There are more pictures…. dozens that show broken and bloody bodies of men, women and children. I looked at them all. I’d post every single one of them, but I don’t want to turn people away with shock and horror. If you want to see more pictures of what the Palestinian people have to go through every day, please click on the link at the beginning of the post and take a few moments to reflect and think about what is happening in the world.
I don’t know if you’ve been following any of the Goldline nonsense in the media lately. Mother Jones put out a good piece titled, Glenn Beck’s Golden Fleece.
TUNE IN TO GLENN BECK’S Fox News show or his syndicated radio program, and you’ll soon learn about the precarious state of the US dollar, a currency on the verge of collapse due to runaway government spending, a ballooning national debt, and imminent Zimbabwe-style hyperinflation. To defend yourself against the coming financial holocaust, Beck explained on his radio show last November, you need to “think like a German Jew in 1934, maybe 1931.” And that means thinking about buying some gold.
Jess Bachman, the man responsible for some fantastic info-graphics like Death and Taxes and 389 Years Ago, turns his graphic expertise to the Glenn Beck/Goldline endorsement scheme:
Thanks for Barry Ritholtz for picking it up and giving it some love! If you want to digg it, you can do so here.
Today, Amy Goodman of Democracynow! spends the hour with Julian Assange.
The White House continues their dismissal strategy, saying there’s nothing new. But my own thoughts, which were echoed by Julian this morning, is how this is about more than a few specific incidents of horror. It’s about the vast amount of abuses evident over the six years of data. It’s concrete evidence that this war is inflicting terrorism on the every day lives of the Afghanistan people. And if the WH is willing to admit there’s nothing new in here, than what the hell are we, the people, waiting for? Let’s end this war!
What I find really interesting, is how on the one hand, the WH goes on about how it’s old news, nothing new. But on the other hand, they’re saying how irresponsible this was and how it could endanger the lives of the soldiers on the ground. Which one is it then?
One interesting thing Julian specifies in his interview, is how they’re not anti-war activists, they’re “Transparency Activists”. The idea being, transparent governments leads to just governments. And I can agree with that, but that depends on the people using this transparency and holding the government accountable. And that’s where the rub is, because then we’re back to figuring out how to make people care.
On a last unrelated note, I was just reading about the Congo the other day… Over 5 million “excess deaths” in the last 10 years. “Excess” meaning an amount outside the acceptable amount during a conflict. The weapons used are horrific, most prominently being massive sexual violence…
Another world is possible… it echoes in my head.
Another world is necessary… burned into my heart.
I’m going to write a more detailed post on the situation in the Congo, but I’m not done researching it.
This is a place when I can verbalize my thoughts and feelings about the state of the world. A place where I can collect my thoughts from the intensity of this self education. I like to think of myself as a student of life. Because of this, I am always growing, learning and changing. Humans are, above all else, emergent beings.
Feel free to question, comment, educate or argue. Independent thought is all we can really call our own. Be responsible for what you think, and what you do.
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I'd like to note here that everything I link here is something that has helped me question what doesn't feel right, and what we, being Humanity as a whole, can do to better ourselves. I encourage you to watch/read/listen/think and also question.
What you’re thinking about!