“The truth about my name is that… I believe that people choose their names and that our names say a lot about what our destiny in life is. So I discovered that my birthday was October 3rd and Mahatma Gandhi was October 2nd. But when I discovered it I knew there was something to it. Once I started making music I started to understand that the political statements I make in my music and doing it in an honest but non-offensive way said a lot about his character and the peaceful protests. And my brother’s also born on Martin Luther King’s birthday. So I think it says a lot about my mother and my father’s children and who we are. I got my name because I chose it in Heaven.” – India Arie, on the BBC’s “Woman’s Hour,” radio show, noted by Private Eye (whose “Pseuds’ Corner” concept this blog shamelessly ripped off).
BAY AREA SECESSION? Independence for “weirdoes and misfits”? Nah. We need them. We love them. They’re part of the mix. And without the rest of us, they wouldn’t be misfits, would they?
AFTER ENABLING SADDAM: Some peaceniks even side with Mugabe, if it means swiping at Bush. Way to go, guys!
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