Have The Truth Seekers Lost? Has Propaganda Won?
Posted by admin - 27/01/08 at 10:01:40 amThis is an excerpt from life’s journey…
how much truth can we handle?
i used to rail against people who were happily in denial. you know the folks who are still rah, rah for america and who believe that we are a democracy spreading democracy around the world. i am beginning to think i should let them be. the truth seekers have lost. most folks believe that this upcoming ‘election’ in america will be about change. i don’t believe it will be. everything i thought i knew about america; everything i learned in my history and social studies classes- was lies. lies and propaganda. i thought i was beyond caring about that these days but apparently, i am not. — read full post at life’s journey
Hillary WHOMPS Obama in WV!
Posted by admin - 24/01/08 at 01:01:11 pmAnyone who has watched the David Letterman show of late, has heard him talk about the never-ending campaign to the Presidential election. According to Letterman,
“The election is three years from now. After the USA primaries, then they go to Canada for the Canadian primaries, and then to Europe, for the European primaries.”
While that may be a slight exaggeration, this year’s Democratic primary has been going on for a long, long time.
Hillary Clinton refuses to quit until, or unless, her opponent, Barack Obama achieves the required number of delegates before the convention. She has been saying that she is the more electable candidate in November, and there are many signs that she may be correct.
Yesterday, Hillary’s victory in West Virginia was more than just double digits. She won by 61%, or two to one. To say that the victory was lop-sided is an understatement. Obama knew he didn’t stand a chance with those voters, so he just walked away. Guess he figured it was better to say that he didn’t try, than to admit that demographic won’t touch him with a ten-foot pole.
As Hillary said after yesterday’s primaries closed.
“”The White House is won in the swing states, and I am winning the swing states.”
Next, it’s on to the results in Oregon and Kentucky next week. Five primaries remain: Oregon and Kentucky next Tuesday, Puerto Rico on June 1, and Montana and South Dakota on June 3. Together, those five contests will award a total of 189 delegates, not enough for either candidate to clinch the nomination.
And now that Barack Obama has shown that he can resoundingly lose a primary, John Edwards has come forth and declared for BO. This, after weeks of adamently refusing to back either candidate, even in his home state of North Carolina. Since Edwards campaigned on a platform of fighting for the “common man”, and Obama has alienated that group so completely with his elitist statements, I smell politics at work. Could there be a VP offering, or some other pledge, from Obama to Edwards somewhere in the works? Hmmm?
In the meantime, John McCain is busy helping whomever wins the brokered Democratic convention to have a better shot at the White House. During a time when the economy is doing a nose-dive, instead of taking advantage of the continuous slugfest between HC & BO to strengthen his chances, John McGore is busy making pronouncements about global warming, further alienating many Republicans.
This campaign almost seems to be a comedy of errors. Excuse me, a never-ending comedy of errors.
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Global warming is my friend
Posted by admin - 19/01/08 at 11:01:36 amFrom: Prexy43 [Bush]
To: LiberalJerkwad [Tobin]
Subject: re: weather or not? NOT!
Good to hear you’re getting such Texasy weather. Man, 60+ degrees in Boston on December 1? All I can say is… you’re welcome, bitch.
That’s right. I’m not saying global warming is for reals, at least no more of a real thing than the Easter bunny or a woman who drives well. (Oh snap!) But if you want to believe all that hooey, then I guess you should be thankng me for helping keep the globe warm. Every nice day this winter, you should be like, “Thank you, Mr. President, you may spy on us at will.” Every hour you spend not shoveling snow should buy me one more brown guy I can torture. I won’t stand by and let you deny me credit for encouraging global warming! If it exists.
The liberal media was sitting around jerking each other off about this big Congressional revolution last month, but it’s a perfect example of how Democraps will screw it all up. You have a majority now, but you’ll probably just go and fix global warming and put us in another ice age. And if you thought Laura was frigid, wait till you see the voters in wool hats and mittens.
Of course, global warming is as much lefty bullplop as evolution and the idea that rain isn’t just God crying. All these rising temperatures the last several years are a series of crazy coincidences. Stringing them together and interpreting them using science is witchcraft, plain and simple. Oh, on an unrelated note I have to attend a baptism later today and think about the Rapture.
And if it is getting warmer, I have my own theories. For instance, maybe hell gets a little closer to earth every time two homos tie the knot. Ever think of that, Mr. Smart Guy? Probably not. Maybe the world isn’t getting hotter, but WE’RE getting colder. Hmm? See, this is why I got into Yale and you didn’t.
You see Nip/Tuck this week? Now Julia AND Sean are getting freaky with dwarves? Seriously, I watched that episode and the next day the temperature went up three degrees. I’m just sayin’.
-W
A time for choosing - Reagan’s classic 1964 speech
Posted by admin - 18/01/08 at 12:01:46 pmFreedom in America… who is still oppressed?
Posted by admin - 13/01/08 at 01:01:32 amI recently interviewed a former student who happens to be visually impaired. In the video below, he discusses the meaning of freedom in America, and what freedom means to him. He discusses various forms of oppression over our history, and relates it to his own disability.
June 22nd is a Popular Day
Posted by admin - 10/01/08 at 04:01:32 pmThey look the same, the Governor says the same thing…
And they were all added to YouTube on the same day - June 22nd. Now, that might not seem like a big deal, but this Scott Singer ad and this Lee Bright ad have too many similarities to this Katrina Shealy ad paid for by Carolinians for Change.
For candidates who say they aren’t tied up with third party groups, they sure are tied up with third party groups.
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Revolutions will be extinct soon.
Posted by admin - 05/01/08 at 12:01:43 amA discussion recently made me think, is a modern revolution possible? Certainly in the sense of the word, things can be ‘revolutionized’ but in a more traditional interpretation of the word to mean, uprising by the common folk against their government; that is the question.
The reason for my inquiry into this, and an examination of the most recent historic examples shows me that a modern revolution, while technically possible, is historically unlikely. Not in the way we have come to think of ‘revolution’ at least. This is due, largely in part to the high level of power difference between the ruling governments and their peoples. Certainly this is not true of all countries, but in this I speak of modernized, militarized countries with first world technology.
So in my specialty we will take a look at an example of modern revolution:
Egypt. In 1952, Egypt had its’ revolution from its old Turkish rulers dating back to 1805 when Muhammod Ali Pasha first landed on its shores. The country, overthrew King Farouk, in a largely bloodless coup to establish the government that rules it today. So in all senses of the word this is a revolution, but a closer examination defeats the idea of revolution as a ‘people’s movement. Rather, this was a revolution of the military.
Since its take over by Nasser, Egypt has actually been ruled not by the citizenry but by those succeeding Nasser, first Sadat and now Mumbarak. And even in Egypt, the idea of a citizen’s rebellion is largely, impossible without the support of the military elite.
So the question becomes, is Egypt really ‘revolutionized’ in name yes. But in practice, the same rule of law, the law of the pharoah, the pasha, the president, the king, is still largely the same. Daily life is the same, ‘democratic’ elections are controlled by the government and option is quickly squashed by the secret police.
Of course, similar examples exist in other countries surrounding it, Kenya, Uganda, ZIMBABWE/ Rhodesia!
But my main question is, with the difference of power created by modern weapons capable of crushing far more by far less than ever witnessed before, is a citizen uprising possible? I conclude that it is not. A coup however, is the new revolution.
Looking at another example: Somalia
The country did actually have a successful citizenry revolution under Said Barre, the last actual leader of the country. However, this was even also an example more of a military coup that promoted populist ideas rather than a citizen powered uprising as Barre himself was a military elite, and much of his base were officers.
However, in this situation, bad policies, famine and losses to Ethiopia in the Ogaden War, cost Barre this support. Both of the citizenry and the military. Now, that is the key; the military. And in reality what happened was a coup, rather than a revolution. And in fact, the actual result was devastating, and to this day no government controls the country. It is a lawless land, ruled by the remnants of factions of coup-makers, all of who had shares of left over soviet weapons.
Atomic Age
And so what I am arguing, is that as most people and most historians would agree with me, the arrival of the atomic age has changed the cycle of history forever. As with the industrial revolution, the pattern of history has indeed been altered by major changes in the way the world works. One such is the atomic bomb. Modern weapons, conventional and nuclear, have made it possible for a very very small group of people in the right places to control millions, perhaps a billion, others. This has never happened before, and the level of domination possible is unprecedented. Certainly nothing that the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians ever had.
Sure, historically the government had better weapons than its citizenry. But in that case we are talking about swords vs better swords. Enough swords can overpower even the best swords. Now, how many handguns, or in some countries sticks and knives, does it take to overpower.. oh say a Tank, or a MiG-29, blackhawk?
The main difference is this, for the first time, rulers are approaching a state where they will need less and less supporters to control the more and more of the masses. Whereas ancient and medieval powers relied on human support, troops, for their dominance, modern powers are evolving to need less and less of these humans by employing and equipping fewer and fewer with better weapons.
That is a scary thought. The idea that someday, as few as one person, without the support of any other, with the right access to the right facilities, can essentially, oppress an entire civilization. Does it sound far fetched? One look at where we have been before may shed some light on that.
The final line is that people will always disagree, in the past whoever had more people that agreed with them won. This situation however, will change more and more as our capabilities for destruction grows. And even in current day situations, in Egypt it would be hard to imagine any successful overthrow of the government without it being a military led coup. And even that coup, would of course require high ranking elites. With that in mind, is that really a revolution? Or is it just succession fighting?
So what are we left with? Well essentially, we are left with the hope that the human good is more powerful than the human evil. But now easier than ever, fewer and fewer can pose greater threats to our democracies, our humanity as we know it.
But no matter, when the LHC (Wiki) is plugged in in August we are all going to be sucked into a black hole anyways. Sure chances are 1/50 million according to leading physicists (CNN) but of course, thats the same chances of me winning the Mega Millions, and I’m still buying them….
*Image Credit: www.danthibodeau.com
A Look Back — Harlem 4 Obama Watch Party
Posted by admin - 02/01/08 at 11:01:08 pm
In several locations throughout the city, large crowds cheered Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.
New Yorkers from all boroughs gathered in the heart of Harlem Thursday night to watch Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
The group Harlem 4 Obama hosted a speech-watching party for some 200 supporters at the Tribal Spears Gallery Cafe on Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 116th and 117th Sts.
A crowd of voters, predominantly black and more than 50% female, watched the address by the first African-American presidential nominee from a major party, and the building rang with explosive cries of “Yes we can!”
As Obama’s speech concluded, the crowd moved out into the street with audience members telling each other, “Let’s get to work” and “Only 67 days.”
“Pray for Obama, his children and his wife,” urged the evening’s guest host and speaker, AIDS activist Maria Davis, “and also for our community to go out and vote.”
Event organizer Makeba Lloyd has been working with Harlem for Obama since January, focusing on health care, education and affordable housing.
“I just wanted to be in Harlem to watch the speech,” said Lisa Hardaway, a freelance television producer from Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Hardaway canvassed for Obama in Pennsylvania during the Democratic primary and says she was surprised to discover how many people were undecided, or had not committed to voting at all.
“We found a black guy, an older gentlemen, who had never voted,” she says of the experience.
“No one tells you, ‘You changed my mind,’ but I think we put something in their mind about Obama, and we said, ‘Don’t be afraid.’”
Attendee Sandra Boer, a BMCC teacher, hails from Williamsbridge in the Bronx.
“I’m half-Ecuadoran and half-Hungarian,” she said. “I always felt like, ‘Where do I fit in?’ And Obama to me is such an interesting, eclectic mix.
“He can understand a wide range of people, and he has woken up passion in people.”
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