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Interesting week for me as regards this topic. Here I've been wrestling with this topic as it relates to D.W.Griffiths' "Birth Of A Nation" for the "Movie Chronicles" while the issue has been flying around me all week (for the record criticism of this movie starts with the "I'm Black and I found it... Sign in to see full entry.

I don't know if anyone even noticed I was away. There was a combination of things that kept me away from my blog. Family matters tops the list. We have been having renovations at home involving a lot of paint - I got a massive headache whenever I was home so I stayed away... but there was also a... Sign in to see full entry.

Paster poser Terry Jones is he who promise last year he wouldn’t be burning the Koran. “Not now, not never” were his words. This year he did after a mock trial where the verdict came first and the trial afterwards. What followed (to date) has been the deaths of 20 people and the wounding of 80 more... Sign in to see full entry.

Australian PM, Julia Guillard, has gone on record saying that the majority of money collected from her new Carbon Tax will be used to ameliorate the effects of the tax. Good idea! Tax people so you can give the money back to cover the economic cost of the tax. I can really see the Australian economy... Sign in to see full entry.

In the newspapers last week there were two stories which require a little discussion. One concerns events in Australia and one in New Zealand. Unlike the media I am not going to name names; my point in this essay is that the media, in naming names, has deflected attention away from the real issues.... Sign in to see full entry.

I could write this week about the Christchurch Memorial Service but I’m afraid what I had to write would only be of interest to the people of Christchurch. It is premature to make any observations about Japan. It’s March 20 th and there is still no big aftershock in Christchurch - re: Ken Ring’s... Sign in to see full entry.

There are some things I could write about from last week:- Charlie Sheen's meltdown. Has anyone noticed the poetry of his ravings? And they are ravings. Egomaniacal: he speakes too fast: his words are rambling; the imagery surreal and crerated by random juxtapositions. The injustice done to Kari... Sign in to see full entry.

It’s not all doom and gloom. Here’s two stories. Every day there’s a television update/briefing (possibly available on your cable TV, definitely available on YouTube). These include a NZ Sign Language translator on the left of the screen. On Tuesday last a telecommunications expert came on. “There’s... Sign in to see full entry.

“There is no part of New Zealand where we can guarantee that you will not be killed in an earthquake.; there are some parts in which we can guarantee you will not be killed as often” (Prof. D.W. McKenzie, quoted by Gordon Candy) First, I’d like to thank everyone who has made a donation. At this... Sign in to see full entry.

Lie ============================================= Israel’s blockade of Gaza is illegal. ============================================ Truth ============================================ According to the UN charter, a blockade is one of the first actions to be taken against an aggressor. Israel’s... Sign in to see full entry.