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January 27, 2008

Billary vs. the Republicans or a New Conversation for a New Century

Please read Frank Rich's NY Times op-ed titled "The Billary Road to Republican Victory."

It highlights one of the key reasons why I support Barack Obama as the nominee and the next president: the national political conversation will be different. We can't promise that the 'new kind of politics' that Obama promotes will be realized 100%, but it will surely be more constructive and less divisive than another "Republicans hating on the Clintons" election.

It's 2008, the first real election in this new century, and while it may be true that we don't yet know as many specifics about what the Obama administration is going to on day 1, we still have 11 months from now when he and his cabinet take office. And we can be sure that the conversation, both within the US and internationally, will be transformed.

I am writing from Helsinki, Finland, and was talking with a Nigerian taxi driver the other night and he spoke about how an Obama victory would change the way that people across the world think about black people because we would all be watching the global conversation with new eyes and new ears.

I know that there is a risk, but with another Clinton in the white house, it will be the same old conversation that turns off most of the United States population (especially all of us young people) and most of the world.

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January 17, 2008

Early Mornings and Premixed Lyrics Online

I've been getting up an hour earlier than last year so I can accomplish some of my personal goals with a clear head before I get to the day at the office. I heard the advice from one of the "Coaching the Life Coach" podcasts from Eric Maisel who coaches creative people with jobs (most of say we'll do it after work but don't).

So among other things, one thing I've accomplished been is finally actually adding the lyrics from my last Premixed album to the web. They're now available from the landing page of colinmutchler.com as well as below.

Lyrics from Colin Mutchler's "Premixed"
1. Everyday Choices
2. Castle of Seranades
3. More than 2 Sides
4. Destination Nonspecific
5. Break Free
6. History (Choose Responsibility)
7. Language of My Reality
8. My Life Changed (no lyrics)
9. Our Lives Change
10. A New System

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January 8, 2008

Green Maps by Google

I am still searching for a great implicit footprint calculator, but while searching for it, I found the follow interesting post about a different kind of green mapping that Google seams to be up to.

Turning the map Green by ZDNet's Garett Rogers -- Google is a "Green" company — they care about the environment and now are they getting ready to create their own Green Map? According to the official website, the Green Map System is a locally adaptable, globally shared framework for environmental mapmaking — sounds like something Google would do doesn’t it? Green maps are designed to [...]

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