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Here is the next video in the sequence of (promised) Saturday installments of Laurie Anderson‘s private/public service announcements. This one is exponentially more relevant now than it was when she made it. Is anyone but me panicked about what the size of our national debt means for America’s future? [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YDiEIIdZAqA[/youtube] Notice the amount on the sign of United States public debt. It was approaching four trillion at the time, accruing about $8000 per second. She was concerned. Well, it has…
Another must-read, by Jeremy Scahill from today’s U.K. Guardian, “A very private war.” Four years into the occupation, there is absolutely no effective system of oversight or accountability governing contractors and their operations. They have not been subjected to military justice, and only two cases have ever reached US civilian courts, under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, which covers some contractors working abroad. (One man was charged with stabbing a fellow contractor, in a case that has yet to go…
A must-read. This sums it up. Five Ways Bush’s Era of Repression Has Stolen Your Liberties Since 9/11 By Matthew Rothschild, The New Press. Posted July 24, 2007 at AlterNet. From the new book You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression. Chilling stories of ordinary Americans whose everyday liberties have been violated since September 11. One small bit: The 1976 Levi guidelines prohibited the FBI from investigating the First Amendment activities of individuals and groups…
In an interesting move, the Al Jazeera English channel put a video on YouTube asking for feedback videos on the YouTube channel. What are people’s perceptions, views, and suggestions? (An aside – wow, is that anchorwoman Ghida Fakhry ever pretty!) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVFrryFNfEA[/youtube] As you might expect, the video responses were of varying quality. Many respondents disguised themselves. One hid a pretty nasty message in pig latin. Others used it to interview for a job, or to express various opinions of their…