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This is a unique and original bowtie statement necklace.
I made it from needle felted wool, Czech beads, knitted ribbon and pink Swarovski cristal stone.
The bow has a feminine pink and purple colors and kawaii "Hello Kitty" style. by Nufar Livny Laskov
This image was captured in New Delhi, in December 2013 around the time of India's national election. When you vote, your index or ring finger are inked to indicate that you have voted. This symbol has the middle finger inked and is a political statement for "Don't Vote".
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The monthly series
According to the statements of the Venetian historian Carlo Ridolfi (1648), a series of paintings representing the twelve months was sent to Rudolf in Prague: It is very likely that the works exhibited here are just those which belonged to the Emperor. The paintings correspond to the refined taste of an aristocratic authority: The high decorative value, the grandiosity of the iconographic program and sizeable dimensions suggest that they were intended for a great room.
In the inventory of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm are to be found the twelve paintings recorded as works of the young Bassano: almost all are signed and have been created by Leandro towards the end of the nineties of the 16th century. The series has been preserved almost completely, and so we can still enjoy the unity of style and content. September and October are located in Prague, December is not yet reappeared. The image representing July was cut into two parts, probably for decorative considerations, but both fragments are preserved in Vienna.
The lovely hills surrounding Bassano provides the ambience in which take place the field works characterizing the respective month. The winter months of January, February and March, however - they represent a break in the rural task list - show other subjects: the return from the hunt, the carnival and a market scene. Each month is also provided with the corresponding sign of the zodiac, which appears in the middle of the clouds. The composition, wrapped in a dusky light, develops as parallel image into the landscape: the horizon forms the bluish massive of the mountain - probably the Monte Grappa - where the eye can rest.
Leandro describes the activities of the figures with great precision and carefulness in the reproduction of the details, from the working tools, en passant, the objects up to the clothes, so that the paintings in addition also represent a considerable documentary value. The artist intends to entertain the viewer in a pleasant manner and to dispel. Probably recognized some people themselves in the episodes again: for instance, in the richly-dressed lady who had served herself crops, or in the landlord who controls with his steward the works and the harvest. The monthly cycle, which has its roots in the fertile iconographic tradition of the Middle Ages, acquires in the interpretation of Leandros the character of a lively illustrated calendar, which is aimed at an aristocratic clientele.
The family of painters Bassano
Bassano, a small city, situated on the slopes of Monte Grappa in the northern Veneto, gave the family of painters Da Ponte not only the nickname, but also the fundamental inspirations for the art of the head of family Jacopo and his sons.
Jacopo Bassano was primarily active in the province, far away from the urban artists' centers, and is now considered one of the great masters of Venetian painting of the Cinquecento to the side of Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto. His fame he owes, i.a., the invention of a subject type, linking the pastoral scenes with biblical or allegorical motifs: for this reason he realized completely new and original compositions, enjoying such great popularity that the heirs of Jacopo continued to produce such paintings until the middle of the Seicento and beyond. Leandro, after Francesco the most gifted of the sons, was an irreplaceable support for the father in the workshop operation. With its vibrant and brilliant colors, he continued the fame of the Bassano family into the new century and has been, as a consequence, very successful, especially in the field of portraiture.
Die Malerfamilie Bassano
Bassano, eine kleine, an den Hängen des Monte Grappa im nördlichen Veneto gelegene Stadt, gab der Malerfamilie Da Ponte nicht nur den Beinamen, sondern auch grundlegende Anregungen für die Kunst des Familienoberhauptes Jacopo und seiner Söhne.
Jacopo Bassano war vornehmlich in der Provinz aktiv, weit entfernt von den städtischen Künstlerzentren, und gilt heute als einer der großen Meister der venezianischen Malerei des Cinquecento an der Seite von Tizian, Veronese und Tintoretto. Seinen Ruhm verdankt er unter anderem der Erfindung eines Sujettypus, der die Pastoralszenen mit biblischen oder allegorischen Motiven verknüpfte: Er realisierte damit völlig neuartige und originelle Kompositionen, die so große Beliebtheit genossen, dass die Erben Jacopos derartige Gemälde bis über die Mitte des Seicento hinaus weiterproduzierten. Leandro, nach Francesco der begabteste der Söhne, war für den Vater im Werkstattbetrieb eine unersetzliche Stütze. Mit seiner lebendigen und brillanten Farbgebung setzte er den Ruhm der Familie Bassano bis ins neue Jahrhundert fort und war in der Folge vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Portraitmalerei sehr erfolgreich.
Die Monatsserie
Gemäß den Aussagen des venezianischen Historikers Carlo Ridolfi (1648) wurde eine die zwölf Monate darstellende Gemäldeserie an Rudolf II. nach Prag gesandt: Es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass die hier ausgestellten Werke eben jene sind, die dem Kaiser gehörten. Die Gemälde entsprechen dem raffinierten Geschmack eines aristokratischen Auftraggebers: Der hohe dekorative Wert, die Grandiosität des ikonographischen Programms und die ansehnlichen Dimensionen lassen vermuten, dass sie für einen großen Raum gedacht waren.
Im Inventar des Erzherzogs Leopold Wilhelm finden sich die zwölf Gemälde als Werke des jungen Bassano verzeichnet: Fast alle sind signiert und wurden von Leandro gegen Ende der neunziger Jahre des 16. Jahrhunderts geschaffen. Die Serie ist fast zur Gänze erhalten geblieben, und so können wir uns auch heute noch an der Einheit von Stil und Inhalt erfreuen. Der September und der Oktober befinden sich in Prag; der Dezember ist noch nicht wieder aufgetaucht. Das Bild, das den Juli darstellt, wurde in zwei Teile geschnitten, wohl aus dekorativen Überlegungen, aber beide Fragmente sind in Wien erhalten.
Die liebliche Hügellandschaft um Bassano liefert das Ambiente, in dem sich die den jeweiligen Monat charakterisierenden Landarbeiten abspielen. Die Wintermonate Januar, Februar und März hingegen - sie stellen eine Ruhepause in der ländlichen Arbeit dar - zeigen andere Sujets: die Rückkehr von der Jagd, den Karneval und eine Marktszene. Jeder Monat ist zudem mit dem entsprechenden Tierkreiszeichen versehen, das inmitten der Wolken erscheint. Die Komposition, in ein dämmriges Licht gehüllt, entwickelt sich bildparallel in die Landschaft hinein: Den Horizont bildet das bläuliche Massive des Gebirges - wahrscheinlich der Monte Grappa -, wo das Auge Ruhe findet.
Leandro beschreibt die Tätigkeiten der Figuren mit großer Präzision und Sorgfalt in der Wiedergabe der Details, von den Arbeitswerkzeugen über die Gegenstände bis hin zur Kleidung, sodaß die Gemälde zusätzlich auch einen beträchtlichen dokumentarischen Wert repräsentieren. Der Künstler beabsichtigt, den Betrachter in angenehmer Weise zu unterhalten und zu zerstreuen. Wahrscheinlich erkannte sich so mancher in den Episoden wieder: Etwa in der reich gekleideten Dame, die sich Feldfrüchte vorlegen läßt, oder im Grundherrn, der zusammen mit seinem Gutsverwalter die Arbeiten und die Ernte kontrolliert. Der Monatszyklus, der seine Wurzeln in der fruchtbaren ikonographischen Tradition des Mittelalters hat, nimmt in der Interpretation Leandros den Charakter eines lebendig illustrierten Kalenders an, der sich an ein aristokratisches Publikum richtet.
Statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on further decisions following the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury
From a compilation of Collegiate Institution statements regarding the petition for incorporation. The first statement included is "To the Public," dated March 12, 1824 and written by Heman Humphrey on behalf of the Trustees in favor of granting charter. A closing note from a Committee of the Trustees of Amherst Academy explains that they submit the foregoing together with a pamphlet annexed to the members of the Legislature.
St Brides - In An Ideal World
image ENDS This Week - 'In An Ideal World' at St Brides, Percy Street
The Toxteth Art Gallery presents local artists from Liverpool city and abroad in a mixed exhibition of various media, curated by Alice Lenkiewicz. Based upon the theme,'In an Ideal World', presenting individual artworks and personal statements around this theme.
Artists:
Richard Gustavo Caroprese Hoyos
Tracy Dunn
Alice Lenkiewicz
George Lund
Arthur Roberts
Joel Bird
Janine Pinion
Sarah Ryan
Mary Fitzpatrick
Stephen Osu
Raymond Watson
Richard Ashworth
Barbara Jones
Danny John
Christine O’Reilly Wilson
Mark Owen
Wendy Williams
Ilsa Parry
Iain Yell
Barbara Harrison
Susan Sharples
Theresa Potter
Lee Donnelly
Carl Fletcher
Ken Bullock
St Brides, Percy St, L8 8LT
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08/07/2020. London, United Kingdom. Summer Statement Cabinet. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak brief members of the cabinet at the weekly Cabinet meeting inside No10 Downing Street, on the day the Chancellor delivers his summer statement to the House during the coronavirus. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
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H.E. Mr Latsamy KEOMANY
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Lao PDR to the UN Office and Other International Organisations in Geneva
Bucharest, Romania
27 September 2022
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Mr Don Graves
Deputy Secretary of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Bucharest, Romania
26 September 2022
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H.E. Mr Ishaq Sider
Minister
Ministry of Telecom & IT Palestine
Bucharest, Romania
27 September 2022
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Fonts: Birch Std and Calamity Jane
Statement with award medal to Blake W. Smith: This award was established to recognize distinguished individuals and organizations that made significant contributions for improvement of Russian-American relations, toward peace among the Allies, and in Russian-Alaskan studies.
Dress: A Grecian Turn Dress, Rubber Ducky via ModCloth
Cardigan: Charter School Cardigan in Raspberry via ModCloth
Bracelets: Nordstrom (blue bracelet), Talbots (orange and pink bracelet), and vintage (gold bangles)
Necklace: Statement of the Art Necklace in Sun via ModCloth
Laptop Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs via Nordstrom
Photo by Pat Zimmerman
Bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Dmytro Kuleba (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine)
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Ms Eka Kubusidze
Head of Communications, Information and Modern Technologies Department of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
Bucharest, Romania
28th September 2022
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08/07/2020. London, United Kingdom. Summer Statement Cabinet. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on his way to brief members of the cabinet at the weekly Cabinet meeting inside No10 Downing Street, on the day the Chancellor delivers his summer statement to the House during the coronavirus. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
The Nisga'a people are protesting against the proposed deal between Nisga’a Nation elected leaders, TransCanada Pipelines and Pacific Northwest LNG.
Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
our mission statement is changing from something that sounds like we make widgets, to something that sounds like we transform lives.
this makes for a perfect time to refresh our business cards. i had a great layout all set to go, then they tell me they want to go a little different. we only want department heads to have cards now. if anyone else wants them (including me) they can just hand write all their info.
this is not open for debate, so i'm trying to find a good solution where the printed cards don't stand out too much from the hand written cards.
what do we like?
the "name tag" card is my boss's fav, but isn't quite working for me. the layout feels weird. idea came from this guy's card.
08/07/2020. London, United Kingdom. Summer Statement Cabinet. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak brief members of the cabinet at the weekly Cabinet meeting inside No10 Downing Street, on the day the Chancellor delivers his summer statement to the House during the coronavirus. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
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H.E. Mr Puthyvuth Sok
Secretary of State
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
Bucharest, Romania
27 September 2022
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H.E. Mr Md. Daud ALI
Ambassador
Bangladesh Embassy in Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
27 September 2022
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Special Briefing. Office of the Spokesperson. New York City. September 23, 2011.
MODERATOR: Thank you, everyone, for joining us this afternoon for this background briefing on Middle East peace issues and the Quartet statement that was just issued. For your records, our briefer tonight is [Senior Administration Official], hereafter known as Senior Administration Official. Without further ado, [Senior Administration Official].
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yeah. Well, thank you very much. I’m sorry for – it took a few minutes to get organized and join you, but I just left the meeting of the principals of the Quartet a little while ago. And I think you’ve seen the statement that was issued by them.
I think it’s important, though, before we get into the details of that, to sort of step back and review a little bit about how we got to this point in our efforts, starting with what President Obama said in May 2011, this year. He laid out, as you know, a comprehensive vision of what will be ultimately required from the parties and from the international community to get back to negotiations. And we’ve been dedicating ourselves to use every opportunity and every tool to make that a reality. And we certainly have had many consultations with the parties along the path.
As the Palestinians develop their own ideas of what was necessary in terms of coming here to New York, we were intensively engaged with them in providing ideas for an alternative path. And it was clear that the Quartet also had a consensus view that an alternative path was what was needed for this situation. So we’ve been consulting them throughout the summer after our meeting in July, and have now come forward with a statement.
The focus here, as I said, is to provide an alternative. And the Quartet, I think, in issuing this statement is very much focused on encouraging the parties back into talks. I think as you review that statement, I can make a few points going through the details of that, that the statement shows the international consensus behind a couple of key ideas. One is that the only way for the Palestinians to achieve real statehood is through negotiations with Israel. Second, that if these negotiations are going to succeed, they must be serious and credible and deal with all of the core issues. I think a very important departure point – and it was stressed throughout this statement and in our discussions with the Quartet – has been the fact that the remarks of President Obama in May that are guiding us and that provide the solid foundation for the negotiations to succeed. And in fact, I think the Quartet, in the statement, is making clear those ideas that are key.
I think it’s also important to point out that the statement provided some very new elements as well. There is a specific timeline for the negotiations that should be agreed upon by the parties. This is a realistic timeline that the Quartet is offering, but it’s also a very serious one in the effort to reach an agreement by the end of 2010, certainly no later than two thousand – I’m sorry, 2012.
I think it’s also important to emphasize the idea that there’s going to be a period early on in negotiations, if the parties agree, where they’ll have an opportunity to ensure that this effort is serious and that they are getting down to business quickly, with a preparatory meeting early on and then the idea that they’ll be able to come forward with comprehensive proposals within a three-month period on territory and security.
I think it’s also important to emphasize that we have, I think, during this time period here at the General Assembly, Secretary Clinton and her active diplomacy – I think you all saw what she’s been doing this week in reaching this goal and to help bring this home. And obviously, we’re now focused, as we should be, on what’s going to happen here and making this statement a reality, working with the parties to provide this alternative to action in the United Nations, which of course, as you’ve heard from [Moderator] and others on many an occasion prior to this, in our view is not the way forward to reaching the goals that we all share in terms of the negotiated outcome for this problem.
I might stop there, [Moderator], and listen to some questions.
MODERATOR: Let me just remind everybody that in addition to the folks in the room here, we have about 25 participants by phone. I just want to confirm, Operator, that you can hear us.
OPERATOR: We can hear you.
MODERATOR: Good. So we will take three from the room and then we’ll go to the first three on the phone.
Go ahead, Arshad.
QUESTION: The statement that you came out with does not provide the sort of terms of reference that – the statement that you put out and agreed on does not provide the sort of terms of reference that Abbas has been seeking and that he emphasized again in today’s speech that he wants.
One, what makes you think he is likely to be willing to engage in a serious negotiation absent those terms of reference? Two, to what extent has the statement been – was the statement shared prior to its public release with both parties? And to what extent have you had indications from either that they are, in fact, willing to come to a preparatory meeting and then perhaps to engage in real negotiations?
MODERATOR: Were the folks on the phone able to hear the question?
QUESTION: It was not clear.
MODERATOR: The question went to whether this statement we expect to be well received by President Abbas, and to whether the ideas were shared with the parties ahead of the conclusion today.
QUESTION: But specifically, it’s not terms of reference. That’s what he said he wanted. What makes you think he’s going to agree, absent that?
MODERATOR: That it’s less than the terms of reference.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I mean, you’re going to have to ask, obviously, President Abbas his views on the statement once you have an opportunity to do that. We’ve been engaged in intensive consultations this week and, in fact, for months now with the parties as we go out – prepare for every opportunity, use every opportunity to move forward with the idea of launching – getting them back into negotiations.
What the Quartet has said here today is that their imperative is to get back into talks without preconditions and without delay, and they provide a tangible, credible timeline for that. They have offered our ideas on how you could structure that time so that there are periods here where the parties can discuss, in a preparatory way, what’s necessary for those talks to succeed, and then to focus on what the President has offered, which frankly will provide the framework for these talks. This is – the foundation will be from what President Obama – will be drawn from what President Obama said in May, and we’re very gratified the Quartet has, again, endorsed that – the sort of guiding principles for what we’re trying to accomplish here.
QUESTION: Did you share it in advance?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We had intensive consultations with the parties on this. I won’t elaborate further on the detailed nature of those discussions.
MODERATOR: Steve Myers, please speak up very loudly with your question so that the phone people can hear.
QUESTION: As you pointed out, the Quartet statement has these deadlines in it. What happens if, within one month, you don’t have an agreement to sit down and talk?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, what I heard from the parties today – I mean, both President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu, in their addresses at General Assembly, did what they have, in fact, said now for quite a long time, that both are very anxious to get into direct talks. They realize that no matter what happens here in New York or doesn’t happen in New York, that it’s – this main story is getting back into direct negotiations.
So we feel that this provides, as I said, a credible, serious alternative path, and we believe that both sides, if they’re true to their words, will find a way to respond favorably to this. Now, we have to work with them. Obviously, this is just one step in a pathway, and we’ll be working with the parties in helping them do this. But they’ll have to make the decisions to make this – make this (inaudible) a reality.
QUESTION: But about the deadline itself, if I can follow up, what happens in 30 days if there’s no agreement? Does it go back to the Security Council?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, the Security Council is not part of this agreement. This is a Quartet statement. And obviously, we’ll be working with our Quartet friends to continue to offer their ideas. But it’s direct talks that are going to provide the way forward here, and the Quartet’s role is not to interfere in the process, but obviously can be a consultative supplement to their efforts. So I think we’ll have to take this as it comes. We think that the idea of offering this timeline gives the parties a sense that this is not open-ended, that there are real goals and that there’s a serious process underway.
QUESTION: Can I ask you, one, why no terms of reference? What we have been hearing all week was that you’re trying to craft a statement that had a mention of ’67 borders, that had – with swaps, that had a mention of the identity of Israel being a Jewish state, things along those lines. So that’s number one.
Number two, why doesn’t this address – why does it only take note of the Palestinian submission, and why doesn’t it refer to the – what was likely to happen at the General Assembly after the Security Council vote or resolution fails for whatever reason?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Right.
MODERATOR: Was the question clear on the phone?
QUESTION: We did not hear the question.
MODERATOR: Why no terms of reference? And the second half of the question?
QUESTION: Oh, don’t put me on the spot now. I’ve forgotten what it was.
MODERATOR: Okay.
QUESTION: No – oh yeah, why does it only take – why doesn’t it address this big – the elephant that’s in the room here? Why doesn’t – why does it only take note of and not talk about General Assembly action that could follow (inaudible).
MODERATOR: And the second part was that – noting that it only takes note of the UN action and doesn’t address it further.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yeah. Well, I think that the question actually links two – the two questions link an important idea here. President Abbas presented his letter today that had been anticipated for a few days now. In the process leading up to today, the Quartet – the United States, obviously, and members of the Quartet were working on the statement. The United States had offered a lot of ideas, based on the President’s remarks, of how we could proceed. Frankly, the Israelis have responded quite flexibly. I think that Prime Minister Netanyahu, in fact, referred to this process in his speech today, responded quite flexibly and responsibly to some of these ideas. In the Quartet discussions, there were other ideas that were voiced.
President Abbas presented his letter. That became clear now what he was going to do, this – today and this week. At that stage, I think it was very important for the Quartet – we actually had an imperative to note that and offer ideas in response to that. So I think you should view the Quartet statement as sort of looking forward from this point on of what it’s going to take to get to the real source of the problem, which is the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It’s not what may happen here in New York.
So I think that was a key thing that decided us anyway – was instrumental for us, saying we need now to focus back on the basics, which is, how do you get a negotiation going? By giving a timeline. How do you do that? You use the remarks of the President, the ideas the President laid out in May, the formulas that he very carefully balanced and constructed. The Quartet has endorsed that and now provided a very tangible way forward for the parties to use those effectively.
MODERATOR: Let’s go to --
QUESTION: (Inaudible) if I could just interrupt to follow up, could you talk a little bit, though, about the Security Council process? Because that has now begun with the submission of this letter.
MODERATOR: Steve, I think that’s a new question, and I want to give the folks on the phone a chance, so if you could hold please. Let’s go to the first three on the phone, please. Go ahead to question number one, please, Operator.
OPERATOR: Our question comes from Elise Labott of CNN. Go ahead. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Thanks so much for doing this. It’s kind of a two-parter question that’s related. You talk about the fact that we still have this kind of sword hanging over your heads in terms of he can go back to the UN Security Council or the General Assembly. So that kind of makes this Quartet statement and all these things a little moot if he does that. So – and it doesn’t seem as if he’s really deterred from going back to the Security Council and General Assembly. So what affect does this statement have if he does that?
And secondly, on the Quartet, I mean, a lot of statements are put out. The parties usually ignore them. And I’m just wondering, like, with no – it’s obviously not a legal authority. You can’t force them back to the table and you can’t want it more than they want it themselves. So you can make these constructive statements that offer a way forward, and they can (inaudible) choose not to take them, and I’m just wondering what the relevance of the Quartet is. Yes, it’s an international kind of consensus, but it doesn’t even seem, based on the statement that you put out today, that there’s that much consensus inside the Quartet itself as to the way forward, except these general ideas. I mean, a couple of days ago, you were speaking about much more specific ideas, [Senior Administration Official].
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, obviously, time will tell. I mean, we’ll see how the parties react to this statement and what affect that has on their actions. Again, I think it’s important just to focus on what it is that President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu have said. President Abbas, in his speech in Ramallah before he left for New York and here in New York, has repeatedly stressed that he knows that the only path to independence and a Palestinian state is through negotiations. So I think it’s a fairly simple proposition that we would want to focus ourselves on providing a pathway to that.
We, and I think now you can see the Quartet, believe that that pathway is through negotiations, not through actions here in New York. And so we’re going to – in the spirit of this Quartet statement, we’re going to work with the parties to see what we can do to help them back into that process. Again, I don’t want to comment on past Quartet statements. I just think is a significant Quartet statement. These are very hard issues, frankly, to work on.
And the Quartet has worked in, I think, a very serious fashion, a very diligent fashion, and basically decided that the best thing to do today in light of what has happened was to issue a straightforward and simple call to a return to negotiations with a timetable, and to do so without pre – that these negotiations should start without preconditions and without delay. And that actually – if you look back at past Quartet statements, I think you can say this is actually something that is a significant step forward for us, and now we’re going to have to work with the parties to make it a reality.
MODERATOR: Operator --
QUESTION: But you can’t want it more than they want it. You can’t want it more than they want it. I mean, you can’t drag them to the table.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, they have to –
QUESTION: You just can’t make them drink. (Laughter.)
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Direct negotiations are the goal here. Only the parties themselves can make the tradeoffs and the decisions needed in order to reach a final status agreement. But what the international community can do is help lend their support with ideas, with encouragement, and with some direction, and that’s what we’re doing. That’s what the President did in May, and now the Quartet is doing it through this operationalization of what he had to say.
QUESTION: Thanks.
MODERATOR: Operator, next question please.
OPERATOR: Our next question comes from Alex Spillius of Daily Telegraph. Go ahead. Your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi. Yes. I’m sort of following on from the man’s question about relevance. I mean, the U.S. for 20 years and more has been the principle mediator between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but this week saw President Obama retreating into sort of – maybe sort of pro-Israeli position, given the political considerations he’s got. And here we are at the Quartet, now out in front, but the mediator – I just wondered if – it just seems to me Quartet is replacing the U.S. in the leading role. Do you see it that way?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, the Quartet has been in existence now for about 10 years, and we have the advantages of the membership of some very significant players – as you know, the Russian Federation, the European Union, United Nations, and ourselves. And I think that U.S. diplomacy and our objectives are amplified and strengthened when we’re able to reach consensus with the Quartet.
But there’s no question that without U.S. leadership, what the Quartet does or doesn’t do would, frankly, be of much less consequence. This is all built upon, frankly, this initiative, and these concepts in the statement are built upon what President Obama laid out in May. And all we’re doing here – it’s significant, but in light of your question, I think it’s worth emphasizing – what we’re doing here is taking what the President said and turning it into an operational tool. The Quartet will not be involving itself in the negotiations or trying to interfere in what can only be direct negotiations. And the United States will be playing a consistently active role in helping with the parties on that basis.
MODERATOR: Operator, third question and then we’ll come back to the room.
OPERATOR: Our next question comes from Laura Rozen of Yahoo! News. Go ahead, your line is open.
QUESTION: Thanks for doing this. [Senior Administration Official], the U.S. proposed an ambitious one-year timeline last year and it collapsed early on and was arguably quite demoralizing for confidence in the peace process. The speeches by President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu today reiterated some of the reasons it’s so hard for the parties to agree on terms of reference for the talks. Can you talk about concerns among the U.S. delegation and the Quartet about the seeming risks of raising expectations again for a hugely ambitious peace process timetable without having seemingly narrowed any of those differences?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I think that the United States, through the Quartet, believes that the parties actually are committed to doing what they can to reach an agreement. What we can offer them, as I said earlier, is a structure and some ideas on how to accomplish that. And when the President said in May what he said about his vision for a comprehensive peace, we, frankly, have been working since then to construct ideas on how we can help the parties back into those talks.
The idea of a timeline, I think, is important because it’s a sign of seriousness of purpose. And obviously, there are deadlines that are missed and there are deadlines that are met, and we will obviously do our best to make this process succeed in a timely fashion. But I think what’s important to judge – and you will be the judge of this as we proceed – is: Are the parties responding in a serious fashion to these ideas? Are they engaging this – in this effort in a serious way? And certainly, we’ve been – and in our intensive consultations believe that they are seeking an opportunity to do so. And that’s what the Quartet’s offering here.
MODERATOR: Let’s come back to the room, please, if you want to --
QUESTION: If I could go back to the question on the Security Council action. Now that the request has been submitted, what happens and how does that relate, or not, to this one-month deadline to resume negotiations?
MODERATOR: So for those of you on the call, the question went to what happens next in the UN Security Council and how does that relate to the Quartet’s one-month deadline.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I’ll confine my remarks because I’m no expert on Security Council procedures, but there are procedures and this is a first step. The president submitted his letter, and now those procedures will be – will unfold. They’re not in any sort of linked fashion related to the Quartet statement. As I said, the Palestinian leadership itself has been the first to say that it’s only through negotiations that they’ll reach the goal of statehood. And so we’re focused on that. Our position on the Security Council has obviously been made very clear. I don’t see a need to repeat that today.
MODERATOR: Mina.
QUESTION: I just wanted to ask, does this replace the French plan? I mean, the French had come up with a proposal, so what’s your take on the French proposal?
And then as a second point, you had previously been to the region just before coming to the UN and had proposals, and the negotiations were not able to start. So what changed? Why would they go back to the table now?
MODERATOR: So two questions for those of you on speaker: Does this replace the French plan? How do we feel about the French plan?
The second one was: What’s changed since [Senior Administration Official] and company were last in the region?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, maybe I’ll start with the last question. We had several trips out to the Middle East in recent weeks in order to consult with the parties on how to get back to negotiations and also to understand fully what it was that, in the case of the Palestinians, they were proposing to do here in the United Nations this week, and obviously to discuss that with other interested parties, including the Government of Israel.
We – these discussions are a continuum, and here in New York I can’t even tell you how many times we’ve been meeting with the parties and everyone else who’s interested in this. The Secretary of State, as you’ve observed, has been extremely active.
Again, I’m not here to make predictions about how successful this process is ultimately going to be. What I am here to tell you is that the Quartet statement, I think, is a reflection of a unanimity of purpose by its members, who, frankly, reflect a very broad spectrum – the EU, Russia, the UN, ourselves – on what it takes and how we can help the parties do the utmost. So that’s what our focus is on.
On the French proposal, I think that what we need to do is focus on a tangible plan to get us back to talks. That’s what the Quartet’s done. The EU is part of that. And I’m sure here in New York there’ll be more specific discussions about what the French proposals actually entail.
MODERATOR: Here we have one more on the phone. Let’s take that one, and then we’ll finish here in the room. Go ahead, Operator.
OPERATOR: Our question comes from Josh Gerstein of Politico. Go ahead, your line is open.
QUESTION: Hi, I wanted to ask about this item four in the statement – Quartet statement that addresses the Palestinians’ sovereignty interests, talking about identifying additional steps to support Palestinian statehood individually and together. Can you explain what that means exactly? What aspect of Palestinian statehood would the U.S. be open to advancing before talks are completed, given that we’re apparently not open to their proposal for full membership at the UN?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I think one conclusion – well, let me step back. The idea here is that the Quartet has recognized that the institution building that has been undertaken by the Palestinian Authority with Prime Minister Fayyad and President Abbas’s leadership has been quite impressive. I think you’ve seen the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee on Sunday commend what has occurred in that connection. We in the United States have been strong partners in that effort. And obviously, the concept here is that we need to help the Palestinians build the institutions so that when they are ready for statehood, because a political agreement has been reached, that the institutional framework is ready to pick up right away the governance of the Palestinian people.
So obviously it’s, I think, important as we look prospectively at the day in the future when a Palestinian state is emerging from negotiations that we think of ways how we can support that process. But again, our focus is on – very much on the idea here that there’s an opportunity on the negotiating side for the parties to seize as an alternative to sort of actions here in New York which will not, at the end of the day, contribute constructively to this process, but to seize the opportunity that the Quartet’s offered to resume negotiations.
MODERATOR: Any last questions in the room?
QUESTION: Yeah.
MODERATOR: Matt and then Arshad.
QUESTION: Two things. One, what was there that you wanted from the statement that you didn’t get?
And then two, is this meeting in Moscow ever going to happen? I mean, it’s been in every damn Quartet statement for about four years now, and it’s never happened, and the Russians (inaudible).
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I think the Russians are happy that the Quartet – I mean, you’ll have to talk to them, but I think that --
QUESTION: Well, that’d be a (inaudible). (Laughter.)
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Let me put it this way.
QUESTION: I mean, I don’t understand this, where it says to that end, the Quartet will convene an international conference in Moscow, but it doesn’t say like in six months or – in fact, it says, “at the appropriate time,” which leads me to believe that you’re just – this is another – a line you’re giving Russians.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yeah.
MODERATOR: So for folks on the phone, the question was: Is this Moscow conference that we’ve seen in other Quartet statements going to happen? Matt Lee wants to know when he should get out his fur coat.
QUESTION: It would be preferably in the summertime.
QUESTION: Also, what did you not get?
QUESTION: Yeah. What did you not get that you --
QUESTION: Yeah. What (inaudible)?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Okay. Well --
QUESTION: And what would you have liked to seen.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: It’s, I think, been important for the Quartet to be responsive to one of its members’ strong desires to see, at the appropriate time, a conference occur in Moscow, and we’re all in agreement on that. The emphasis is on appropriate time. In my discussions with Russians officials – again, I urge you to ask them – they don’t want a conference just for a conference’s sake. That would be very easy to organize, and we’d all go there, and nothing would happen. They want a conference that actually is helpful in sort of capitalizing on progress that the parties may have made and then finding itself as an opportunity to proceed into a new phase.
So it’s very much linked into the concept of a negotiation and not just some detached idea of having a conference for a conference’s sake. So that’s why we will do it when we think it’s going to be a positive contribution to this process, not just because we need to have a conference, not just because we want to have a conference.
QUESTION: Well, but I mean, does it imply that some progress, perhaps not substantial progress, had been made and that would be a trigger if you felt that they needed a push?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, we’ll use it. I mean, these conferences for us are tools, and we will judge what we need when we need it. And having a conference in one of the capitals of the Quartet members could be a very important tool to helping, as I said, to capitalize on progress being made and encourage more to be made.
QUESTION: What would you have liked to have seen but didn’t get? What – please don’t try to say you got everything you wanted.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No. I mean, as I said earlier, we had ideas to develop from the President’s remarks. As I said, the Israelis were responding very flexibly to these ideas, being very responsive to them. Other members of the Quartet had other ideas, so we were in that discussion. And that discussion was ongoing, frankly. And these ideas, though, I think will continue to help us as we proceed into negotiations. But we felt, right now, the important thing was, in light of what had happened with President Abbas’ letter, the Quartet had to come out with something now that dealt with that in a constructive fashion. So tactically, this is, I think, a very important step and it’s – we’re focused on the – on what we’re going to do with it now.
MODERATOR: Okay. Let’s do Nicole and then Arshad, last question. Then he’s got to go.
Go ahead, Nicole.
QUESTION: [Senior Administration Official], you characterized the Israeli response to your suggestion twice now as very flexible. Can you tell us a little bit about the response from Palestinians when you talked with them?
MODERATOR: The question for those on the phone was how have the Palestinians responded.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, I think that our discussions with Palestinians have also been very constructive, and I firmly believe President Abbas is committed to seeing – doing everything he can to get into successful negotiations. For us, this Quartet statement provides that avenue, and we will be consulting with them as – in the days and weeks ahead.
MODERATOR: Last one, Arshad.
QUESTION: A question about the money: You make reference to holding an international donors conference. As you’re well aware, a number of members of the U.S. Congress have threatened to cut off aid to the Palestinians or to the Palestinian Authority.
So, two questions: One, do you have any sense of whether the events of today and this statement may be able to head off some of those congressional calls for cutting off money? And two, if the United States goes to a donors conference, do you really think you’ll be able to promise money, given how much hostility there may be toward it after President Abbas submitted his letter today in Congress?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yeah.
MODERATOR: The question was about money, congressional attitudes, and whether the U.S. will actually have money to bring to a donors conference.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yeah. Well, again, I’m not in a position to predict the future or respond to questions about the future, and certainly not to speak on behalf of the U.S. Congress. What I can say is that we should be taking this step by step. We have a Quartet statement now. It has a clear set of organizing ideas on how we should proceed. Obviously, having a strong Palestinian partner capable of ensuring that there’s security in its streets and that its institutions are functioning well is very important, and that involves financing. So the concept of having a donors conference, I think, is very consistent with our ideas on how we move this forward and preserve not our interests only, but obviously, the interests of both parties as well.
MODERATOR: Thank you all very much, in particular thanks to [Senior Administration Official] for joining us immediately after a very intense day, a very intense week, a very intense couple of months.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yes. Sorry. I’m a little tired. Yeah.
MODERATOR: If you need Quartet statement copies, they are here. Thank you all on the phone as well.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you.
PRN: 2011/1591 U.S. State Department.
PP22 - Policy Statements
H.E. Mr Darsanand Balgobin
Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation
Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation
Bucharest, Romania
27 September 2022
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
Policy Statements ITU PP-22
H.E. Mr Amr Talaat
Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Bucharest, Romania
26 September 2022
©ITU/Rowan Farrell
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com
The Alaska Women Reject Sarah Palin Rally was held outside, on the lawn in front of the Loussac Library in midtown Anchorage. Home-made signs made a clear statement that Sarah Palin does not speak for all Alaska women, or men.
The rally was organized by a small group of women, talking over coffee. It makes you wonder what other things have started with small groups talking over coffee. KBYR radio, home of Eddie Burke (a long-time uber-conservative Anchorage talk show host) announced the rally and called on his listeners to protest the protest. He also referred to the rally organizers 'a bunch of socialist baby-killing maggots', and then went further... reading the home phone numbers of the organizers aloud over the air, urging his listeners to call and tell them what they thought. The organizers, of course, received some nasty, harassing and threatening messages.
Basically, in Anchorage, if you can get 25 people to show up at an event, it's a success. A real statement will have been made if there had only been 15 demonstrators surrounded by hundreds of menacing 'socialist baby-killing maggot' haters.
About 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the rally, there was a long line of sign wavers stretched the full length of the library grounds, along the edge of the road, 6 or 7 people deep!
The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked off well over 1400 people (not including the 90 counter-demonstrators). This was the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the great State of Alaska.
The second most amazing thing is how many people honked and gave the thumbs up as they drove by. And even those that didn't honk looked wide-eyed and awe-struck at the huge crowd that was growing by the minute. This just doesn't happen in Anchorage.
Then, the infamous Eddie Burke showed up. He tried to talk to the media, and was instantly surrounded by a group of 20 people who started shouting O-BA-MA so loud he couldn't be heard. Then passing cars started honking in a rhythmic pattern of 3, like the Obama chant, while the crowd cheered, hooted and waved their signs high.
So, if you've been doing the math Yes. The Alaska Women Reject Palin rally was significantly bigger than Palin's rally that got all the national media coverage! So take heart, sit back, and enjoy the photos. Feel free to spread the pictures around to anyone who needs to know that Sarah Palin most definitely does not speak for all Alaskans. The citizens of Alaska, who know her best, have things to say.
Edna Rossenas
ecrossenas@mac.com