Tuesday, May 6, 2008ELITE SQUAD, A Movie to Die ForAfter winning the top prize (the Golden Bear) at the Berlin Film Festival, and coming from 5 sold out screenings at Tribeca, we were treated to an under the radar screening of Brazilianfilmmaker Jose Padilha's The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) at the Harvard Film Archive last night. It had been over... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:50 AM Comments (4) (link) Sunday, May 4, 2008DISTRACT AND CONQUER, A NOTE TO MAUREEN DOWDMaureen Dowd, well known NYTimes columnist, has declared that the problem with Obama is that he seems to be uncomfortable while swigging a "Bud" in a VFW Post in North Carolina, and subtly implies that Obama's "elitism" will undermine his bid for the presidency. Gee, Maureen, how has it gone for us,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 12:27 PM Comments (4) (link) Thursday, May 1, 2008WHAT IS A LAW??Most of us would say that laws are part of the system of government (in our case here in the old U.S. of A. we call it Democracy) or a binding custom or agreed upon practice of a community. Laws are social contracts that we must all recognize, and adhere to in order to live in the large communities,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:23 AM Comments (6) (link) Wednesday, April 30, 2008IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULTLet me get this straight. bush-boy has been president for the past almost 8 years. Congress has been controlled, up until the last election by Republicans. bush has had unprecedented power that has been handed to him by a highly politicized justice system and an ideologically compatible supreme... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:49 AM Comments (2) (link) Sunday, April 20, 2008TROJAN HORSES, PUPPETS, AND MESSAGE FORCE MULTIPLIERSToday's cover story in the NYTimes is one of the most important in the past 7 years to help us understand how the administration manipulated the American public into accepting our countries actions in our march to war, and after, at crucial moments when there was a clear disconnect between reality... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:44 AM Comments (5) (link) |
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