Dick Cheney: The Dark Side
"Darkening of the Light"
If you happened to miss this important documentary, there is still a chance.
FRONTLINE can be seen and discussed by following THIS LINK.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Living Systems (Paperback) - Now only 275.00!
Book Description
This book has some of the characteristics of an encyclopedia. It presents and analyzes many diverse facts about cells, organs, organisms, groups, organizations, societies, and supranational systems, but it integrates all this knowledge into a single conceptual system. The book is a presentation of the state of current knowledge in all of the sciences relevant to these seven levels of living systems. It also provides a theoretical integration and a methodological approach to quantitative basic research, and how applied research and development can arise from this.
LINK
"It is one of the most important books of the 20th century and, if attention is paid, will be an important guidebook to the 21st."
On Net Neutrality
Tell Congress to Support the Internet Neutrality Act of 2006
The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership
Salon.com Exclusive: AT&T may be hiding a second NSA domestic spying operation in St. Louis
The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership
Salon.com Exclusive: AT&T may be hiding a second NSA domestic spying operation in St. Louis
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?
Q: What is conservatism?
A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy.
Q: What is wrong with conservatism?
A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world.
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A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy.
Q: What is wrong with conservatism?
A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world.
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Dick Cheney: The Dark Side : FRONTLINE tonight!
On September 11, 2001, deep inside a White House bunker, Vice President Dick Cheney was ordering U.S. fighter planes to shoot down any commercial airliner still in the air above America. At that moment, CIA Director George Tenet was meeting with his counter-terrorism team in Langley, Virginia. Both leaders acted fast, to prepare their country for a new kind of war. But soon a debate would grow over the goals of the war on terror, and the decision to go to war in Iraq. Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and others saw Iraq as an important part of a broader plan to remake the Middle East and project American power worldwide. Meanwhile Tenet, facing division in his own organization, saw non-state actors such as Al Qaeda as the highest priority. FRONTLINE's investigation of the ensuing conflict includes more than forty interviews, thousands of pages of documentary evidence, and a substantial photographic archive. It is the third documentary about the war on terror from the team that produced Rumsfeld's War and The Torture Question.
Monday, June 19, 2006
The Death of News - Mark Crispin Miller
In short, our very lives and liberty are at unprecedented risk because our press has long since disappeared into "the media"--a mammoth antidemocratic oligopoly that is far more responsive to its owners, big shareholders and good buddies in the government than it is to the rest of us, the people of this country.
Donations by corporations shift from right to left
What if we only made left turns?
A number of large companies are shifting campaign contributions to Democrats, an indication that business leaders feel the minority party is poised to make gains in the November election today's issue of the WALL STREET JOURNAL reports...
A number of large companies are shifting campaign contributions to Democrats, an indication that business leaders feel the minority party is poised to make gains in the November election today's issue of the WALL STREET JOURNAL reports...
Reynolds Price delights on Terry Gross' Fresh Air
Wonderful interview on Fresh Air with Reynolds Price...
(Another treasure you'll never hear on Rush Limbaugh)
(Another treasure you'll never hear on Rush Limbaugh)
Did Ford Motor Co. (not American voters) Pick Taylor Hicks?
Imagine this scenerio:
Ford Motor Company, a major sponsor of American Idol, "test drives" the American Idol contestants by creating commercials with Taylor, Katharine, Elliott, Chris, Kellie and so on.
(They actually did do this, but whether they were test-driving the candidates is questiionable.)
It comes down to two. Katharine and Taylor. But is Katharine really a Ford kinda person? Not really. She is Prius kinda person. Ford is tough. Not girly. They need Taylor to win, so he can become their new face...which he is indeed becoming.
But the votes are close. Too close. Better pressure the judges to talk down Katharine and talk up Taylor....which the judges actually do. Surely you remember the negative talk toward Katharine in the final days. "It wasn't my favorite."...and so on...
There was a clear bias against Katharine by the judges.
Did Ford have anything to do with this? Did the judges get pressure from Ford to make sure Taylor Hicks won, and thus become the new face of Ford? Were American votes thwarted, influenced, thrown out? (It would be nothing new.)
This is my question.
In those final days of the show, I sensed that there was something untoward going on. I think, frankly, it was one of the sources of anxiety on the part of the judges. At the time, I couldn't figure who may have been the source of bias, but now that the outcome is playing out, and Taylor has become the new face of Ford...the source emerges.
This is just a hunch. I have no proof. But there is plenty of precedent...with Bush 2000, Bush 2004, Salt Lake City Olympics...
I never called in a vote, but it may even be the case that these calls had a cost. Either way, the American People would be quite cross, I think, if it turned out that Ford's vote had more weight than theirs.
Any insider dope on this matter?
Ford Motor Company, a major sponsor of American Idol, "test drives" the American Idol contestants by creating commercials with Taylor, Katharine, Elliott, Chris, Kellie and so on.
(They actually did do this, but whether they were test-driving the candidates is questiionable.)
It comes down to two. Katharine and Taylor. But is Katharine really a Ford kinda person? Not really. She is Prius kinda person. Ford is tough. Not girly. They need Taylor to win, so he can become their new face...which he is indeed becoming.
But the votes are close. Too close. Better pressure the judges to talk down Katharine and talk up Taylor....which the judges actually do. Surely you remember the negative talk toward Katharine in the final days. "It wasn't my favorite."...and so on...
There was a clear bias against Katharine by the judges.
Did Ford have anything to do with this? Did the judges get pressure from Ford to make sure Taylor Hicks won, and thus become the new face of Ford? Were American votes thwarted, influenced, thrown out? (It would be nothing new.)
This is my question.
In those final days of the show, I sensed that there was something untoward going on. I think, frankly, it was one of the sources of anxiety on the part of the judges. At the time, I couldn't figure who may have been the source of bias, but now that the outcome is playing out, and Taylor has become the new face of Ford...the source emerges.
This is just a hunch. I have no proof. But there is plenty of precedent...with Bush 2000, Bush 2004, Salt Lake City Olympics...
I never called in a vote, but it may even be the case that these calls had a cost. Either way, the American People would be quite cross, I think, if it turned out that Ford's vote had more weight than theirs.
Any insider dope on this matter?
Sunday, June 18, 2006
What Would The Antichrist Do?
Beatitudes of the Antichrist
Blessed are the arrogant: for theirs is the Kingdom of Selfishness.
Blessed are the strong, for they will dominate the earth.
Blessed are they who cause mourning: for they shall spread discomfort.
Blessed are they who thwart justice: for they shall get away with it.
Blessed are the merciless: for they shall obtain money.
Blessed are the mean: for they shall ignore God.
Blessed are the warmakers: for they shall be called the children of Satan.
Blessed are they that persecute for injustice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Hell.
What would the Antichrist do?
He would start wars, kill people, be haughty and arrogant, ignore the poor, send the poor and downtrodden off to die in his war for Mammon and self-aggrandizement.
He would lie, cheat and steal to get his way.
He would pollute and denigrate the environment, and the people who depend on it.
He would bury the truth, and spin, spin, spin.
He would not walk among but poor, but rather wall himself away from them.
Washington is full of candidates for the position of Antichrist-in-Chief,
and many are willing lackeys for sub-positions.
Too bad God is dead, because he or she would have had a field day throwing these mousy little antichrists out on their ass.
And yet there they sit. Asses as wide as Texas.
Blessed are the arrogant: for theirs is the Kingdom of Selfishness.
Blessed are the strong, for they will dominate the earth.
Blessed are they who cause mourning: for they shall spread discomfort.
Blessed are they who thwart justice: for they shall get away with it.
Blessed are the merciless: for they shall obtain money.
Blessed are the mean: for they shall ignore God.
Blessed are the warmakers: for they shall be called the children of Satan.
Blessed are they that persecute for injustice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Hell.
What would the Antichrist do?
He would start wars, kill people, be haughty and arrogant, ignore the poor, send the poor and downtrodden off to die in his war for Mammon and self-aggrandizement.
He would lie, cheat and steal to get his way.
He would pollute and denigrate the environment, and the people who depend on it.
He would bury the truth, and spin, spin, spin.
He would not walk among but poor, but rather wall himself away from them.
Washington is full of candidates for the position of Antichrist-in-Chief,
and many are willing lackeys for sub-positions.
Too bad God is dead, because he or she would have had a field day throwing these mousy little antichrists out on their ass.
And yet there they sit. Asses as wide as Texas.
Don't bring our killing machines home
Maybe the Republicans are on to something...
Maybe we SHOULD leave our killing machines...over there!
The homeland is violent enough, and growing more violent.
Do we need more killing machines?
Make them stay in Iraq. Forever!
Hell, they volunteered!
Send ALL warmongers there too.
Maybe then America will witness peace.
Don't bring our killing machines home.
We have enough already.
Now you claim I am using reverse psychology?
Does it make you uncomfortable
to hit you from the Right?
When you are the one who really wants them gone...
Bring our children home.
We have broken them enough already.
And they grow tired of being pawns.
Maybe we SHOULD leave our killing machines...over there!
The homeland is violent enough, and growing more violent.
Do we need more killing machines?
Make them stay in Iraq. Forever!
Hell, they volunteered!
Send ALL warmongers there too.
Maybe then America will witness peace.
Don't bring our killing machines home.
We have enough already.
Now you claim I am using reverse psychology?
Does it make you uncomfortable
to hit you from the Right?
When you are the one who really wants them gone...
Bring our children home.
We have broken them enough already.
And they grow tired of being pawns.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
A few thoughts on gifts, the gifted, gift-economies, and the psychosociopathology of gifting
A few thoughts on gifts, the gifted, gift-economies, and the psychosociopathology of gifting
Gifts is ossum. I like 'em. Everyone likes gifts. Even the Eskimos.
Why not give them. Like head. Like Hell. La quelle.
Give me some gifts.
Make them expensive.
Maybe then I will put out.
The Light.
The Light is a gift.
No dog is a gift. Dogs are curses.
I yelled at one today.
Artists are gifted. Well some.
This poetry is hard.
Like the presidency.
Something about words.
Knowing them. Not knowing them.
Language is a virus.
The oncology of invisible touch.
It has been said:
"Give a man a gift and he will love you
two and he will like you
three and he will resent you
and four he will wish you dead
for not giving enough."
Things, things and more things.
The accumulation of things.
A multiplicity of It.
What is important is what is between.
Relationships.
Me and you.
I and Thou.
Not the one. Not the other.
The AND. The Gift.
The breath flowing in and out.
We are breathed.
Philosophy takes two.
There is no I without You or It.
And that I changes along with the Other.
The I-You more full than the I-It.
Relationship versus Experience.
Intimacy versus Isolation.
The I alone but Ego's delusion.
Maya, Samara, Hootenzee Schnooten...
Therefore consider outside yourself only,
and always put your neighbor's welfare
above your own.
Everything we've ever learned
is wrong.
To stay the course would be disastrous.
Time to start all over.
Rejecting the humbug. Inventing afresh.
Sorry.
Religions are superstitions, and economies
Pyramid schemes.
The hole you are digging is your grave.
And a sucker is born every second.
I've an eight-track mind.
And philosophy takes five.
Gifts is ossum. I like 'em. Everyone likes gifts. Even the Eskimos.
Why not give them. Like head. Like Hell. La quelle.
Give me some gifts.
Make them expensive.
Maybe then I will put out.
The Light.
The Light is a gift.
No dog is a gift. Dogs are curses.
I yelled at one today.
Artists are gifted. Well some.
This poetry is hard.
Like the presidency.
Something about words.
Knowing them. Not knowing them.
Language is a virus.
The oncology of invisible touch.
It has been said:
"Give a man a gift and he will love you
two and he will like you
three and he will resent you
and four he will wish you dead
for not giving enough."
Things, things and more things.
The accumulation of things.
A multiplicity of It.
What is important is what is between.
Relationships.
Me and you.
I and Thou.
Not the one. Not the other.
The AND. The Gift.
The breath flowing in and out.
We are breathed.
Philosophy takes two.
There is no I without You or It.
And that I changes along with the Other.
The I-You more full than the I-It.
Relationship versus Experience.
Intimacy versus Isolation.
The I alone but Ego's delusion.
Maya, Samara, Hootenzee Schnooten...
Therefore consider outside yourself only,
and always put your neighbor's welfare
above your own.
Everything we've ever learned
is wrong.
To stay the course would be disastrous.
Time to start all over.
Rejecting the humbug. Inventing afresh.
Sorry.
Religions are superstitions, and economies
Pyramid schemes.
The hole you are digging is your grave.
And a sucker is born every second.
I've an eight-track mind.
And philosophy takes five.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Bindlestiff Cirkus comes to Charlotte, Sunday, June 25th
Fellow bloggers. Put this on your calendar!
I'll let my friend Darryl describe what is coming...
I'll let my friend Darryl describe what is coming...
I am putting together a group to go see the Bindlestiff Cirkus
(www.bindlestiff.org) at the Visulite Theater in
Elizabeth (www.visulite.com). Keith Nelson, the
“father” of Bindlestiff, and I went to high school together. He has been
doing this show up in Manhattan for a number of years and is taking it on the
road this summer. I’ve never seen the show, but it has received some great
coverage (http://www.bindlestiff.org/press.html ).
Sunday, June 25th is the date. Doors open at 8pm, show
is at 9pm. The show is rated 18+, so its adult night.
** Please talk to or email your friends and see if anyone else
is interested in attending. **
I am buying tickets for Kris and me today. Please go
ahead and purchase your tickets through Visulite if you are interested. If
you like, email us back that you have purchased your tickets and we will see if
there is any interest in coordinating some type of pre-show food &
drinks.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Charlie Rose is back!
The Edward R. Murrow of Today has returned to his show tonight, and I cannot be happier. His guests include Bill Moyers, Tom Friedman and producer, Yvette Vega. Check it out! He looks great. Better than ever, actually!
Long live this fellow son of Henderson and North Carolina!
Long live this fellow son of Henderson and North Carolina!
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