Oh, no… I completely missed this song by Heather Nova. It would have been great to have had “Virus of the Mind” for the dissertation…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqXIhKIOcjU[/youtube] HEATHER NOVA South 2001 Virus of The Mind Well I was watching this talk show the other day And on it there was this guy and he was saying When you let other people tell you what’s right When you leave your instinct and your own truth behind he said That’s a virus of…
These videos by Roy Eidelson examine several ways that American conservatives manipulate public opinion – and how this psychological warfare can be countered and resisted. Not flashy at all – he should probably have someone else do the voiceover – but nicely argued. “Dangerous Ideas: How Conservatives Exploit Our Five Core Concerns” (above) describes how today’s conservatives have used appeals to our core concerns about vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority, and helplessness in order to further a narrow ideological agenda that…
What Crocker and Petraeus Didn’t Say – CommonDreams.org The Iraq Study Group Implementation Act of 2007 Pentagon Slides Shows 50,000 US troops still in Iraq in 2011 Mission Accomplished? Nope CNN Poll: September Iraq Report Irrelevant To Views of War An overwhelming majority of Iraqis believe that security has deteriorated across the country, despite the US military surge, according to an opinion poll carried out in all 18 provinces. Despite Bush’s repeated statements that the report will reflect evaluations by…
Here is a very comprehensive 9/11 timeline. In New York City, firefighters and first responders at the World Trade Center read the victims’ names for the first time today. The majority of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis, but Americans still try to draw some link to Iraq. Meanwhile, al Qaeda is in Iraq now. This administration has made us less safe, less secure. We could have handled this so differently…
I posted a little while ago about the little boy who couldn’t see a future for himself outside of the JWs. All Jehovah’s Witness children grow up this way. Watch this short new video to get a sense of the kind of message that all JWs – even children – hear ad nauseum. Notice the way non-JWs are presented, and the image of God that they create. There is no room for love, compassion, or grace in this message. I’ve…
I walked into the kitchen because I could hear John ranting. I took one look and choked on my coffee. Who thought it was a good idea to open an international competition with Liza Minnelli belting “God Bless America” from a red carpet on the tennis court? I think fondly of Liza. She’s not the most centered woman on the planet, but whatever can have possessed her to participate in this? I gagged when I saw men in uniform rolling…