They have still not come to terms that they were on the losing side of a war of aggression that Milosevic's Serbia committed against Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. They have still not come to terms with the fact that Croatia is an independent country proud of its recent victory on the battle-field against criminal aggression. Croatia's enemies have since conducted a defamation campaign against all Croats, not just Thompson. It is their hope to stifle Croatia's chance at entry into the European Union. Thompson is very popular among Croatians that are old enough to remember the war years in the early 1990s. And the band quickly became a natural target for Croatia's enemies. The defamation campaign is spear-headed by negative propaganda identical to the kind spread world-wide during communist Yugoslavia.

Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

How bout an artist owned club, bar, venue, restaurant, radio station, magazine, or studio? Anything? Anyone? Another bourgeoisie rap pop star ala King of NY persona will not help bring Rock the Bells here next year. Again though, whoever you are, get what you can, but damnit, lets takeover the media. Turn off the radio/turn off that bullsh*t -Dead Prez Peep what Taalam Acey has to say about gangster rap here http://gnn.tv/videos/7/When_the_Smoke_Clearz also check out Saul Williams on the Wake Up Show dissing property talking rappers here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxfN6K-AEY sofa king retarded. Peace Freedom

Phil I disagree with the second part of your post entirely. No matter which rappers you listen to I promise you most of them came out of places where mainstream rappers paved the road to the music industry for them.

Garage-kept in Colorado

When I moved West 10 years ago, there was one thing I never dreamed of seeing: a garage in my backyard. A mountain lion, sure, John Elway and a real cowboy. But not a garage.

I once had a garage, back East, in college. It was handy for storing junk, my weights set and a trailered boat. But the move to Colorado meant leaving the V-hull behind. "Where would we use a boat in Colorado?" my wife asked years ago. (I couldn't answer through my sobs as my prized fishing vessel rode off hitched to another man's truck.)

But my wife's garage pitch was clever: "You can use the garage to hold your new boat." It would be joined by our only car. But I shivered. I saw myself losing open space and gardening room in our modest backyard.

I enjoy parking on a Western street. I can commune with nature by scraping ice off the car in winter, or sliding into a 500-degree driver's seat in our ever-longer summers.

Russia's Medvedev set for presidency

Two hours after voting finished, a smiling Medvedev walked out of the Kremlin gates alongside Putin and the two men took to the stage at a celebratory concert on Red Square.