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John Clod Kerr-ee...Good one!

When I first heard he was going on vacation, I thought "how odd!". This week he clinched the nomination AND it's the first anniversary of the Iraq war. Seems an odd time for his staff to have planned downtime.

When I saw the snowboard pictures, it hit me. They just HAD to get out pictures of their macho guy swishing down the slopes and, hey, the snow was melting!
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Went to New Orleans last night to see The Producers. If any of you has a chance to see it, DON'T MISS IT! Funniest play I've ever seen.

Labour forges ties with US' Democrats

Norway's Labour Party is joining other European social democrats in linking up with the Democrats in the US. The goal is to be prepared with common strategies if a majority of them on both sides of the Atlantic come back to power.

A group of European social democrats, led by former British Foreign Minister Robin Cook, met last week with several top Democratic politicians and party officials. They included US senators Hilary Clinton and Joseph Biden.

They also had meetings with Ron Klain of presidential candidate Wesley Clark's campaign, and Stan Greenberg, former US President Bill Clinton's campaign strategist in 1992.

On the agenda was European concern over current US foreign policy and the effects of globalization.

Espen Barth Eide, who led the Norwegian delegation, said the group met "understanding" that "economic globalization must be accompanied by political globalization."

There remain wide differences between the European social democrats and their counterparts in the US, who tend to be far more conservative.

Barth Eide called it "natural" however, "to begin with those (in the US) who are closest to us (in ideology), even though the Democrats of course aren't social democrats."

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=653868