Finally, after way too freaking long, Buraka Som Sistema has released their latest album, Black Diamond. The song above, Sound of Kuduro is by far the best on the album, but there are some other nice gems on here. MIA is featured on several tracks, and the rhythm is just addicting. I cannot sit still when this is on.
Click on the image to download the album (as DRM free MP3s) from Amazon.
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Just a reminder, today is primary day in CT. Whoever you vote for, get out there and vote!
If you’re a Democrat, consider voting for Ned Lamont. We need a better Senator than have-it-both-ways Joe Lieberman.
August 9th, 2006 at 3:26 pm
Having grown up in CT, was living and voting there when Lieberman became Senator and now watching as an outsider, the results of yesterday’s primary have led to some interesting speculation among people I know who are still living in the state and active in politics (mainly republicans, who I may add, have been extremely interested in this primary).
Having moved out of CT, I can only view this race as a spectator but the next few months should provide some serious drama and intrigue for a lot of the players involved.
1) With only a 10,000 vote victory, The Independent Joe Lieberman has an interesting new lease on his political life.
I was talking to a friend of mine who is heavily involved in CT politics (Shays campaign/republican) and he said that the results from last night will have a major ripple effect on a bunch of races in the fall.
His take on the Lamont Victory was this:
a) With no true formidable Republican candidate, how many independents and republicans pull the ticket for Lieberman in the fall? And is it enough to win his seat back?
b) Can Lamont have cross-over appeal? Lamont will have to find a way to “woo” the middle and the right while not letting go of his stronghold on the left. If he can do it, it will be a huge showdown all the way to election day.
b-2) Lieberman does have cross-over appeal, so how does Lamont nullify it with the middle and the right?
b-3) Lierberman is a veteran politician. Expect him to roll up his sleeves and go on the attack; and when he does, how will it play out?
c) what does the state party do? and what do national democrats do? what happens now? Normally a candidate will bow out after losing a primary but in Lieberman’s case, where he has such cross-over appeal, some feel that becoming an independent puts local and national democrats in a serious pickle…
c-1) State party officials vowed to back the winner of the primary and rightfully so, they should!! Lamont won the democratic primary and the state party should back him 100%.
BUT, national democrats like Clinton, Boxer, Kerry, etc are in a bind… Back Lamont and he loses, it affects their working relationship next year. Back Lieberman and he loses, could face backlash from their own electorate… some of the power house national figures might avoid this one, others may throw caution to the wind and pick a side.
c-2) How does this effect the three seriously contested House seats? The three viable democrats running for Congress are now in between a rock and a hard place. Stick with Lieberman, tick off a large portion of the electorate. Go with Lamont, tick off a large portion of the electorate. These candidates are going to need to seriously figure out a game plan in the next few days…
As an interested third party who does not hold a vote in the state of CT, all I can say is Ned Lamont has set the stage for one of the most interesting election cycles in a very, very long time.
Win, lose or draw… people will be talking about this race for quite a while.
Good Luck to all of the candidates in CT… it’s going to be an interesting three months!