These BBC voices in my head…
So I began listening to the BBC World Service (Thees iz the BBC in Jakahta... love that little commercial thing. Beep beep beeeeeeep!) again this morning, and it's amazing how much relevant stuff is reported on the BBC that doesn't even appear on cnn.com. Germany may face a referendum to ratify the EU Constitution. You'd think the good ol' Americans would pick that up. People voting Democratically on a Constitution...
"All authority of the state is derived through the people, through the wotes" -German guy.
I like tea. Seems more cultured than coffee for some reason. Not sure why. Coffee is good too though. Just thought I'd share that.
It seems that referenda have been banned in Germany due to their misuse by the Nazi party in the 1930s. That's about one of the worst reasons to ban something I can think of. Computers have been misused. Cars have been misused. Ought aircraft be banned? Especially because of something over 50 years ago? Yikes.
It's strange to me how much coverage the BBC gives US elections... I don't think they'd give many other countries the same coverage... I can't imagine the BBC having a series of pages for Spanish or Italian or Swiss elections.
And in other news, Microsoft released a beta version of its news aggregator, which is clearly a copy of Google News. And it's uglier. And less efficient. Kudos, Microsoft.
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