as informational.
*****
The Pew poll on religious knowledge has been in the news of late. If you went by the headlines, you'd think that atheist/agnostic respondents had the highest scores, which frankly sounded plausible. You can't live in a strongly religious society like this one and take a dissenting view without spending a great deal of time thinking the matter over. The poll results shows that Jews are actually the highest scorers, with A/A second, and Mormons not that far behind.
You can take the poll yourself, and see how you measure up to the average American. I got all fifteen, although I did have to guess on the final one.
