Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Noam Chomsky Addresses Occupy Boston Protesters.
This is a full video coverage of Noam Chomsky's address to Occupy Boston protesters on Oct 22, 2011.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Is This The Demise of The Republican Party?
This video from msnbc's Ed Shulz show talks about the latest shenanigans of the Republican leadership in congress concerning the latest fight on taxes. Ed goes back to the earlier Republican pledge of making sure Obama fails, as mentioned in an artic
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
GGN: Our Taliban Friends Surrender, Eurasian 'Uprising' Next?, US/ Israel Form Special Forces
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Dan Choi gives an account of his experience at the Bradley Manning trial.
News & Commentary for December 21, 2011
Congress is on vacay and we’re left holding the bag – as usual; plus wall street has done it again folks – nothing beats greed; and wait until you hear about bankruptcy in Ireland; and BP is double talking; then some bizarre crimes; the death o
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thoughts on the Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal.
The clamor has been loud just as it has been consistently coming very fast and furiously. The clamor for New York congressman, Anthony Weiner, to resign his congressional seat in the House of Representatives for tweeting x-rated pictures of himself to multiple women.
If the media is to be believed, Mr. Weiner is now a gold fish and has absolutely no hiding place. This is because his position is compounded by the fact that even members of his own party, the Democratic Party, seem to be the ones leading the charge to get him to resign.
The Democrats' excuse for this abject lack of loyalty to one of their own being that he, Mr. Weiner, has become a distraction from the democratic message and, therefore, a liability they cannot afford especially heading into the 2012 elections.
Now, the Democrats never seem to run out of reasons to capitulate, do they? This spirit is a perfect example of why the Republican Party could control the government even with minorities in both houses of congress, and a Democratic President. This is the very ugly problem of the Democratic Party rearing its head once again. The spinelessness, the abject fear of anything that looks or feels like it might make them fight, the very debilitating spirit of capitulation.
Sadly, though, the man they want to push out happens to be one of a very few in that party who has shown the will and the guts to fight. He is one of very few Democratic congress people who have shown any willingness to stand up for their constituents, no matter what and no matter whose ox is gored. In other words, Mr Weiner is one of the few real democrats in the Democratic Party and now his colleagues want to deny the people of this stalwart.
This fact might make you understand the urgency of the efforts of the Republican Party to get Rep. Weiner to resign at all costs. Of course, that party has not been quiet about this as everyone, from their elected representatives in congress, to candidates for the 2012 presidential election primaries, to officials of the RNC have all weighed in with one advice for Mr. Weiner: Resign.
This is despite the fact that the Republican Party has two people in congress today whose own sexual improprieties actually broke the laws of the land who did not resign neither were they called upon to resign by any Republican. And here's poor Anthony Weiner who only sexted and the consensus seems to be for him to resign his seat. That's all well and good except that this consensus has been reached by people who actually have no say in the matter. This consensus has been reached by other politicians which effectively makes it null and void.
I stand fully Rep. Weiner in his resolve not to resign and I strongly implore him to stand firmly on that, never mind what his lily livered fellow Democrats have to say. My stand is predicated on the need for people of Mr. Weiner's convictions and will to defend such convictions in congress and, clearly, his constituents overwhelmingly agree with me on this as a poll taken in his constituency shows that three quarters of the people want him to stay.
Anthony Weiner has proved himself to be a very capable representative who fights hard for the people he represents. I believe, as do his constituents, that his private life and his personal failings in his private life should not determine whether he should stay in office, or not. As he has proved consistently over his time in congress, those failings have not affected his ability to perform the duties for which he was elected.
I believe that only Mr. Weiner's constituents can decide when and whether he leaves his seat, or not, because they are the ones who put him there. Everybody else should, basically, just shut up. http://newsparticipation.com/thoughts-on-the-anthony-weiner-scandal/
If the media is to be believed, Mr. Weiner is now a gold fish and has absolutely no hiding place. This is because his position is compounded by the fact that even members of his own party, the Democratic Party, seem to be the ones leading the charge to get him to resign.
The Democrats' excuse for this abject lack of loyalty to one of their own being that he, Mr. Weiner, has become a distraction from the democratic message and, therefore, a liability they cannot afford especially heading into the 2012 elections.
Now, the Democrats never seem to run out of reasons to capitulate, do they? This spirit is a perfect example of why the Republican Party could control the government even with minorities in both houses of congress, and a Democratic President. This is the very ugly problem of the Democratic Party rearing its head once again. The spinelessness, the abject fear of anything that looks or feels like it might make them fight, the very debilitating spirit of capitulation.
Sadly, though, the man they want to push out happens to be one of a very few in that party who has shown the will and the guts to fight. He is one of very few Democratic congress people who have shown any willingness to stand up for their constituents, no matter what and no matter whose ox is gored. In other words, Mr Weiner is one of the few real democrats in the Democratic Party and now his colleagues want to deny the people of this stalwart.
This fact might make you understand the urgency of the efforts of the Republican Party to get Rep. Weiner to resign at all costs. Of course, that party has not been quiet about this as everyone, from their elected representatives in congress, to candidates for the 2012 presidential election primaries, to officials of the RNC have all weighed in with one advice for Mr. Weiner: Resign.
This is despite the fact that the Republican Party has two people in congress today whose own sexual improprieties actually broke the laws of the land who did not resign neither were they called upon to resign by any Republican. And here's poor Anthony Weiner who only sexted and the consensus seems to be for him to resign his seat. That's all well and good except that this consensus has been reached by people who actually have no say in the matter. This consensus has been reached by other politicians which effectively makes it null and void.
I stand fully Rep. Weiner in his resolve not to resign and I strongly implore him to stand firmly on that, never mind what his lily livered fellow Democrats have to say. My stand is predicated on the need for people of Mr. Weiner's convictions and will to defend such convictions in congress and, clearly, his constituents overwhelmingly agree with me on this as a poll taken in his constituency shows that three quarters of the people want him to stay.
Anthony Weiner has proved himself to be a very capable representative who fights hard for the people he represents. I believe, as do his constituents, that his private life and his personal failings in his private life should not determine whether he should stay in office, or not. As he has proved consistently over his time in congress, those failings have not affected his ability to perform the duties for which he was elected.
I believe that only Mr. Weiner's constituents can decide when and whether he leaves his seat, or not, because they are the ones who put him there. Everybody else should, basically, just shut up. http://newsparticipation.com/thoughts-on-the-anthony-weiner-scandal/
Thursday, April 28, 2011
A Black President Is Forced To Show His Papers!
Every now and again you hear the proud proclamation of how America has become post racial from the press. Anyone who has the audacity to say otherwise is deemed a non entity and looked at with a lot of disdain. If you were a sceptic like me, you would wonder why the rush, hurry and emphasis to make this declaration and force it to stick.
Assuming you are one of the people who have been railroaded into believing this crap by the media and people selling it, I'm sure the events of yesterday, the 27th of April, 2011 has disabused your mind of the fallacy. I'm certain the event of a president of the United States of America who happens to be black being forced to show his papers (birth certificate) in order to prove to his (forever) white masters that he is, indeed, an American citizen has completely woken you up from the dream you've been in.
It was a sad day for this country yesterday, not because of this singular event, but because of the damage to the reputation of this country in the eyes of so many people both here and around the world. Here at home, you can imagine how every black person in America is feeling after seeing concrete and first hand evidence that nothing, absolutely nothing can free a black man in this country - not even achieving the topmost office in the land.
And from around the world, you can imagine the views peoples of America will have of this country especially given our penchant for junketing around the world preaching freedom. The concensus that was just proved right by this event is that if America can treat someone who is their president in this manner just because of his racial background, it means that the slaves are not yet free making it a mockery of freedom for a country like America to be moving around advocating freedom to other people.
On hearing the news yesterday, I was going to say shame on the Republicans and their leadership for resorting to this lowest of lows in race baiting. I seriously thought about saying shame on them until I realized, on further thought, that that would have been an exercise in futility because these people haven't the ability to feel shame. They have clearly lost that ability which makes us human beings which explains why they can act the way they do; like animals.
http://newsparticipation.com/reactions-to-obamas-birth-certificate-release/
Assuming you are one of the people who have been railroaded into believing this crap by the media and people selling it, I'm sure the events of yesterday, the 27th of April, 2011 has disabused your mind of the fallacy. I'm certain the event of a president of the United States of America who happens to be black being forced to show his papers (birth certificate) in order to prove to his (forever) white masters that he is, indeed, an American citizen has completely woken you up from the dream you've been in.
It was a sad day for this country yesterday, not because of this singular event, but because of the damage to the reputation of this country in the eyes of so many people both here and around the world. Here at home, you can imagine how every black person in America is feeling after seeing concrete and first hand evidence that nothing, absolutely nothing can free a black man in this country - not even achieving the topmost office in the land.
And from around the world, you can imagine the views peoples of America will have of this country especially given our penchant for junketing around the world preaching freedom. The concensus that was just proved right by this event is that if America can treat someone who is their president in this manner just because of his racial background, it means that the slaves are not yet free making it a mockery of freedom for a country like America to be moving around advocating freedom to other people.
On hearing the news yesterday, I was going to say shame on the Republicans and their leadership for resorting to this lowest of lows in race baiting. I seriously thought about saying shame on them until I realized, on further thought, that that would have been an exercise in futility because these people haven't the ability to feel shame. They have clearly lost that ability which makes us human beings which explains why they can act the way they do; like animals.
http://newsparticipation.com/reactions-to-obamas-birth-certificate-release/
Monday, April 11, 2011
NewsParticipation dot com: A Site To Put The Initiative Back In Citizens' Hands.
A friend of mine recommended this site to me with this glowing tribute " This is a site that has the potentials to change the way journalism is practised and viewed around the world" I was skeptical at first and not until I went and viewed this site did I begin to see the possibilities that it offers.
The media these days is controlled by special interests and the news it brings to the people are about 90% doctored and prepared to represent or protect the interests of these special interests. These special interests could be businesses, politicians, religions etc and when the news we get are doctored to represent these interests, the citizens are left confused and uneducated about what goes on.
Before now, the citizens have no means of telling their own stories even when they know that the stories they get in the media are false. They are forced to discuss in frustration among the small groups they can form which cannot make any difference. This situation makes misinformation of the populace possible because when the only information the people get is wrong information, at some point they'll start to believe it.
The site in question is called Newsparticipation.com and, like it rightly claims, and it's name suggests, it is about fostering citizen journalism. Basically, it is a website where anybody and everybody can go and tell their stories. This makes it unique in the sense that the news will be coming from the proverbial horses' mouths and not from some second hand source where it could be tainted by ideologies and politics like the mainstream media.
Newsparticipation gives the citizens the opportunity to reclaim the discourse from the politically and ideologically motivated media that control it at the moment. Every citizen with a camera, video or still, can easily tell their story to either contradict, complement or corroborate the mainstream media stories. This could be as simple as aiming a video camera at yourself while you speak about how a particular policy by your national, state or local government affects you, or as involved as making a full length documentary about the same issue.
Another quality of this website is that it will take journalistic coverage to places where it would not be possible for mainstream media to cover due to lack of resources and, or special interest expediency. This will ensure that no story is left untold as citizens now have the wherewithal to bring these stories to the world.
It could be as simple as taking pictures of an event that is happening in your vicinity and uploading and sharing with the world in a situation where the mainstream media does not have the resources or the reach to cover.
Some people that I have discussed this site with ask me if this is not just duplicating the work of youtube and I answer that it is not. It is not, in the sense that youtube is just a jumble of videos which basically promote entertainment and other frivolities. I don't doubt that some news worthy videos are posted on youtube but such videos are mostly hidden away because they're not in the right place. Few people, if any, associate youtube with news and information, and rightly so.
Newsparticipation provides that right place for such news videos and photos. It is a place where people can confidently tell their stories knowing that it will not be swallowed up and hidden by the frivolity that takes up much of a site like youtube.
Check it out here http://newsparticipation.com/
The media these days is controlled by special interests and the news it brings to the people are about 90% doctored and prepared to represent or protect the interests of these special interests. These special interests could be businesses, politicians, religions etc and when the news we get are doctored to represent these interests, the citizens are left confused and uneducated about what goes on.
Before now, the citizens have no means of telling their own stories even when they know that the stories they get in the media are false. They are forced to discuss in frustration among the small groups they can form which cannot make any difference. This situation makes misinformation of the populace possible because when the only information the people get is wrong information, at some point they'll start to believe it.
The site in question is called Newsparticipation.com and, like it rightly claims, and it's name suggests, it is about fostering citizen journalism. Basically, it is a website where anybody and everybody can go and tell their stories. This makes it unique in the sense that the news will be coming from the proverbial horses' mouths and not from some second hand source where it could be tainted by ideologies and politics like the mainstream media.
Newsparticipation gives the citizens the opportunity to reclaim the discourse from the politically and ideologically motivated media that control it at the moment. Every citizen with a camera, video or still, can easily tell their story to either contradict, complement or corroborate the mainstream media stories. This could be as simple as aiming a video camera at yourself while you speak about how a particular policy by your national, state or local government affects you, or as involved as making a full length documentary about the same issue.
Another quality of this website is that it will take journalistic coverage to places where it would not be possible for mainstream media to cover due to lack of resources and, or special interest expediency. This will ensure that no story is left untold as citizens now have the wherewithal to bring these stories to the world.
It could be as simple as taking pictures of an event that is happening in your vicinity and uploading and sharing with the world in a situation where the mainstream media does not have the resources or the reach to cover.
Some people that I have discussed this site with ask me if this is not just duplicating the work of youtube and I answer that it is not. It is not, in the sense that youtube is just a jumble of videos which basically promote entertainment and other frivolities. I don't doubt that some news worthy videos are posted on youtube but such videos are mostly hidden away because they're not in the right place. Few people, if any, associate youtube with news and information, and rightly so.
Newsparticipation provides that right place for such news videos and photos. It is a place where people can confidently tell their stories knowing that it will not be swallowed up and hidden by the frivolity that takes up much of a site like youtube.
Check it out here http://newsparticipation.com/
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