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Zionism might not be the first thing that comes to mind when considering Malcolm X.  And yet in the last chapters of his life, he was intensively vocal about it.  This is what he had to say about the subject writing for the Egyptian Gazette in an article dated September 17th 1964, just six months prior to his assassination.

I am strong
Sometimes weak
I can run like a cheetah
And be slow as a turtle
I can give you money
If you eat some honey
You eat me up every night
You don't know me
So there is no need to be in fright
I fly around when I am bored
I drive around with my Ford
What am I?

As far as my uber-trendy-international-blogging-chick friend is concerned, memes are internet fads.  The term, meme, is rapidly spreading through internet social networks to describe all that which is propagated electronically, and it looks like the revised definition may become pandemic.

Taken from Haaretz (By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent )

What began six months ago as a brazen attempt to counter a perceived anti-Israel slant in the Dutch media, has evolved into a network monitoring the media in eight countries across the world. The idea is simple: Beat press bias at its own game by advertising only bad news about one place.

Over the past months, seven activists from Israel and elsewhere have been exposing online readers to scandalous yet accurate reports from media in Britain (violent drunk teens), France (high homeless mortality), Norway (serial child molesters), Finland (sexual harassment in parliament), Sweden (soaring suicide rates), The Netherlands (menacing Muslim unrest), Mexico (rampaging flood victims) and Los Angeles (drive-by killings).

from INDYMEDIA:-
A humanitarian crisis is underway as the Gaza Strip's only power plant began to shut down on Sunday, and the tiny coastal territory entered its third full day without shipments of vital food and fuel supplies due to Israel's punitive sanctions.

Assuming that Barack Obama wins the 2008 Presidential Election (and I believe he will) then you can guarantee that after pledging to re-engage the 'war on terror' back to it's original mission (quite possibly in the wake of some new terrorist attack) the above catchphrase will drip from newspaper headlines and media outlets the world over.

There are two principle chords in music.  Major and Minor.  Major chords are traditionally associated with happiness, joy and have a bright optimistic tonality about them.  Minor chords on the other hand have a darker feel, conveying a sense of sadness, grief, tragedy or other manifestations of sombriety.

The question is, what is it exactly within these chords that is responsible for such a dichotomy of emotions?  What makes 'sad' music so sad?