Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Saturday, September 17, 2005

we are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity

Interesting news in the world today............first up global warming................."Satellites monitoring the Arctic have found that the extent of the sea ice this August has reached its lowest monthly point on record, dipping an unprecedented 18.2 per cent below the long-term average" HMMMMMM.......ever tried barbequed seal?

U.S. leads the world in sale of military goods
who says America doesn't care.....would her leaders be sending youth thousands of miles from home if ...uh...well ...it looks bad ....but ....uh....anyway profits are up! Barrett 50 Cal for sale....only 50 cent.
Sounds sorta hip hop ...gangsta .....hu?

Capitalism ....good for the rich and fuck everyone else.........why corperations are sociopathic
I think it's simular to letting 90 year olds drive ...if you see it coming ... take cover.

Corruption is cool .... Martha Stewart set to up to alter her optics with new prime time frayed reality tv program.
Can you say pass the gravy train ... uh I mean boat...boat.

and heres a link to some real news............LINK TV MOSAIC

Saturday, September 10, 2005

More Chomsky

The rhetorical framework rests on three pillars (Weeks): “the assumption of the unique moral virtue of the United States, the assertion of its mission to redeem the world” by spreading its professed ideals and the ‘American way of life,’ and the faith in the nation’s “divinely ordained destiny”. The theological framework undercuts reasoned debate, and reduces policy issues to a choice between Good and Evil, thus reducing the threat of democracy. Critics can be dismissed as “anti-American,” an interesting concept borrowed from the lexicon of totalitarianism. And the population must huddle under the umbrella of power, in fear that its way of life and destiny are under imminent threat…

THE PANAMA DECEPTION

This film shows how the U.S. attacked Panama and killed 3 or 4 thousand people in an invasion that the rest of the world was against. (Sound familiar?) It won the Academy Award for best documentary.

NEW ORLEANS

The disaster was predicted by many. In October 2001, Scientific American published an article entitled "Drowning New Orleans", by Mark Fischetti. Here is an edited extract:

"A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive re-engineering of south-eastern Louisiana can save the city. A big, slow-moving hurricane would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under 20 feet of water . . . New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, in a bowl bordered by levees. And because of a damning confluence of factors, the city is sinking further.The Mississippi Delta, which buffers the city, is also rapidly disappearing. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million people inside and another million in surrounding communities. Extensive evacuation would be impossible because surging water would cut off the few escape routes."

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

NEWS YOU WONT FIND ON CNN

"The Power of Nightmares explores how the idea that we are threatened by a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion." This is the most interesting documentary I've seen in all summer. As a news junkie, raising two children, working 40+ hours regularly staying informed seems to be a real task. I always loved university life, being buried in the books and all but any more it seems impossible. However if your interested in the Neo-Con ideology this documentary explains it all. The entire history is reavealed in one - well actually three episodes. Four plus hours but who said national politics or foreign policy was an easily tackled subject.

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION